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O'Meara CP, Armitage CW, Andrew DW, Kollipara A, Lycke NY, Potter AA, Gerdts V, Petrovsky N, Beagley KW. Multistage vaccines containing outer membrane, type III secretion system and inclusion membrane proteins protects against a Chlamydia genital tract infection and pathology. Vaccine 2017; 35:3883-3888. [PMID: 28602608 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Pathogens with a complex lifecycles can effectively evade host immunity in part due to each developmental stage expressing unique sets of antigens. Multisubunit vaccines incorporating signature antigens reflecting distinct developmental stages (multistage vaccines) have proven effective against viral, bacterial and parasitic infection at preventing pathogen evasion of host immunity. Chlamydia trachomatis is characterized by a biphasic extra/intracellular developmental cycle and an acute/persistent (latent) metabolic state; hence a multistage vaccine may prevent immune evasion and enhance clearance. Here we tested the efficacy of a multistage vaccine containing outer membrane (MOMP and PmpG), type three secretion system (T3SS) (CdsF and TC0873) and inclusion membrane proteins (IncA and TC0500) in mice against an intravaginal challenge with Chlamydia muridarum. Comparison of single (eg. MOMP) and double antigen vaccines (eg. MOMP and PmpG), largely targeting the extracellular stage, elicited significant yet comparable protection against vaginal shedding when compared to unimmunized control mice. Utilization of different adjuvants (ISCOMATRIX - IMX, PCEP/polyI:C/IDR1002 - VIDO, CTA1-DD and ADVAX) and numerous immunization routes (subcutaneous - SQ and intranasal - IN) further enhanced protection against infection. However, a multistage vaccine elicited significantly greater protection against vaginal shedding and upper genital tract pathology than vaccines targeting only extra- or intracellular stages. This indicates that protection elicited by a vaccine targeting extracellular chlamydial antigens could be improved by including chlamydial antigen expressed during intracellular phase.
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Affiliation(s)
- Connor P O'Meara
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Department of Developmental Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Baden-Wüttemburg, Germany
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Mucosal Immunobiology and Vaccine Centre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization - International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization - International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Vaxine Pty Ltd, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Endocrinology, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Chlamydial variants differ in ability to ascend the genital tract in the guinea pig model of chlamydial genital infection. Infect Immun 2015; 83:3176-83. [PMID: 26015484 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00532-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
An important question in the study of chlamydial genital tract disease is why some women develop severe upper tract disease while others have mild or even "silent" infections with or without pathology. Animal studies suggest that the pathological outcome of an infection is dependent upon both the composition of the infecting chlamydial population and the genotype of the host, along with host physiological effects, such as the cyclical production of reproductive hormones and even the size of the infecting inoculum or the number of repeated infections. In this study, we compared two variants of Chlamydia caviae, contrasting in virulence, with respect to their abilities to ascend the guinea pig genital tract. We then determined the effect of combining the two variants on the course of infection and on the bacterial loads of the two variants in the genital tract. Although the variants individually had similar infection kinetics in the cervix, SP6, the virulent variant, could be isolated from the oviducts more often and in greater numbers than the attenuated variant, AZ2. SP6 also elicited higher levels of interleukin 8 (IL-8) in the lower genital tract and increased leukocyte infiltration in the cervix and uterus compared to AZ2. When the two variants were combined in a mixed infection, SP6 outcompeted AZ2 in the lower genital tract; however, AZ2 was able to ascend the genital tract as readily as SP6. These data suggest that the ability of SP6 to elicit an inflammatory response in the lower genital tract facilitates the spread of both variants to the oviducts.
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