DNA vaccine combinations expressing either tissue plasminogen activator signal sequence fusion proteins or ubiquitin-conjugated antigens induce sustained protective immunity in a mouse model of pulmonary tuberculosis

Giovanni Delogu, A Li, C Repique, F Collins, Sl Morris

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Abstract

DNA vaccination has emerged as a powerful approach in the search for a more efficacious vaccine against tuberculosis. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of immunizing with combinations of 10 different tuberculosis DNA vaccines that expressed mycobacterial proteins fused at the N terminus to eukaryotic intracellular targeting sequences. In one vaccine combination, the genes were fused to the tissue plasminogen activator signal sequence (TPA), while in a second combination the same 10 genes were expressed as ubiquitin (Ub)-conjugated proteins. In ex vivo studies in which the secretion of gamma interferon was measured, cellular immune responses were detected in mice vaccinated with either the TPA DNA vaccine combination or the Ub DNA vaccine combination at 7 and 14 days following a low-dose Mycobacterium tuberculosis challenge. Moreover, mice vaccinated with the TPA combination, the Ub combination, and Mycobacterium bovis BCG were able to limit the growth of tubercle bacilli in the lung and spleen after a virulent tuberculous aerosol challenge. Histopathological analyses also showed that mice immunized with the DNA vaccine combinations had substantially improved postinfection lung pathology relative to the naïve controls. Finally, in three different long-term experiments, the survival periods following aerogenic challenge were extended as much as sevenfold for vaccinated mice compared to naïve controls. Interestingly, in all three experiments, no significant differences were detected in the mean times to death for mice immunized with the TPA combination or the Ub combination relative to the BCG controls. In conclusion, these studies demonstrate the effectiveness of immunization with DNA vaccine combinations against tuberculosis and suggest that further testing of these plasmid cocktails is warranted.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)292-302
Numero di pagine11
RivistaInfection and Immunity
Volume70
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2002

Keywords

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Animals
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Interferon-gamma
  • Lung
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mycobacterium bovis
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Protein Sorting Signals
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Spleen
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
  • Ubiquitin
  • Vaccines, Combined
  • Vaccines, DNA

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