Meng Chun, Lin Haiying, Huang Jinzhong, Wang Hang, Cai Qianyin, Fang Liang, Guo Yanghao
Fuzhou University, University Town, Fujian, PR China.
Microb Pathog. 2009 Sep;47(3):151-6. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2009.05.004. Epub 2009 May 23.
In this study, we synthesized a 5-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which was prepared with the pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides (PCPs) (from Streptococcus pneumoniae 1, 5, 6B, 19F, 23F) and pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) mediated by 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether. The PspA cloned from serotype 19 strain showed good cross-immune response to 1, 5, 6B, and 23F serotypes of Streptococcus pneumonia (S. pneumoniae). Analysis of the maturation process of conjugate polyclonal antibody showed that conjugation with the protein carrier converted the polysaccharide from a weak T cell-independent (TI) antigen to a T cell-dependent (TD) antigen, although antibodies affinity to polysaccharide was not as strong as it to PspA in conjugate. We used an invasive disease mouse model to evaluate the protective efficacy of this conjugate vaccine. Active and passive protection against intraperitoneal challenge with virulent type 6B strain showed that the median survival times for mice immunized with conjugate were significantly longer than that of mice treated with capsular polysaccharides or PspA alone. Our study's results showed that immunization of the 5-valent PspA-capsular polysaccharides conjugate vaccine could afford strong protection to mice against the invasion of 1, 5, 6B, 19F, 23F serotypes S. pneumoniae.
在本研究中,我们合成了一种5价肺炎球菌结合疫苗,该疫苗由肺炎球菌荚膜多糖(PCPs)(来自肺炎链球菌1、5、6B、19F、23F型)和由1,4-丁二醇二缩水甘油醚介导的肺炎球菌表面蛋白A(PspA)制备而成。从19型菌株克隆的PspA对肺炎链球菌(S. pneumoniae)的1、5、6B和23F血清型显示出良好的交叉免疫反应。结合多克隆抗体成熟过程的分析表明,与蛋白质载体结合可将多糖从弱的非T细胞依赖性(TI)抗原转变为T细胞依赖性(TD)抗原,尽管结合物中抗体对多糖的亲和力不如对PspA的亲和力强。我们使用侵袭性疾病小鼠模型评估这种结合疫苗的保护效力。针对6B型强毒株腹腔攻击的主动和被动保护表明,用结合物免疫的小鼠的中位存活时间明显长于单独用荚膜多糖或PspA处理的小鼠。我们的研究结果表明,5价PspA-荚膜多糖结合疫苗免疫可给予小鼠针对1、5、6B、19F、23F血清型肺炎链球菌侵袭的强大保护。