Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Systems Immunity Research Institute and Dementia Research Institute, Henry Wellcome Building for Biomedical Research, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
J Infect Dis. 2022 May 16;225(10):1861-1864. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab630.
A safe and effective vaccine against multidrug-resistant gonorrhea is urgently needed. An experimental peptide vaccine called TMCP2 that mimics an oligosaccharide epitope in gonococcal lipooligosaccharide, when adjuvanted with glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant-stable emulsion, elicits bactericidal immunoglobulin G and hastens clearance of gonococci in the mouse vaginal colonization model. In this study, we show that efficacy of TMCP2 requires an intact terminal complement pathway, evidenced by loss of activity in C9-/- mice or when C7 function was blocked. In conclusion, TMCP2 vaccine efficacy in the mouse vagina requires membrane attack complex. Serum bactericidal activity may serve as a correlate of protection for TMCP2.
急需一种安全有效的针对耐多药淋病的疫苗。一种名为 TMCP2 的实验性肽疫苗模拟淋球菌脂寡糖中的寡糖表位,当与葡萄糖基脂质佐剂稳定乳剂佐剂时,可引发杀菌性免疫球蛋白 G,并加速清除小鼠阴道定植模型中的淋病奈瑟菌。在这项研究中,我们表明 TMCP2 的功效需要完整的末端补体途径,这一点可以从 C9-/- 小鼠或 C7 功能被阻断时的活性丧失中得到证明。总之,TMCP2 疫苗在小鼠阴道中的功效需要膜攻击复合物。血清杀菌活性可能是 TMCP2 保护作用的一个相关指标。