Protective effect of Bacillus anthracis surface protein EA1 against anthrax in mice

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• 作者：Makoto Uchida^a ; Toshihiko Harada^a ; Jargalsaikhan Enkhtuya^a ; Akiko Kusumoto^a ; Yoshiyasu Kobayashi^b ; Shiori Chiba^b ; Anselme Shyaka^a ; Keiko Kawamoto^a ; ^{kkeiko@obihiro.ac.jp}
• 关键词：AVA ; anthrax vaccine adsorbed ; AVP ; anthrax vaccine precipitated ; EA1 ; extractable antigen 1 ; EF ; edema factor ; ELISA ; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ; i.n. ; intranasal ; i.p. ; intraperitoneal ; LF ; lethal factor ; mAb ; monoclonal antibody ; PA ; protective
• 刊名：Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：159_0006291x
• 类别：bio
• 出版时间：4 May, 2012
• 卷：421
• 期：2
• 页码：323-328
• 文件大小：505 K

摘要

Bacillus anthracis spores germinate to vegetative forms in host cells, and produced fatal toxins. A toxin-targeting prophylaxis blocks the effect of toxin, but may allow to grow vegetative cells which create subsequent toxemia. In this study, we examined protective effect of extractable antigen 1 (EA1), a major S-layer component of B. anthracis, against anthrax. Mice were intranasally immunized with recombinant EA1, followed by a lethal challenge of B. anthracis spores. Mucosal immunization with EA1 resulted in a significant level of anti-EA1 antibodies in feces, saliva and serum. It also delayed the onset of anthrax and remarkably decreased the mortality rate. In addition, the combination of EA1 and protective antigen (PA) protected all immunized mice from a lethal challenge with B. anthracis spores. The numbers of bacteria in tissues of EA1-immunized mice were significantly decreased compared to those in the control and PA alone-immunized mice. Immunity to EA1 might contribute to protection at the early phase of infection, i.e., before massive multiplication and toxin production by vegetative cells. These results suggest that EA1 is a novel candidate for anthrax vaccine and provides a more effective protection when used in combination with PA.