Immunization with a multiple antigen peptide containing defined B- and T-cell epitopes: production of bactericidal antibodies against group B Neisseria meningitidis
Christodoulides, Myron and Heckels, John E. (1994) Immunization with a multiple antigen peptide containing defined B- and T-cell epitopes: production of bactericidal antibodies against group B Neisseria meningitidis. Microbiology, 140, (11), 2951-2960. (doi:10.1099/13500872-140-11-2951). (PMID:7529096).
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Description/Abstract
Previous analysis of the class 1 outer-membrane (OM) protein of Neisseria meningitidis has identified discrete epitopes to be potential targets for immune attack. The conformation of these epitopes is important for inducing antibodies which can react with the native protein and promote complement-mediated lysis of the meningococcus. The multiple antigen peptide (MAP) system, which consists of an oligomeric branching lysine core to which are attached dendritic arms of defined peptide antigens, confers some conformational stability and also allows for the preparation of immunogens containing both B-cell and T helper (Th)-cell epitopes. In this study, MAPs were synthesized to contain (i) the subtype P1.16b meningococcal class 1 protein B-cell epitope (B-MAP), and (ii) the P1.16b epitope in tandem with a defined Th-cell epitope, chosen from tetanus toxin (BT-MAP). The B-MAP was nonimmunogenic in animals. In contrast, incorporation of the Th-cell epitope into BT-MAP induced a strong humoral response towards the class 1 protein B-cell epitope. Antisera from immunized mice and rabbits reacted in ELISA with synthetic peptides containing the B-cell epitope, and also cross-reacted with meningococcal OMs from strains of subtype P1.16b and P1.16a. Murine and rabbit antisera showed similar reactivity and epitope specificity, but did not react with denatured class 1 protein in Western blotting, indicating the predominance of antibodies directed towards conformational epitopes. The antisera from rabbits immunized with BT-MAP promoted complement-mediated bactericidal killing not only of the homologous meningococcal subtype P1.16b strain but also of subtype P1.16a.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| ISSNs: | 1350-0872 (print) 1465-2080 (electronic) |
| Keywords: | neisseria meningitidis, multiple antigen peptide, outer membrane protein, t helper-cell epitope, b-cell epitope |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR355 Virology R Medicine > RB Pathology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Infection, Inflammation and Repair |
| Item ID: | 193825 |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2011 14:05 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2011 14:05 |
| Contributors: | Christodoulides, Myron (Author) Heckels, John E. (Author) |
| Date: | November 1994 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/193825 |
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