Abstract：
:The fatal inhalation infection caused by Bacillus anthracis results from a complex pathogenic cycle involving release of toxins by bacteria that germinate from spores. Currently available vaccines against anthrax consist of protective antigen (PA), one of the anthrax toxin components. However, these PA-based vaccines are only partially protective against spore challenge in mice. This shows that exclusive elicitation of high anti-PA titer does not directly correlate with protection. Here, we demonstrate that inclusion of GroEL of B. anthracis with PA elicits enhanced protection against anthrax spore challenge in mice. GroEL was included as it has been reported to be present both on the exosporium and in the secretome in addition to the cell surface of B. anthracis. It has also been found protective against other pathogens. In the present study, immunization with GroEL alone was also potent enough to induce high humoral and cell-mediated response and significantly prolonged the mean time to death in spore-challenged mice. As a surface antigen, opsonization of spores with anti-GroEL IgG showed increased uptake of treated spores and therefore accelerated rate of spore destruction by phagocytic cells leading to the protection of mice. We found that GroEL was able to enhance nitric oxide release from lymphocytes and also reduce bacterial load from the organs, probably through the activation of macrophages and over-expression of certain innate immunity receptors. Therefore, the present study emphasizes that GroEL is an effective immunomodulator against B. anthracis infection.
journal_name
Med Microbiol Immunoljournal_title
Medical microbiology and immunologyauthors
Sinha K,Bhatnagar Rdoi
10.1007/s00430-012-0280-zsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-04-01 00:00:00pages
153-65issue
2eissn
0300-8584issn
1432-1831journal_volume
202pub_type
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