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Dissection and localization of the immunostimulating domain of Edwardsiella tarda FliC.

Abstract：

:Bacterial flagellin is known to induce potent immune response in vertebrate systems via the toll-like receptor (TLR) 5. As a result, flagellin has been studied extensively as a vaccine adjuvant. In a previous study, we examined the vaccine and adjuvant potentials of the flagellin (FliC) of the fish pathogen Edwardsiella tarda. We found that E. tarda FliC induced low protective immunity by itself but could function as a molecular adjuvant and potentiate the specific immune response induced by the E. tarda antigen Eta6. Since FliC is a large protein and organized into distinct structural domains, we wondered whether the immunostimulating effect observed with the full-length protein could be localized to a certain region. To investigate this question, we in the present study dissected the FliC protein into several segments according to its structural features: (i) N163, which consists of the conserved N-terminal 163 residues of FliC; (ii) M160, which consists of the variable middle 160 residues; (iii) C94, which consists of the conserved C-terminal 94 residues; (iv) NC257, which is an artificial fusion of N163 and C94. To examine the adjuvanticity of the FliC fragments, DNA vaccine plasmids expressing FliC fragments in fusion with Eta6 were constructed and used to immunize Japanese flounder. The results showed that N163 produced the best adjuvant effect, which, in respect to improvement in the relative percent survival of the vaccinated fish, was comparable to that of the full-length FliC. None of the other FliC fragments exhibited apparent immunopotentiating effect. Further analysis showed that N163 enhanced the production of serum specific antibodies and, like full-length FliC, significantly upregulated the expression of the genes that are possibly involved in innate and adaptive immunity. These results indicate that N163 is the immunodominant region of FliC and suggest that E. tarda FliC may induce immune responses in Japanese flounder via mechanisms alternative to that involving TLR5.

journal_name

Vaccine

journal_title

Vaccine

authors

Jiao XD,Hu YH,Sun L

doi

10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.022

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-08-02 00:00:00

pages

5635-40

issue

eissn

0264-410X

issn

1873-2518

pii

S0264-410X(10)00822-4

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Dissection and localization of the immunostimulating domain of Edwardsiella tarda FliC.