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ArticleInfection and immunity2010

CD4+ T cells and antibody are required for optimal major outer membrane protein vaccine-induced immunity to Chlamydia muridarum genital infection.

Christina M Farris, Sandra G Morrison, Richard P Morrison

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina M FarrisDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
Sandra G Morrison
Richard P Morrison
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · US

Funding

IMMUNITY TO CHLAMYDIAL GENITAL INFECTIONR01AI038991 · NIAID · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI MORRISON, RICHARD P. · 1996 to 2009
$2.8M
Immunity to Chlamydial Genital InfectionR56AI038991 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MORRISON, RICHARD P. · 2005 to 2005
$363k
NIAID NIH HHS AI-038991NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI038991NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI038991
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite effective antimicrobial chemotherapy, control of Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital infection will likely require a vaccine. We have assessed the protective effect of an outer membrane protein-based vaccine by using a murine model of chlamydial genital infection. Female mice were first vaccinated with Chlamydia muridarum major outer membrane protein (MOMP) plus the adjuvants CpG-1826 and Montanide ISA 720; then they were challenged with C. muridarum. Vaccinated mice shed 2 log(10) to 3 log(10) fewer inclusion-forming units (IFU) than ovalbumin-vaccinated or naïve animals, resolved infection sooner, and had a lower incidence of hydrosalpinx. To determine the relative contribution of T cells to vaccine-induced protection, mice were vaccinated, depleted of CD4(+) or CD8(+) T cells, and then challenged vaginally with C. muridarum. Depletion of CD4(+) T cells, but not depletion of CD8(+) T cells, diminished vaccine-induced protection, with CD4-depleted mice shedding 2 log(10) to 4 log(10) more IFU than CD8-depleted or nondepleted mice. The contribution of antibodies to vaccine-induced protection was demonstrated by the absence of protective immunity in vaccinated B-cell-deficient mice and by a 2 log(10) to 3 log(10) decrease in bacterial shedding by mice passively administered an anti-MOMP serum. Thus, optimal protective immunity in this model of vaccine-induced protection depends on contributions from both CD4(+) T cells and antibody.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia muridarumFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLVaginosis, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial Vaccines

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PMID20660610
PMCPMC2950360
OpenAlexW2029772952

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