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ArticlePloS one2013

Toxicity and immunogenicity of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-labile and heat-stable toxoid fusion 3xSTa(A14Q)-LT(S63K/R192G/L211A) in a murine model.

Chengxian Zhang, David E Knudsen, Mei Liu, Donald C Robertson, Weiping Zhang, STa Toxoid Vaccine Consortium Group

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chengxian ZhangVeterinary & Biomedical Sciences Department /The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Vaccinology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America.
David E Knudsen
Mei Liu
Donald C Robertson
Weiping Zhang
STa Toxoid Vaccine Consortium Group
South Dakota State University · USKansas State University · US

Funding

Determining vaccine candidacy of LT and STa toxoid fusions against enterotoxigeniR21AI083897 · NIAID · SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, WEIPING · 2009 to 2010
$368k
NIAID NIH HHS NIH AI083897NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI083897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death to young children. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are the most common bacteria causing diarrhea. Adhesins and enterotoxins are the virulence determinants in ETEC diarrhea. Adhesins mediate bacterial attachment and colonization, and enterotoxins including heat-labile (LT) and heat-stable type Ib toxin (STa) disrupt fluid homeostasis in host cells that leads to fluid hyper-secretion and diarrhea. Thus, adhesins and enterotoxins have been primarily targeted in ETEC vaccine development. A recent study reported toxoid fusions with STa toxoid (STa(P13F)) fused at the N- or C-terminus, or inside the A subunit of LT(R192G) elicited neutralizing antitoxin antibodies, and suggested application of toxoid fusions in ETEC vaccine development (Liu et al., Infect. Immun. 79:4002-4009, 2011). In this study, we generated a different STa toxoid (STa(A14Q)) and a triple-mutant LT toxoid (LT(S63K/R192G/L211A), tmLT), constructed a toxoid fusion (3xSTa(A14Q)-tmLT) that carried 3 copies of STa(A14Q) for further facilitation of anti-STa immunogenicity, and assessed antigen safety and immunogenicity in a murine model to explore its potential for ETEC vaccine development. Mice immunized with this fusion antigen showed no adverse effects, and developed antitoxin antibodies particularly through the IP route. Anti-LT antibodies were detected and were shown neutralizing against CT in vitro. Anti-STa antibodies were also detected in the immunized mice, and serum from the IP immunized mice neutralized STa toxin in vitro. Data from this study indicated that toxoid fusion 3xSTa(A14Q)-tmLT is safe and can induce neutralizing antitoxin antibodies, and provided helpful information for vaccine development against ETEC diarrhea.

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Recombinant Fusion ProteinsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingBacterial ToxinsDisease Models, AnimalEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coliEnterotoxinsEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsFemaleGene ExpressionGene OrderGenetic VectorsMiceAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingBacterial ToxinsEnterotoxinsEscherichia coli Proteinsheat stable toxin (E coli)Recombinant Fusion ProteinsToxoids

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PMCPMC3795625
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