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ArticleExperimental & molecular medicine2015

Vaccination with Klebsiella pneumoniae-derived extracellular vesicles protects against bacteria-induced lethality via both humoral and cellular immunity.

Won-Hee Lee, Hyun-Il Choi, Sung-Wook Hong, Kwang-Sun Kim, Yong Song Gho, Seong Gyu Jeon

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Article in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Won-Hee LeeDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea.
Hyun-Il ChoiDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea.
Sung-Wook HongDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea.
Kwang-Sun KimSuperbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Yong Song GhoDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea.
Seong Gyu JeonResearch Institute, AEON Medix, Inc, Pohang, Republic of Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae highlights the need to develop preventive measures to ameliorate Klebsiella infections. Bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are spherical nanometer-sized proteolipids enriched with outer membrane proteins. Gram-negative bacteria-derived EVs have gained interest for use as nonliving complex vaccines. In the present study, we evaluated whether K. pneumoniae-derived EVs confer protection against bacteria-induced lethality. K. pneumoniae-derived EVs isolated from in vitro bacterial culture supernatants induced innate immunity, including the upregulation of co-stimulatory molecule expression and proinflammatory mediator production. EV vaccination via the intraperitoneal route elicited EV-reactive antibodies and interferon-gamma-producing T-cell responses. Three vaccinations with the EVs prevented bacteria-induced lethality. As verified by sera and splenocytes adoptive transfer, the protective effect of EV vaccination was dependent on both humoral and cellular immunity. Taken together, these findings suggest that K. pneumoniae-derived EVs are a novel vaccine candidate against K. pneumoniae infections.

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AnimalsBacterial VaccinesExtracellular VesiclesFemaleHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, InnateInterferon-gammaKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMice, Inbred C57BLVaccinationBacterial VaccinesInterferon-gamma

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PMID26358222
PMCPMC4650931

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