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ArticleVaccine2016

Novel vaccine antigen combinations elicit protective immune responses against Escherichia coli sepsis.

Melha Mellata, Natalie M Mitchell, Florian Schödel, Roy Curtiss, Gerald B Pier

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Article in Vaccine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melha MellataThe Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Electronic address: mmellata@iastate.edu.
Natalie M MitchellThe Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Florian SchödelPhilimmune LLC, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.
Roy CurtissThe Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Gerald B PierDivision of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5899, USA.
Arizona State University · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Treatments for Nipah Virus InfectionU54AI057159 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI KIRCHHAUSEN, TOMAS · 2003 to 2013
$113.7M
A novel Salmonella vaccine to protect against extra intestinal pathogenic E. coliR21AI090416 · NIAID · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI MELLATA, MELHA · 2010 to 2011
$417k
NIAID NIH HHS AI057159NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI090416NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic infections caused by extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) have emerged as the most common community-onset bacterial infections and are major causes of nosocomial infections worldwide. The management of ExPEC infections has been complicated by the heterogeneity of ExPEC strains and the emergence of antibiotic resistance, thus their prevention through vaccination would be beneficial. The protective efficacy of four common ExPEC antigen candidates composed of common pilus antigens EcpA and EcpD and iron uptake proteins IutA and IroN, were tested by both active and passive immunization in lethal and non-lethal murine models of sepsis. Additionally, antibody raised to a synthetic form of a conserved surface polysaccharide, β-(1-6)-linked poly-N-acetylglucosamine (dPNAG) containing 9 monomers of (non-acetylated) glucosamine (9GlcNH2) conjugated to tetanus toxoid TT (9GlcNH2-TT) was tested in passive immunization protocols. Active immunization of mice with recombinant antigens EcpA, EcpD, IutA, or IroN elicited high levels of total IgG antibody of IgG1/IgG2a isotypes, and were determined to be highly protective against E. coli infection in lethal and non-lethal sepsis challenges. Moreover, passive immunization against these four antigens resulted in significant reductions of bacteria in internal organs and blood of the mice, especially when the challenge strain was grown in iron-restricted media. Inclusion of antibodies to PNAG increased the efficacy of the passive immunization under conditions where the challenge bacteria were grown in LB medium but not in iron-restricted media. The information and data presented are the first step toward the development of a broadly protective vaccine against sepsis-causing E. coli strains.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, Bacterialbeta-GlucansEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsEscherichia coli VaccinesFemaleFimbriae ProteinsImmunization, PassiveImmunoglobulin GMiceMolecular ChaperonesRabbitsReceptors, Cell SurfaceSepsisAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, Bacterialbeta-GlucansEcpA protein, E coliecpD protein, E coliEscherichia coli ProteinsEscherichia coli VaccinesFimbriae ProteinsImmunoglobulin GIroN protein, E coliMolecular Chaperonespoly-N-acetyl-1-6-glucosamineReceptors, Cell SurfaceVaccines, ConjugateAntibodiesAntigensChallengeE. coliSepsisVaccine

Identifiers

PMID26707217
PMCPMC4715933
OpenAlexW2221138276

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