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ArticleMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2017

Parenteral adjuvant potential of recombinant B subunit of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin.

Carlos Eduardo Pouey da Cunha, Clóvis Moreira, Andréa da Silva Ramos Rocha, Paula Fonseca Finger, Carolina Georg Magalhães, Marcos Roberto Alves Ferreira, Odir Antônio Dellagostin, Ângela Nunes Moreira, Fabricio Rochedo Conceição

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Article in Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carlos Eduardo Pouey da CunhaUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Clóvis MoreiraUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Andréa da Silva Ramos RochaUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Paula Fonseca FingerUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Carolina Georg MagalhãesUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Marcos Roberto Alves FerreiraUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Odir Antônio DellagostinUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Ângela Nunes MoreiraUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Fabricio Rochedo ConceiçãoUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Pelotas · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe B subunit of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LTB) is a potent mucosal immune adjuvant. However, there is little information about LTB's potential as a parenteral adjuvant.

objectivesWe aimed at evaluating and better understanding rLTB's potential as a parenteral adjuvant using the fused R1 repeat of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae P97 adhesin as an antigen to characterise the humoral immune response induced by this construct and comparing it to that generated when aluminium hydroxide is used as adjuvant instead.

methodsBALB/c mice were immunised intraperitoneally with either rLTBR1 or recombinant R1 adsorbed onto aluminium hydroxide. The levels of systemic anti-rR1 antibodies (total Ig, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgA) were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The ratio of IgG1 and IgG2a was used to characterise a Th1, Th2, or mixed Th1/Th2 immune response.

findingsWestern blot confirmed rR1, either alone or fused to LTB, remained antigenic; anti-cholera toxin ELISA confirmed that LTB retained its activity when expressed in a heterologous system. Mice immunised with the rLTBR1 fusion protein produced approximately twice as much anti-rR1 immunoglobulins as mice vaccinated with rR1 adsorbed onto aluminium hydroxide. Animals vaccinated with either rLTBR1 or rR1 adsorbed onto aluminium hydroxide presented a mixed Th1/Th2 immune response. We speculate this might be a result of rR1 immune modulation rather than adjuvant modulation. Mice immunised with rLTBR1 produced approximately 1.5-fold more serum IgA than animals immunised with rR1 and aluminium hydroxide. MAIN

conclusionsThe results suggest that rLTB is a more powerful parenteral adjuvant than aluminium hydroxide when administered intraperitoneally as it induced higher antibody titres. Therefore, we recommend that rLTB be considered an alternative adjuvant, even if different administration routes are employed.

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Adhesins, BacterialAdjuvants, ImmunologicAluminum HydroxideAnimalsBacterial ToxinsEnterotoxinsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEscherichia coli ProteinsFemaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMycoplasma hyopneumoniaePneumonia of Swine, MycoplasmalSwineAdhesins, BacterialAdjuvants, ImmunologicAluminum HydroxideBacterial ToxinsEnterotoxinsEscherichia coli Proteinsheat-labile enterotoxin, E coliP97 protein, Mycoplasma

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PMID29211241
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