NDLI: Genetic Vaccination against Coccidioides immitis: Comparison of Vaccine Efficacy of Recombinant Antigen 2 and Antigen 2 cDNA

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Jiang, Chengyong Magee, D. Mitchell Quitugua, Teresa N. Cox, Rebecca A.
Editor	Kozel, T. R.
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	Previous studies from our laboratory established that C-ASWS, an alkali-soluble, water-soluble extract from cell walls of Coccidioides immitis, protects mice against lethal challenge with this fungus. The C-ASWS extract contains a glycosylated protein, designated antigen 2 (Ag2), and a polysaccharide antigen. We recently cloned Ag2 cDNA and showed that the recombinant fusion protein elicited strong delayed-type hypersensitivity responses in immunized mice. This investigation was undertaken to determine if the recombinant Ag2 protein, expressed as an Ag2-glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein, or Ag2 cDNA would protect mice against lethal challenge with C. immitis. The recombinant Ag2-GST protein protected BALB/c mice against intraperitoneal challenge with 250 arthroconidia, as assessed by a decrease in fungal CFU in tissues. The Ag2-GST-immunized mice did not show, however, an increased survival during a 30-day period postinfection. By contrast, immunization of mice with Ag2 cDNA ligated into the pVR1012 plasmid engendered protection against intraperitoneal challenge with 2,500 arthroconidia and against pulmonary challenge with 50 arthroconidia. Vaccine efficacy paralleled the development of delayed-type hypersensitivity responses to C. immitis antigen. Whereas mice vaccinated with the recombinant Ag2-GST protein did not mount footpad hypersensitivity to C-ASWS or the recombinant Ag2-GST protein, mice vaccinated with the pVR1012-Ag2 construct mounted a strong footpad hypersensitivity and their spleen cells secreted gamma interferon upon in vitro stimulation with the Ag2-containing C-ASWS extract. This is the first investigation to show that genetic immunization can protect against lethal challenge with C. immitis.
Starting Page	630
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10985522
e-ISSN	10985522
Journal	Infection and Immunity
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	67
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	1999-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Parasitology Immunology Microbiology

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