Simultaneous expression of CFA/I and CS3 colonization factor antigens of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by delta aroC, delta aroD Salmonella typhi vaccine strain CVD 908

Vaccine. 1995 Jul;13(10):939-46. doi: 10.1016/0264-410x(95)00003-j.

Abstract

Among the known colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), CFA/I and CS3 (the common antigen in the CFA/II family of fimbrial antigens) are two of the most prevalent fimbrial antigens found in clinical isolates but are never expressed by the same wild-type strain. We manipulated the genetic determinants encoding CS3 and CFA/I fimbriae so that these two important colonization factors are expressed simultaneously in attenuated Salmonella typhi live oral vaccine strain CVD 908, including after growth in liquid medium (CFA/I is poorly expressed by wild-type ETEC in broth culture). The recombinant fimbrial structures produced by CVD 908 are morphologically indistinguishable from the CS3 fibrillae and CFA/I rod-like fimbriae produced by ETEC, and are recognized by monospecific CS3 and CFA/I antibodies. This prototype construct may prove useful in investigating the live vector approach to immunoprophylaxis of ETEC diarrheal disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Bacterial / biosynthesis
  • Antigens, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Epitopes / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / growth & development
  • Escherichia coli / immunology
  • Fimbriae Proteins*
  • Fimbriae, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Salmonella typhi / genetics
  • Salmonella typhi / growth & development
  • Salmonella typhi / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Epitopes
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • colonization factor antigens
  • Fimbriae Proteins