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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is effective against both systemic disease and otitis media caused by serotypes contained in the vaccine. However, serotypes not covered by the current conjugate vaccine may still cause pneumococcal disease. To address these serotypes and the remaining otitis media due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, we have been evaluating antigenically conserved proteins from S. pneumoniae as vaccine candidates. A previous report identified a 20-kDa protein with putative human complement C3-proteolytic activity. By utilizing the publicly released pneumococcal genomic sequences, we found the gene encoding the 20-kDa protein to be part of a putative open reading frame of approximately 2,400 bp. We recombinantly expressed a 79-kDa fragment (rPhpA-79) that contains a repeated HxxHxH motif and evaluated it for vaccine potential. The antibodies elicited by the purified rPhpA-79 protein were cross-reactive to proteins from multiple strains of S. pneumoniae and were against surface-exposed epitopes. Immunization with rPhpA-79 protein adjuvanted with monophosphoryl lipid A (for subcutaneous immunization) or a mutant cholera toxin, CT-E29H (for intranasal immunization), protected CBA/N mice against death and bacteremia, as well as reduced nasopharyngeal colonization, following intranasal challenge with a heterologous pneumococcal strain. In contrast, immunization with the 20-kDa portion of the PhpA protein did not protect mice. These results suggest that rPhpA-79 is a potential candidate for use as a vaccine against pneumococcal systemic disease and otitis media.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3827-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Administration, Intranasal, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Histidine, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Nasopharynx, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Otitis Media, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Pneumococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Pneumococcal Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Streptococcal Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:11349048-Streptococcus pneumoniae
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant PhpA protein, a unique histidine motif-containing protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae, protects mice against intranasal pneumococcal challenge.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, West Henrietta, New York 14586-9728, USA. zhangy4@war.wyeth.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.