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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
The groES gene of Mycobacterium avium strain 485 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant GroES protein was purified by affinity chromatography. The GroES preparation showed high purity by electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Immuno-electron microscopy showed that GroES was located both in the cytoplasm and on the surface of the mycobacterial cells and thus is readily available to interact with the host immune system. BALB/c mice were immunised intranasally with recombinant GroES, alone or in combination with a synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide containing unmethylated CpG motifs, and tested for protection against infection with M. avium. Neither GroES nor CpG alone provided any protection against subsequent challenge with M. avium, whereas a combination of the two significantly protected the lungs and spleen against colonisation by M. avium after intranasal challenge with a low dose of the organism. This indicates that intranasal administration of GroES and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides increases the resistance of BALB/c mice to M. avium infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1071-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Administration, Intranasal, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Chaperonin 10, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Chromatography, Affinity, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Mycobacterium avium, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:12466405-Tuberculosis
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant GroES in combination with CpG oligodeoxynucleotides protects mice against Mycobacterium avium infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't