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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Although the 56-kDa protein of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi has been presumed to play important roles in generating protective immunity against scrub typhus, studies of this protein have been impeded. We used the recombinant 56-kDa protein of R. tsutsugamushi Boryong fused with the maltose-binding protein of Escherichia coli (MBP-Bor56) to analyze its ability to induce protective immunity in a C3H/HeDub murine model. Intraperitoneal immunization of mice with MBP-Bor56 resulted in an increase in the 50% minimal lethal dose of more than 160 times compared with that for the control mice. Splenic mononuclear cells from the mice immunized with MBP-Bor56 showed a dose-dependent pattern of lymphocyte proliferation response and secreted gamma interferon and interleukin-2 when stimulated with irradiated R. tsutsugamushi Boryong, which is a cytokine profile of Th1 cells. High titers of antibody to R. tsutsugamushi were also demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescent-antibody testing. These findings suggest that the 56-kDa protein of R. tsutsugamushi is one of the candidates for a vaccine against scrub typhus.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1541-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of homologous immune response to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Boryong with a partial 56-kilodalton recombinant antigen fused with the maltose-binding protein MBP-Bor56.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea. ricketts@kistmail.kist.re.kr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't