Immunogenicity of aYersinia pestisVaccine Antigen Monomerized by Circular Permutation
Open Access
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 74 (12), 6624-6631
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00437-06
Abstract
Caf1, a chaperone-usher protein fromYersinia pestis, is a major protective antigen in the development of subunit vaccines against plague. However, recombinant Caf1 forms polymers of indeterminate size. We report the conversion of Caf1 from a polymer to a monomer by circular permutation of the gene. Biophysical evaluation confirmed that the engineered Caf1 was a folded monomer. We compared the immunogenicity of the engineered monomer with polymeric Caf1 in antigen presentation assays to CD4 T-cell hybridomas in vitro, as well as in the induction of antibody responses and protection against subcutaneous challenge withY. pestisin vivo. In C57BL/6 mice, for which the majorH-2b-restricted immunodominant CD4 T-cell epitopes were intact in the engineered monomer, immunogenicity and protective efficacy were preserved, although antibody titers were decreased 10-fold. Disruption of anH-2d-restricted immunodominant CD4 T-cell epitope during circular permutation resulted in a compromised T-cell response, a low postvaccination antibody titer, and a lack of protection of BALB/c mice. The use of circular permutation in vaccine design has not been reported previously.Keywords
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