Haloarchaeal gas vesicle nanoparticles displaying Salmonella antigens as a novel approach to vaccine development

Procedia in Vaccinology
Priya DasSarmaShiladitya DasSarma

Abstract

A safe, effective, and inexpensive vaccine against typhoid and other Salmonella diseases is urgently needed. In order to address this need, we are developing a novel vaccine platform employing buoyant, self-adjuvanting gas vesicle nanoparticles (GVNPs) from the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1, bioengineered to display highly conserved Salmonella enterica antigens. As the initial antigen for testing, we selected SopB, a secreted inosine phosphate effector protein injected by pathogenic S. enterica bacteria during infection into the host cells. Two highly conserved sopB gene segments near the 3'-region, named sopB4 and sopB5, were each fused to the gvpC gene, and resulting SopB-GVNPs were purified by centrifugally accelerated flotation. Display of SopB4 and SopB5 antigenic epitopes on GVNPs was established by Western blotting analysis using antisera raised against short synthetic peptides of SopB. Immunostimulatory activities of the SopB4 and B5 nanoparticles were tested by intraperitoneal administration of SopB-GVNPs to BALB/c mice which had been immunized with S. enterica serovar Typhimurium 14028 ΔpmrG-HM-D (DV-STM-07), a live attenuated vaccine strain. Proinflammatory cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2, and IL-9 were significa...Continue Reading

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Sep 10, 2015·Vaccines·Shiladitya DasSarma, Priya DasSarma
Mar 30, 2018·Current Opinion in Biotechnology·Steven FreyRavi S Kane
Jan 11, 2017·Molecular Pharmaceutics·Abhay U AndarShiladitya DasSarma

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