Influence of mouse strain and vaccine viability on T-cell responses induced by Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin.

Infection and Immunity
S DaugelatStefan H E Kaufmann

Abstract

C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice were vaccinated with either live or heat-killed Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) organisms, and splenic T cells were used to screen the stimulatory potential of fractionated somatic and secreted mycobacterial proteins by production of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma). Maximum responses were obtained with fractionated secreted proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There was no single dominant antigen, but five regions of mycobacterial proteins induced high concentrations of IFN-gamma. However, only two of the five regions stimulated T cells from both mouse strains: two were exclusively recognized by T cells from BALB/c mice, and one was exclusively recognized by T cells from C57BL/6 mice. T cells from mice vaccinated with heat-killed M. bovis BCG organisms failed to respond to fractionated secreted proteins but recognized several somatic antigen fractions. As late as 1 year after primary vaccination, memory T cells responded to similar protein regions, and IFN-gamma production was intensified by secondary infection. Our data confirm a central role for secreted proteins in immunity to mycobacteria. Moreover, we demonstrate that a major set of mycobacterium-reactive T cells is stimulated onl...Continue Reading

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