PMID: 2511706Aug 1, 1989Paper

The isolation and immunologic study of ribosomal preparations from Shigella flexneri

Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii, i immunobiologii
Z P BelkinV I Lebenson

Abstract

S. flexneri ribosomal preparations were isolated by differential centrifugation or by fractionation with polyethylene glycol-6000. Their chemical composition and spectrophotometric properties were characteristic of ribosomes, and, as shown by the results of the serological assay, the content of O-specific component was, on the average, 1.4%. The ribosomal preparations were nontoxic for mice when injected intraperitoneally and intravenously in large doses and induced systemic O-antibody response in mice and rabbits. The parenteral administration of ribosomes to guinea pigs led to the increase of resistance to Shigella keratoconjunctivitis. The results of different tests with the use of this model greatly varied. According to the summary data of several tests, the ribosomal vaccine enhanced the resistance of the eyes from 11.3% to 48.5% and the effectiveness coefficient of immunization was 42 +/- 6. Ribosomes isolated from S. flexneri avirulent strain 2a 51.6 M (Iu. A. Belaia's vaccine) showed the same activity as those isolated from virulent strains. The results obtained in this study suggest the expediency of further experimental study of ribosomal preparations obtained from S. flexneri as potential vaccine.

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