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HEREDITAS(Beijing) ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 473-479.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.15-001

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Preparation and immunogenicity-evaluation of typhoid O-specific polysaccharides bio-conjugate vaccines

Zhehui Peng1, 2, Chao Pan2, Peng Sun2, Erling Feng2, Jun Wu2, Li Zhu2, Qingzhong Peng1, Hengliang Wang2   

  1. 1. College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
  • Received:2015-01-25 Online:2015-05-20 Published:2015-05-20

Abstract: Typhoid fever caused by Salmonella Typhi is still a major public health problem in developing countries. In this study, we constructed a genetically modified Salmonella Typhi strain expressing O-specific polysaccharides (OPS) antigen conjugated to a carrier, recombinant Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A(rEPA N29). The conjugates (OPS-rEPA N29) were further purified and evaluated for their immunogenicity. The results of ELISA showed that the conjugates evoked higher titers of IgG than OPS, suggesting that rEPAN29 increased immunogenicity of OPS significantly as a carrier. Moreover, three injections with 3-week interval evoked slightly higher titers of IgG than three injections with 2-week interval. However, injection of excess conjugates could not evoke higher titers of IgG against lipid polysaccharide (LPS). In summary, our study provides a new strategy for preparing polysaccharides-protein conjugate vaccines as well as similar bio-conjugate vaccines of other Gram-negative pathogens.

Key words: conjugate vaccine, Salmonella Typhi, synthetic biology, rEPA, O-polysaccharide antigen