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Measurement of opsonophagocytic activity of antibodies specific toNeisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide-serogroup B outer membrane vesicle conjugate in animal model
Annals of Microbiology volume 59, pages 801–806 (2009)
Abstract
Neisseria meningitidis is efficiently phagocytosed by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNS) following opsonization with opsonic antibodies; opsonophagocytosis is the primary mechanism for clearance of meningococci from the host. Thus, in testing meningococcal vaccines, the level of opsonophagocytic antibodies appears to correlate with vaccine-induced protection. Our previous studies demonstrated that the conjugation ofN. meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide (CPSA) to serogroup B outer membrane vesicle (OMV) could induce a high level of bactericidal antibody response against serogroup A meningococci in animals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate opsonophagocytic activity of the conjugate of CPSA to OMV (CPSA-OMV). In order to evaluate the potential efficacy of CPSA-OMV a flow cytometric opsonophagocytic assay was used. The conjugate and controls were injected intramuscularly into four groups of rabbits with boosters on days 14, 28 and 42 following primary immunization. The rabbits were bled prior to injection and two weeks after each injection. Opsonophagocytic activity of antibodies in hyperimmune sera through rabbit PMNS were measured with flow cytometer, using dihydrorhodamine-123 as a probe. The results indicated that our conjugate could induce a highly significant level of opsonophagocytic activity against serogroup A meningococci after 56 days compared to the control groups (P<0.05). We conclude that this conjugate represents a vaccine candidate against serogroups A and B meningococci after further investigation.
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Kheirandish, M., Siadat, S.D., Norouzian, D. et al. Measurement of opsonophagocytic activity of antibodies specific toNeisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide-serogroup B outer membrane vesicle conjugate in animal model. Ann. Microbiol. 59, 801–806 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179226
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