An oral Salmonella vaccine promotes the down-regulation of cell surface Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and TLR2 expression in mice |
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Authors: | Eguchi Masahiro Sekiya Yukie Suzuki Masato Yamamoto Tomoko Matsui Hidenori |
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Institution: | Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | A single oral immunization with the Lon-protease-deficient Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (strain CS2022) induced protective immunity in mice against a subcutaneous challenge with virulent Listeria monocytogenes as well as virulent Salmonella serovar Typhimurium. The populations of cell surface Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and TLR2 on peritoneal macrophages decreased at week 6 after immunization. This population decrease was not reversed after a challenge with either Salmonella or Listeria. These results suggest that oral immunization with CS2022 induced immune tolerance correlated with the down-regulation of cell surface TLR expression. This down-regulation may in part account for the development of cross-protection against a Listeria challenge by immunization with CS2022. |
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Keywords: | live Salmonella vaccine Toll-like receptor Listeria challenge macrophage cross-protection immune tolerance |
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