Chemical and Immunological Characterization of a Low Molecular Weight Outer Membrane Protein of Salmonella typhi

A new immunogenic outer membrane protein, Omp-28 (MW 28,000 and pI 4.6), was isolated from smooth Salmonella typhi cells by the use of an extracting medium containing 6 m urea, 1% deoxycholate and 5 mM EDTA. The purification of Omp-28 was performed by gel filtration and fast ion exchange chromatography. This protein showed to be the prevalent component isolated by the latter methodology. Omp-28 is formed by three identical subunits (MW 9,000), not linked by disulfide bonds. The partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of Omp-28 presented great homology with part of the sequence of an Escherichia coli protein found in a precursor whose sequence was predicted by c-DNA. ELISA and Western blotting identified Omp-28 as the major antigenic protein present in the outer membrane protein fraction, isolated by gel filtration. Antibodies against Omp-28 were detected by ELISA in 43% of 28 sera from typhoid fever convalescent patients. The antisera from mice immunized with Omp-28 and the highest positive typhoid fever convalescent serum gave a positive bactericidal test, killing 50% of Salmonella typhi cells in serum dilutions of 1/80 and 1/320, respectively. These results indicate the immunogenic importance of Omp-28 isolated from Salmonella typhi outer membrane and strongly suggest it should be used in further studies of animal protection against the disease caused by this pathogenic bacteria.     

Protective efficacy and immunogenicity of Vi-porin conjugate against Salmonella typhi.

A conjugate vaccine against Salmonella typhi was prepared by covalently binding capsular polysaccharide (Vi) with porin, both isolated from S. typhi. First, Vi and porins were extracted. The Vi was purified from S. typhi Ty2. The purified Vi conformed to the requirements of the World Health Organization. Porins were purified from S. typhi 0901. The Vi was bound to the porins by a heterobifunctional cross-linking reagent, N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyl dithio)-propionate (SPDP). After preparing the Vi-porin conjugate, its protective ability and immunogenicity were studied in mice following systemic immunization. The results showed that the conjugate is 6.5-fold more protective than Vi alone against S. typhi. The mice immunized with conjugate elicited higher anti-Vi antibody (IgG) levels (P < 0.01) than the mice immunized with Vi alone. Anti-porin antibodies were also induced by the conjugate. To study the mucosal immune responses, secretory IgA (sIgA) in the intestinal fluid was measured. Conjugate-immunized mice showed the induction of sIgA as compared to Vi alone. The results showed that when Vi is bound to porins, both isolated from same organism, the resultant conjugate induced both systemic and mucosal immune responses and provided better protection against S. typhi than Vi alone.     

Migration of Salmonella typhi through Intestinal Epithelial Monolayers: An In Vitro Study

This study characterizes the transmigration of enteroinvasive Salmonella typhi in vitro, using a human intestinal epithelial cell line as a model of small intestinal epithelium. C2BBe cells, a subclone of CACO-2 with a highly differentiated enterocytic phenotype, were grown to maturity on Transwell filters. S. typhi Ty2 and the vaccine strain, Ty21a, the S. typhi mutant X7344 and parent strain SB130, and S. typhimurium 5771 in logarithmic phase were introduced to the upper chamber of the filter units. Numbers of bacteria in the lower chamber, TER and permeability of the monolayer to mannitol were measured over time. Monolayers were examined by light, electron and confocal microscopy to determine the pathway of bacterial transmigration, and intracellular bacteria were estimated by gentamicin assay. Epithelial cell injury was quantified by light microscopy. S. typhi transmigrated earlier and in larger numbers than S. typhimurium, inducing marked changes in electrical resistance and permeability. Unlike S. typhimurium, S. typhi selected epithelial cells in small number and caused their death and extrusion from the monolayers leaving holes through which S. typhi transmigrated. Ty2 consistently transmigrated in larger numbers and with more injury to monolayers than Ty21a. S. typhi crosses the monolayers of C2BBe cells by a paracellular route in contrast to the transcellular pathway described for other Salmonellae. This may be related to the unique pathophysiology of S. typhi infection and the restricted host specificity of this pathogen. In these assays the vaccine strain, Ty21a, is slightly less invasive than its parent, though more invasive than S. typhimurium.     

Release of Prostaglandin E2 by Human Mononuclear Cells Exposed to Heat-Killed Salmonella typhi

Human mononuclear cells pre-labeled with [³H]arachidonic acid were shown to release metabolites following in vitro addition of heat-killed Salmonella typhi (HKST). The amount of label released was significantly higher than that seen with live S. typhi (LST). Addition of increasing amounts of HKST resulted in an increased release of metabolites. Enzyme immunoassay of the culture supernatants revealed that the bulk of the metabolite released was prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂). Leukotriene B₄ (LTB₄) and leukotriene C₄ (LTC₄) were not detectable in the culture supernatants. The significance and implications of these results are discussed.     

伤寒沙门氏菌SOD的提取及抗原性研究

经硫酸铵分级沉淀,ＤＥＡＥ纤维素柱层析提取了伤寒沙门氏菌ＳＯＤ。提取后酶的比活性为３２７０Ｕ／ｍｇ,经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,蛋白质染色及酶活性染色显示提取的ＳＯＤ达到了电泳纯。酶活性染色法和原子吸收分光光度法测定结果表明提取的ＳＯＤ为Ｆｅ－ＳＯＤ。双向琼脂扩散试验结果显示抗伤寒沙门氏菌Ｆｅ－ＳＯＤ血清与牛红细胞ＳＯＤ不形成沉淀线,提示伤寒沙门氏菌Ｆｅ－ＳＯＤ与牛红细胞ＳＯＤ无交叉反应,抗体对酶活性抑制试验结果显示抗Ｆｅ－ＳＯＤ血清可抑制伤寒沙门氏菌及鼠伤寒沙门氏菌的Ｆｅ－ＳＯＤ和Ｆｅ／Ｍｎ－ＳＯＤ活性,对Ｍｎ－ＳＯＤ活性无抑制作用,说明伤寒沙门氏菌和鼠伤寒沙门氏菌的ＳＯＤ之间有共同抗原,也提示ＳＯＤ的辅基似乎决定了其抗原特异性。     

Salmonella typhi Ty2 OmpC Porin Induces Bactericidal Activity on U937 Monocytes

The immunogenic effect of Salmonella typhi OmpC porin during typhoid fever in humans was evaluated in vitro. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 17 patients were challenged with outer membrane preparations from Escherichia coli UH302 and UH302/pSTP2K2 strains, both lacking E. coli OmpF and OmpC porins, although UH302/pSTP2K2 expressed a plasmid-encoded S. typhi Ty2 OmpC. The mononuclear cell supernatants, immunized in vitro with OmpC antigen, derived from 10 out of 17 patients activated U937 bactericidal capacity. In contrast, the supernatants from the immunization with outer membrane preparation lacking S. typhi Ty2 OmpC induced a significantly reduced bactericidal capacity of U937 cells. This procedure should prove useful for in vitro characterization of cellular immunogens from exclusive human pathogens.     

CS3菌毛抗原和霍乱毒素B亚基在人伤寒菌中的表达

通过体内外重组的方法,构建了人伤寒菌流行株Ｔｙ２的△ａｒｏＡ,△ａｒｏＣ和ａｓｄ＾－基因缺失突变体（ＲＳ４１７）作为抗原载体菌：同时,构建包含ａｓｄ基因的表达质粒ｐＹＸ１０２,与ＲＳ４１７一起,构成宿主－载全平衡致死系统,用于在没有抗生素条件选择的情况下,稳定表达克隆在表达质粒上的外源抗原基因,将肠毒素性大肠杆菌的菌毛抗原ＩＩＩ（ＣＳ３）基因和霍乱弧菌毒素Ｂ亚基（ＣＴＢ）基因分别克隆至ｐＹＸ１０２     

Vi-Suppressed wild strain Salmonella typhi cultured in high osmolarity is hyperinvasive toward epithelial cells and destructive of Peyer's patches

Salmonella typhi GIFU10007-3 which lost a viaB locus on its chromosome became highly invasive in our previous study. To investigate the phenomenon, we controlled Vi expression in wild strain S. typhi GIFU10007, and studied the invasive phenotype both in vitro and in vivo. When the wild strain of S. typhi was cultured in 300 mM NaCl containing Luria-Bertani broth (LBH), the expression of Vi antigen was suppressed, but secretion of invasion proteins (SipC, SipB and SipA) was increased. In this condition, wild strain S. typhi became highly invasive toward both epithelial cells and M cells of rat Peyer's patches. When GIFU10007 was cultured under conditions of high osmolarity, the bacteria disrupted Peyer's patches and induced massive bleeding in these structures only 20 min after inoculation into the ileal loop. In contrast, Vi-encapsulated wild strain GIFU10007 cultured under low osmolarity was not destructive, even after 60 min. To understand the role of the type III secretion system under conditions of high osmolarity, we knocked out the invA and sipC genes of both GIFU10007 and GIFU10007-3. Neither invA nor sipC mutants could invade epithelial cells or M cells in a high osmolarity environment. Our data show that the highly invasive phenotype was only expressed when the wild strain S. typhi was cultured under high osmolarity, which induced a state of Vi suppression, and in the presence of the type III secretion system.     

Susceptibility of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella typhi to oxygen metabolites

Abstract The susceptibility of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 and of S. typhi 1079 to oxygen metabolites were compared. S. typhimurium LT2 and S. typhi 1079 were killed to an equal extent (about 40%) by the xanthine-xanthine oxidase (200 mU/ml) system. Among the various scavengers of oxygen metabolites, catalase alone inhibited the killing of S. typhimurium LT2 and S. typhi 1079 by the xanthine-xanthine oxidase system, indicating that hydrogen peroxide contributed to the killing of Salmonellae . The respiratory burst of murine macrophages was efficiently triggered by the ingestion of S. typhimurium LT2, S. typhimurium SL1102, and S. typhi 1079 and all to the same extent. However, in the range of the concentration of hydrogen peroxide produced by murine macrophages, neither S. typhimurium LT2 nor S. typhi 1079 were killed. Only S. typhimurium SL1102, a rough mutant of S. typhimurium LT2, was markedly susceptible under these conditions. The findings suggest that both S. typhimurium LT2 and S. typhi 1079 are resistant to oxygen-dependent killing mechanisms.     

双价工程菌K99和F41菌毛抗原的提纯、特征分析及免疫效果观察

本文利用加热搅拌及Sephadex G-100凝胶过滤方法,从双价重组工程菌RRI(pMG611)中分离了重组K99和F41菌毛抗原。SDS-PAGE测定其分子量,重组K99和F41抗原亚单位分子量分别是17200和29800,与各自野生菌毛亚单位分子量相同。甘露糖抗性血凝试验(MRHA)性质与野生K99和F41抗原相似。双向扩散试验和Western blot分析证实其免疫学性质亦与野生菌毛抗原相似。重组K99和F41抗原的免疫原性较强,能够刺激家兔产生高效价的抗体出现。     

Peptide mimotopes of complex carbohydrates in Salmonella enterica serovar typhi which react with both carbohydrate-specific monoclonal antibody and polyclonal sera from typhoid patients

Polyclonal sera from typhoid patients and a monoclonal antibody, mAb ATVi, which recognizes the capsular polysaccharide Vi antigen (ViCPS), were used to select for peptides that mimic the ViCPS by using a phage-displayed random 12-mer peptide library. Two major common mimotopes selected from the library carried the amino acid sequences TSHHDSHGLHRV and ENHSPVNIAHKL. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) showed that these peptides carry mimotopes to ViCPS. Phage clones that contained the 12-mer peptides were also tested against pooled/individual typhoid patients' sera and found to have 3 to 5 times higher binding compared to normal sera. By using Phage-ELISA assays, the derived synthetic peptides, TSHHDSHGLHRV and ENHSPVNIAHKL, were tested against a monoclonal antibody mAb ATVi and over 2-fold difference in binding was found between these peptides and a control unrelated peptide, CTLTTKLYC. Inhibition of the mAb's binding to ViCPS indicated that the synthetic peptides successfully competed with the capsular polysaccharide for antibody binding.     

Molecular Characterization of Low-Molecular-Weight Component Protein,Flp, in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Fimbriae

Fimbriae preparation from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans was found to contain an abundant low-molecular-weight protein (termed Flp) with an apparent molecular mass of approximately 6.5 kDa, in addition to a small amount of 54-kDa protein. Immunogold electron microscopy localized the Flp protein at the bacterial fimbriae but not at the cell surface. The DNA fragment including the flp gene was cloned from A. actinomycetemcomitans 304-a and its nucleotide sequence was determined. An open reading frame of the flp gene was composed of 225 bp encoding a protein of 75 amino acids. Comparison of the translated amino acid sequence with the sequence of native Flp determined by Edman degradation indicated that the N-terminal part of 26 amino acids is leader peptide. The N-terminal sequence of mature Flp exhibited some similarity to type-IV pilin. Furthermore, the processing site of premature Flp is also similar to that of type-IV prepilin, and a gene encoding a protein homologous to type-IV prepilin-like protein leader peptidase was found downstream of the flp gene. These findings indicate that Flp is the major component protein of A. actinomycetemcomitans fimbriae.     

伤寒沙门菌野生型与粗糙型菌体蛋白质的双向电泳分析与研究

了解伤寒沙门菌野生型与粗糙型菌株的菌体蛋白质组成特点,探讨伤寒沙门菌粗糙型变异的遗传学基础。分离提取伤寒沙门菌野生型与粗糙型菌株的菌体蛋白质,聚丙烯酰胺凝胶双向电泳(2D-PAGE)和考马斯亮蓝染色,计算机分析与比较两菌株的蛋白质组成特点及其相关性。伤寒沙门菌野生型与粗糙型具有相似的蛋白质电泳图谱,相似系数为78%。多数蛋白质斑点分布于pH 3.0~6.4之间,并且分子量小于30kDa。两菌株的蛋白质电泳图谱之间的主要差异共计36处,多数差异蛋白质的分子量小于20kDa。伤寒沙门菌粗糙型与野生型菌体蛋白质组成的差异显示,粗糙型变异绝不仅仅是O抗原多糖的缺失,也可发生菌体蛋白质组成的改变与缺失。伤寒沙门菌粗糙型保留了同其亲代野生型菌株一致的绝大多数菌体蛋白质组成,在2D-PAGE中形成伤寒沙门菌特征性的基本蛋白质图谱,有助于对粗糙型菌株进行蛋白质分子同源性与变异性的分析与鉴别。     

Genome plasticity and ori-ter rebalancing in Salmonella typhi

Genome plasticity resulting from frequent rearrangement of the bacterial genome is a fascinating but poorly understood phenomenon. First reported in Salmonella typhi, it has been observed only in a small number of Salmonella serovars, although the over 2,500 known Salmonella serovars are all very closely related. To gain insights into this phenomenon and elucidate its roles in bacterial evolution, especially those involved in the formation of particular pathogens, we systematically analyzed the genomes of 127 wild-type S. typhi strains isolated from many places of the world and compared them with the two sequenced strains, Ty2 and CT18, attempting to find possible associations between genome rearrangement and other significant genomic features. Like other host-adapted Salmonella serovars, S. typhi contained large genome insertions, including the 134 kb Salmonella pathogenicity island, SPI7. Our analyses showed that SPI7 disrupted the physical balance of the bacterial genome between the replication origin (ori) and terminus (ter) when this DNA segment was inserted into the genome, and rearrangement in individual strains further changed the genome balance status, with a general tendency toward a better balanced genome structure. In a given S. typhi strain, genome diversification occurred and resulted in different structures among cells in the culture. Under a stressed condition, bacterial cells with better balanced genome structures were selected to greatly increase in proportion; in such cases, bacteria with better balanced genomes formed larger colonies and grew with shorter generation times. Our results support the hypothesis that genome plasticity as a result of frequent rearrangement provides the opportunity for the bacterial genome to adopt a better balanced structure and thus eventually stabilizes the genome during evolution.     

Immunogenicity of Vibrio cholerae O1 Fimbriae in Animal and Human Cholera

Parenteral immunization with either formalin-fixed whole cells of the fimbriate Bgd17 strain or purified fimbriae protected against Vibrio cholerae O1 infection in rabbits, independent of biotype and serotype. Parenteral immunization of adult rabbits with purified fimbriae prior to V. cholerae O1 challenge resulted in a reduction of 2 to 3 orders of magnitude in the number of bacteria recovered from the small intestines of immunized rabbits in comparison to non-immunized controls. IgG and IgA antibodies against fimbrillin of V. cholerae O1 were detected in the convalescent sera of patients with cholera; however, little fimbrial antigen was detected in the commercially available cholera vaccines when examined by polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against fimbriae. These data suggest that fimbrial hemagglutinin is a major adhesin of V. cholerae O1 and that parenteral immunization with fimbriae generates a specific immune response in the gut that may serve as one means of mitigating subsequent V. cholerae O1 gut infection.     

大连市伤寒沙门菌耐药性及耐药基因分析

目的检测多重耐药伤寒沙门菌对抗菌药物的敏感性及其耐药基因携带情况,为伤寒沙门菌引起的腹泻治疗提供科学依据。方法采用微量肉汤稀释的方法测定大连地区临床分离的78株伤寒沙门菌对12种抗生素的敏感性;用PCR方法检测TEM型β内酰胺酶基因、catA和catB氯霉素乙酰基转移酶基因以及cmlA氯霉素外排泵蛋白基因、aac(6′)Ⅰb和aac3Ⅱ型氨基糖苷类修饰酶基因、qacEΔ1sul1耐消毒剂和磺胺基因、多重耐药外排基因acrB等8种耐药基因。结果78株沙门菌对12种药物有不同程度耐药(1.28%~74.35%)。得到9株多重耐药菌株,其中5株检出TEM型β内酰胺酶基因;7株耐氯霉素的伤寒沙门菌菌株中,2株仅检出catA基因,1株仅检出catB基因,1株仅检出cmlA氯霉素外排泵蛋白基因,2株同时检出catA基因和cmlA氯霉素外排泵蛋白基因;2株检出aac(6′)Ⅰb基因,1株检出aac3Ⅱ型氨基糖苷类修饰酶基因;4株检出耐消毒剂和磺胺基因qacEΔ1sul1;6株检出多重耐药外排基因acrB。结论大连地区临床分离的伤寒沙门菌存在严峻的耐药现象,多种耐药基因存在于耐药伤寒沙门菌中,可能是导致菌株对多种抗菌药物耐药的原因。     

Release of Vi antigens from Salmonella typhi: implications for virulence and diagnosis

Abstract The release of Vi antigens from three clinical isolates of Salmonella typhi was measured by a Vi-specific monoclonal antibody. Large quantities of Vi antigens were detected in the culture supernates from all three strains using either passive latex agglutination or rocket immunoelectrophoresis. Vi antigens were also detected in broth cultures of S. typhi containing about 10⁵ cells/ml using the sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The significance of this finding in relationship to the virulence and the diagnosis of S. typhi was discussed.