Vaccination with the major secretory protein of Legionella induces humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and protective immunity across different serogroups of Legionella pneumophila and different species of Legionella - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1991 Jul 1;147(1):285-91.

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Vaccination with the major secretory protein of Legionella induces humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and protective immunity across different serogroups of Legionella pneumophila and different species of Legionella

S J Blander et al. J Immunol. 1991.

Abstract

In a previous study, we demonstrated that immunization of guinea pigs with the major secretory protein (MSP) of Legionella pneumophila, serogroup 1 induced humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to MSP and protective immunity against lethal aerosol challenge with this serogroup of L. pneumophila. Although serogroup 1 L. pneumophila cause most cases of Legionnaires' disease, other serogroups of L. pneumophila and species of Legionella cause many cases. In this study, we have examined if immunization with MSP induces humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and protective immunity across different serogroups of L. pneumophila and species of Legionella. By immunoblot analysis, MSP from L. pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1 MSP), L. pneumophila serogroup 6 (Lp6 MSP), and Legionella bozemanii (Lb MSP) shared common epitopes recognized by guinea pig anti-Lp1 MSP antiserum. These MSP molecules, however, were not identical as they had different apparent m.w. Immunization of guinea pigs with MSP induced strong cell-mediated immune responses across the different serogroups and species, as indicated by splenic lymphocyte proliferation and cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity in response to both homologous and heterologous MSP. Immunization with MSP induced strong protective immunity across two serogroups of L. pneumophila; overall, 9 survived aerosol challenge with L. pneumophila serogroup 1 compared to 0 of 12 (0%) sham-immunized control animals (p = 3 x 10(-4), Cochran-Mantel-Haenzel chi 2 statistic for pooled data). Immunization with MSP also induced protective immunity across species of Legionella but protection was species-specific. Whereas immunization with Lb MSP induced protective immunity against L. pneumophila, neither immunization with Lp1 MSP nor immunization with Lb MSP induced protective immunity against L. bozemanii, which produces MSP. Not surprisingly, immunization with MSP did not induce protective immunity against MSP-negative Legionella micdadei. In the case of both L. bozemanii and L. micdadei, immunization with a sublethal dose did confer protective immunity to aerosol challenge indicating that these species do contain immunoprotective components. This study demonstrates that immunization with MSP induces humoral and cell-mediated immune responses across different serogroups of L. pneumophila and species of Legionella, but that the capacity of MSP immunization to induce protective immunity is species-specific. Nevertheless, an MSP vaccine has the potential to induce protective immunity against the great majority of cases of Legionnaires' disease.

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Vaccination with the major secretory protein of Legionella induces humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and protective immunity across different serogroups of Legionella pneumophila and different species of Legionella - PubMed (original) (raw)