An oligosaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine against type III group B Streptococcus.
We have developed an oligosaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine against type III group B Streptococcus. Purified group B streptococcal type III capsular polysaccharide was depolymerized by enzymatic digestion using endo-beta-galactosidase produced by Citrobacter freundii. Following enzymatic digestion, oligosaccharides were fractionated by gel filtration chromatography on Sephadex G-75. An oligosaccharide pool of average Mr = 14,500 (corresponding to 13.6 repeating units of the type III polysaccharide) was used for conjugation to tetanus toxoid. Tetanus toxoid was covalently coupled via a synthetic spacer molecule to the reducing end of the oligosaccharide by reductive amination. The oligosaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate elicited type III-specific anticapsular antibodies (measured in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) in three out of three rabbits whereas the unconjugated native type III polysaccharide was nonimmunogenic. Antiserum from rabbits vaccinated with the oligosaccharide-protein conjugate protected mice against lethal challenge with live group B streptococci (16 out of 16 mice survived) and opsonized group B streptococci for phagocytosis in vitro. No protection was conferred by preimmune serum nor by serum from rabbits vaccinated with unconjugated native type III polysaccharide. An oligosaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine of this design may prove to be an effective immunogen for protection against group B streptococcal infection in humans. In addition, the approach to vaccine design utilized in these studies will facilitate further definition of the structural parameters that determine immune response to glycoconjugate vaccines.[1]References
- An oligosaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine against type III group B Streptococcus. Paoletti, L.C., Kasper, D.L., Michon, F., DiFabio, J., Holme, K., Jennings, H.J., Wessels, M.R. J. Biol. Chem. (1990) [Pubmed]
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