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Development of non-antibiotic-resistant, chromosomally based, constitutive and inducible expression systems for aroA-attenuated salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium

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posted on 2024-11-14, 16:05 authored by Jake Matic, Tamsin D Terry, David Van Bockel, Tracy Maddocks, David Tinworth, Michael Jennings, Steven P Djordjevic, Mark Walker
Live-vaccine delivery systems expressing two model antigens from Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, F2(P97) (Adh) and NrdF, were constructed using Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium aroA (STM-1), and immunogenicity in mice was evaluated. Recombinant plasmid-based expression (PBE) and chromosomally based expression (CBE) systems were constructed. The PBE system was formed by cloning both antigen genes into pJLA507 to create an operon downstream of temperature-inducible promoters. Constitutive CBE was achieved using a promoter-trapping technique whereby the promoterless operon was stably integrated into the chromosome of STM-1, and the expression of antigens was assessed. The chromosomal position of the operon was mapped in four clones. Inducible CBE was obtained by using the in vivo-induced sspA promoter and recombining the expression construct into aroD. Dual expression of the antigens was detected in all systems, with PBE producing much larger quantities of both antigens. The stability of antigen expression after in vivo passage was 100% for all CBE strains recovered. PBE and CBE strains were selected for comparison in a vaccination trial. The vaccine strains were delivered orally into mice, and significant systemic immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG responses against both antigens were detected among all CBE groups. No significant immune response was detected using PBE strains. Expression of recombinant antigens in S. enterica serovar Typhimurium aroA from chromosomally located strong promoters without the use of antibiotic resistance markers is a reliable and effective method of inducing a significant immune response.

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Matic, J. N., Terry, T. D., Van Bockel, D., Maddocks, T., Tinworth, D., Jennings, M. P., Djordjevic, S. P. & Walker, M. J. (2009). Development of non-antibiotic-resistant, chromosomally based, constitutive and inducible expression systems for aroA-attenuated salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Infection and Immunity, 77 (5), 1817-1826.

Journal title

Infection and immunity

Volume

77

Issue

5

Pagination

1817-1826

Language

English

RIS ID

32319

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