title: Protective immunity induced by porin in experimental mouse salmonellosis.
abstract: The induction of protective immunity to mouse salmonellosis by porin from Salmonella typhimurium LT2 was studied. The immunization with porin induced a high level of protective immunity to salmonellosis in BALB/c mice. Mice immunized with porin exhibited significant levels of delayed-type hypersensitivity response and interleukin-2 production, indicating that porin was capable of inducing cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Furthermore, we found that both T cells and sera taken from the porin-immunized mice could transfer the protection against salmonellosis into nonimmunized mice. These observations suggested that a high level of the protection to salmonellosis obtained by the porin immunization resulted from the induction of CMI in addition to humoral immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Meiji College of Pharmacy, Tokyo.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D007114:Immunization; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018272:Porins; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2; D018272:Porins; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated