title: Influence of recombinant bovine interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-2 in pigs vaccinated and challenged with Streptococcus suis.
abstract: An experiment was conducted to determine the adjuvanticity of recombinant bovine IL-1 beta (rBoIL-1 beta) and recombinant bovine IL-2 (rBoIL-2) administered in conjunction with a single Streptococcus suis vaccination in pigs. Sixty 4-week-old pigs were allotted to eight groups: nonvaccinated controls; vaccinated controls; rBoIL-beta at 0.1, 1, and 10 micrograms kg-1; rBoIL-2 at 2.5, 25, and 250 micrograms kg-1. All pigs (except nonvaccinated controls) were vaccinated on Day 0 with a commercial Streptococcus suis vaccine (serotypes 1 and 2). At vaccination, pigs were injected intramuscularly with their respective cytokine treatments. Pigs received additional cytokine injections on 2 consecutive days. On Day 21, all pigs were challenged intravenously with 3.2 x 10(9) colony forming units of a log phase culture of S. suis (serotype 2). The highest dose of rBoIL-1 beta exceeded the maximum tolerable dose for the cytokine; however, this dose of rBoIL-1 beta protected pigs from the S. suis challenge. Pigs administered rBoIL-1 beta at 10 micrograms kg-1 had higher antibody responses to S. suis, less severe clinical signs of the disease after challenge, better growth performance during the infection, and less severe gross pathological lesions caused by the bacteria. No pigs in this treatment group died from the bacterial challenge. These data suggest that rBoIL-1 beta (10 micrograms kg-1), administered intramuscularly for 3 consecutive days at vaccination, is more effective than a single S. suis vaccination alone in protecting pigs against a S. suis challenge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blecha
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Chitko-McKown
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: McVey
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Chengappa
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Goodband
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Nelssen
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000276:immunology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins