title: Identification of three highly attenuated Salmonella typhimurium mutants that are more immunogenic and protective in mice than a prototypical aroA mutant.
abstract: A panel of Salmonella typhimurium 14028s mutants, which were previously shown to be highly attenuated in the BALB/c mouse model of infection, were analyzed for their potential as live Salmonella oral-vaccine candidates. A prototypical aroA mutant was chosen as a basis of comparison. From the panel of mutants initially chosen for this study, three mutants with comparable levels of attenuation elicited higher Salmonella-specific serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and/or mucosal secretory-IgA antibody titers than the aroA vaccine strain. The three mutants, CL288, CL401, and CL554, also elicited a better protective immune response than the aroA control strain, after a single oral dose of 1 x 10(9) to 2 x 10(9) bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA. valentip@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Valentine
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Devore
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heffron
mesh_terms: D051229:3-Phosphoshikimate 1-Carboxyvinyltransferase; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009154:Mutation; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology*; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; D051229:3-Phosphoshikimate 1-Carboxyvinyltransferase