title: Protective potential of an attenuated Pasteurella multocida, which expresses only the N-terminal truncated fragment of P. multocida toxin.
abstract: Pasteurella multocida serogroup D causes progressive atrophic rhinitis in pigs and produces a potent, intracellular, mitogenic toxin known as P. multocida toxin (PMT), which is encoded by the toxA gene. Highly toxic to cells, PMT is a poor antigen and becomes more immunogenic after its native structure has been destroyed. Previously, we found that the N-terminal fragment of PMT (N-PMT) can induce a strong immune response that is protective against wild-type challenge. Here, an attenuated P. multocida mutant expressing only N-PMT was developed and its protective effect was evaluated. The mutant provides protective immune responses against bacterial and toxin challenges, and so is a good live vaccine candidate.
authors.affiliation: Biotherapy Human Resources Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jayoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Semi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyoju
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pyo
authors.forename: Jaeil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Taejung
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated