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Infect Immun. 1983 June; 40(3): 856-861

Immunogenic properties in mice of hexasaccharide from the capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3.

ABSTRACT

Hexasaccharide (HS) containing 3 U of cellobiuronic acid was isolated from Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3 capsular polysaccharide S3 and coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA), keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), or tetanus toxoid (TT). The immunogenicity of these HS-protein conjugates in BALB/c mice was studied by measuring the production of circulating antibodies and the induction of protective immunity to viable S. pneumoniae type 3. Immunization of BALB/c mice with 0.5 micrograms of S3 resulted in the induction of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies and complete protection against 25 U of a mean lethal dose of S. pneumoniae type 3 for 19 weeks after immunization. BALB/c mice immunized with 100 micrograms of HS9-BSA (containing 12 micrograms of HS) were also protected due to circulating IgM antibodies. Repeated injections with either 100 micrograms of HS9-BSA (three immunizations) or 100 micrograms of HS6-KLH (two immunizations) resulted in high levels of circulating IgG antibodies. These HS-protein conjugates induced complete protection which lasted at least 14 (HS9-BSA), 23 (HS6-KLH), or 8 (HS16-TT) weeks after the last immunization. Protection against viable S. pneumoniae type 3 could be passively transferred to nonimmunized mice by antisera containing IgM or IgG antibodies or both. Sera containing both IgM and IgG antibodies gave better protection than sera containing only IgM antibodies. The specificity of the induced protection was confirmed by challenge with the non-cross-reacting S. pneumoniae type 11.

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