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Protection of C3H/HeJ mice from lethal Salmonella typhimurium LT2 infection by immunization with lipopolysaccharide-lipid A-associated protein complexes.

ABSTRACT

C3H/HeJ mice were immunized intraperitoneally (i.p.) with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-lipid A-associated protein (LAP) complexes or with purified protein-free LPS prior to lethal i.p. or intravenous Salmonella typhimurium LT2 challenge. Our results demonstrated that these Salmonella-hypersusceptible mice can be effectively protected against 1,000 100% lethal doses of S. typhimurium LT2 (i.e., 1,000 viable bacteria) administered by intravenous challenge when previously immunized with LAP-LPS complexes. In contrast to these results, immunization with LPS afforded markedly less protection regardless of the route of challenge, thus suggesting that the LAP portion of LAP-LPS complexes may be necessary for inducing protection against Salmonella infections. For most experiments, antigens were emulsified in complete Freund adjuvant (CFA); however, the CFA portion of the vaccine was suggested not to be an essential component for the induction of immunity to Salmonella infections, since equivalent levels of protection were obtained when it was omitted from the vaccine. The induction of immunity to murine salmonellosis by prior immunization with CFA-LAP-LPS was demonstrated not to be a transient phenomenon, since C3H/HeJ mice were still protected against lethal S. typhimurium LT2 challenge as late as 225 days postimmunization.

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