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Infection and Immunity, February 2000, p. 485-491, Vol. 68, No. 2
Department of Medical Microbiology and
Immunology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg,
Sweden,1 and INSERM U447, Pasteur
Institute of Lille, Lille, France2
Received 23 August 1999/Returned for modification 24 September
1999/Accepted 3 November 1999
Intranasal administration of live attenuated Bordetella
pertussis, from which the pertussis toxin gene has been deleted,
has previously been shown to give rise to high levels of serum
immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against both the protective antigen
filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and heterologous antigens genetically
fused to FHA. Here, we extend these results by demonstrating that
anti-FHA IgA and IgG antibodies are also produced in the genital tract of mice, both in the vagina and in the uterus, after a single intranasal administration of B. pertussis. By comparing the
immune responses induced after infection with wild-type virulent
B. pertussis with that induced by infection with an
attenuated pertussis toxin-deficient strain, we conclude that pertussis
toxin produced by the virulent bacteria does not modify antibody
production to FHA in the genital tract of B. pertussis-infected mice. The intranasal infection with either the
attenuated or the virulent B. pertussis strain also led to
the development of immunologic memory that could be efficiently boosted
with purified FHA administered either intranasally or intravaginally to
give rise to a significant increase in the levels of specific IgA and
IgG produced locally in the genital tract, as well as of specific
antibodies in the serum. These observations suggest that attenuated
B. pertussis could be a promising vector for intranasal
administration to induce antibody responses against antigens from
sexually transmitted pathogens fused to FHA.
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Genital Antibody Responses in Mice after Intranasal
Infection with an Attenuated Candidate Vector Strain of
Bordetella pertussis
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Göteborg University,
Guldhedsgatan 10A, S-413 46 Göteborg, Sweden. Phone:
46-31-3424761. Fax: 46-31-820160. E-mail:
nathalie.mielcarek{at}microbio.gu.se.
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