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Infection and Immunity, December 2001, p. 7679-7686, Vol. 69, No. 12
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
Received 7 May 2001/Returned for modification 3 July 2001/Accepted 24 August 2001
Toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) is a colonization factor
required for cholera infection. It is not a strong immunogen when
delivered in the context of whole cells, yet pilus subunits or TcpA
derivative synthetic peptides induce protective responses. We examined
the efficacy of immunizing mice with TCP conjugated to anti-class II
monoclonal antibodies (MAb) with or without the addition of cholera
toxin (CT) or anti-CD40 MAb to determine if the serologic response to
TcpA could be manipulated. Anti-class II MAb-targeted TCP influenced
the anti-TCP peptide serologic response with respect to titer and
isotype. Responses to TcpA peptide 4 were induced with class II
MAb-targeted TCP and not with nontargeted TCP. Class II
MAb-targeting TcpA reduced the response to peptide 6 compared to the
nontargeted TCP response. Class II MAb-targeted TcpA, if delivered with
CT, enhanced the serologic response to TcpA peptides. The effectiveness
of the combination of targeted TCP and CT was reduced if anti-CD40 MAb
were included in the primary immunization. These data establish the
need to understand the role of TCP presentation in the generation of
B-cell epitopes in order to optimize TcpA-based cholera vaccines.
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7679-7686.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Anti-Class II Monoclonal Antibody-Targeted
Vibrio cholerae TcpA Pilin: Modulation of Serologic
Response, Epitope Specificity, and Isotype
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Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 630W Borwell
Bldg., Lebanon, NH 03756. Phone: (603) 650-6896. Fax: (603) 650-6223. E-mail: william.wade{at}dartmouth.edu.
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