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Infection and Immunity, May 2002, p. 2278-2281, Vol. 70, No. 5
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.5.2278-2281.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Protection against Bacterial Superantigen Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B by Passive Vaccination

Ross D. LeClaire,1 Robert E. Hunt,2 and Sina Bavari1*

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland 21702-5011,1 Medical Research and Evaluation Facility, Battelle, Columbus, Ohio 43201-26932

Received 31 August 2001/ Returned for modification 19 November 2001/ Accepted 25 January 2002

We investigated the ability of two overlapping fragments of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), which encompass the whole toxin, to induce protection and also examined if passive transfer of chicken anti-SEB antibodies raised against the holotoxin could protect rhesus monkeys against aerosolized SEB. Although both fragments of SEB were highly immunogenic, the fragments failed to protect mice whether they were injected separately or injected together. Passive transfer of antibody generated in chickens (immunoglobulin Y [IgY]) against the whole toxin suppressed cytokine responses and was protective in mice. All rhesus monkeys treated with the IgY specific for SEB up to 4 h after challenge survived lethal SEB aerosol exposure. These findings suggest that large fragments of SEB may not be ideal for productive vaccination, but passive transfer of SEB-specific antibodies protects nonhuman primates against lethal aerosol challenge. Thus, antibodies raised in chickens against the holotoxin may have potential therapeutic value within a therapeutic window of opportunity after SEB encounter.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5011. Phone: (301) 619-4246. Fax: (301) 619-2348. E-mail: sina.bavari{at}amedd.army.mil.

Editor: E. I. Tuomanen

Infection and Immunity, May 2002, p. 2278-2281, Vol. 70, No. 5
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.5.2278-2281.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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