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Infection and Immunity, October 2004, p. 5824-5831, Vol. 72, No. 10
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.10.5824-5831.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Role of B7 Costimulatory Molecules in Mediating Systemic and Mucosal Antibody Responses to Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Its Cloned Antigen

Carlos A. Garcia,1 Michael Martin,2 and Suzanne M. Michalek1*

Departments of Microbiology,1 Oral Biology University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama2

Received 21 April 2004/ Returned for modification 1 June 2004/ Accepted 14 July 2004

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the ability of an attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium vaccine strain to up-regulate B7-1 and B7-2 on antigen-presenting cells and to examine the functional roles these costimulatory molecules play in mediating immune responses to Salmonella and to an expressed cloned antigen, the saliva-binding region (SBR) of antigen I/II. In vitro stimulation of B cells (B220+), macrophages (CD11b+), and dendritic cells (CD11c+) with S. enterica serovar Typhimurium induced an up-regulation of B7-2 and, especially, B7-1 expression. The in vivo functional roles of B7-1, B7-2, and B7-1/2 were evaluated in BALB/c wild-type and B7-1, B7-2, and B7-1/2 knockout (KO) mice following intranasal immunization with the Salmonella expressing the cloned SBR. Differential requirements for B7-1 and B7-2 were observed upon primary and secondary immunizations. Compared to wild-type controls, B7-1 and B7-2 KO mice had reduced mucosal and systemic anti-Salmonella antibody responses after a single immunization, while only B7-1 KO mice exhibited suppressed anti-Salmonella antibody responses following the second immunization. Mucosal and systemic antibody responses to SBR were reduced following the primary immunization, whereas a compensatory role for either B7-1 or B7-2 was observed after the second immunization. B7-1/2 double KO mice failed to induce detectable levels of mucosal or systemic immunoglobulin A (IgA) or IgG antibody responses to either Salmonella or SBR. These findings demonstrate that B7-1 and B7-2 can play distinct as well as redundant roles for mediating mucosal and systemic antibody responses, which are likely dependent upon the nature of the antigen.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 845 19th St. S., BBRB 258/5, Birmingham, AL 35294-2170. Phone: (205) 934-3470. Fax: (205) 934-1426. E-mail: suemich{at}uab.edu.

Editor: J. D. Clements

Infection and Immunity, October 2004, p. 5824-5831, Vol. 72, No. 10
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.10.5824-5831.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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