Previous Article | Next Article 
Infection and Immunity, March 2000, p. 1109-1115, Vol. 68, No. 3
0019-9567/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
surA Mutants Are Attenuated and Effective Live Oral
Vaccines
Mark
Sydenham,1
Gillian
Douce,1
Frances
Bowe,2
Saddif
Ahmed,2
Steve
Chatfield,1,
and
Gordon
Dougan2,*
Medeva Vaccine Development Group, Department
of Biochemistry,1 and Department of
Biochemistry,2 Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Received 26 July 1999/Returned for modification 13 September
1999/Accepted 22 November 1999
A previously described attenuated TnphoA mutant
(BRD441) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium C5 (I. Miller, D. Maskell, C. Hormaeche, K. Johnson, D. Pickard, and G. Dougan, Infect. Immun. 57:2758-2763, 1989) was characterized, and the
transposon was shown to be inserted in surA, a gene which
encodes a
peptidylprolyl-cis,trans-isomerase. A
defined surA deletion mutation was introduced into S. enterica serovar Typhimurium C5 and the mutant strain, named
S. enterica serovar Typhimurium BRD1115, was extensively
characterized both in vitro and in vivo. S. enterica
serovar Typhimurium BRD1115 was found to be defective in the ability to
adhere to and invade eukaryotic cells. Furthermore, S. enterica serovar Typhimurium BRD1115 was attenuated by at least 3 log units when administered orally or intravenously to BALB/c mice.
Complementation of the mutation with a plasmid carrying the intact
surA gene almost completely restored the virulence of
BRD1115. In addition, S. enterica serovar Typhimurium
BRD1115 demonstrated potential as a vaccine candidate, since mice
immunized with BRD1115 were protected against subsequent challenge with
S. enterica serovar Typhimurium C5. S. enterica serovar Typhimurium BRD1115 also showed potential as a vehicle for the
effective delivery of heterologous antigens, such as the nontoxic,
protective fragment C domain of tetanus toxin, to the murine immune system.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 171 594 5256. Fax: 44 171 594 5255. E-mail: g.dougan{at}ic.ac.uk.

Present address: Microscience, Department of Infectious Diseases,
Hammersmith Hospital, London W12
0NN.
Infection and Immunity, March 2000, p. 1109-1115, Vol. 68, No. 3
0019-9567/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Fardini, Y., Trotereau, J., Bottreau, E., Souchard, C., Velge, P., Virlogeux-Payant, I.
(2009). Investigation of the role of the BAM complex and SurA chaperone in outer-membrane protein biogenesis and type III secretion system expression in Salmonella. Microbiology
155: 1613-1622
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Byrd, J. A., Burnham, M. R., McReynolds, J. L., Anderson, R. C., Genovese, K. J., Callaway, T. R., Kubena, L. F., Nisbet, D. J.
(2008). Evaluation of an Experimental Chlorate Product as a Preslaughter Feed Supplement to Reduce Salmonella in Meat-Producing Birds. Poult. Sci.
87: 1883-1888
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Lewis, C., Skovierova, H., Rowley, G., Rezuchova, B., Homerova, D., Stevenson, A., Sherry, A., Kormanec, J., Roberts, M.
(2008). Small outer-membrane lipoprotein, SmpA, is regulated by {sigma}E and has a role in cell envelope integrity and virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Microbiology
154: 979-988
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Moore, R. W., Byrd, J. A., Knape, K. D., Anderson, R. C., Callaway, T. R., Edrington, T., Kubena, L. F., Nisbet, D. J.
(2006). The Effect of an Experimental Chlorate Product on Salmonella Recovery of Turkeys when Administered Prior to Feed and Water Withdrawal. Poult. Sci.
85: 2101-2105
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Skovierova, H., Rowley, G., Rezuchova, B., Homerova, D., Lewis, C., Roberts, M., Kormanec, J.
(2006). Identification of the {sigma}E regulon of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.. Microbiology
152: 1347-1359
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Zhang, Q., Melcher, U., Zhou, L., Najar, F. Z., Roe, B. A., Fletcher, J.
(2005). Genomic Comparison of Plant Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Serratia marcescens Strains by Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
71: 7716-7723
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Rowley, G., Stevenson, A., Kormanec, J., Roberts, M.
(2005). Effect of Inactivation of degS on Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium In Vitro and In Vivo. Infect. Immun.
73: 459-463
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Humphreys, S., Rowley, G., Stevenson, A., Kenyon, W. J., Spector, M. P., Roberts, M.
(2003). Role of Periplasmic Peptidylprolyl Isomerases in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence. Infect. Immun.
71: 5386-5388
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Ariel, N., Zvi, A., Makarova, K. S., Chitlaru, T., Elhanany, E., Velan, B., Cohen, S., Friedlander, A. M., Shafferman, A.
(2003). Genome-Based Bioinformatic Selection of Chromosomal Bacillus anthracis Putative Vaccine Candidates Coupled with Proteomic Identification of Surface-Associated Antigens. Infect. Immun.
71: 4563-4579
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Takaya, A., Suzuki, M., Matsui, H., Tomoyasu, T., Sashinami, H., Nakane, A., Yamamoto, T.
(2003). Lon, a Stress-Induced ATP-Dependent Protease, Is Critically Important for Systemic Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection of Mice. Infect. Immun.
71: 690-696
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Struve, C., Forestier, C., Krogfelt, K. A.
(2003). Application of a novel multi-screening signature-tagged mutagenesis assay for identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae genes essential in colonization and infection. Microbiology
149: 167-176
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
McGarvey, J. A., Bermudez, L. E.
(2001). Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of the Mycobacterium avium Complex Reveal Differences in Gastrointestinal Invasion and Genomic Composition. Infect. Immun.
69: 7242-7249
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
-
Yamamoto, T., Sashinami, H., Takaya, A., Tomoyasu, T., Matsui, H., Kikuchi, Y., Hanawa, T., Kamiya, S., Nakane, A.
(2001). Disruption of the Genes for ClpXP Protease in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Results in Persistent Infection in Mice, and Development of Persistence Requires Endogenous Gamma Interferon and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha. Infect. Immun.
69: 3164-3174
[Abstract]
[Full Text]