PiuA and PiaA, iron uptake lipoproteins ofStreptococcus pneumoniae, elicit serotype independent antibody responses following human pneumococcal septicaemia
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (1) , 73-80
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsim.2004.07.010
Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae causes considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. The need for a cheap and effective pneumococcal vaccine has necessitated the evaluation of common virulence-associated proteins as potential vaccine antigens. PiuA and PiaA are the lipoprotein components of two pneumococcal iron ABC transporters. Here, we show that patients with culture confirmed pneumococcal septicaemia have elevated levels of antibody to PiuA and PiaA in convalescent-phase, compared with acute-phase serum. Additionally, sera from septicaemic patients infected with 13 pneumococcal strains covering eight different serotypes, cross-reacted with recombinant PiuA-His6 and PiaA-His6 from a single pneumococcal strain, indicating that this immune response is serotype independent. Anti-PiuA and anti-PiaA antibodies were also found in healthy seven-month-old infants, indicating that they are immunogenic at a very early age.Keywords
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