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Antigenic analysis of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin with phage display libraries and rabbit anti-filamentous hemagglutinin polyclonal antibodies.

ABSTRACT: Although substantial advancements have been made in the development of efficacious acellular vaccines against Bordetella pertussis, continued progress requires better understanding of the antigenic makeup of B. pertussis virulence factors, including filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA). To identify antigenic regions of FHA, phage display libraries constructed by using random fragments of the 10-kbp EcoRI fragment of B. pertussis fhaB were affinity selected with rabbit anti-FHA polyclonal antibodies. Characterization of antibody-reactive clones displaying FHA-derived peptides identified 14 antigenic regions, each containing one or more epitopes. A number of clones mapped within regions containing known or putative FHA adhesin domains and may be relevant for the generation of protective antibodies. The immunogenic potential of the phage-displayed peptides was assessed indirectly by comparing their recognition by antibodies elicited by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-denatured and native FHA and by measuring the inhibition of this recognition by purified FHA. FHA residues 1929 to 2019 may contain the most dominant linear epitope of FHA. Clones mapping to this region accounted for ca. 20% of clones recovered from the initial library selection and screening procedures. They are strongly recognized by sera against both SDS-denatured and native FHA, and this recognition is readily inhibited by purified FHA. Given also that this region includes a factor X homolog (J. Sandros and E. Tuomanen, Trends Microbiol. 1:192-196, 1993) and that the single FHA epitope (residues 2001 to 2015) was unequivocally defined in a comparable study by E. Leininger et al. (J. Infect. Dis. 175:1423-1431, 1997), peptides derived from residues of 1929 to 2019 of FHA are strong candidates for future protection studies.

SUBMITTER: Wilson DR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC108604 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Antigenic analysis of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin with phage display libraries and rabbit anti-filamentous hemagglutinin polyclonal antibodies.

Wilson D R DR Siebers A A Finlay B B BB

Infection and immunity 19981001 10

Although substantial advancements have been made in the development of efficacious acellular vaccines against Bordetella pertussis, continued progress requires better understanding of the antigenic makeup of B. pertussis virulence factors, including filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA). To identify antigenic regions of FHA, phage display libraries constructed by using random fragments of the 10-kbp EcoRI fragment of B. pertussis fhaB were affinity selected with rabbit anti-FHA polyclonal antibodies. ...[more]

PMID: 9746593

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Project description:Filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), Bordetella pertussis' key adhesin, is both present at the cell surface and released in the extracellular milieu. To comprehend the role free FHA plays in the pathogenic process, we analyzed the global transcriptional changes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) after exposure to that purified virulence factor. This analysis was undertaken with four different FHA preparations (FHA-1, FHA-2, FHA-3, and FHA-4), purified from four different B. pertussis strains. Cultures comprising 3x106 PBMC were stimulated for 0.5, 2, 4, and 6 hours with 5 ug/ml of each purified B. pertussis FHA. Control PBMC cultures were simultaneously treated with similar volumes of elution buffers (Mock-1 and Mock-2), and sampled at the same time points. The array experiment was composed of 27 samples. Most of the transcripts known to be part of the "common host-transcriptional response" that mediates inflammation were among the 1,235 array elements (representing 683 known unique genes) showing a greater than 3-fold change in transcript abundance between FHA-treated and untreated cells. We also identified an FHA-specific signature not observed in cells stimulated with B. pertussis LPS or heat-killed B. pertussis. This response, mounted by 13 genes, largely (69%, 9/13 genes) interferon (IFN)-regulated genes. Further analysis revealed that 18.3% (125 out of 683) of the FHA-responsive genes were in fact regulated by IFN. These included several major players of the antiviral IFN type I response, as well as three key components of the ISGylation pathway. Induction of the ubiquitin-like protein ISG15 and its specific protease USP18 was confirmed at the mRNA level by relative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Western-blot analysis demonstrated the presence of both free ISG15 and several ISGylated conjugates in FHA-stimulated PBMC cell lysate. Intracellular FACS analysis provided further evidence that monocytes and a natural-killer (NK)-enriched cell population are the primary producers of ISG15 after FHA stimulation. Our results revealed new activities of free B. pertussis FHA: activation of the host IFN and ISGylation pathways. The consequences of such activation are yet to be resolved, but we hypothesize that FHA utilizes the ISGylation pathway or USP18 to regulate the IFN response, which in turn sensitizes the host to the infection and induces cell death. Groups of assays that are related as part of a time series. Infection: treatment with purified B. pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) at 0.005 mg/mL Time: Samples were collected after various treatment time (hours) Keywords: time_series_design

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Antigenic analysis of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin with phage display libraries and rabbit anti-filamentous hemagglutinin polyclonal antibodies.

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Antigenic analysis of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin with phage display libraries and rabbit anti-filamentous hemagglutinin polyclonal antibodies.

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