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- Title
MV140 Mucosal Vaccine Induces Targeted Immune Response for Enhanced Clearance of Uropathogenic E. coli in Experimental Urinary Tract Infection.
- Authors
Saz-Leal, Paula; Ligon, Marianne Morris; Diez-Rivero, Carmen María; García-Ayuso, Diego; Mohanty, Soumitra; Viñuela, Marcos; Real-Arévalo, Irene; Conejero, Laura; Brauner, Annelie; Subiza, José Luis; Mysorekar, Indira Uppugunduri
- Abstract
MV140 is an inactivated whole-cell bacterial mucosal vaccine with proven clinical efficacy against recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). These infections are primarily caused by uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) strains, which are unique in their virulence factors and remarkably diverse. MV140 contains a non-UPEC strain, suggesting that it may induce an immune response against different UPEC-induced UTIs in patients. To verify this, we experimentally evaluated the cellular and humoral responses to UTI89, a prototypical UPEC strain, in mice vaccinated with MV140, as well as the degree of protection achieved in a UPEC UTI89 model of acute cystitis. The results show that both cellular (Th1/Th17) and antibody (IgG/IgA) responses to UTI89 were induced in MV140-immunized mice. MV140 vaccination resulted in an early increased clearance of UTI89 viable bacteria in the bladder and urine following transurethral infection. This was accompanied by a highly significant increase in CD4+ T cells in the bladder and an increase in urinary neutrophils. Collectively, our results support that MV140 induces cross-reactive humoral and cellular immune responses and cross-protection against UPEC strains.
- Subjects
ESCHERICHIA coli; URINARY tract infections; IMMUNE response; BLADDER; BACTERIAL vaccines
- Publication
Vaccines, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 5, p535
- ISSN
2076-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/vaccines12050535