Abstract |
An inactivated oral enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccine against ETEC diarrhea was given to 25 adult Swedish volunteers. The vaccine consisted of formalin-killed E. coli bacteria expressing the most common colonization factor antigens (CFAs), i.e., CFA/I, -II, and -IV, and recombinantly produced cholera B subunit (CTB). Immunoglobulin A ( IgA) antibody responses in intestinal lavage fluid to CTB and CFAs were determined and compared with corresponding responses in stool extracts and serum as well as with IgA antibody-secreting cell (ASC) responses in peripheral blood. Two doses of vaccine induced significant IgA responses to the different CFAs in lavage fluid in 61 to 87% of the vaccinees and in stool in 38 to 81% of them. The most frequent responses were seen against CFA/I. The magnitudes of the antibody responses against CTB and CFA/I in stool correlated significantly (CTB, P < 0.01; CFA/I, P < 0. 05) with those in intestinal lavage. Intestinal lavage responses against CFAs were best reflected by the ASC responses, with the sensitivity of the ASC assay being 80 to 85%, followed by stool (sensitivity of 50 to 88%) and serum antibody (sensitivity of 7 to 65%) analyses. CTB-specific immune responses were seen in >90% of the vaccinees in all assays.
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Authors | C Ahrén, M Jertborn, A M Svennerholm |
Journal | Infection and immunity
(Infect Immun)
Vol. 66
Issue 7
Pg. 3311-6
(Jul 1998)
ISSN: 0019-9567 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9632600
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Immunoglobulin A
- Vaccines, Inactivated
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Topics |
- Administration, Oral
- Adult
- Antibodies, Bacterial
(blood)
- Bacterial Vaccines
(immunology)
- Escherichia coli
(immunology)
- Feces
(microbiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin A
(blood)
- Intestinal Mucosa
(immunology)
- Male
- Vaccines, Inactivated
(immunology)
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