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Vaccine efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG against Mycobacterium sp. infection in amberjack Seriola dumerili.

Abstract
Mycobacteriosis, caused by the intracellular parasitism Mycobacterium sp., causes economic damages to aquaculture production in Japan, particularly in seriola fish production. Antibiotics are not effective against Mycobacterium sp. and so a potent vaccine is needed. We previously reported that BCG vaccine (Mycobacterium bovis BCG) induces adaptive immunity against Mycobacterium sp. in Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus. In a phylogenetic tree, the genes for a major antigen, the Ag85 complex, in Mycobacterium sp. TUMSAT-Msp001 are closely related to homologues in Mycobacterium ulcerans. M. bovis BCG was detected until 7 days post-injection at the injection site (muscle) and 28 days post-vaccination in spleen. Cumulative mortality of amberjack, Seriola dumerili vaccinated intramuscularly (i.m.) and intraperitoneally (i.p.) with M. bovis BCG was 32.3% and 59.5% respectively, at 24 days post-infection of Mycobacterium sp., compared to 97.8% in PBS-injected fish. The bacterial counts of Mycobacterium sp. in spleen of both i.m.-and i.p.-vaccinated fish (6.2 x 10³ and 1.3 x 10⁴ CFU/mg tissue, respectively) at 20 days post-infection were significantly lower (P < 0.01) than those of PBS-injected fish (8.0 x 10⁶ CFU/mg). Furthermore, Immersion challenge with Mycobacterium sp. TUMSAT Msp-001 showed 50% RPS value in BCG i.m.-vaccinated fish at the end of the experiment. These results support our previous study using Japanese flounder and suggest that BCG vaccine is also effective against Mycobacterium sp. infection in amberjack.
AuthorsGoshi Kato, Keitaro Kato, Kei Saito, Yo Pe, Hidehiro Kondo, Takashi Aoki, Ikuo Hirono
JournalFish & shellfish immunology (Fish Shellfish Immunol) Vol. 30 Issue 2 Pg. 467-72 (Feb 2011) ISSN: 1095-9947 [Electronic] England
PMID21111051 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Acyltransferases
Topics
  • Acyltransferases (genetics, immunology)
  • Animals
  • BCG Vaccine (immunology)
  • Bacterial Load
  • Fish Diseases (mortality, prevention & control)
  • Mycobacterium (classification, genetics)
  • Mycobacterium Infections (mortality, prevention & control, veterinary)
  • Perciformes
  • Phylogeny
  • Spleen (microbiology)

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