Turkish Journal of Biology
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the most common infectious diseases around the world despite the widespread use of BCG (bacille Calmette-Guerin) strain of Mycobacterium bovis as a vaccine. This vaccine does not always protect people from TB, and, thus, new effective vaccines or vaccination strategies are being investigated. In this study, alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (AhpC) from M. bovis was evaluated as a new candidate vaccine antigen against TB in BALB/c mice model. The ahpC gene was amplified from M.bovis genome, cloned, and expressed in Escherichia coli. Vaccine antigen AhpC was formulated with Montanide ISA 61 VG, an oil-based emulsion adjuvant. Both IgG and IL-12 responses were observed in mice after administering the formulation both as a subunit vaccine alone and also as a booster vaccine for BCG immunization. However, a long-lasting response was observed when AhpC formulation was used as a booster (for BCG-primed immunization) as compared to being used as a subunit vaccine alone. In short, these findings suggested that AhpC has the potential to be used as a booster vaccine candidate for BCG-primed immunization.
DOI
10.3906/biy-2108-41
Keywords
Subunit vaccine, tuberculosis, prime-boost vaccination, recombinant protein
First Page
95
Last Page
104
Recommended Citation
DÜZENLİ, ÖZGÜN FIRAT; OKAY, SEZER; BÖLÜK, İNCİ KAZKAYASI; and ÖNER, AYŞE FİLİZ
(2022)
"Recombinant AhpC antigen from Mycobacterium bovis boosts BCG-primed immunity in mice,"
Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 46:
No.
1, Article 6.
https://doi.org/10.3906/biy-2108-41
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol46/iss1/6