Passive anti-PcrV treatment protects burned mice against Pseudomonas aeruginosa challenge
Passive anti-PcrV treatment protects burned mice against Pseudomonas aeruginosa challenge
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DOI:
10.1016/j.burns.2004.09.002
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发表时间:
2005-03-01
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Sawa, T
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作者:
Neely, AN;Holder, IA;Sawa, T
The type III secretion system consists of secreted exoproducts and structural components, such as PcrV, and this system plays an important role in the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burned hosts. The purpose of this study was to determine if passive anti-PerV treatment would protect burned mice from fatal P. aeruginosa challenge, and to determine the type III exoproduct phenotype of the P. aeruginosa used as challenge strains. Antiserum was raised in rabbits. Mice were given a third degree burn, challenged with a lethal dose of R aeruginosa, and treated with either anti-PcrV or control immunoglobulin intraperitoneally. Protection against three different pseudomonads was tested. Genotyping by PCR and phenotyping by immunoblots showed the P. aeruginosa strains to all be of the invasive type III phenotype: ExoS+ and/or ExoT+, ExoU-, ExoY+. Against all strains, the anti-PcrV treatment yielded significantly better survival (P < 0.05) than the control immunoglobulin treatment. Duration of significant protection was improved by giving a second injection of PcrV antisera at 24 h postburn. Hence, passive anti-PcrV immunization could protect burned mice against fatal challenge with P. aeruginosa of an invasive type III phenotype. This immunotherapy might be explored further as possible treatment for highly antibiotic resistant P. aeruginosa infections in burned hosts. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.