A DIVA vaccine strain lacking RpoS and the secondary messenger c-di-GMP for protection against salmonellosis in pigs
A DIVA vaccine strain lacking RpoS and the secondary messenger c-di-GMP for protection against salmonellosis in pigs
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DOI:
10.1186/s13567-019-0730-3
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发表时间:
2020-01-10
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Solano, Cristina
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作者:
Gil, Carmen;Latasa, Cristina;Solano, Cristina
Salmonellosis is the second most common food-borne zoonosis in the European Union, with pigs being a major reservoir of this pathogen. Salmonella control in pig production requires multiple measures amongst which vaccination may be used to reduce subclinical carriage and shedding of prevalent serovars, such as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Live attenuated vaccine strains offer advantages in terms of enhancing cell mediated immunity and allowing inoculation by the oral route. However, main failures of these vaccines are the limited cross-protection achieved against heterologous serovars and interference with serological monitoring for infection. We have recently shown that an attenuated S. Enteritidis strain (Delta XIII) is protective against S. Typhimurium in a murine infection model. Delta XIII strain harbours 13 chromosomal deletions that make it unable to produce the sigma factor RpoS and synthesize cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP). In this study, our objectives were to test the protective effects of Delta XIII strain in swine and to investigate if the use of Delta XIII permits the discrimination of vaccinated from infected pigs. Results show that oral vaccination of pre-weaned piglets with Delta XIII cross-protected against a challenge with S. Typhimurium by reducing faecal shedding and ileocaecal lymph nodes colonization, both at the time of weaning and slaughter. Vaccinated pigs showed neither faecal shedding nor tissue persistence of the vaccine strain at weaning, ensuring the absence of Delta XIII strain by the time of slaughter. Moreover, lack of the SEN4316 protein in Delta XIII strain allowed the development of a serological test that enabled the differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals (DIVA).