Effects of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis outer membrane vesicles on Pseudomonas aeruginosa antigens immune response

PLoS One. 2024 Dec 20;19(12):e0310652. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310652. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are immunogenic self-adjuvanting vesicles produced by Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. While the effects of OMVs on different antigens immune stimulation are not clear. In this study, we constructed recombinant Yersinia pseudotuberculosis ΔlpxL strain,with pBlue-PcrV and pBlue-OprF/I, and then purified ΔlpxL rOMVPcrV (rOMVyp2P)and ΔlpxL rOMVOprF/I (rOMVyp2F) and analyzed its effect on immune response and protection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 infection. The results showed that OMV assists in eliciting similar humoral immune responses to PcrV and OprF/I antigens. ΔlpxL rOMVPcrV and ΔlpxL rOMVOprF/I elicited Th1/Th2 balanced immune response, and higher IgM and IgA antibodies.However, there are differences in immune protection for the pulmonary. The survival rate of mice in ΔlpxL rOMVPcrV group was 20%, which was significantly better than that in ΔlpxL rOMVOprF/I group. ΔlpxL OMVPcrV is better cooperation for Pseudomonas immune protection in lung.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology
  • Antigens, Bacterial* / immunology
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane / immunology
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Female
  • Immunity, Humoral / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
  • Pseudomonas Infections* / immunology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa* / immunology
  • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis* / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • antigen V, Pseudomonas
  • OprF protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.