1. The impact of lipid A modification on biofilm and related pathophysiological phenotypes, endotoxicity, immunogenicity, and protection of Salmonella Typhimurium.
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Hewawaduge, Chamith, Senevirathne, Amal, Sivasankar, Chandran, and Lee, John Hwa
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SALMONELLA typhimurium , *IMMUNE response , *FRANCISELLA tularensis , *BIOFILMS , *LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE structure - Abstract
This study presents the engineering of a less endotoxic Salmonella Typhimurium strain by manipulating the lipid-A structure of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) component. Salmonella lipid A was dephosphorylated by using lpxE from Francisella tularensis. The 1-phosphate group from lipid-A was removed selectively , resulting in a close analog of monophosphoryl lipid A. We observed a significant impact of ∆ pagL on major virulence factors such as biofilm formation, motility, persistency, and immune evasion. In correlation with biofilm and motility retardation, adhesion and invasion were elevated but with reduced intracellular survival, a favorable phenotype prospect of a vaccine strain. Western blotting and silver staining confirmed the absence of the O-antigen and truncated lipid-A core in the detoxified Salmonella mutant. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that the dephosphorylated Salmonella mutant mediated lower pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion than the wild-type strain. The vaccine strains were present in the spleen and liver for five days and were cleared from the organs by day seven. However, the wild-type strain persisted in the spleen, liver, and brain, leading to sepsis-induced death. Histological evaluations of tissue samples further confirmed the reduced endotoxic activity of the detoxified Salmonella mutant. The detoxification strategy did not compromise the level of protective immunity, as the vaccine strain could enhance humoral and cellular immune responses and protect against the wild-type challenge in immunized mice. • Engineering a live attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium (SG) strain with reduced endotoxicity. • Knocking out of pagL hindered the motility and biofilm formation ability of Salmonella. • Lipid A modified Salmonella strain generated significantly lower levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. • Monophosphoryl lipid A created by insertion of lpxE showed improved adjuvanticity. • Detoxified Salmonella mutant strain showed enhanced protective immune responses against a virulent wild-type challenge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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