Protective efficacy of a lipid antigen vaccine in a guinea pig model of tuberculosis

Gérald Larrouy-Maumus, Emilie Layre, Simon Clark, Jacques Prandi, Emma Rayner, Marco Lepore, Gennaro de Libero, Ann Williams, Germain Puzo, Martine Gilleron*

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Abstract

The bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccine, the only licensed vaccine against TB, displays partial and variable efficacy, thus making the exploitation of novel vaccination strategies a major priority. Most of the current vaccines in pre-clinical or clinical development are based on the induction of T cells recognizing protein antigens. However, a large number of T cells specific for mycobacterial lipids are induced during infection, suggesting that lipid-based vaccines might represent an important component of novel sub-unit vaccines. Here, we investigated whether immunization with defined mycobacterial lipid antigens induces protection in guinea pigs challenged with M. tuberculosis. Two purified mycobacterial lipid antigens, the diacylated sulfoglycolipids (Ac2SGL) and the phosphatidyl-myo-inositol dimannosides (PIM2) were formulated in biophysically characterized liposomes made of dimethyl-dioctadecyl-ammonium (DDA) and synthetic trehalose 6,6′-dibehenate (TDB). In three protection trials, a reduction of bacterial load in the spleen of inoculated animals was consistently observed compared to the unvaccinated group. Moreover, a reduction in the number of lesions and severity of pathology was detected in the lungs and spleen of the lipid vaccine group compared to unvaccinated controls. As the degree of protection achieved is similar to that observed using protein antigens in the same guinea pig model, these promising results pave the way to future investigations of lipid antigens as subunit vaccines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1395-1402
Number of pages8
JournalVaccine
Volume35
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Mar 2017

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Keywords

  • CD1b
  • Glycolipid
  • Guinea pig
  • Liposome
  • Tuberculosis
  • Vaccine

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