The E (P4) Outer Membrane Protein of Haemophilus Influenzae: Biologic Activity of Anti-e Serum and Cloning and Sequencing of the Structural Gene

Overview

Journal Infect Immun

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 1991 Sep 1

PMID 1715322

Citations 39

Authors

B A Green

J E Farley

R A Deich

G W Zlotnick

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Abstract

Outer membrane proteins of nontypeable (NT) Haemophilus influenzae are among the major candidates for inclusion in vaccines against these organisms. This article reports the purification of the e (P4) lipoprotein of H. influenzae and the subsequent production of antiserum directed against this protein. The anti-e polyclonal serum cross-reacted with e protein in multiple clinical NT H. influenzae isolates. Monoclonal antibody analysis of e protein showed at least one surface-exposed epitope to be conserved among NT H. influenzae strains. Anti-e serum also had bactericidal activity against multiple clinical isolates of NT H. influenzae. These results are in contrast to previous reports in the literature that purified P4 protein did not elicit biologically active antibodies. Anti-e antibodies exhibited synergistic bactericidal activity directed against NT H. influenzae when mixed with antibodies directed against another Haemophilus lipoprotein, PCP. This bactericidal synergy was observed against a variety of NT clinical isolates. We also report the cloning of the Haemophilus e lipoprotein, or hel, gene encoding the e protein and its expression and processing in Escherichia coli. The nucleotide sequence of the gene and deduced amino acid sequence of the protein are given. These results demonstrate that e protein is a viable candidate to be a component of a vaccine against NT H. influenzae.

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