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Immune response induced by ppGpp-defective Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum in chickens

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To protect chickens from typhoid caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum (S. Gallinarum), the attenuated 9R strain has been used in the field as a vaccine. However, safety concerns have been raised because the mutations in 9R are undefined while its efficacy is still a question under debate. A global regulator, ppGpp, synthesized by RelA and SpoT, has been shown to induce various virulence genes in S. Gallinarum (Jeong et al., 2008). In this study, two mutant strains defective in ppGpp-synthesis were constructed in wild-type S. Gallinarum (ΔppGpp) and 9R strain (9R-ΔppGpp) backgrounds and tested as live vaccines in chickens. After oral inoculation, the LD50 values of ΔppGpp and 9R-ΔppGpp were approximately 5×1010 colony forming unit (CFU) similarly as 9R strain, which was ∼105-fold higher than that of the wildtype S. Gallinarum strain. Immunological analyses revealed immunization with either of the two attenuated ppGpp-defective strains induced significant antibody responses, the production of antibody-secreting B cells in blood, proliferation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the spleen, and splenic expression of proinflammatory cytokines, such as IFN-γ and TGF-β4, at levels comparable to the 9R strain. Chickens immunized with the mutants (1×108 CFU) were 80% protected against oral challenge with 1×109 wild-type virulent bacteria (4,000-fold LD50 dose), similar to the level of protection achieved by 9R immunization. Based on these data, live attenuated ΔppGpp-defective strains may serve as novel vaccines to control fowl typhoid in chickens.

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  1. Bio-Therapy Human Resources Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gwangju, 501-746, Republic of Korea

    Sang-Ik Park & Kyoung-Oh Cho

  2. Department of Microbiology and Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, 501-746, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Ho Jeong, Hyon E. Choy, Joon Haeng Rhee, Hee-Sam Na & Yeongjin Hong

  3. Department of Oral Biochemistry, Chonnam National University Dental School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 501-746, Republic of Korea

    Tae-Hoon Lee

  4. National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Services, Kyonggi-do, Anyang, 430-757, Republic of Korea

    Moon Her

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Park, SI., Jeong, JH., Choy, H.E. et al. Immune response induced by ppGpp-defective Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum in chickens. J Microbiol. 48, 674–681 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-010-0179-6

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