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. 1994 Dec;62(12):5376–5383. doi: 10.1128/iai.62.12.5376-5383.1994

A Salmonella enteritidis 11RX pilin induces strong T-lymphocyte responses.

A D Ogunniyi 1, P A Manning 1, I Kotlarski 1
PMCID: PMC303278  PMID: 7960117

Abstract

Our previous work, using proteins fractionated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to define antigens of Salmonella enteritidis 11RX able to stimulate T cells from S. enteritidis 11RX-primed (BALB/c x C57BL/6)F1 mice, had indicated the presence of a major antigenic determinant of 14 to 18 kDa (H.-M. Vordermeier and I. Kotlarski, Immunol. Cell. Biol. 68:299-305, 1990). The 14-kDa size is similar to that of the monomeric units of one of the fimbrial structures, SEF14, produced by a human enteropathogen, S. enteritidis 27655 (J. Feutrier, W. W. Kay, and T. J. Trust, J. Bacteriol. 168:221-227, 1986). Here we present data which indicate that S. enteritidis 11RX also produces this protein and that it is able to elicit delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions in S. enteritidis 11RX-primed animals and to stimulate in vitro proliferation of, and cytokine release from, T cells obtained from these animals, implying that this fimbrial protein is likely to be an important immunogen of S. enteritidis. The protein was purified to homogeneity and is free from contamination with lipopolysaccharide. Standard immunoblot analysis with unabsorbed S. enteritidis 11RX antiserum and antiserum absorbed with Salmonella typhimurium C5 and various strains of Escherichia coli, as well as a panel of anti-14-kDa-protein monoclonal antibodies, suggests that this fimbrial protein is not the common antigen expressed by a number of organisms belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Immunogold electron microscopy with one of these monoclonal antibodies confirms that the 14-kDa protein and SEF14 are identical.

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