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. 1979 May;24(2):476–482. doi: 10.1128/iai.24.2.476-482.1979

Capsular serotypic specificity of the protection conferred on mice by Klebsiella pneumoniae ribosomal preparations.

M Riottot, J M Fournier, J Pillot
PMCID: PMC414326  PMID: 378855

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae ribosomal preparations protect mice immunized by the subcutaneous route against an intraperitoneal challenge of 100 50% lethal doses. The minimal protective doses are 5 and 0.4 micrograms of proteins for preparations extracted from strains of capsular serotypes 1 and 2, respectively. This difference in protective activity is also found in bacteria killed by Formalin. The protective activity of these preparations is not diminished by their purification on sucrose gradient, which eliminates most of the membrane vesicles which are visible by electron microscopy. The use of four strains of K. pneumoniae belonging to capsular serotypes 1 and 2 allowed us to show that the immunoprotective capacity of the ribosomal preparations was specific to the capsular serotype of the origin strain. This was confirmed by experiments in which the serum of immunized mice was transferred passively. The experimental data favor the presence in the ribosomal preparation of antigens belonging to the bacterial surface and resisting elimination by ultracentrifugation on sucrose gradient. Those surface antigens (possibly capsular polysaccharide) at least play a role in the orientation of the specificity of the protection induced by the ribosomal preparations.

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