Evaluation of Salmonella enterica type III secretion system effector proteins as carriers for heterologous vaccine antigens.

ABSTRACT: Live attenuated strains of Salmonella enterica have a high potential as carriers of recombinant vaccines. The type III secretion system (T3SS)-dependent translocation of S. enterica can be deployed for delivery of heterologous antigens to antigen-presenting cells. Here we investigated the efficacy of various effector proteins of the Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI2)-encoded T3SS for the translocation of model antigens and elicitation of immune responses. The SPI2 T3SS effector proteins SifA, SteC, SseL, SseJ, and SseF share an endosomal membrane-associated subcellular localization after translocation. We observed that all effector proteins could be used to translocate fusion proteins with the model antigens ovalbumin and listeriolysin into the cytosol of host cells. Under in vitro con

SUBMITTER: Hegazy WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3294654 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature