Journal
VACCINE
Volume 32, Issue 40, Pages 5192-5197Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.07.047
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MTBVAC; Tuberculosis vaccines; Live-attenuated vaccines
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [BIO2011-23555]
- European FP7 grant NEWTBVAC [241745]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [BES-2009-013037]
- Gobierno de Aragon [B149/2010]
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Safety of individuals at risk of immune suppression is an important concern for live vaccines. The new-generation tuberculosis vaccine candidate MTBVAC, a genetically engineered doubly attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutant with deletions in phoP and fadD26 virulence genes has demonstrated comparable safety in different relevant animal models and superior protection in mice as compared to the only currently licensed tuberculosis vaccine Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Here we describe the construction of a highly attenuated MTBVAC-based live vaccine by an additional gene inactivation generated in erp of MTBVAC. The gene product of erp is an exported repeated protein (Erp), a virulence factor described to be involved in intracellular replication of M. tuberculosis. The resultant strain, MTBVAC erp(-) was tested in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse model showing to be severely attenuated when compared to BCG and MTBVAC. Experiments conducted in immunocompetent mice revealed that the hyper-attenuated profile observed with MTBVAC erp- strain did not compromise its protective efficacy profile in comparison with BCG. These results postulate MTBVAC erp- as a potential tuberculosis vaccine candidate for use in high-risk populations of immune suppression (e.g., due to HIV infection), where the use of BCG is not recommended. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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