The development of immunological assays to evaluate the level and function of antibodies induced by Klebsiella pneumoniae O-antigen vaccines
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Klebsiella pneumoniae, a Gram-negative bacterium, has been listed as a critical pathogen for urgent intervention by the World Health Organization. With no licensed vaccine and increasing resistance to antibiotics, Klebsiella pneumoniae causes a high incidence of hospital- and community-acquired infections. Recently, there has been progress in anti-Klebsiella pneumoniae vaccine development, which has highlighted the lack of standardized assays to measure vaccine immunogenicity. We have developed and optimized methods to measure antibody level and function after vaccination with an in-development Klebsiella pneumoniae O-antigen vaccine. We describe the qualification of a Luminex-based multiplex antibody binding assay and both an opsonophagocytic killing assay and serum bactericidal assay to measure antibody function. Serum from immunized animals were immunogenic and capable of binding to and killing specific Klebsiella serotypes. Cross-reactivity was observed but limited among serotypes sharing antigenic epitopes. In summary, these results demonstrate the standardization of assays that can be used to test new anti-Klebsiella pneumoniae vaccine candidates, which is important for moving them into clinical trials.
Date Issued
2023-04-20
Date Acceptance
2023-02-14
Citation
mSphere, 2023, 8 (2)
ISSN
2379-5042
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Journal / Book Title
mSphere
Volume
8
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2023 Wagstaffe et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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Subjects
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVOLUTION
functional assay
immunogenicity
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
multiplex assay
N-LINKED GLYCOSYLATION
opsonophagocytic killing assay
Science & Technology
SERUM
SURVEILLANCE
vaccine
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e00680-22
Date Publish Online
2023-03-06