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Novel Peptides Screened by Phage Display Peptide Library Can Mimic Epitopes of the FnBPA-A Protein and Induce Protective Immunity Against Staphylococcus Aureus in Mice

Novel Peptides Screened by Phage Display Peptide Library Can Mimic Epitopes of the FnBPA-A Protein and Induce Protective Immunity Against Staphylococcus Aureus in Mice

Jin-Nian Li, Hong Wang, Yu-Xi Han, Yu-Ting Zhao, Huan-Huan Zhou, Jun Xu, Lin Li

Microbiologyopen. 2019 Oct;8(10):e910.

PMID: 31452334

Abstract:

Fibronectin-binding protein A (FnBPA) is a key adhesin of Staphylococcus aureus, and the protein binding to fibrinogen and elastin is mediated by its N-terminal A domain. Thus, FnBPA-A has been considered a potential vaccine candidate, but the relevant epitopes are not fully understood. Here, purified rabbit anti-FnBPA-A antibodies were produced and used to screen for peptides corresponding to or mimicking the epitope of native FnBPA-A protein by using a phage random 12-mer peptide library. After four rounds of panning, 25 randomly selected phage clones were detected by phage-ELISA and competition-inhibition ELISA. Then, eight anti-rFnBPA-A antibody-binding phage clones were selected for sequencing, and six different 12-mer peptides were displayed by these phages. Although these displayed peptides shared no more than three consecutive amino acid residues identical to the sequence of FnBPA-A, they could be recognized by the FnBPA-A-specific antibodies in vitro and could induce specific antibodies against FnBPA-A in vivo, suggesting that these displayed peptides were mimotopes of FnBPA-A. Finally, the protective efficiencies of these mimotopes were investigated by mouse vaccination and challenge experiments. Compared with that of control group mice, the relative percent survival of mice immunized with phage clones displaying a mimotope was 13.33% (C2 or C15), 0% (C8), 6.67% (C10), 26.67% (C19 or 1:2 mixture of C23 and C19), 53.33% (C23), 33.33% (1:1 mixture of C23 and C19), and 66.67% (2:1 mixture of C23 and C19). Overall, five peptides mimicking FnBPA-A protein epitopes were obtained, and a partially protective immunity against S. aureus infection could be stimulated by these mimotope peptides in mice.

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