AU2007202175B2 - Group B Streptococcus Antigens - Google Patents
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I AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT Name of Applicant: ID Biomedical Corporation Address for Service: CULLEN & CO. Level 26 239 George Street Brisbane Qld 4000 Invention Title: Group B Streptococcus Antigens The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it, known to us: 2 FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is related to antigens, more particularly protein antigens of group B streptococcus (GBS) bacterial pathogen which are useful as vaccine components for therapy and/or prophylaxis. 5 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Streptococcus are gram (+) bacteria that are differentiated by group specific carbohydrate antigens A through 0 found on their cell surface. Streptococcus groups are further distinguished by type-specific capsular polysaccharide antigens. Several serotypes have been identified for the Group B streptococcus (GBS) : la, Ib, II, Ill, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII. 10 GBS also contains antigenic proteins known as "C-proteins" (alpha, beta, gamma and delta), some of which have been cloned. Although GBS is a common component of the normal human vaginal and colonic flora this pathogen has long been recognized as a major cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis, late-onset meningitis in infants, postpartum endometritis as well as mastitis in dairy 15 herds. Expectant mothers exposed to GBS are at risk of postpartum infection and may transfer the infection to their baby as the child passes through the birth canal. Although the organism is sensitive to antibiotics, the high attack rate and rapid onset of sepsis in neonates and meningitis in infants results in high morbidity and mortality. To find a vaccine that will protect individuals from GBS infection, researches 20 have turned to the type-specific antigens. Unfortunately these polysaccharides have proven to be poorly immunogenic in humans and are restricted to the particular serotype from which the polysaccharide originates. Further, capsular polysaccharide elicit a T cell independent response i.e. no IgG production. Consequently capsular polysaccharide antigens are unsuitable as a vaccine component for protection against GBS infection. 25 Others have focused on the C-protein beta antigen which demonstrated immunogenic properties in mice and rabbit models. This protein was found to be unsuitable as a human vaccine because of its undesirable property of interacting with high affinity and in a non-immunogenic manner with the Fc region of human IgA. The C-protein alpha antigen is rare in type III serotypes of GBS which is the serotype responsible for most GBS mediated 30 conditions and is therefore of little use as a vaccine component. Therefore there remains an unmet need for GBS antigens that may be used as vaccine components for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of GBS infection.
3 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to one aspect, the present invention provides an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 70% identity to a second polypeptide comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of: 5 SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:3 1, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID 10 NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41 and SEQ ID NO:44 or fragments, analogs or derivatives thereof. In other aspects, there is provided vectors comprising polynucleotides of the invention operably linked to an expression control region, as well as host cells transfected with said vectors and methods of producing polypeptides comprising culturing said host cells under 15 conditions suitable for expression. In yet another aspect, there is provided novel polypeptides encoded by polynucleotides of the invention. Definitions of the specific embodiments of the invention as claimed herein follow. 20 According to a first embodiment of the invention, there is provided an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide that comprises: (a) an amino acid sequence at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16, or a fragment of the polypeptide; 25 (b) an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16 or a fragment of the polypeptide; or (c) the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO:16 or a fragment of the polypeptide, 30 wherein the polypeptide or fragment of the polypeptide retains the capacity to induce an immune response against group B streptococcus, and wherein the polypeptide or fragment of the polypeptide retains the capacity to induce antibodies that specifically bind to a 4 protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO:16. According to a second embodiment of the invention, there is provided an isolated polynucleotide that is complementary to the first embodiment. 5 According to a third embodiment of the invention, there is provided a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of the first embodiment, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to an expression control region. According to a fourth embodiment of the invention, there is provided a host cell transfected or transformed with the vector of the third embodiment. 10 According to a fifth embodiment of the invention, there is provided a process for producing a polypeptide encoded by the isolated polynucleotide according to the first embodiment, said process comprising culturing the host cell according to the fourth embodiment under conditions suitable for expression of the polypeptide. According to a sixth embodiment of the invention, there is provided an isolated 15 polypeptide comprising: (a) an amino acid sequence at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 16; (b) an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16; or 20 (c) the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16, wherein the polypeptide retains the capacity to induce an immune response against group B streptococcus and retains the capacity to induce antibodies that specifically bind to a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO:16. 25 According to a seventh embodiment of the invention, there is provided an isolated polypeptide comprising a fragment of the polypeptide according to the sixth embodiment, wherein the fragment retains the capacity to induce an immune response against group B streptococcus and retains the capacity to induce antibodies that specifically bind to a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID 30 NO:16. According to an eighth embodiment of the invention, there is provided a vaccine composition comprising the isolated polypeptide according to the sixth or seventh embodiments and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
5 According to a ninth embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a streptococcal infection in an animal susceptible to the streptococcal infection, said method comprising administering to the animal a therapeutic or prophylactic amount of the vaccine composition according to the eighth embodiment. 5 According to a tenth embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a vaccine comprising (a) producing a polypeptide according to the process of the fifth embodiment and (b) formulating the polypeptide with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 10 Figure la is the DNA sequence of clone I (SEQ ID NO:1) with corresponding amino acid sequences for open reading frames; Figure lb is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2; Figure Ic is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:3; Figure Id is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:4; 15 Figure le is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:5; Figure If is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:6; Figure 2a is the DNA sequence of clone 2 (SEQ ID NO:7) with corresponding amino acid sequences for open reading frames; Figure 2b is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:8; 20 Figure 2c is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:9; Figure 2d is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 10; Figure 2e is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 11; Figure 2f is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:12; Figure 3a is the DNA sequence of clone 3 (SEQ ID NO:13) with corresponding 25 amino acid sequences for open reading frames; Figure 3b is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:14; Figure 3c is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:15; Figure 3d is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 16; 30 [Text continues on page 6.1 6 Figure 3e is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 17; Figure 3f is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 18; Figure 3g is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:19; Figure 3h is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:20; 5 Figure 3i is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 1; Figure 4a is the DNA sequence of clone 4 (SEQ ID NO:22) with corresponding amino acid sequences for open reading frames; Figure 4b is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:23; Figure 4c is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:24; 10 Figure 4d is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:25; Figure 4e is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:26; Figure 5a is the DNA sequence of clone 5 (SEQ ID NO:27) with corresponding amino acid sequences for open reading frames; Figure 5b is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:28; 15 Figure 5c is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:29; Figure 5d is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:30; Figure 5e is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:3 1; Figure 6a is the DNA sequence of clone 6 (SEQ ID NO:32) Figure 6b is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:33; 20 Figure 6c is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:34; Figure 6d is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:35; Figure 6e is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:36; Figure 7a is the DNA sequence of clone 7 (SEQ ID NO:37); Figure 7b is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:38; 25 Figure 7c is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:39; Figure 7d is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:40; Figure 7e is the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:4 1; Figure 8 is the DNA sequence of a part of clone 7 including a signal sequence (SEQ ID NO:42); 30 Figure 9 is the DNA sequence of a part of clone 7 without a signal sequence (SEQ ID NO:43); Figure 9a is the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:44); Figure 10 represents the distribution of anti-GBS ELISA titers in sera from CD-i mice immunized with recombinant GBS protein corresponding to the SEQ ID NO:39.
7 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to novel antigenic polypeptides of group B streptococcus (GBS) characterized by the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: 5 SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:3 1, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID 10 NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41 and SEQ ID NO:44 or fragments, analogs or derivatives thereof. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes SEQ ID NO:39 and SEQ ID NO:44. A further preferred embodiment of the invention is SEQ ID NO:39. 15 A further preferred embodiment of the invention is SEQ ID NO:44. As used herein, "fragments", "derivatives" or "analoguess" of the polypeptides of the invention include those polypeptides in which one or more of the amino acid residues are substituted with a conserved or non-conserved amino acid residue (preferably conserved) and which may be natural or unnatural. 20 The terms "fragments", "derivatives" or "analogues" of polypeptides of the present invention also include polypeptides which are modified by addition, deletion, substitution of amino acids provided that the polypeptides retain the capacity to induce an immune response. By the term "conserved amino acid" is meant a substitution of one or more 25 amino acids for another in which the antigenic determinant (including its secondary structure and hydropathic nature) of a given antigen is completely or partially conserved in spite of the substitution. For example, one or more amino acid residues within the sequence can be substituted by another amino acid of a similar polarity, which acts as a functional equivalent, 30 resulting in a silent alteration. Substitutes for an amino acid within the sequence may be selected from other members of the class to which the amino acid belongs. For example, the nonpolar (hydrophobic) amino acids include alanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, proline, phenylalanine, tryptophan and methionine. The polar neutral amino acids include glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine and glutamine. The positively charged (basic) 8 amino acids include arginine, lysine and histidine. The negatively charged (acidic) amino acids include aspartic acid and glutamic acid. Preferably, derivatives and analogs of polypeptides of the invention will have about 70% identity with those sequences illustrated in the figures or fragments thereof. That is, 5 70% of the residues are the same. More preferably polypeptides will have greater than 95% homology. In another preferred embodiment, derivatives and analogs of polypeptides of the invention will have fewer than about 20 amino acid residue substitutions, modifications or deletions and more preferably less than 10. Preferred substitutions are those known in the art as conserved i.e. the substituted residues share physical or chemical properties such as hydro 10 phobicity, size, charge or functional groups. Furthermore, in those situations where amino acid regions are found to be polymorphic, it may be desirable to vary one or more particular amino acids to more effectively mimic the different epitopes of the different GBS strains. Also included are polypeptides which have fused thereto other compounds 15 which alter the polypeptides biological or pharmacological properties i.e. polyethylene glycol (PEG) to increase half-life; leader or secretory amino acid sequences for ease of purification; prepro- and pro-sequences; and (poly)saccharides. Moreover, the polypeptides of the present invention can be modified by terminal
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2 acylation (eg. by acetylation, or thioglycolic acid amidation, terminal carbosy amidation, 20 e.g. with ammonia or methylamine) to provide stability, increased hydrophobicity for linking or binding to a support or other molecule. Also contemplated are hetero and homo polypeptide multimers of the poly peptide fragments, analogues and derivatives. These polymeric forms include, for example, one or more polypeptides that have been cross-linked with cross-linkers such as avidin/biotin, 25 gluteraldehyde or dimethyl-superimidate. Such polymeric forms also include polypeptides containing two or more tandem or inverted contiguous sequences, produced from multicistronic mRNAs generated by recombinant DNA technology. Preferably, a fragment, analog or derivative of a polypeptide of the invention will comprise at least one antigenic region i.e. at least one epitope. 30 In order to achieve the formation of antigenic polymers (i.e. synthetic multimers), polypeptides may be utilized having bishaloacetyl groups, nitroarylhalides, or the like, where the reagents being specific for thio groups. Therefore, the link between two mercapto groups of the different peptides may be a single bond or may be composed of a 9 linking group of at least two, typically at least four, and not more than 16, but usually not more than about 14 carbon atoms. In a particular embodiment, polypeptide fragments, analogs and derivatives of the invention do not contain a methionine (Met) starting residue. Preferably, polypeptides will 5 not incorporate a leader or secretory sequence (signal sequence). The signal portion of a polypeptide of the invention may be determined according to established molecular biological techniques. In general, the polypeptide of interest may be isolated from a GBS culture and subsequently sequenced to determine the initial residue of the mature protein and therefor the sequence of the mature polypeptide. 10 According to another aspect, there is provided vaccine compositions comprising one or more GBS polypeptides of the invention in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier diluent or adjuvant. Suitable adjuvants include oils i.e. Freund's complete or incomplete adjuvant; salts i.e. AlK(SO 4
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2 , AI(OH) 3 , AlPO 4 , silica, kaolin; saponin 15 derivative; carbon polynucleotides i.e. poly IC and poly AU and also detoxified cholera toxin (CTB) and E. coli heat labile toxin for induction of mucosal immunity. Preferred adjuvants include QuilATM, AlhydrogelTM and AdjuphosTM. Vaccines of the invention may be administered parenterally by injection, rapid infusion, nasopharyngeal absorption, dermoabsorption, or bucal or oral. 20 Vaccine compositions of the invention are used for the treatment or prophylaxis of streptococcus infection and/or diseases and symptoms mediated by streptococcus infection, in particular group A streptococcus (pyogenes), group B streptococcus (GBS or agalactiae), dysgalactiae, uberis, nocardia as well as Staphylococcus aureus. General information about Streptococcus is available in Manual of Clinical Microbiology by P. R. Murray et al. (1995, 6 th 25 Edition, ASM Press, Washington, D.C.) which is herein incorporated by reference. More particularly group B streptococcus, agalactiae. In a particular embodiment vaccines are administered to those individuals at risk of GBS infection such as pregnant women and infants for sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia as well as immunocompromised individuals such as those with diabetes, liver disease or cancer. Vaccines may also have veterinary applications such as 30 for the treatment of mastitis in cattle which is mediated by the above mentioned bacteria as well as E. coli. The vaccine of the present invention can also be used for the manufacture of a medicament used for the treatment or prophylaxis of streptococcus infection and/or diseases and symptoms mediated by streptococcus infection, in particular group A streptococcus 10 (pyogenes), group B streptococcus (GBS or agalactiae), dysgalactiae, uberis, nocardia as well as Staphylococcus aureus. More particularly group B streptococcus, agalactiae. Vaccine compositions are preferably in unit dosage form of about 0.001 to 100 ptg/kg (antigen/body weight) and more preferably 0.01 to 10 ptg/kg and most preferably 0.1 to 1 5 tg/kg I to 3 times with an interval of about I to 12 weeks intervals between immunizations, and more preferably 1 to 6 weeks. According to another aspect, there is provided polynucleotides encoding polypeptides of group B streptococcus (GBS) characterized by the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: 10 SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:3 1, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID 15 NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41 and SEQ ID NO:44 or fragments, analogs or derivatives thereof. Preferred polynucleotides are those illustrated in figures Ia (SEQ ID NO:1), 2a (SEQ ID NO: ), 3a (SEQ ID NO: 13), 4a (SEQ ID NO:22), 5a (SEQ ID NO:27), 6a (SEQ ID NO:32), 7a (SEQ ID NO:37), 8 (SEQ ID NO:42) and 9 (SEQ ID NO:43) which correspond to 20 the open reading frames, encoding polypeptides of the invention. Preferred polynucleotides are those illustrated in figures Ia (SEQ ID NO:]), 2a (SEQ ID NO:7), 3a (SEQ ID NO: 13), 4a (SEQ ID NO:22), 5a (SEQ ID NO:27), 6a (SEQ ID NO:32), 7a (SEQ ID NO:37), 8 (SEQ ID NO:42) and 9 (SEQ ID NO:43) and fragments, analogues and derivatives thereof. 25 More preferred polynucleotides of the invention are those illustrated in Figures 7 (SEQ ID NO:37), 8 (SEQ ID NO:42) and 9 (SEQ ID NO:43). Most preferred polynucleotides of the invention are those illustrated in Figures 8 (SEQ ID NO:42) and 9 (SEQ ID NO: 43). It will be appreciated that the polynucleotide sequences illustrated in the figures 30 may be altered with degenerate codons yet still encode the polypeptides of the invention. Due to the degeneracy of nucleotide coding sequences, other polynucleotide sequences which encode for substantially the same polypeptides of the present invention may be used in the practice of the present invention. These include but are not limited to nucleotide S1I sequences which are altered by the substitution of different codons that encode the same amino acid residue within the sequence, thus producing a silent change. Accordingly the present invention further provides polynucleotides which hybridize to the polynucleotide sequences herein above described (or the complement 5 sequences thereof) having 50% and preferably at least 70% identity between sequences. More preferably polynucleotides are hybridizable under stringent conditions i.e. having at least 95% identity and most preferably more than 97% identity. By capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions is meant annealing of a nucleic acid molecule to at least a region of a second nucleic acid sequence (whether as cDNA, 10 mRNA, or genomic DNA) or to its complementary strand under standard conditions, e.g. high temperature and/or low salt content, which tend to disfavor hybridization of noncomplementary nucleotide sequences. A suitable protocol is described in Maniatis T. et al., Molecular cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory, 1982, which is herein incorporated by reference. 15 In a further aspect, polynucleotides encoding polypeptides of the invention, or fragments, analogs or derivatives thereof, may be used in a DNA immunization method. That is, they can be incorporated into a vector which is replicable and expressible upon injection thereby producing the antigenic polypeptide in vivo. For example polynucleotides may be incorporated into a plasmid vector under the control of the CMV promoter which is functional 20 in eukaryotic cells. Preferably the vector is injected intramuscularly. According to another aspect, there is provided a process for producing polypeptides of the invention by recombinant techniques by expressing a polynucleotide encoding said polypeptide in a host cell and recovering the expressed polypeptide product. Alternatively, the polypeptides can be produced according to established synthetic chemical 25 techniques i.e. solution phase or solid phase synthesis of oligopeptides which are ligated to produce the full polypeptide (block ligation). For recombinant production, host cells are transfected with vectors which encode the polypeptide, and then cultured in a nutrient media modified as appropriate for activating promoters, selecting transformants or amplifying the genes. Suitable vectors are 30 those that are viable and replicable in the chosen host and include chromosomal, non chromosomal and synthetic DNA sequences e.g. bacterial plasmids, phage DNA, baculovirus, yeast plasmids, vectors derived from combinations of plasmids and phage DNA. The polypeptide sequence may be incorporated in the vector at the appropriate site using restriction enzymes such that it is operably linked to an expression control region comprising a promoter, 12 ribosome binding site (consensus region or Shine-Dalgarno sequence), and optionally an operator (control element). One can select individual components of the expression control region that are appropriate for a given host and vector according to established molecular biology principles (Sambrook et al, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold 5 Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989 incorporated herein by reference). Suitable promoters include but are not limited to LTR or SV40 promoter, E. coli lac, tac or trp promoters and the phage lambda PL promoter. Vectors will preferably incorporate an origin of replication as well as selection markers i.e. ampicillin resistance gene. Suitable bacterial vectors include pET, pQE70, pQE60, pQE-9, pbs, pD 10 phagescript, psiX 174, pbluescript SK, pbsks, pNH8A, pNH I 6a, pNH I 8A, 10 pNH46A, ptrc99a, pKK223-3, pKK233-3, pDR540, pRIT5 and eukaryotic vectors pBlueBacIll, pWLNEO, pSV2CAT, pOG44, pXTI, pSG, pSVK3, pBPV, pMSG and pSVL. Host cells may be bacterial i.e. E. coli, Bacillus subtilis, Streptomyces; fungal i.e. Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus nidulins; yeast i.e. Saccharomyces or eukaryotic i.e. CHO, COS. Upon expression of the polypeptide in culture, cells are typically harvested by 15 centrifugation then disrupted by physical or chemical means (if the expressed polypeptide is not secreted into the media) and the resulting crude extract retained to isolate the polypeptide of interest. Purification of the polypeptide from culture media or lysate may be achieved by established techniques depending on the properties of the polypeptide i.e. using ammonium sulfate or ethanol precipitation , acid extraction, anion or cation exchange chromatography, 20 phosphocellulose chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography and lectin chromatography. Final purification may be achieved using HPLC. The polypeptide may be expressed with or without a leader or secretion sequence. In the former case the leader may be removed using post-translational processing (see US 4,431,739; 4,425,437; and 4,338,397 incorporated herein by reference) or be 25 chemically removed subsequent to purifying the expressed polypeptide. According to a further aspect, the GBS polypeptides of the invention may be used in a diagnostic test for streptococcus infection in particular GBS infection. Several diagnostic methods are possible, for example detecting streptococcus organism in a biological sample, the following procedure may be followed: 30 a) obtaining a biological sample from a patient; b) incubating an antibody or fragment thereof reactive with a GBS polypeptide of the invention with the biological sample to form a mixture; and c) detecting specifically bound antibody or bound fragment in the mixture which indicates the presence of streptococcus.
13 Alternatively, a method for the detection of antibody specific to a streptococcus antigen in a biological sample containing or suspected of containing said antibody may be performed as follows: a) isolating a biological sample from a patient; 5 b) incubating one or more GBS polypeptides of the invention or fragments thereof with the biological sample to form a mixture; and c) detecting specifically bound antigen or bound fragment in the mixture which indicates the presence of antibody specific to streptococcus. One of skill in the art will recognize that this diagnostic test may take several 10 forms, including an immunological test such as an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a radioimmunoassay or a latex agglutination assay, essentially to determine whether antibodies specific for the protein are present in an organism. The DNA sequences encoding polypeptides of the invention may also be used to design DNA probes for use in detecting the presence of streptococcus in a biological sample 15 suspected of containing such bacteria. The detection method of this invention comprises: a) isolating the biological sample from a patient; b) incubating one or more DNA probes having a DNA sequence encoding a polypeptide of the invention or fragments thereof with the biological sample to form a mixture; and 20 c) detecting specifically bound DNA probe in the mixture which indicates the presence of streptococcus bacteria. The DNA probes of this invention may also be used for detecting circulating streptococcus i.e. GBS nucleic acids in a sample, for example using a polymerase chain reaction, as a method of diagnosing streptococcus infections. The probe may be synthesized 25 using conventional techniques and may be immobilized on a solid phase, or may be labeled with a detectable label. A preferred DNA probe for this application is an oligomer having a sequence complementary to at least about 6 contiguous nucleotides of the GBS polypeptides of the invention. Another diagnostic method for the detection-of streptococcus in a patient 30 comprises: a) labeling an antibody reactive with a polypeptide of the invention or fragment thereof with a detectable label; b) administering the labeled antibody or labeled fragment to the patient; and 14 c) detecting specifically bound labeled antibody or labeled fragment in the patient which indicates the presence of streptococcus. A further aspect of the invention is the use of the GBS polypeptides of the invention as immunogens for the production of specific antibodies for the diagnosis and in 5 particular the treatment of streptococcus infection. Suitable antibodies may be determined using appropriate screening methods, for example by measuring the ability of a particular antibody to passively protect against streptococcus infection in a test model. One example of an animal model is the mouse model described in the examples herein. The antibody may be a whole antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and may in general belong to any 10 immunoglobulin class. The antibody or fragment may be of animal origin, specifically of mammalian origin and more specifically of murine, rat or human origin. It may be a natural antibody or a fragment thereof, or if desired, a recombinant antibody or antibody fragment. The term recombinant antibody or antibody fragment means antibody or antibody fragment which were produced using molecular biology techniques. The antibody or antibody fragments may 15 be polyclonal, or preferably monoclonal. It may be specific for a number of epitopes associated with the GBS polypeptides but is preferably specific for one. EXAMPLE I MURINE MODEL OF LETHAL GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS (GBS) INFECTION The mouse model of GBS infection is described in detail in Lancefield et al (J 20 Exp Med 142:165-179,1975). GBS strain C388/90 (Clinical isolate obtained in 1990 from the cephalorachidian fluid of a patient suffering from meningitis, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada) and NCS246 (National Center for Streptococcus, Provincial Laboratory of Public Health for Northern Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) were respectively serotyped as type Ia/c and type I I/R. 25 To increase their virulence, the GBS strains C388/90 (serotype la/c) and NCS 246 (serotype II/R) were serially passaged through mice as described previously (Lancefield et al. J Exp Med 142:165-179, 1975). Briefly, the increase of virulence was monitored using intraperitoneal inoculations of serial dilutions of a subculture in Todd-Hewitt broth obtained from either the blood or spleen of infected mice. After the last passage, infected blood samples 30 were used to inoculate Todd-Hewitt broth. After an incubation of 2 hours at 37'C with 7% C0 2 , glycerol at a final concentration of 10% (v/v) was added to the culture. The culture was then aliquoted and stored at -80' C for use in GBS challenge experiments. The number of cfu of GBS present in these frozen samples was determined. The bacterial concentration necessary 15 to kill 100% (LD100) of the 18 weeks old mice were determined to be 3.5X10 5 and 1.1X10 5 respectively for GBS strain C388/90 and NCS246, which corresponded to a significant increase in virulence for both strains. Indeed, the LD100 recorded before the passages for these two strains was higher than 109 cfu. 5 In a bacterial challenge, a freshly thawed aliquot of a virulent GBS strain was adjusted to the appropriate bacterial concentration using Todd-Hewitt broth and 1ml was injected intraperitoneally to each female CD-I mouse. The mice used for the passive protection experiments were 6 to 8 weeks old, while the ones used for the active protection experiments were approximately 18 weeks old at the time of the challenge. All inocula were verified by 10 colony counts. Animals were observed for any sign of infection four times daily for the first 48 h after challenge and then daily for the next 12 days. At the end of that period, blood samples were obtained from the survivors and frozen at -20'C. The spleen obtained from each mouse that survived the challenge was cultured in order to identify any remaining GBS. EXAMPLE 2 15 IMMUNIZATION AND PROTECTION IN MICE WITH FORMALDEHYDE KILLED WHOLE GBS CELLS Formaldehyde killed GBS whole cells were prepared according to the procedures described in Lancefield et al (J Exp Med 142:165-179,1975). Briefly, an overnight culture on sheep blood agar plates (Quelab Laboratories, Montreal, Canada) of a GBS strain was washed twice in PBS buffer (phosphate buffered-saline, pH7.2), adjusted to approximately 20 3X10 9 cfu/mL and incubated overnight in PBS containing 0.3% (v/v) formaldehyde. The killed GBS suspension was washed with PBS and kept frozen at -80'C. Female CD-I mice, 6 to 8 weeks old (Charles River, St-Constant, Quebec, Canada), were injected subcutaneously three times at two weeks interval with 0.1 ml of formaldehyde killed cells of GBS strain C388/90 (~6X10 7 GBS) or 0.1 ml of PBS for the 25 control group. On the day before the immunization, AlhydrogelTM (Superfos Biosector, Frederikssund, Denmark) at a final concentration of 0.14 mg or 0.2 1.mg of Al, was added to these preparations and incubated overnight at 4C with agitation. Serum samples were obtained from each mouse before the beginning of the immunization protocol and two weeks after the last injection. The sera were frozen at -20'C. 30 Eight mice in each control group injected with PBS and the group immunized with formaldehyde killed whole cells GBS strain C388/90 (la/c) were challenged with 1.5X10 4 cfu of GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c) one week after the third injection. All mice immunized with the formaldehyde killed GBS whole cells survived the homologous challenge while, within 5 16 days after the challenge, only 4 out of the 8 mice injected with PBS survived from the infection. In order to increase the mortality rate in the control groups, the bacterial suspension had to be adjusted according to the age of the mice at the time of the bacterial challenge. In subsequent challenge experiments, when mice were older than 15 weeks, the bacterial inoculum was 5 increased to concentrations between 3.0X10 5 and 2.5X10 6 cfu. TABLE I IMMUNIZATION OF CD1 MICE WITH FORMALDEHYDE KILLED WHOLE CELLS OF GBS AND SUBSEQUENT HOMOLOGOUS CHALLENGE [STRAIN C388/90 (IA/C)] AND HETEROLOGOUS CHALLENGE [STRAIN NCS246 (II/R)] Antigenic preparations used Number of living mice 14 days after the bacterial challenge for immunization' (% Survival) Homologous challenge: Heterologous challenge: strain C388/90 (la/c) strain NCS246 (II/R) 1st infection Formaldehyde killed cells of GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c) 2 8/8 (100)3 n.d.' Control PBS 4/8 (50) n.d. 2nd infection Formaldehyde killed cells of GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c) 6/6 (100)4 0/6 (0)6 Control PBS 2/6 (33) 0/6 (0) ' alhydrogelTm at a final concentration of 0.14 mg or 0.21 mg of Al was used; 2 approximately 6X 10' cfu; intraperitoneal challenge with I mL Todd-Hewitt culture medium containing GBS C388/90 (la/c) suspension adjusted to 1.5X 104 cfu; 4 intraperitoneal challenge with I mL Todd-l-ewitt culture medium containing GBS C388/90 (la/c) suspension adjusted to 2.1X10 6 cfu; not done; 6 intraperitoneal challenge with I mL Todd-Hewitt culture medium containing GBS NCS246 (II/R) suspension adjusted to 1.2X 105 cfu. 10 In another experiment, one group of 12 mice corresponding to a control group was injected with PBS, while a second group of 12 mice was immunized with formaldehyde killed whole cells of GBS strain C388/90 (la/c). Six mice from each of these two groups were challenged with 2.1X10 6 cfu of the GBS strain C388/90 (la/c) (Table I). As the first challenge 15 experiment, all mice immunized with the GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c) survived the homologous challenge. Only two out of the 6 mice injected with PBS survived the infection.
17 The remaining 6 mice in both groups were then used one week later to verify whether this antigenic preparation could confer cross protection against strain NCS246 (II/R) which produce a serologically distinct capsule. None of the mice infected with this second GBS strain survived the infection. The later result suggested that most of the protective 5 immune response induced by formaldehyde killed strain C388/90 is directed against the capsular polysaccharide and that it could be restricted to strains of that particular serotype. These results clearly indicated that this particular model of infection can be efficiently used to study the protection conferred by vaccination. EXAMPLE 3 10 IMMUNIZATION OF RABBIT WITH FORMALDEHYDE KILLED WHOLE GBS CELLS AND PASSIVE PROTECTION IN MICE A New Zealand rabbit (2.5 kg, Charles River, St-Constant, Quebec, Canada) was immunized with formaldehyde killed cells of GBS strain C388/90 (la/c) to obtain hyperimmune serum. This rabbit was injected subcutaneously three times at three weeks interval with 15 approximately 1.5X10 9 cfu of formaldehyde killed whole cells of GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c). Freund's complete adjuvant (Gibco BRL Life Technologies, Grand Island, New York) was used as the adjuvant for the first immunization, while Freund's incomplete adjuvant (Gibco BRL) was used for the following two injections. Serum samples were obtained before the beginning of the immunization protocol and two weeks after the last injection. The sera were frozen at 20 20 0 C. The ability of this particular rabbit hyperimmune serum to passively protect mice against a lethal infection with GBS was also evaluated. Intraperitoneal injection of mice with either 15 or 25 piL of hyperimmune rabbit serum 18 hours before the challenge protected 4 out of 5 mice (80%) against the infection. Comparatively, survival rates lower than 20% were 25 recorded for mice in the control group injected with PBS or serum obtained from a rabbit immunized with meningococcal outer membrane preparation. This result clearly indicates that the immunization of another animal species with killed GBS cells can induce the production of antibodies that can passively protect mice. This reagent will also be used to characterize clones.
18 TABLE 2 PASSIVE PROTECTION OF CD-I MICE CONFERRED BY RABBIT SERUM OBTAINED AFTER IMMUNIZATION WITH FORMALDEHYDE KILLED GROUP B WHOLE STREPTOCOCCI STRAIN C388/90 (IA/C)) ANTIGENIC PREPARATION Groups Number of living mice 14 days after the % survival bacterial challenge with GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c) 2 Rabbit hyperimmune serum 2 - 25 d 4/5 80 Rabbit hyperimmune serum - 15 ld 4/5 80 Control rabbit serum - 25 pl 1/5 20 Control PBS 1/10 10 5 Freund's complete adjuvant was used for first immunization, and Freund's incomplete adjuvant for the following two injections; 2 intraperitoneal challenge with I ml Todd-Hewitt culture medium containing GBS C388/90 (la/c) suspension adjusted to 2X 10 4 cfu. EXAMPLE 4 10 RECOMBINANT PRODUCTION OF His.TAG-GBS FUSION PROTEIN The coding region of a GBS gene was amplified by PCR (DNA Thermal Cycler GeneAmp PCR system 2400 Perkin Elmer, San Jose, CA) from the genomic DNA of GBS strain C388/90 (la/c) using the oligos that contained base extensions for the addition of the restriction sites BgllI (AGATCT) and HindIII (AAGCTT), respectively. The PCR product was 15 purified from agarose gel using a Qiaex II gel extraction kit from Qiagen (Chatsworth, CA), digested with the restriction enzymes BglIl and HindlIl (Pharmacia Canada Inc Baie d'Urfe, Canada), and extracted with phenol:chloroform before ethanol precipitation. The pET-32b(+) vector (Novagen, Madison, WI) containing the thioredoxin-His.Tag sequence was digested with the restriction enzymes BglIl and HindlIl, extracted with phenol:chloroform, and then ethanol 20 precipitated. The BglIl-HindlII genomic DNA fragment was ligated to the BgIII-HindlII pET 32b(+) vector to create the coding sequence for thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion protein whose gene was under control of the T7 promoter. The ligated products were transformed into E. coli strain XLI Blue MRF' (A (mcrA)183A (mcrCB-hsdSMR-mrr) 173 endAl supE44 thi-1 recAl gyrA96 re/Al lac [F'proAB lac1'ZAM15Tnl0 (Tetr)]c) (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) according to 25 the method of Simanis (Hanahan, D. DNA Cloning, 1985, D. M. Glover (ed.), pp. 109-135). The recombinant pET plasmid was purified using a Qiagen kit (Qiagen, Chatsworth, CA) and the nucleotide sequence of the DNA insert was verified by DNA sequencing (Taq Dye Deoxy 19 Terminator Cycle Sequencing kit, ABI, Foster City, CA). The recombinant pET plasmid was transformed by electroporation (Gene Pulser II apparatus, BIO-RAD Labs, Mississauga, Canada) into E. coli strain AD494 (DE3) (Aara-leu797 AlacX74 AphoA Pvull phoR AmalF3 F' [lack (lacIl) pro] trxB::Kan (DE3)) (Novagen, Madison, WI). In this strain of E. coli, the T7 5 promoter controlling expression of the fusion protein, is specifically recognized by the T7 RNA polymerase (present on the DE3 prophage) whose gene is under the control of the lac promoter which is inducible by isopropyl-p-D-thio-galactopyranoside (IPTG). The transformant AD494(DE3)/rpET was grown at 37'C with agitation at 250 rpm in LB broth (peptone 10 g/L, Yeast extract 5 g/L, NaCl 10 g/L) containing 100 ptg of 10 ampicillin (Sigma-Aldrich Canada Ltd., Oakville, Canada) per mL until the A 6 00 reached a value of 0.6. In order to induce the production of the thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion protein, the cells were incubated for 2 additional hours in the presence of IPTG at a final concentration of 1 mM. The bacterial cells were harvested by centrifugation. The recombinant fusion protein produced by AD494(DE3)/rpET32 upon IPTG 15 induction for 2 h was partially obtained as insoluble inclusion bodies which were purified from endogenous E. coli proteins by the isolation of insoluble aggregates (Gerlach, G. F. et al 1992, Infect. Immun. 60:892). Induced cells from a 500 mL culture were resuspended in 20 mL of 25% sucrose-50 mM Tris-HCI buffer (pH 8.0) and frozen at -70'C. Lysis of cells in thawed suspension was achieved by the addition of 5 mL of a solution of lysozyme (10 mg/mL) in 20 250mM Tris-HCI buffer (pH 8.0) followed by an incubation of 10 to 15 min on ice, and the addition of 150mL of detergent mix (5 parts of 20mM Tris-HCI buffer [pH 7.4]-300mM NaCl 2% deoxycholic acid-2% Nonidet P-40 and 4 parts of 100mM Tris-HCI buffer [pH8]-5OmM EDTA-2% Triton X-100) followed by 5 min incubation on ice. Upon sonication, protein aggregates were harvested by centrifugation for 30 min at 35,000 X g and a sample of the 25 soluble cellular fraction was kept. The aggregated proteins were solubilized in 6M guanidine hydrochloride. The presence of the fusion protein in both the soluble and insoluble fractions was shown by Western Blot analysis using the serum of a mouse injected with formaldehyde killed cells of GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c) that survived a bacterial challenge with the corresponding GBS strain. 30 The purification of the fusion protein from the soluble fraction of IPTG-induced AD494(DE3)/rpET was done by affinity chromatography based on the properties of the His.Tag sequence (6 consecutive histidine residues) to bind to divalent cations (Ni 2 l) immobilized on the His.Bind metal chelation resin (Novagen, Madison, WI). The purification method used are those described in the pET system Manual, 6th Edition (Novagen, Madison, 20 WI). Briefly, the pelleted cells obtained from a 10OmL culture induced with IPTG was resuspended in 4mL of Binding buffer (5mM imidazole-500mM NaCl-20mM Tris-HCI pH7.9), sonicated, and spun at 39,000 X g for 20 min to remove debris. The supernatant was filtered (0.45pm pore size membrane) and deposited on a column of His.Bind resin equilibrated in 5 Binding buffer. The column was then washed with 10 column volumes of Binding buffer followed by 6 column volumes of Wash buffer (20mM imidazole-500mM NaCl-20mM Tris HCI pH7.9). The thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion protein was eluted with Elute buffer (IM imidazole-500mM NaCI-20mM Tris-HCl pH7.9). The removal of the salt and imidazole from the sample was done by dialysis against 3 X 1 liter PBS at 4C. 10 The quantities of fusion protein obtained from either the soluble or insoluble cytoplasmic fractions of E. coli were estimated by Coomassie staining of a sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel with serial dilutions of these proteins and a bovine serum albumin standard (Pierce Chemical Co. Rockford, Ill.). EXAMPLE 5 15 RECOMBINANT PRODUCTION OF GBS PROTEIN UNDER CONTROL OF LAMBDA P- PROMOTER The DNA coding region of a GBS protein was inserted downstream of the promoter XPL into the translation vector pURV22. This plasmid was derived from p629 (George et al, 1987, Bio/Technology 5:600) from which the coding region for a portion of the herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-I) glycoprotein (gD-I) was removed and the ampicillin 20 resistance gene replaced by a kanamycin cassette obtained from the plasmid vector pUC4K (Pharmacia Biotech Canada Inc., Baie D'Urfe, Canada). The vector contained a cassette of the bacteriophage X c1857 temperature sensitive repressor gene from which the functional PR promoter had been deleted. The inactivation of the c1857 repressor by temperature increase from the ranges of 30-37*C to 37-42'C resulted in the induction of the gene under the control of 25 X PL. The translation of the gene was controlled by the ribosome binding site cro followed downstream by a BgIlI restriction site (AGATCT) and the ATG: ACTAAGGAGGTTAGATCTATG. Restriction enzymes and T4 DNA ligase were used according to suppliers (Pharmacia Biotech Canada Inc., Baie D'Urfe, Canada; and New England Biolabs Ltd., 30 Mississauga, Canada). Agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA fragments was performed as described by Sambrook et al. (Molecular cloning: A laboratory Manual, 1989, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, N.Y). Chromosomal DNA of the GBS bacteria was prepared according to procedures described in Jayarao et al (J. Clin. Microbiol., 1991, 29:2774). DNA 21 amplification reactions by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were made using DNA Thermal Cycler GeneAmp PCR system 2400 (Perkin Elmer, San Jose, CA). Plasmids used for DNA sequencing were purified using plasmid kits from Qiagen (Chatsworth, CA). DNA fragments were purified from agarose gels using Qiaex II gel extraction kits from Qiagen (Chatsworth, 5 CA). Plasmid transformations were carried out by the method described by Hanahan (DNA Cloning, Glover (ed.) pp, 109-135, 1985). The sequencing of genomic DNA inserts in plasmids was done using synthetic oligonucleotides which were synthesized by oligonucleotide synthesizer model 394 (the Perkin-Elmer Corp., Applied Biosystems Div. (ABI), Foster City, CA). The sequencing reactions were carried out by PCR using the Taq Dye Deoxy Terminator 10 Cycle Sequencing kit (ABI, Foster City, CA) and DNA electrophoresis was performed on automated DNA sequencer 373A (ABI, Foster City, CA). The assembly of the DNA sequence was performed using the program Sequencer 3.0 (Gene Codes Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI). Analysis of the DNA sequences and their predicted polypeptides was performed with the program Gene Works version 2.45 (Intelligenetics, Inc., Mountain View CA). 15 The coding region of the GBS gene was amplified by PCR from GBS strain C388/90 (Ia/c) genomic DNA using oligos that contained base extensions for the addition of restriction sites BglII (AGATCT) and Xbal (TCTAGA), respectively. The PCR product was purified from agarose gel using a Qiaex II gel extraction kit from Qiagen (Chatsworth, CA), digested with the restriction enzymes BglII and Xbal, and extracted with phenol:chloroform 20 before ethanol precipitation. The pURV22 vector was digested with the restriction enzymes BglII and Xbal, extracted with phenol:chloroform, and ethanol precipitated. The BglII-XbaI genomic DNA fragment was ligated to the BglII-Xbal pURV22 vector in which the GBS gene was under the control of the ?,PL promoter. The ligated products were transformed into E. coli strain XLI Blue MRF'(A (mcrA) 183A (mcrCB-hsdSMR-mrr) 173 endAI supE44 thi-1 recAl 25 gyrA96 relAl lac[F'proAB lacI'ZAM15 TnlO (Tetr)]c) (Stratagene, La Jolla CA) according to the methods described in Hanahan, supra. Transformants harboring plasmids with the insert were identified by analysis of lysed cells submitted to electrophoresis on agarose gel (Sambrook et al, supra). The recombinant pURV22 plasmid was purified using a Qiagen kit (Qiagen, Chatsworth, CA) and the nucleotide sequence of the DNA insert was verified by DNA 30 sequencing. The transformant XLI Blue MRF'/rpURV22 was grown at 34'C. with agitation at 250 rpm in LB broth containing 50 tg of kanamycin per mL until the A 600 reached a value of 0.6. In order to induce the production of the fusion protein, the cells were incubated for 4 22 additional hours at 39'C. The bacterial cells were harvested by centrifugation, resuspended in sample buffer, boiled for 10 min and kept at -20 0 C. EXAMPLE 6 SUBCLONING CBS PROTEIN GENE IN CMV PLASMID PCMV-GH 5 The DNA coding region of a GBS protein was inserted in phase downstream of the human growth hormone (hGH) gene which was under the transcriptional control of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter in the plasmid vector pCMV-GH (Tang et al, Nature, 1992, 356:152). The CMV promoter is non functional in E. coli cells but active upon administration of the plasmid in eukaryotic cells. The vector also incorporated the ampicillin resistance gene. 10 The coding region of the gene was amplified by PCR from genomic DNA of GBS strain C388/90 (la/c) using the oligos that contained base extensions for the addition of the restriction sites BglII (AGATCT) and HindIll (AAGCTT). The PCR product was purified from agarose gel using a Qiaex II gel extraction kit from Qiagen (Chatsworth, CA), digested with the restriction enzymes BglII and HindIll, and extracted with phenol:chloroform before ethanol 15 precipitation. The pCMV-GH vector (Laboratory of Dr. Stephen A. Johnston, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas, Dallas, Texas) containing the human growth hormone to create fusion proteins was digested with the restriction enzymes BamHI and HindlII, extracted with phenol:chloroform, and ethanol precipitated. The 1.3-kb BglII-HindIII genomic DNA fragment was ligated to the BamHI-HindIII pCMV-GH vector to create the hGH-GBS 20 fusion protein under the control of the CMV promoter. The ligated products were transformed into E. coli strain DH5a [D80 lacZ AM]5 endAl recAl hsdR17 (rK-'K*) supE44 thi-lk gyrA96 relAl A (lacZYA-argF)U 169] (Gibco BRL, Gaithersburg, MD) according to the methods described by Hanahan, supra. Transformants harboring plasmids with the insert were identified by analysis of lysed cells submitted to electrophoresis on agarose gel (Sambrook, J. et 25 al, supra). The recombinant pCMV plasmid was purified using a Qiagen kit (Qiagen, Chatsworth, CA) and the nucleotide sequence of the DNA insert was verified by DNA sequencing. EXAMPLE 7 IMMUNOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF GBS PROTEIN TO GBS CHALLENGE 30 Four groups of 12 female CD-I mice (Charles River, St-Constant, Quebec, Canada) of 6 to 8 weeks were injected subcutaneously three times at three week intervals with 0.1 mL of the following antigenic preparations: formaldehyde killed cells of GBS strain C388/90 (~6X 107 cfu), 20ptg of thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion protein obtained from the 23 insoluble (inclusion bodies) or 20pjg of the fusion protein, affinity-purified (nickel column), from the soluble cytoplasmic fraction in E. coli, or 20pjg of affinity purified (nickel column) thioredoxin-His.Tag control polypeptide. 20pg of QuilATM (Cedarlane Laboratories Ltd, Hornby, Canada) was added to each antigenic preparation as the adjuvant. Serum samples were 5 obtained from each mouse before immunization (PB) and on days 20 (TB 1), 41 (TB2) and 54 (TB3) during the immunization protocols. Sera were frozen at -20'C. An increase of the ELISA titers was recorded after each injection of the fusion protein indicating a good primary response and a boost of the specific humoral immune response after each of the second and third administration. At the end of the immunization 10 period, the means of reciprocal ELISA titers was 456,145 for the group immunized with 20 jg of fusion protein obtained from inclusion bodies compared to 290,133 for the group of mice immunized with the protein from soluble fraction in E. coli. The latter result suggests that the protein obtained from inclusion bodies could be more immunogenic than the soluble protein. Analysis of mice sera in ELISA using the affinity purified thioredoxin-His.Tag to coat plates 15 showed that negligible antibody titers are made against the thioredoxin-His.Tag portion of the fusion protein. The reactivity of the sera from mice injected with the recombinant fusion protein was also tested by ELISA against formaldehyde killed whole cells of GBS strain C388/90. The antibodies induced by immunization with recombinant fusion protein also recognized their specific epitopes on GBS cells indicating that their conformation is close 20 enough to the native streptococcal protein to induce cross-reactive antibodies. To verify whether the immune response induced by immunization could protect against GBS infection, mice were challenged with 3.5X 105 cfu of GBS strains C338/90 (la/c) and 1.2X10 5 cfu of strain NCS246 (II/R) the results of which are illustrated in tables 3 and 4 respectively. Mice immunized with control thioredoxin-His.Tag peptide were not protected 25 against challenge with either GBS strain while those immunized with formaldehyde killed C388/90 whole cells only provided protection against homologous challenge. The thioredoxin His.Tag-GBS fusion protein of the invention protected mice from challenge with both GBS strains. Blood and spleen culture of these mice did not reveal the presence of any GBS.
24 TABLE 3 SURVIVAL FROM GBS STRAIN C388/90 (IA/C) CHALLENGE Immunizing agent No. mice surviving challenge % survival Thioredoxin-His.Tag 2 1 / 6 17 Formaldehyde killed C388/90 cells 3 6/6 100 Thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion (inclusion body preparation) 4 6/6 100 Thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion (cytoplasmic fraction) 4 6 / 6 100 ' intraperitoneal administration with I ml Todd Hewitt culture medium adjusted to 3.5X 10' cfu; 2 20pg administered; posterior legs paralyzed in surviving mouse; GBS detected in blood and spleen; 5 3 6X 10' cfu administered; 4 20ig administered. TABLE 4 SURVIVAL FROM GBS STRAIN NCS246 (II/R) CHALLENGE' Immunizing agent No. mice surviving challenge % survival Thioredoxin-His.Tag 2 0/6 0 Formaldehyde killed C388/90 cells 3 2/6 34 Thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion (inclusion body preparation) 2 5/54 100 Thioredoxin-His.Tag-GBS fusion (cytoplasmic fraction) 2 6/6 100 10 intraperitoneal administration with I ml Todd Hewitt culture medium containing GBS NCS246(II/R) suspension adjusted to 1.2X 105 cfu. 2 20pg administered ' 6X10" cfu administered; 4 one mouse died during immunization. 15 EXAMPLE 8 IMMUNIZATION WITH RECOMBINANT GBS PROTEIN CONFERS PROTECTION AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL GBS INFECTION This example illustrates the protection of mice against fatal GBS infection by 20 immunization with the recombinant protein corresponding to the SEQ ID NO:39. Groups of 10 female CD-1 mice (Charles River) were immunized subcutaneously three times at three-week intervals with 20 tg of recombinant protein purified 25 from E. coli strain BLR (Novagen) harboring the recombinant pURV22 plasmid vector containing the GBS gene corresponding to SEQ ID NO:42 in presence of 20 pg of QuilATM adjuvant (Cedarlane Laboratories Ltd/Hornby, Canada) or, as control, with QuilATM adjuvant alone in PBS. Blood samples were collected from the orbital sinus on day 1, 22 and 43 prior to 5 each immunization and fourteen days (day 57) following the third injection. One week later the mice were challenged with approximately 104 to 106 CFU of various virulent GBS strains. Samples of the GBS challenge inoculum were plated on TSA/5% sheep blood agar plates to determine the CFU and to verify the challenge dose. Deaths were recorded for a period of 14 days and on day 14 post-challenge, the surviving mice were sacrificed and blood and spleen 10 were tested for the presence of GBS organisms. The survival data are shown in table 5. Prechallenge sera were analyzed for the presence of antibodies reactive with GBS by standard immunoassays. Elisa and immunoblot analyses indicated that immunization with recombinant GBS protein produced in E. coli elicited antibodies reactive with both, recombinant and native GBS protein. Antibody responses to GBS are described in Example 9.
26 TABLE 5 ABILITY OF RECOMBINANT GBS PROTEIN CORRESPONDING TO SEQ ID NO: 39 TO ELICIT PROTECTION AGAINST 8 DIVERSE GBS CHALLENGE STRAINS Immunogen Challenge strain No. alive No. dead' Designation Type rGBS protein C388/90 la/c 8 : 2 (P<0.0001) none 0 : 10 rGBS protein NCS 246 II/R 10 : 0 (P=0.00 12) none 3: 7 rGBS protein ATCC12401 lb 10 : 0 (P=0.001) none 3: 7 rGBS protein NCS 535 V 10 : 0 (P=0.01) none 5: 5 rGBS protein NCS 9842 VI 10 : 0 (P<0.0001) none 0 : 10 rGBS protein NCS 915 III 7 : 3 (P=0.0007) 2 NCS 915-F 3 1: 9 none 4: 6 rG3S protein NCS 954 III/R 7 : 3 (P=0.002) NCS 915-F 4: 6 none 1:9 rGBS protein COHI III 4 : 6 (P=0.0004) COHI-F 3: 7 none 0: 10 Groups of 10 mice per group were used, the number of mice surviving to infection and the number of dead mice 5 are indicated. The survival curves corresponding to recombinant GBS protein-immunized animals were compared to the survival curves corresponding to mock-immunized animals using the log-rank test for nonparametric analysis. 2 Comparison analysis to NCS915-F-immunized animals. 3 Animals were immunized with formaldehyde-killed GBS in presence of QuilA TM adjuvant. 10 All hemocultures from surviving mice were negative at day 14 post-challenge. Spleen cultures from surviving mice were negative except for few mice from experiment MB 11. EXAMPLE 9 15 VACCINATION WITH THE RECOMBINANT GBS PROTEIN ELICITS ANIMMUNE RESPONSE TO GBS Groups of 10 female CD-I mice were immunized subcutaneously with recombinant GBS protein corresponding to SEQ ID NO:39 as described in Example 8. In order 27 to assess the antibody response to native GBS protein, sera from blood samples collected prior each immunization and fourteen days after the third immunization were tested for antibody reactive with GBS cells by ELISA using plates coated with formaldehyde-killed GBS cells from type III strain NCS 954, type Ib strain ATCC 12401, type V strain NCS 535 or type VI 5 strain NCS 9842. The specificity of the raised antibodies for GBS protein was confirmed by Western blot analyses to GBS cell extracts and purified recombinant antigens. The results shown in Figure 10 clearly demonstrate that animals respond strongly to recombinant GBS protein used as immunogens with median reciprocal antibody titers varying between 12000 and 128000, for sera collected after the third immunization, depending of the coating antigen. All 10 preimmune sera were negative when tested at a dilution of 1 :100. GBS-reactive antibodies were detectable in the sera of each animal after a single injection of recombinant GBS protein. EXAMPLE 10 ANTIGENIC CONSERVATION OF THE GBS PROTEIN OF THE PRESENT INVENTION Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific to the GBS protein of the present 15 invention were used to demonstrate that this surface antigen is produced by all GBS and that it is also antigenically highly conserved. A collection of 68 GBS isolates was used to evaluate the reactivity of the GBS specific MAbs. These strains were obtained from the National Center for Streptococcus, Provincial Laboratory of Public Health for Northern Alberta, Canada; Centre Hospitalier 20 Universitaire de Quebec, Pavillon CHUL, Quebec, Canada; American Type Culture Collection, USA; Laboratoire de Sante Publique du Quebec, Canada; and Dept. of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, USA. All eight Mabs were tested against the following panel of strains: 6 isolates of serotype la or Ia/c, 3 isolates of serotype Ib, 4 isolates of serotype II, 14 isolates of serotype III, 2 isolates of serotype IV, 2 isolates of serotype V, 2 25 isolates of serotype VI, 2 isolates of serotype VII, 1 isolate of serotype VIII, 10 isolates that were not serotyped and 3 bovine S. agalactiae strains. MAb 3A2 was also reacted with additional GBS: 9 isolates of serotype Ia/c and 10 isolates of serotype V. The strains were grown overnight on blood agar plates at 37 0 C in an atmosphere of 5% CO 2 . Cultures were stored at -70'C in heart infusion broth with 20% (v/v) glycerol. 30 To obtain the GBS protein-specific MAbs, mice were immunized three times at three-week intervals with 20 ptg of purified recombinant GBS protein (SEQ ID NO :44) in the presence of 20% QuiIATM adjuvant. Hybridoma cell lines were generated by fusion of spleen cells recovered from immunized mice with the nonsecreting SP2/O myeloma cell line as 28 described previously (Hamel, J. et al. 1987. J. Med. Microbiol. 23:163-170). Hybrid clone supernatants were tested for specific antibody production by ELISA using formaldehyde inactivated GBS and purified recombinant GBS protein (SEQ ID NO :39 or 44) as coating antigen, as previously described (Hamel, J. et al. 1987. J. Med. Microbiol. 23:163-170). 5 Specific hybrid were cloned by limiting dilutions, expanded, and frozen in liquid nitrogen. Production of recombinant GBS protein was presented in Examples 4 & 5. Purified recombinant GBS protein or formaldehyde inactivated GBS were resolved by electrophoresis by using the discontinuous buffer system of Laemmli as recommended by the manufacturer and then transfer onto nitrocellulose membrane for Western immunoblotting as described 10 previously (Martin et al. 1992. Infect. Immun. 60:2718-2725). Western immunoblotting experiments clearly indicated that all eight MAbs recognized a protein band that corresponded to the purified recombinant GBS protein (SEQ ID NO :39). These MAbs also reacted with a protein band present in every GBS isolates tested so far. The reactivity of these GBS-specific MAbs are presented in Table 6. Each MAb reacted 15 well with all 46 GBS. In addition, these MAbs also recognized the 3 S. agalactiae strains of bovine origin that were tested. MAb 3A2 also recognized nineteen GBS; 9 isolates of serotype la/c and 10 of serotype V. The other MAbs were not tested against these additional strains. These results demonstrated that the GBS protein (SEQ ID NO :39) was produced by all the 65 GBS and the three 3 S. agalactiae strains of bovine origin that were tested so far. 20 More importantly, these results clearly demonstrated that the epitopes recognized by these eight GBS-specific MAbs were widely distributed and conserved among GBS. These results also indicated that these epitopes were not restricted to serologically related isolates since representatives of all known GBS serotypes including the major disease causing groups were tested. 25 In conclusion, the data presented in this example clearly demonstrated that the GBS protein of the present invention is produced by all GBS and that it is antigenically highly conserved. The term "comprise" and variants of the term such as "comprises" or "comprising" are used herein to denote the inclusion of a stated integer or stated integers but 30 not to exclude any other integer or any other integers, unless in the context or usage an exclusive interpretation of the term is required. Any reference to publications cited in this specification is not an admission that the disclosures constitute common general knowledge in Australia.
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1. An isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide that comprises: (a) an amino acid sequence at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16, or a fragment of the polypeptide; (b) an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16 or a fragment of the polypeptide; or (c) the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16 or a fragment of the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide or fragment of the polypeptide retains the capacity to induce an immune response against group B streptococcus, and wherein the polypeptide or fragment of the polypeptide retains the capacity to induce antibodies that specifically bind to a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 16.
2. The isolated polynucleotide according to claim I wherein said polynucleotide comprises (a) a nucleotide sequence at least 70% identical to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:13; (b) a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:13; or (c) the nucleotide sequence identical to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:13.
3. An isolated polynucleotide that is complementary to the polynucleotide of claim I or claim 2.
4. The isolated polynucleotide of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the polynucleotide is DNA.
5. The isolated polynucleotide of any one of claims I to 3, wherein the polynucleotide is RNA.
6. A vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to an expression control region. 31
7. The vector according to claim 6 wherein the expression control region is heterologous.
8. A host cell transfected or transformed with the vector of claim 6 or claim 7.
9. The host cell according to claim 8 wherein the host cell is a prokaryotic cell.
10. The host cell according to claim 8 wherein the host cell is a eukaryotic cell.
11. A process for producing a polypeptide encoded by the isolated polynucleotide according to claim 1 or claim 2, said process comprising culturing the host cell according to any one of claims 8 to 10 under conditions suitable for expression of the polypeptide.
12. The process of claim 11 further comprising isolating the polypeptide from the host cell culture.
13. The process of claim I I or claim 12, wherein the polypeptide is a recombinant polypeptide.
14. An isolated polypeptide comprising: (a) an amino acid sequence at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16; (b) an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16; or (c) the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO:16, wherein the polypeptide retains the capacity to induce an immune response against group B streptococcus and retains the capacity to induce antibodies that specifically bind to a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO:15 or SEQ ID NO:16. 32
15. An isolated polypeptide comprising a fragment of the polypeptide according claim 14, wherein the fragment retains the capacity to induce an immune response against group B streptococcus and retains the capacity to induce antibodies that specifically bind to a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in either SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 16.
16. The isolated polypeptide according to claim 14 or claim 15, wherein the polypeptide is a recombinant polypeptide.
17. The isolated polypeptide according to any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the N-terminal Met residue is deleted.
18. A vaccine composition comprising the isolated polypeptide according to any one of claims 14 to 17 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
19. The vaccine composition according to claim 18 further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant.
20. A method for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a streptococcal infection in an animal susceptible to the streptococcal infection, said method comprising administering to the animal a therapeutic or prophylactic amount of the vaccine composition according to claim 18 or claim 19.
21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the animal is a bovine or a human.
22. The method according to claim 20 or claim 21, wherein the streptococcal infection is a group B streptococcal infection or a group A streptococcal infection.
23. A method of manufacturing a vaccine comprising (a) producing a polypeptide according to the process of any one of claims 11 to 13 and (b) formulating the polypeptide with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
24. The method of manufacturing according to claim 23, wherein the method further comprises formulating the polypeptide with a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant. 33
25. The method according to claim 23 or claim 24, wherein the method comprises producing the polypeptide according to any one of claims 14 to 17. Date: 25 June 2010
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