Application of an Endothelial Cell Culture Assay for the Detection of Neutralizing Anti-Clostridium Perfringens Beta-Toxin Antibodies in a Porcine Vaccination Trial.

Richard, Olivia K.; Springer, Sven; Finzel, Jacqueline; Theuß, Tobias; Wyder, Marianne; Vidondo, Beatriz; Posthaus, Horst (2019). Application of an Endothelial Cell Culture Assay for the Detection of Neutralizing Anti-Clostridium Perfringens Beta-Toxin Antibodies in a Porcine Vaccination Trial. Toxins, 11(4) MDPI 10.3390/toxins11040225

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BACKGROUND

Beta-toxin (CPB) is the major virulence factor of Clostridium perfringens type C, causing hemorrhagic enteritis in newborn pigs but also other animals and humans. Vaccines containing inactivated CPB are known to induce protective antibody titers in sow colostrum and neutralization of the CPB activity is thought to be essential for protective immunity in newborn piglets. However, no method is available to quantify the neutralizing effect of vaccine-induced antibody titers in pigs. (2) Methods: We developed a novel assay for the quantification of neutralizing anti-CPB antibodies. Sera and colostrum of sows immunized with a commercial C. perfringens type A and C vaccine was used to determine neutralizing effects on CPB induced cytotoxicity in endothelial cells. Antibody titers of sows and their piglets were determined and compared to results obtained by an ELISA. (3) Results: Vaccinated sows developed neutralizing antibodies against CPB in serum and colostrum. Multiparous sows developed higher serum and colostrum antibody titers after booster vaccinations than uniparous sows. The antibody titers of sows and those of their piglets correlated highly. Piglets from vaccinated sows were protected against intraperitoneal challenge with C. perfringens type C supernatant. (4) Conclusions: The test based on primary porcine endothelial cells quantifies neutralizing antibody activity in serum and colostrum of vaccinated sows and could be used to reduce and refine animal experimentation during vaccine development.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Veterinary Public Health Institute
05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Animal Pathology

UniBE Contributor:

Richard, Olivia, Wyder, Marianne, Vidondo Curras, Beatriz Teresa, Posthaus, Horst

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

2072-6651

Publisher:

MDPI

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pamela Schumacher

Date Deposited:

11 Mar 2020 14:12

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:33

Publisher DOI:

10.3390/toxins11040225

PubMed ID:

30991691

Uncontrolled Keywords:

C. perfringens type C beta-toxin cell culture assay necrotizing enteritis neutralizing antibodies primary porcine endothelial cell

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.140648

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/140648

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