Humoral immunity is the primary means of heterologous Propionibacterium acnes vaccination against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection in pig

College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.118v1
Subject Areas
Veterinary Medicine
Keywords
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, immunoprotection, heterologous, Propionibacterium acnes, vaccine, pigs
Copyright
© 2013 Li et al.
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Li L, Feng X, Xie F, Gu J, Gao Y, Lei L, Han W. 2013. Humoral immunity is the primary means of heterologous Propionibacterium acnes vaccination against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection in pig. PeerJ PrePrints 1:e118v1

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the immunoprotection of pigs by heterologous P. acnes vaccination against A. pleuropneumoniae infection, by vaccine and infection in pig. Methods: 12 five-week-old healthy pigs were randomly divided into 2 groups, of which 1 group (n=6) was vaccinated twice with living P. acnes and the other group served as a non-vaccinated control (n=6). Both groups were experimentally infected with A. pleuropneumoniae (serotype 1, 5*107 CFU, CCVC 259) then the clinical symptoms and pathological changes were monitored. Results: Compared to the control group, the vaccination group showed significantly reduced clinical symptoms and pathological changes. The P. acnes-vaccinated group showed a significant increase in the levels of specific serum antibody titer against A. pleuropneumoniae soluble antigen and serum IL-2 and IL-4 concentration. Conclusion: Immunization with heterologous P. acnes enabled an effective humoral immune response against A. pleuropneumoniae infection in pigs.