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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 41, Issue 3 179-183, Copyright © 1994 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Murine monoclonal antibody elicited with antibiotic-exposed Escherichia coli exerts protective capacity in experimental bacterial infections

M. T. Lun, A. M. Amatucci, G. Raponi, F. Filadoro, A. Bartolazzi, R. Fraioli, P. G. Natali and C. Mancini
I. Cattedra di Microbiologia Clinica, Universita La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

Escherichia coli pre-exposed to a sub-minimal inhibitory concentration (sub-MIC) of several antibiotics elicits an enhanced humoral response which is protective against challenges with untreated homologous and heterologous bacteria. To characterise the specificity of this response we produced murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to aztreonam-treated E. coli O6:K-. This resulted in the identification of MAb MT 1F, of isotype IgG1, that recognised a 12-kDa protein component of the untreated bacterial cells. After passive transfer, the MAb displayed protective activity in mice infected with lethal doses of live E. coli O6:K- and E. coli O111:B4. In ELISA experiments the MAb cross-reacted with structures located on whole cells of E. coli O6:K-, E. coli O111:B4, E. coli J5 and Salmonella minnesota Re595 and it also exerted a bactericidal activity against live E. coli O6:K-. The modifications induced by antibiotic treatment may unmask bacterial epitopes that may elicit the production of MAbs endowed with protective capacity.


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G. RAPONI, M. C. GHEZZI, M. T. LUN, G. BIGOTTI, P. G. NATALI, and C. MANCINI
Protective features of monoclonal antibodies to Escherichia coli during experimental infection of mice with homologous and heterologous serotypes of E. coli
J. Med. Microbiol., March 1, 2000; 49(3): 253 - 260.
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