Dirk Bumann- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
There is an urgent medical need for improved vaccines with broad serovar coverage and high efficacy against systemic salmonellosis. Subunit vaccines offer excellent safety profiles but require identification of protective antigens, which remains a challenging task. Here, I review crucial properties of Salmonella antigens that might help to narrow down the number of potential candidates from more than 4000 proteins encoded in Salmonella genomes, to a more manageable number of 50–200 most promising antigens. I also discuss complementary approaches for antigen identification and potential limitations of current pre-clinical vaccine testing.
Introduction
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A, B, and C cause human enteric fever with an estimated annual number deaths of 190,000 (1). Enteric fever disease burden is probably underestimated because of difficult and insensitive diagnosis methods (2). In addition to these serovars, specific strains of serovar Typhimurium, which usually causes self-limiting gastroenteritis, can also cause systemic disease, particularly in young HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa (invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis, iNTS) (3).
Enteric fever and iNTS become increasingly difficult to treat with antibiotics because of rising resistance to fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins, and new drug candidates for these and other Gram-negative pathogens are scarce suggesting a risk of an increasing number of untreatable cases (2, 4).
The Need for Novel Subunit Vaccines
Enteric fever can be prevented with a variety of vaccines (5). Killed whole-cell preparations of serovars Typhi and Paratyphi were successfully used to diminish incidence in endemic areas, but their use was discontinued because of frequent adverse reactions (6). A live attenuated S. Typhi strain Ty21a that was generated by chemical mutagenesis confers a moderate level of protection for up to three years against serovar Typhi, but not other relevant serovars (6). Additional genetically modified Salmonella strains have been tested in clinical trials with some success, but none of them has yet reached approval. Finally, the purified capsular carbohydrate Vi of serovar Typhi induces protective immunity over several years against serovars Typhi (6) and possibly Paratyphi C, but not Paratyphi A and B or Typhimurium that all lack such a capsule. Conjugation of Vi with an unrelated protein antigen improves immune response in small infants, a major target population for enteric fever (6). To cover the important serovar Paratyphi A, current efforts focus on linking the O antigen (carbohydrate part of lipopolysaccharide) with a protein antigen (7).
In conclusion, treatment of systemic salmonellosis becomes increasingly difficult, and prevention with currently available vaccines is hampered by only moderate levels and limited duration of protection, and incomplete coverage of clinically relevant serovars. This situation generates an urgent medical need for improved Salmonella vaccines.
Live attenuated Salmonella strains offer important advantages such as low production costs and oral administration, but pose a risk of causing disease especially in immunocompromised patients that might be inadvertently exposed, e.g., household contacts of vaccines that shed live Salmonella. Whole-cell killed vaccines are effective but contain pyogenic components that cause unacceptable inflammatory responses. As a consequence, development focuses on subunit vaccines that contain one or several key antigens inducing protective immune responses.
The key challenge of developing such a vaccine is identification of suitable antigens. Unfortunately, among thousands of potential Salmonella antigen candidates, probably only very few have the necessary properties. Efficient strategies to identify protective antigens among large number of candidates have been developed and applied for vaccines that protect against extracellular pathogens using inhibitory/bactericidal antibodies (reverse vaccinology) (8). For these pathogens, suitable antigens need to be surface exposed to enable antibody binding, which substantially narrows down the number of potential candidates. Furthermore, immunization trials can be scored for inhibitory/bactericidal antibodies using rather simple assays amenable for high-throughput.
In contrast, similar strategies have not yet been developed for intracellular pathogens like Salmonella (which reside mostly in host macrophages during systemic disease), since criteria for pre-selecting promising antigens are unclear for most such pathogens, and immune correlates of protection remain poorly characterized. Antibodies (or just B cells) often contribute to protection but T cell responses are usually also required. The crucial αβ T cells recognize peptide epitopes and this led to a focus on protein antigens. Most intracellular pathogen genomes encode thousands of proteins, and identification of the few protective antigens among these numerous candidates remains challenging.
However, extensive recent work on Salmonella has uncovered some information that might be useful as a rational basis for future vaccine development against this and possibly other intracellular pathogens. In particular, coverage of relevant Salmonella strains, antigen expression in infected host tissues, and antigen compartmentalization within the Salmonella cell may substantially narrow down the number of promising antigen candidates.
Antigens Enabling Broad Serovar Coverage
To achieve protective immunity against all relevant Salmonella strains, conserved antigens must be used. Hundreds of genes are missing or dysfunctional due to frameshift mutations or premature stop codons in certain relevant strains (9), but the rapidly increasing collection of genome sequences facilitates identification of suitable broadly conserved antigens. Orthologs usually share extensive sequence identity, but rare non-synonymous point mutations might still affect potentially crucial immunity determinants such as surface-exposed loops of outer membrane proteins (10). The 3D structures of many Salmonella proteins have been determined, and additional structures can be modeled based on homologs. However, it remains challenging to estimate which amino acid differences might impair cross-protective immune responses. As a consequence, antigens with highly conserved sequence among relevant serovars might be prioritized. On the other hand, antigens that play a potentially crucial role in pathogenesis of only a subset of serovars such as typhoid toxin (11) could still be an important contributor to vaccine combinations containing multiple antigens.
Antigen Expression in Host Tissues
To detect and kill Salmonella, the immune system must recognize antigens that Salmonella expresses in infected host tissues. For animal infection models, purification of genetically engineered fluorescent Salmonella cells from infected tissue homogenates using flow cytometry yields sufficient material for large-scale proteome analysis (12, 13). The results reveal expression of more than 1800 Salmonella antigens in mouse spleen. As a caveat, this analysis misses most secreted Salmonella proteins that are lost during purification. This is important, since at least one secreted protein can confer moderate protection (14). While escaping proteomics of purified Salmonella, highly expressed secreted proteins can be identified based on transcriptional in vivo data (15, 16).
Recent advances in proteomics enable even absolute quantification of copy numbers per Salmonella cell for most detected antigens (10). High expression levels might facilitate immune recognition (10, 15), but our systematic analysis did not support that protective antigens are generally highly expressed (10). This could reflect extensive host–pathogen coevolution modulating expression levels and immunogenicity of antigens. However, despite the poor predictive power of quantitative expression levels, antigen expression itself remains a crucial precondition for protective immune responses.
Salmonella proteomes in human tissues have not yet been investigated. However, experimental infections of human volunteers have been done in the past (17, 18), and a well-controlled protocol has recently been established (19). Purification by flow cytometry similar to the mouse studies would require infection with a genetically modified Salmonella strain, and type and required quantities of biopsy material would need to be determined.
Salmonella virulence has been extensively characterized in the mouse typhoid fever model. These studies have identified more than 270 Salmonella genes that contribute to pathogenesis. In almost all cases, this evidence indicates expression of the respective antigens at least at some stage of the infection. Virulence phenotypes in human beings are also available in a few cases from vaccine trials with live attenuated Salmonella strains (20–22). These scarce human data are largely consistent with observations for the corresponding Salmonella mutants in the mouse model, but systematic comparisons are currently impossible due to the lack of human data for most potential virulence factors.
Using another indirect approach, large-scale studies have identified antibodies that specifically recognize dozens of Salmonella antigens in sera of acutely infected and convalescent patients or experimentally infected mice, but not uninfected controls (23, 24). The presence of such antibodies is a clear indication that the respective Salmonella antigens are expressed at least at some stages of infection. Interestingly, there is a considerable overlap in immune signature of murine and human salmonellosis. On the other hand, comparison with direct ex vivo proteome analysis of Salmonella purified from infected mouse spleen reveals that serum antibodies recognize only a small minority of the more than 1800 in vivo expressed Salmonella antigens. It is possible, that Salmonella antigens that induce specific antibodies are particularly accessible for the host immune system, and thus represent most promising vaccine antigen candidates. However, direct comparison of antibody titers in convalescent mice with antigen protectivity in immunization/challenge studies shows that serum antibody levels have poor predictive power for identifying suitable vaccine antigens (10, 23). In fact, several of the most protective vaccine antigens failed to elicit detectable antibody responses in both mice and human beings, while immunodominant antigens mostly fail to protect.
Similar to antibody response in convalescent individuals, T cell responses to specific Salmonella antigens provide information about antigen expression during infection. CD4 T cell epitopes have been comprehensively predicted based on peptide properties that facilitate binding to antigen-presenting major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II molecules and T cell receptors (25). Some antigens were experimentally confirmed to be recognized by T cells from infected human beings (26, 27) and mice (14, 25, 28, 29), but not uninfected individuals. These results confirmed expression of corresponding Salmonella antigens (including the promising antigen SseB) at least during some stages of infection. Again, these identified antigens are only a small subset of all expressed antigens, and T cell responses during infection have poor predictive power for protective antigens (10). This might reflect expression at infection stages (29) or in distinct tissue microenvironments (30) that have limited relevance for protective immunity.
In conclusion, proteomics and virulence phenotypes provide large-scale information on Salmonella antigen expression in infected mice. Together, some 2000 different Salmonella antigens are expressed during infection in the mouse typhoid fever model, and might thus represent potential vaccine antigens. Evidence for human infections is much more fragmentary and largely restricted to serum antibody and T cell responses.
Antigen Compartimentalization
The localization of an antigen within the Salmonella cell may have a major impact on its protectivity. In particular, live intact Salmonella can only be detected by the host immune system through recognition of surface-exposed/released antigens, since internal Salmonella antigens are shielded by the cell envelope. On the other hand, dead Salmonella might release antigens regardless of their initial localization. In many infection foci, live and dead Salmonella reside in close proximity (30), and recognition of dead Salmonella alone might be sufficient for activation of bystander cells containing live Salmonella, resulting in effective clearance of both live and dead Salmonella. However, a subset of live Salmonella resides in tissue regions without any dead Salmonella (10, 30), and these would escape detection/clearance by immune responses directed exclusively against internal Salmonella antigens. This working model is supported by previously identified protective antigens (15, 31–33) and our systematic comparison of Salmonella antigens from different compartments (10): all identified protective antigens are surface exposed. A recent study extended this finding to a secreted virulence effector protein (14), supporting the hypothesis that antigens must be accessible on live Salmonella to confer protective immunity.
Surface exposure/secretion might represent a powerful criterion to narrow down the number of potentially promising Salmonella vaccine antigens. Surface-exposed outer membrane proteins can be identified based on primary sequence properties and have been tabulated in databases (34, 35). Interestingly, outer membrane-associated lipoproteins can also confer protective immunity, even when they likely localize to the shielded periplasmic side of the outer membrane (10). Possibly, such lipoproteins are released in outer membrane vesicles that are degraded in host cell lysosomes thus exposing lipoproteins to the antigen-presentation platforms. Outer membrane-associated lipoproteins can again be identified based on primary sequences (36). Experimental analysis of outer membrane preparations (37, 38) and/or biotinylated surface-exposed proteins (39) can be used to confirm theoretical predictions, and to identify additional exposed antigens that might be secreted through unconventional mechanisms.
In addition to surface-associated proteins, Salmonella translocates various proteins directly to the infected host cell cytosol, predominantly using the SPI-2 associated type III secretion system. SPI-2 effector proteins are intensively studied and the currently identified list of 32 proteins (40) might approximate completion. The SPI-2 translocon subunit SseB itself is one of the most promising vaccine antigens (15, 23, 27). During initial phases of infection, Salmonella secretes proteins also through the SPI-1 associated type III secretion system and through the flagellar apparatus (in particular, flagellin, a moderately protective antigen) (29, 31).
Together, surface-exposed and secreted Salmonella antigens comprise some 200 different antigens, and at least around 50 of them are expressed during infection in the mouse typhoid model based on transcriptional data, proteomics, virulence phenotypes, and/or immunization data. Twenty-six such antigens have already been tested and nine appear to confer some degree of protective immunity in mouse typhoid fever immunization/challenge studies (FliC, SseB, OmpD, CirA, IroN, T0937, SlyB, PagN, and SseI; in some cases group sizes were too small to obtain definitive proof) (10, 14, 15, 29, 31–33).
Future Perspectives
Immunization/challenge experiments in the mouse typhoid fever model have shown that live attenuated Salmonella strains can provide full long-term protection against otherwise lethal challenge infections (41). Compared to this benchmark, progress with subunit vaccines in the same model has been somewhat disappointing. Despite large-scale experimental and computational screening campaigns in several different laboratories, few Salmonella antigens with at most moderate protectivity in the mouse typhoid fever model have been identified. None of these antigens confer full protection for more than some 30 days after challenge infection. This could reflect immune evasion of the challenge Salmonella strain by mutation of crucial epitopes within the respective antigens. During such a long infection time, other adaptive immune responses might be expected, but these responses are obviously insufficient for protective immunity.
It is possible that the best protective antigens have not yet been identified, or that multiple antigens need to be combined for full protection and prevention of immune evasion. It is also possible that antigens other than proteins, such as lipids, carbohydrates, or even small molecules (42), are necessary for high levels of protection. One approach to test this hypothesis could use progressive depletion of specific antigens from protective live attenuated Salmonella strains, by deleting respective biosynthesis genes. However, this approach is limited to non-essential genes and is thus non-informative for antigens such as riboflavin intermediates (12, 42). Alternatively, killed whole-cell vaccines might be fractionated and tested for protection. Unfortunately, killed whole-cell vaccine formulations with high protective efficacy in the mouse typhoid fever model have not yet been described. Future studies might revisit this issue, especially since killed whole-cell vaccines confer substantial protective immunity against invasive salmonellosis in human beings (although they are no longer used because of severe adverse reactions) (1).
Finally, it is important to consider what level of protection is actually needed in pre-clinical mouse models before proceeding to human clinical vaccine trials. In the typhoid fever model, genetically high-susceptible mouse strains defective for the divalent cation transporter Slc11a1 (NRAMP1) (43), are infected with doses of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium that result in an attack rate of 100%. This combination reproduces some important aspects of human disease including Salmonella dissemination from intestinal sites, histopathology in spleen and liver (splenomegaly, formation of structured inflammatory lesions), relevance of various Salmonella virulence factors and host cytokines, and protective immunity against reinfection in convalescent individuals, or individuals vaccinated with live attenuated Salmonella strains (41). On the other hand, disease progression in mice is more rapid and always lethal when using wild-type Salmonella strains, in contrast to human enteric fever. Importantly, protective immunity against challenge infections in the mouse model requires both B cell and CD4 T cell responses (28), but neither antibodies (44) nor MHC I-restricted CD8 T cells (45). In contrast, vaccination-induced antibodies alone seem to confer already a substantial level of protection in human beings (46), at least in endemic areas where pre-existing immune responses to Salmonella are highly prevalent (24). It is thus possible that full protection against virulent wild-type Salmonella strains in genetically susceptible mice might be too stringent a criterion to judge vaccine efficacy.
Instead, it might be worth considering genetically resistant mice (47), in which antibodies seem to suffice for protective immunity (48), and heat-killed Salmonella mediate substantial immunity (49) similar to the situation in human beings (6). Interestingly, flagellin is also highly protective in resistant mice (50), in contrast to only moderate protectivity in susceptible mice.
In addition to the mouse strain, the challenge infection dose should be re-considered. Controlled human trials have shown that vaccine-induced immunity can be easily overwhelmed by even moderate challenge doses (17). Vaccines that have well-documented efficacy in field-trials, completely fail to protect against S. Typhi when given at doses in the range of 106–107 CFU. Vaccine efficacy is only seen at a much lower dose of 105 CFU that caused disease in only 40% of unvaccinated control volunteers [a recent study showed higher attack rates at such doses (19)]. Based on these human data, commonly used mouse challenge infections that result in 100% attack rates might be too stringent for revealing a moderate level of protective immunity that could still be sufficient for preventing even a large proportion of human disease under relevant field conditions.
Finally, a better understanding of human immune responses that are relevant for protective immunity could help to replace the crude readout parameter “survival after challenge infection” with more informative quantitative immune parameters. Ongoing studies in an experimental human infection and vaccination model (19) will likely provide such crucial information in the near future.
Conclusion
Several Salmonella antigens that can mediate at least partial protective immunity against lethal challenge infections in mice have recently been identified. Analysis of their properties suggests that efforts to identify further suitable antigens might focus on a limited number of promising surface-associated/secreted candidates that are expressed in infected host tissues. However, none of the known individual antigens mediates solid strong protection, comparable to what can be achieved with attenuated live Salmonella strains. Future studies could explore antigen combinations and possibly antigens other than proteins. Moreover, a better understanding of qualitative and quantitative immune parameters that are required to protect human beings is needed to guide pre-clinical models for further vaccine optimization and to determine what levels of protection are needed.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank past and present lab members for their contributions, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Schweizerischer Nationalfonds for funding.
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Keywords: Salmonella enterica, protective immunity, mouse model, human clinical trials, antigen expression, immunodominance, typhoid vaccines
Citation: Bumann D (2014) Identification of protective antigens for vaccination against systemic salmonellosis. Front. Immunol. 5:381. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00381
Received: 18 June 2014; Paper pending published: 15 July 2014;
Accepted: 25 July 2014; Published online: 11 August 2014.
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