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    Antibodies to the conserved region of the M protein and a streptococcal superantigen cooperatively resolve toxic shock-like syndrome in HLA-humanized mice

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    Pandey, M; Calcutt, A; Ozberk, V; Chen, Z; Croxen, M; Powell, J; Langshaw, E; Mills, J-L; Jen, FE-C; McCluskey, J; ...
    Date
    2019-09-01
    Source Title
    SCIENCE ADVANCES
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    AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Chen, Zhenjun; McCluskey, James
    Affiliation
    Microbiology and Immunology
    Chancellery Research
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    Journal Article
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    Pandey, M., Calcutt, A., Ozberk, V., Chen, Z., Croxen, M., Powell, J., Langshaw, E., Mills, J. -L., Jen, F. E. -C., McCluskey, J., Robson, J., Tyrrell, G. J. & Good, M. F. (2019). Antibodies to the conserved region of the M protein and a streptococcal superantigen cooperatively resolve toxic shock-like syndrome in HLA-humanized mice. SCIENCE ADVANCES, 5 (9), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax3013.
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    Open Access
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/229629
    DOI
    10.1126/sciadv.aax3013
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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726444
    Abstract
    Invasive streptococcal disease (ISD) and toxic shock syndrome (STSS) result in over 160,000 deaths each year. We modelled these in HLA-transgenic mice infected with a clinically lethal isolate expressing Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin (Spe) C and demonstrate that both SpeC and streptococcal M protein, acting cooperatively, are required for disease. Vaccination with a conserved M protein peptide, J8, protects against STSS by causing a dramatic reduction in bacterial burden associated with the absence of SpeC and inflammatory cytokines in the blood. Furthermore, passive immunotherapy with antibodies to J8 quickly resolves established disease by clearing the infection and ablating the inflammatory activity of the M protein, which is further enhanced by addition of SpeC antibodies. Analysis of 77 recent isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes causing ISD, demonstrated that anti-J8 antibodies theoretically recognize at least 73, providing strong support for using antibodies to J8, with or without antibodies to SpeC, as a therapeutic approach.

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