Burned Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected mice immunized against PcrV, a type III virulence system translocating protein, showed significantly enhanced survival compared to controls (Holder et al., 2001). The results clearly show that, with PcrV as the vaccine antigen, all three adjuvants tested, FA, alum and CpG ODN, were effective in inducing protective immunity against infection with P. aeruginosa. (Hamaoka et al., 2017)
Hamaoka et al., 2017: Hamaoka S, Naito Y, Katoh H, Shimizu M, Kinoshita M, Akiyama K, Kainuma A, Moriyama K, Ishii KJ, Sawa T. Efficacy comparison of adjuvants in PcrV vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Microbiology and immunology. 2017; 61(2); 64-74. [PubMed: 28370521].
Holder et al., 2001: Holder IA, Neely AN, Frank DW. PcrV immunization enhances survival of burned Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected mice. Infection and immunity. 2001; 69(9); 5908-5910. [PubMed: 11500471].
>NP_250397.1 type III secretion protein PcrV [Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1]
MEVRNLNAARELFLDELLAASAAPASAEQEELLALLRSERIVLAHAGQPLSEAQVLKALAWLLAANPSAP
PGQGLEVLREVLQARRQPGAQWDLREFLVSAYFSLHGRLDEDVIGVYKDVLQTQDGKRKALLDELKALTA
ELKVYSVIQSQINAALSAKQGIRIDAGGIDLVDPTLYGYAVGDPRWKDSPEYALLSNLDTFSGKLSIKDF
LSGSPKQSGELKGLSDEYPFEKDNNPVGNFATTVSDRSRPLNDKVNEKTTLLNDTSSRYNSAVEALNRFI
QKYDSVLRDILSAI