Improvement of Approaches to the Verification of the Vaccine Strain <i>Francisella tularensis</i> 15 NIIEG during Long-Term Storage-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Improvement of Approaches to the Verification of the Vaccine Strain <i>Francisella tularensis</i> 15 NIIEG during Long-Term Storage

Published:2022-10-30 Issue:3 Volume: Page:137-144
ISSN:2658-719X
Container-title:Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
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Short-container-title:Problemy Osobo Opasnykh Infektsii

Author:

Sayapina L. V.¹^ORCID,Osina N. A.²^ORCID,Naryshkina E. A.²^ORCID,Fedorov A. V.²^ORCID,Krasnov Ya. M.²^ORCID,Davydov D. S.¹^ORCID,Bondarev V. P.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Scientific Center on Expertise of Medical Application Products

2. Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe”

Abstract

The aim of the study was to improve the methods for verifying the vaccine strain Francisella tularensis 15 NIIEG during long-term storage under current conditions.Materials and methods. The paper summarizes the results of studying the phenotypic and genetic properties of lyophilized cultures of the vaccine strain F. tularensis 15 NIIEG (1953, 1966, 1969, 1987, 1990, 2003, 2012 and 2013) stored at SCEMAP for a period of one to 60 years.Results and discussion. Previous studies have revealed that freeze-dried cultures of F. tularensis 15 NIIEG generally had the characteristics of the vaccine strain, with the exception of deviations from the regulatory requirements for residual virulence and specific safety. The stability of preservation of deletions in the pilA and pilE genes (the region of differentiation RD19) and the genes encoding lpp lipoprotein (RD18) in the vaccine strain, which was stored for various periods of time in a lyophilized state, has been confirmed. The vaccine-strain-specific mutation C178404T (by the genome of F. tularensis LVS strain, GenBank NCBI no. CP009694) has been identified, and an approach to determine it has been developed. The data obtained are promising as regards using the above deletions in the RD18/RD19 regions in combination with the C178404T mutation to assess the authenticity of the vaccine strain using molecular genetic methods. Thus, the conducted retrospective analysis of the data on the cultures of tularemia microbe vaccine strain from the 1940s to 2013 and the gathered experimental data, made it possible to supplement the uniform requirements for the manufacture, study, maintenance, storage and movement of F. tularensis 15 NIIEG vaccine strain with new evidence. Based on the results obtained, the authors have drawn a draft methodological recommendations of the federal level “Vaccinal strain Francisella tularensis 15 NIIEG: order of handling”.

Publisher

Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute Microbe

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Immunology,Microbiology,Epidemiology

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