Heat‐inactivated Mycobacterium bovis protects zebrafish against mycobacteriosis

• Published in: Journal of fish diseases Vol. 41; no. 10; pp. 1515 - 1528
• Main Authors: López, Vladimir, Risalde, María Angeles, Contreras, Marinela, Mateos‐Hernández, Lourdes, Vicente, Joaquin, Gortázar, Christian, Fuente, José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2018; Wiley
• Subjects: Animal health; Animals; Cattle; complement component C3; Danio rerio; Defence mechanisms; Disease control; Disease Models, Animal; Fish; Fish Diseases - immunology; Fish Diseases - microbiology; Fish Diseases - prevention & control; fish innate immunity; fish mycobacteriosis; Freshwater fishes; Hot Temperature; Immune response; Immune system; Immunity; Immunity, Innate; Immunization; Infections; Innate immunity; Life Sciences; Microbial Viability; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium bovis - immunology; Proteins; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - immunology; Tuberculosis - prevention & control; Tuberculosis - veterinary; Vaccination; vaccine; Vaccines; Vaccines, Inactivated - administration & dosage; Vaccines, Inactivated - immunology; Zebrafish; Zebrafish - immunology; Zebrafish - microbiology; fish innate immunity; vaccine; complement component C3; zebrafish; fish mycobacteriosis; tuberculosis
• ISSN: 0140-7775; 1365-2761
• DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12847

Control of mycobacterial infection constitutes a priority for human and animal health worldwide. However, effective vaccines are needed for the control of human and animal tuberculosis (TB). Adult zebrafish have become a useful model for studying the pathophysiology of mycobacterial infection and for the development of novel interventions for TB control and prevention. Recently, parenteral and oral immunization with the heat‐inactivated Mycobacterium bovis vaccine (M. bovis IV) protected wild boar against TB. The objectives of this study were to provide additional support for the role of M. bovis IV in TB control using the zebrafish model and to conduct the first trial with this vaccine for the control of fish mycobacteriosis. The results showed that M. bovis IV protected zebrafish against mycobacteriosis caused by low and high infection doses of Mycobacterium marinum and provided evidence suggesting that the protective mechanism elicited by M. bovis IV in zebrafish as in other species is based on the activation of the innate immune response through the C3 pathway, with a role for the regulatory protein Akr2 in this process. These results encourage the use of M. bovis IV for TB control in different species.