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Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus [Ng]) is the causative organism of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea, and no effective vaccine exists currently. In this study, the structure, biological properties, and vaccine potential of the Ng-adhesin complex protein (Ng-ACP) are presented. The crystal structure of recombinant Ng-ACP (rNg-ACP) protein was solved at 1.65 Å. Diversity and conservation of Ng-ACP were examined in different Neisseria species and gonococcal isolates (https://pubmlst.org/neisseria/ database) in silico , and protein expression among 50 gonococcal strains in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Food and Drug Administration (CDCP/FDA) AR Isolate Bank was examined by Western blotting. Murine antisera were raised to allele 10 (strain P9-17)-encoded rNg-ACP protein with different adjuvants and examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blotting, and a human serum bactericidal assay. Rabbit antiserum to rNg-ACP was tested for its ability to prevent Ng-ACP from inhibiting human lysozyme activity in vitro. Ng-ACP is structurally homologous to Neisseria meningitidis ACP and MliC/PliC lysozyme inhibitors. Gonococci expressed predominantly allele 10- and allele 6-encoded Ng-ACP (81% and 15% of isolates, respectively). Murine antisera were bactericidal (titers of 64 to 512, P  &lt; 0.05) for the homologous P9-17 strain and heterologous (allele 6) FA1090 strain. Rabbit anti-rNg-ACP serum prevented Ng-ACP from inhibiting human lysozyme with ∼100% efficiency. Ng-ACP protein was expressed by all 50 gonococcal isolates examined with minor differences in the relative levels of expression. rNg-ACP is a potential vaccine candidate that induces antibodies that (i) are bactericidal and (ii) prevent the gonococcus from inhibiting the lytic activity of an innate defense molecule. IMPORTANCE  Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus [Ng]) is the causative organism of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea, and the organism is listed by the World Health Organization as a high-priority pathogen for research and development of new control measures, including vaccines. In this study, we demonstrated that the N. gonorrhoeae adhesin complex protein (Ng-ACP) was conserved and expressed by 50 gonococcal strains and that recombinant proteins induced antibodies in mice that killed the bacteria in vitro We determined the structure of Ng-ACP by X-ray crystallography and investigated structural conservation with Neisseria meningitidis ACP and MliC/PliC proteins from other bacteria which act as inhibitors of the human innate defense molecule lysozyme. These findings are important and suggest that Ng-ACP could provide a potential dual target for tackling gonococcal infections.

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Structure of the Recombinant <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Adhesin Complex Protein (rNg-ACP) and Generation of Murine Antibodies with Bactericidal Activity against Gonococci

Structure of the Recombinant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Adhesin Complex Protein (rNg-ACP) and Generation of Murine Antibodies with Bactericidal Activity against Gonococci