Immunological features and the ability of inhibitory effects on enzymatic activity of an epitope vaccine composed of cholera toxin B subunit and B cell epitope from Helicobacter pylori urease A subunit

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2012 Mar;93(5):1937-45. doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3726-0. Epub 2011 Dec 2.

Abstract

Epitope vaccine based on urease of Helicobacter pylori is a promising option for prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination against H. pylori infection. In this study, we constructed an epitope vaccine with mucosal adjuvant cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) and an epitope (UreA(183-203)) of H. pylori urease A subunit named CTB-UA. The CTB-UA fusion protein was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the purified protein was used for intraperitoneal immunization experiments in BALB/c mice. The experimental results indicated that anti-CTB-UA antibody could recognize both H. pylori urease A subunit (UreA) and urease B subunit (UreB). Besides, the CTB-UA epitope vaccine had good immunogenicity and immunoreactivity and could induce specific neutralizing antibodies which showed effectively inhibitory effect on the enzymatic activity of H. pylori urease. CTB-UA is a promising molecule to be investigated as H. pylori vaccine antigen candidate.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / blood
  • Bacterial Vaccines / genetics
  • Bacterial Vaccines / immunology*
  • Cholera Toxin / genetics
  • Cholera Toxin / immunology*
  • Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / genetics
  • Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / immunology*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Gene Expression
  • Helicobacter Infections / prevention & control
  • Helicobacter pylori / enzymology*
  • Helicobacter pylori / immunology*
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Urease / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Urease / immunology*
  • Vaccines, Subunit / genetics
  • Vaccines, Subunit / immunology
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / genetics
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte
  • Vaccines, Subunit
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • Cholera Toxin
  • Urease