表达大肠杆菌LT-B/ST融合抗原的减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌株的构建

编码LT-B/ST融合抗原的基因插入pYA248载体中,构建了重组质粒pXZL66。该重组质粒转入无毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌SR-11,ΔCya,Δcrp,Δasd菌株X4072。此无抗药性的杂合菌株X4072(pXZL66)表达的LT-B/ST融合抗原具有LT和ST抗原性而没有生物毒性,可望成为预防ETEC腹泻和相应的沙门氏菌病双价口服活疫苗候选株。     

减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌全长hpaA基因工程菌的构建

为构建表达HpaA蛋白的重组减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌 ,并探讨以减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌为载体构建H .pylori疫苗株的意义 ,应用PCR法从H .pylori基因组DNA中扩增 783bp的hpaA基因 ,经酶切 连接反应将其克隆入原核表达质粒pTrc99A的NcoⅠ SalⅠ位点 ,并进行了核苷酸序列测定。重组质粒转化减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌SL3 2 6 1 ,提取重组菌质粒 ,PCR和酶切鉴定 ,筛选阳性克隆。用SDS PAGE电泳和Westernblot进行HpaA表达分析和鉴定 ,用薄层扫描分析HpaA含量。重组菌C5 7BL 6小鼠喂灌 ,分批两d和 1 0d后处死小鼠 ,取脾和末段回肠进行细菌培养 ,挑菌落提质粒鉴定。结果表明 ,经PCR和酶切证实 ,构建了含 783bphpaA基因的重组原核表达质粒 ,并将后者成功转化了减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌。重组菌能表达约3 0kDHpaA蛋白 ,重组HpaA量约占全菌体蛋白量的 3 8 9% ,Westernblot证实其有免疫反应性。小鼠重组菌喂灌两d或 1 0d后 ,脾和末段回肠均发现携目的基因的菌落。这些结果提示 ,构建了表达H .pyloriHpaA的重组减毒…     

Rational design of Salmonella-based vaccination strategies

A permanently growing body of information is becoming available about the quality of protective immune responses induced by mucosal immunization. Attenuated live bacterial vaccines can be administered orally and induce long-lasting protective immunity in humans without causing major side effects. An attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain is registered as live oral vaccine against typhoid fever and has been in use for more than two decades. Recombinant attenuated Salmonella strains are also an attractive means of delivering heterologous antigens to the immune system, thereby, stimulating strong mucosal and systemic immune responses and consequently provide an efficient platform technology to design novel vaccination strategies. This includes the choice of heterologous protective antigens and their expression under the control of appropriate promoters within the carrier strain. The availability of well-characterized attenuated mutants of Salmonella concomitantly supports fine tuning of immune response triggered against heterologous antigens. Exploring different mucosal sites as a potential route of immunization has to be taken into account as an additional important way to modulate immune responses according to clinical requirements. This article focuses on the rational design of strategies to modulate appropriate immunological effector functions on the basis of selection of (i) attenuating mutations of the Salmonella strains, (ii) specific expression systems for the heterologous antigens, and (iii) route of mucosal administration.     

Surface Display of Domain Ⅲ of Japanese Encephalitis Virus E Protein on Salmonella Typhimurium by Using an Ice Nucleation Protein

A bacterial cell surface display technique based on an ice nucleation protein has been employed for the development of live vaccine against viral infection.Due to its ubiquitous ability to invade host cells,Salmonella typhimurium might be a good candidate for displaying viral antigens.We demonstrated the surface display of domain III of Japanese encephalitis virus E protein and the enhanced green fluorescent protein on S.typhimurium BRD509 using the ice nucleation protein.The effects of the motif in the ice nucleation protein on the effective display of integral protein were also investigated.The results showed that display motifs in the protein can target integral foreign protein on the surface of S.typhimurium BRD509.Moreover,recombinant strains with surface displayed viral proteins retained their invasiveness,suggesting that the recombinant S.typhimurium can be used as live vaccine vector for eliciting complete immunogenicity.The data may yield better understanding of the mechanism by which ice nucleation protein displays foreign proteins in the Salmonella strain.     

Immure response induced by oral DNA vaccination against FMDV delivered by attenuated Salm onella choleraesuis C500

A recombinant strain of Salmonella choleraesuis C500,containing a eukaryotic expression plasmid pBO1 with the immune-dominant epitope of foot-and-mouth disease virus,was constructed.Specific immune response to this recombinant strain was evaluated by oral administration of the recombinant live bacteria pBO1/S.cho in rabbits.Results showed that T cell response and specific antibody production were elicited.This approach may present a general strategy for eliciting immune responses with DNA vaccine delivered by live bacterial vectors.The stimulated indexes of T lymphoproliferation by specific antigens of FMDV in rabbits,can reach up to 11.0 and an antibody titer of 1/32 as detected in the erum with liquid block ELISA.     

表达乙型脑炎病毒E蛋白重组减毒沙门菌活载体疫苗株的构建

目的:构建表达乙型脑炎病毒(JEV)E蛋白的口服重组减毒鼠伤寒沙门菌活载体疫苗株。方法:克隆JEV E基因,将其插入表达载体pYA3341中,构建重组质粒pYA3341-E,将重组质粒电转入鼠伤寒沙门菌疫苗株X4550(缺失asd、cya、crp基因),获得重组疫苗菌株X4550(pYA3341-E);鉴定重组菌E蛋白的表达,测定重组菌的稳定性、生长曲线、安全性,以及小鼠的免疫试验和血清中和试验。结果:酶切鉴定和序列测定证实重组质粒构建成功;SDS-PAGE检测有目的蛋白条带;Western印迹证实表达的E蛋白能与猪抗JEV阳性血清特异性结合;重组菌株在体外营养选择压力下,可稳定地携带重组质粒传代繁殖,在体内可较稳定地定居于肠系膜淋巴结和脾脏;小鼠口服试验证实重组菌无毒性作用,安全可靠;小鼠口服重组菌免疫,ELISA检测产生了抗JEV抗体;中和试验表明产生的抗体具有中和活性。结论:构建了能稳定表达JEV E蛋白的口服减毒鼠伤寒沙门菌疫苗株X4550(pYA3341-E),为研究乙型脑炎口服基因工程疫苗奠定基础。     

Improved efficiency of a Salmonella-based vaccine against human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles achieved by using a codon-optimized version of L1

Cervical cancer results from cervical infection by human papillomaviruses (HPVs), especially HPV16. An effective vaccine against these HPVs is expected to have a dramatic impact on the incidence of this cancer and its precursor lesions. The leading candidate, a subunit prophylactic HPV virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine, can protect women from HPV infection. An alternative improved vaccine that avoids parenteral injection, that is efficient with a single dose, and that induces mucosal immunity might greatly facilitate vaccine implementation in different settings. In this study, we have constructed a new generation of recombinant Salmonella organisms that assemble HPV16 VLPs and induce high titers of neutralizing antibodies in mice after a single nasal or oral immunization with live bacteria. This was achieved through the expression of a HPV16 L1 capsid gene whose codon usage was optimized to fit with the most frequently used codons in Salmonella. Interestingly, the high immunogenicity of the new recombinant bacteria did not correlate with an increased expression of L1 VLPs but with a greater stability of the L1-expressing plasmid in vitro and in vivo in absence of antibiotic selection. Anti-HPV16 humoral and neutralizing responses were also observed with different Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains whose attenuating deletions have already been shown to be safe after oral vaccination of humans. Thus, our findings are a promising improvement toward a vaccine strain that could be tested in human volunteers.     

Surface display of domain III of Japanese encephalitis virus E protein on <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salmonella typhimurium</Emphasis> by using an ice nucleation protein

A bacterial cell surface display technique based on an ice nucleation protein has been employed for the development of live vaccine against viral infection. Due to its ubiquitous ability to invade host cells, Salmonella typhimurium might be a good candidate for displaying viral antigens. We demonstrated the surface display of domain III of Japanese encephalitis virus E protein and the enhanced green fluorescent protein on S. typhimurium BRD509 using the ice nucleation protein. The effects of the motif in the ice nucleation protein on the effective display of integral protein were also investigated. The results showed that display motifs in the protein can target integral foreign protein on the surface of S. typhimurium BRD509. Moreover, recombinant strains with surface displayed viral proteins retained their invasiveness, suggesting that the recombinant S. typhimurium can be used as live vaccine vector for eliciting complete immunogenicity. The data may yield better understanding of the mechanism by which ice nucleation protein displays foreign proteins in the Salmonella strain.     

人精子膜蛋白片段在沙门氏菌中的表达——一种制备抗生育疫苗的途径

合成编码一种人精子膜蛋白ＹＷＫ－Ⅱ胞外区的一段多肽片段的双链寡核苷酸链,ＨＳＤ－２ａ。用平端连接的方法将其插入到沙门氏菌鞭毛基因ｆｌｉＣ（ｄ）的抗原表位ＩＶ高变区ＥｃｏＲＶ位点,构建了重组质粒ｐＬＳ４０８－Ｈ１。重组基因在鞭毛负性ａｒｏＡ基因缺失的无致病性沙门氏菌Ｓ．ｄｕｂｌｉｎ ＳＬ５９２８疫苗菌株中表达。经ＥＬＩＳＡ、电镜免疫胶体金法检测,表明ＨＳＤ－２ａ编码的多肽片段成功地在沙门氏菌鞭毛表面     

Secretory delivery of recombinant proteins in attenuated Salmonella strains: potential and limitations of Type I protein transporters

Live attenuated Salmonella strains have been extensively explored as oral delivery systems for recombinant vaccine antigens and effector proteins with immunoadjuvant and immunomodulatory potential. The feasibility of this approach was demonstrated in human vaccination trials for various antigens. However, immunization efficiencies with live vaccines are generally significantly lower compared to those monitored in parenteral immunizations with the same vaccine antigen. This is, at least partly, due to the lack of secretory expression systems, enabling large-scale extracellular delivery of vaccine and effector proteins by these strains. Because of their low complexity and the terminal location of the secretion signal in the secreted protein, Type I (ATP-binding cassette) secretion systems appear to be particularly suited for development of such recombinant extracellular expression systems. So far, the Escherichia coli hemolysin system is the only Type I secretion system, which has been adapted to recombinant protein secretion in Salmonella. However, this system has a number of disadvantages, including low secretion capacity, complex genetic regulation, and structural restriction to the secreted protein, which eventually hinder high-level in vivo delivery of recombinant vaccines and effector proteins. Thus, the development of more efficient recombinant protein secretion systems, based on Type I exporters can help to improve efficacies of live recombinant Salmonella vaccines. Type I secretion systems, mediating secretion of bacterial surface layer proteins, such as RsaA in Caulobacter crescentus, are discussed as promising candidates for improved secretory delivery systems.     

猪霍乱沙门氏菌递送的双启动子表达载体的构建

猪霍乱沙门氏菌C500株不仅可以作为预防猪沙门氏菌病的活疫苗,还可作为运送其他DNA疫苗的优良载体,并通过粘膜免疫诱导产生针对特定抗原的各种免疫应答。为增强其携带的DNA疫苗的免疫效力,本研究以真核表达载体pEGFP-C1为基础,将其真核启动子CMVie与原核启动子Ptrc串联,并在其多克隆位点MCS下游引入rrnbT1T2转录终止序列,构建了真、原核双启动子表达载体pEGFPPtrcR。用1×TSS法将其转化C500,得到工程菌C500/pEGFPPtrcR,通过SDS-PAGE和Westernblotting鉴定了报告基因EGFP的原核表达,该菌在荧光显微镜下能发出强烈绿色荧光,被证明在体外至少能稳定遗传20代;采用脂质体介导法将pEGFPPtrcR转染Vero细胞,EGFP在胞核和胞浆内表达,24h后观察可到明显绿色荧光。结果表明,双启动子表达载体pEGFPPtrcR构建成功,预示其携带的外源基因既可在C500中表达,又可在体细胞中表达,为研制以C500为载体的新型DNA疫苗的发展开辟了一个新的途径。     

Removal of antibiotic resistance of live vaccine strain Escherichia coli MM-3 and evaluation of the immunogenicity of the new strain

MM-3 was a live vaccine strain candidate for protecting neonatal piglets from diarrhea.Designed in the 1980s,a high degree of protection from colibacillosis was afforded to piglets in a challengestudy and field trials.However MM-3 had a drawback of carrying the antibiotic resistance gene (chloramphenicolacetyltransferase gene,cat).The introduction of a host-plasmid balanced lethal system into the vaccine wasa good idea to solve the problem.The λ-Red recombination system was adopted in this study to realize thereplacement of cat by aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene (asd) in the plasmid pMM085.The newplasmid named pMMASD was introduced into an Escherichia coli strain χ6097 and Salmonella typhimuriumχ4072 where the asd gene had been knocked out in their chromosomes.Cultured in an Erlenmeyer flask,expression levels of two antigens K88ac fimbriae and heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit (LTB) in cell lysatewere similar among MM-3,χ4072(pMMASD) and χ6097(pMMASD).However,χ4072(pMMASD) possessedthe more effective secretion mechanism to transport LTB enterotoxin into culture liquid.The relatively higherstability of pMMASD in Salmonella typhimurium χ4072 than that of pMM085 in MM-3 was determined bothin vitro in the absence of selective pressure,and in vivo following oral inoculation.Oral immunization ofBALB/c mice with χ4072(pMMASD) or χ6097(pMMASD) was sufficient to elicit IgA responses in mucosaltissues as well as systemic IgG antibody responses to the K88 fimbriae,while MM-3 failed to elicit specificantibody responses to K88 fimbriae in mucosal tissues.Among three live strains,only χ4072(pMMASD)could develop strong humoral responses against LTB enterotoxin.The results suggest that χ4072(pMMASD)is expected to be a promising live vaccine strain.     

肠毒素大肠杆菌定居因子CS3和肠毒素融合抗原基因在减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌中的共表达

不耐热肠毒素（LT）和耐热肠毒素（ST）是产肠毒素大肠杆菌的主要致病因素,CS3为该菌的优势定居因子,是定居因子CFA/Ⅱ菌毛抗原的共有抗原组分。采用基因操作技术将编码CS3和融合肠毒素蛋白基因转化到减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌疫苗侯选株X4072中进行表达。用重组菌株口服免疫小鼠后,免疫动物能产生抗CS3、LT和ST的血清抗体。特别有意义的是,所产生的抗ST抗体能中和天然ST的生物活性。这一结果为研究载体疫苗防治肠毒素大肠杆菌腹泻疾病奠定了基础。     

表达幽门螺杆菌黏附素保守区的减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌株的构建

为构建表达幽门螺杆菌（Hp）黏附素保守区（AB）的无抗性减毒鼠伤寒沙门氏菌疫苗,采用缺失腺苷酸环化酶基因（Δcya）、环腺苷酸受体蛋白基因（Δcrp）以及天冬氨酸β-半醛脱氢酶基因（Δasd）的鼠伤寒沙门菌（X4072）作为宿主,将编码AB的基因插入Asd⁺的组成型表达载体pYA248,通过两次转化引入宿主菌,构建了表达AB基因平衡致死的减毒鼠伤寒沙门重组菌X4072（pYA248-AB）,采用桥联法ELISA测定X4072（pYA248-AB）培养上清液和裂解上清液中AB的抗原性,参照Meacock叙述的方法及重组菌生长曲线的测定来确定重组菌株的稳定性,通过C57BL/6小鼠口服测定半致死量来确定重组菌的安全性。成功构建了表达AB的减毒鼠伤寒沙门菌重组菌株S.typhimurium X4072(pYA248-AB),桥联法ELISA测定表明重组菌X4072（pYA248-AB）培养上清中AB的含量高于菌体裂解液,重组菌pYA248-AB在没有选择压力的情况下培养100代,随机挑选的重组菌全部都能生长,且在ELISA测定AB抗原时均显阳性。重组菌的生长曲线测定表明,X4072（pYA248）和X4072（pYA248-AB）的生长状态基本一致;口服重组菌株X4072(pYA248-AB)1.0×10¹⁰cfu.30d后,C57BL/6存活率仍为100%。成功构建了表达AB的无抗性的减毒鼠伤寒沙门菌疫苗X4072（pYA248-AB）,体外实验表明重组质粒是稳定的,动物实验证明重组菌株是安全的;为防治幽门螺杆菌感染提供了口服活菌疫苗候选株。     

活菌疫苗载体的研究与应用

目前在疫苗研究中,要求新型疫苗不仅能够激发高效持久的免疫应答,而且应易于接种、生产费用低。减毒或无毒的活微生物作为疫苗载体能够激起持久的系统和黏膜免疫反应,批量制备成本较低,且具有良好的安全性,近年来已成为疫苗研究领域的热点。本文综述了几种活菌疫苗载体,包括沙门氏菌、卡介苗、耶尔森菌等的研究状况及其在疫苗载体方面的应用。     

Genetically engineered Bifidobacterium animalis expressing the Salmonella flagellin gene for the mucosal immunization in a mouse model

BACKGROUND: A critical component of the host defense against enteric infections is the immunological response of the mucosal membrane, a major starting point of infectious disease, such as typhoid fever. The mucosal immune system consists of an integrated network of lymphoid tissues, mucous membrane-associated cells, and effector molecules. In the present study, we developed a recombinant Bifidobacterium animalis (B. animalis) genetically modified with the Salmonella flagellin gene for mucosal immunization as an oral typhoid vaccine. METHODS: We constructed an oral vaccine against Salmonella typhimurium, consisting of recombinant B. animalis containing the flagellin gene of Salmonella. The recombinant B. animalis was administered orally to mice every other day for 6 weeks. Anti-flagellin antibodies in the serum and stools were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: We detected significantly higher levels of flagellin-specific IgA in the serum and stools of the mice treated with the recombinant B. animalis containing the flagellin gene than was seen in those treated with parental B. animalis. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that an oral vaccination using recombinant B. animalis genetically modified with the flagellin gene of Salmonella may be effective against Salmonella infections.     

Salmonella-mediated mucosal cell-mediated immunity.

Oral immunization with the recombinant Salmonella typhimurium strain (BRD 847) expressing the C fragment of tetanus toxin (TT) induces brisk Ag-specific mucosal S-IgA and serum Ab responses characterized by strong IgG2a Abs to the encoded antigen. We have constructed an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium (aroA- aroD-) strain that expresses chicken egg albumin (OVA) to further elucidate the role of Salmonella-induced Th1 cell phenotype on mucosal cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Peyer's patches and spleen lymphocytes from mice that received the oral Salmonella-OVA vaccine showed dramatic increases in the percent cell lysis of the H-2b restricted EG7.OVA tumor cell line. These results indicate that a single dose of rSalmonella vaccine antigen vector is required to illicit systemic and mucosal Th1-type responses and CTLs. These results also support the existence of a highly regulated relationship between specific cell-mediated immunity and a branch of the humoral immune system, i.e. mucosal IgA responses.     

Single dose novel Salmonella vaccine enhances resistance against visceralizing L. major and L. donovani infection in susceptible BALB/c mice

Visceral leishmaniasis is a major neglected tropical disease, with an estimated 500,000 new cases and more than 50,000 deaths attributable to this disease every year. Drug therapy is available but costly and resistance against several drug classes has evolved. Despite all efforts, no commercial, let alone affordable, vaccine is available to date. Thus, the development of cost effective, needle-independent vaccines is a high priority. Here, we have continued efforts to develop live vaccine carriers based on recombinant Salmonella. We used an in silico approach to select novel Leishmania parasite antigens from proteomic data sets, with selection criteria based on protein abundance, conservation across Leishmania species and low homology to host species. Five chosen antigens were differentially expressed on the surface or in the cytosol of Salmonella typhimurium SL3261. A two-step procedure was developed to select optimal Salmonella vaccine strains for each antigen, based on bacterial fitness and antigen expression levels. We show that vaccine strains of Salmonella expressing the novel Leishmania antigens LinJ08.1190 and LinJ23.0410 significantly reduced visceralisation of L. major and enhanced systemic resistance against L. donovani in susceptible BALB/c mice. The results show that Salmonella are valid vaccine carriers for inducing resistance against visceral leishmaniasis but that their use may not be suitable for all antigens.     

Immure response induced by oral DNA vaccination against FMDV delivered by attenuated Salm onella choleraesuis C500

A recombinant strain of Salmonella choleraesuis C500, containing a eukaryotic expression plasmid pBO1 with the immune-dominant epitope of foot-and-mouth disease virus, was constructed. Specific immune response to this recombinant strain was evaluated by oral administration of the recombinant live bacteria pBO1/S. cho in rabbits. Results showed that T cell response and specific antibody production were elicited. This approach may present a general strategy for eliciting immune responses with DNA vaccine delivered by live bacterial vectors. The stimulated indexes of T lymphoproliferation by specific antigens of FMDV in rabbits, can reach up to 11.0 and an antibody titer of 1/32 as detected in the erum with liquid block ELISA. __________ Translated From Journal of Fudan University(Natural Science), 2005,44(4)[译自: 复旦学报(自然科学版), 2005,44(4)]     

人类口服病毒疫苗的研究进展

研制能同时诱导有效黏膜免疫和系统免疫的疫苗是预防黏膜感染病原体的理想目标。消化道具有许多产生黏膜免疫的位点,包括口腔、胃和小肠等。理想的口服病毒疫苗不仅能诱导较好的局部及远端黏膜免疫,也能产生较好的系统免疫,而且还因为具有无痛接种、可自行服用等优势而备受关注。由于人消化道环境及黏膜免疫的复杂性,目前成功上市的人口服病毒疫苗仅限于3种减毒活疫苗。本文将从消化道黏膜免疫的特点、当前口服病毒疫苗种类及研究现状、口服病毒疫苗所面临的挑战等方面进行综述,期望对我国人口服病毒疫苗的研究和开发提供参考和借鉴。