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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23-24
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Lactobacilli are considered to be safe organisms making them attractive as vehicles for oral vaccination. We report that Lactobacillus johnsonii (Lj) partially survived simulated gastric conditions in vitro, suggesting that it could be used as an oral vaccine delivery vehicle. In order to test this approach, we used the cell wall anchored proteinase PrtB, isolated from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus as a model antigen. Using a new vector system, we demonstrated expression of both proteinase PrtB alone and a mimotope peptide derived from tetanus toxin integrated in the sequence of proteinase PrtB (TTmim-PrtB fusion protein) on the surface of Lj. Oral immunisation of mice with recombinant Lj, expressing the TTmim-PrtB fusion protein induced a systemic IgG response against Lj and recombinantly expressed proteinase PrtB but no antibody response against the tetanus toxin mimotope suggesting that the mimotope was not sufficiently immunogenic to induce an immune response. Interestingly, a proteinase PrtB specific fecal IgA response was also induced, indicating that the proteinase PrtB fusion protein expressed as a cell surface protein on Lj can induce both systemic and local mucosal immune responses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2913-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Antigens, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Cell Wall, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Drug Delivery Systems, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Immunity, Mucosal, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Immunoglobulin A, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Lactobacillus, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Transformation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12126902-Vaccines, Synthetic
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant Lactobacillus johnsonii as a mucosal vaccine delivery vehicle.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Immunology and Allergology, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't