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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
Helicobacter pylori, a gram-negative spiral bacterium, is the cause of chronic superficial (type B) gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. The urease enzyme of H. pylori was expressed as an inactive recombinant protein in Escherichia coli, purified as particulate structures of 550-600 kDa molecular mass with a diameter of approximately 12 nm. Given orally, 5 micrograms of urease with an appropriate mucosal adjuvant, such as the labile toxin of E. coli, protected 60%-100% of mice against challenge with virulent Helicobacter felis. Protection correlated with the level of secretory IgA antibodies against urease. Oral administration of antigen was as effective or better than intragastric administration. Parenteral injection of antigen or intragastric administration of high-dose antigen without adjuvant elicited serum IgG but no IgA antibodies and did not confer protection. Recombinant urease as an oral vaccine candidate deserves further investigation as an approach to the prevention of Helicobacter-induced chronic gastroduodenal diseases in humans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Antibody Formation, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Bacterial Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Gastric Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Helicobacter, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Helicobacter Infections, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Helicobacter pylori, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Immunoglobulin A, Secretory, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Saliva, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Stomach, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Urease, pubmed-meshheading:7797906-Vaccines, Synthetic
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Oral immunization with recombinant Helicobacter pylori urease induces secretory IgA antibodies and protects mice from challenge with Helicobacter felis.
pubmed:affiliation
OraVax, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article