Mimotopes selected with a neutralizing antibody against urease B from Helicobacter pyloriinduce enzyme inhibitory antibodies in mice upon vaccination

BMC Biotechnology

Research Article

Lili Zhang¹  Dandan Peng²  Min Long³  Jun Luo³  Yaodong Jiang⁴  Yunshan Ning⁵  Ming Li⁵  Yundan Wang⁵  Yan Li⁵ 

[1] Cancer Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;Department of Cardiology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China;Department of Microbiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China;School of Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou Dadaobei No.1838, Guangzhou, China, 510515;

关键词: Pylorus Infection;    Phage Display;    Peptide Library;    Phage Clone;    Phage Display Library;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6750-10-84

 received in 2010-03-28, accepted in 2010-11-30,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundUrease B is an important virulence factor that is required for Helicobacter pylori to colonise the gastric mucosa. Mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that inhibit urease B enzymatic activity will be useful as vaccines for the prevention and treatment of H. pylori infection. Here, we produced murine mAbs against urease B that neutralize the enzyme's activity. We mapped their epitopes by phage display libraries and investigated the immunogenicity of the selected mimotopes in vivo.ResultsThe urease B gene was obtained (GenBank accession No. DQ141576) and the recombinant pGEX-4T-1/UreaseB protein was expressed in Escherichia coli as a 92-kDa recombinant fusion protein with glutathione-S-transferase (GST). Five mAbs U001-U005 were produced by a hybridoma-based technique with urease B-GST as an immunogen. Only U001 could inhibit urease B enzymatic activity. Immunoscreening via phage display libraries revealed two different mimotopes of urease B protein; EXXXHDM from ph.D.12-library and EXXXHSM from ph.D.C7C that matched the urease B proteins at 347-353 aa. The antiserum induced by selected phage clones clearly recognised the urease B protein and inhibited its enzymatic activity, which indicated that the phagotope-induced immune responses were antigen specific.ConclusionsThe present work demonstrated that phage-displayed mimotopes were accessible to the mouse immune system and triggered a humoral response. The urease B mimotope could provide a novel and promising approach for the development of a vaccine for the diagnosis and treatment of H. pylori infection.

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