Yeremeev V V, Lyadova I V, Nikonenko B V, Apt A S, Abou-Zeid C, Inwald J, Young D B
Laboratory for Immunogenetics, Central Institute for Tuberculosis, Moscow, Russia.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2000 May;120(2):274-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01212.x.
The 19-kD antigen is a cell wall-associated lipoprotein present in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine strains. Expression of the 19-kD antigen as a recombinant protein in two saprophytic mycobacteria-M. vaccae and M. smegmatis-resulted in abrogation of their ability to confer protection against M. tuberculosis in a murine challenge model, and in their ability to prime a DTH response to cross-reactive mycobacterial antigens. Induction of an immune response to the 19-kD antigen by an alternative approach of DNA vaccination had no effect on subsequent M. tuberculosis challenge. These results are consistent with a model in which the presence of the 19-kD protein has a detrimental effect on the efficacy of vaccination with live mycobacteria. Targeted inactivation of genes encoding selected antigens represents a potential route towards development of improved vaccine candidates.
19-kD抗原是一种与细胞壁相关的脂蛋白,存在于结核分枝杆菌和卡介苗(BCG)疫苗株中。在两种腐生分枝杆菌——母牛分枝杆菌和耻垢分枝杆菌中,将19-kD抗原表达为重组蛋白,导致它们在小鼠攻击模型中丧失了针对结核分枝杆菌的保护能力,以及引发对交叉反应性分枝杆菌抗原的迟发型超敏反应(DTH)的能力。通过DNA疫苗接种这一替代方法诱导对19-kD抗原的免疫反应,对随后的结核分枝杆菌攻击没有影响。这些结果与一个模型相符,即19-kD蛋白的存在对活分枝杆菌疫苗接种的效果有不利影响。对编码选定抗原的基因进行靶向失活,是开发改良候选疫苗的一条潜在途径。