Moyat Mati, Velin Dominique
Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, CLE D203, CHUV, 155 Chemin des Boveresses, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
Toxins (Basel). 2016 Jun 8;8(6):181. doi: 10.3390/toxins8060181.
One of the major toxins secreted by H. pylori is the Vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) named after its ability to induce the formation of "vacuole"-like membrane vesicles in the cytoplasm of gastric cells. VacA has been associated with the disruption of mitochondrial functions, stimulation of apoptosis, blockade of T cell proliferation and promotion of regulatory T cells, thereby making it a promising vaccine target. Immunity to bacterial virulence factors is well known to protect humans against bacterial infections; hence, detoxified VacA has been evaluated as a vaccine antigen. Our short review summarizes the pre-clinical and clinical data that have been published on the use of VacA in the development of the H. pylori vaccine.
幽门螺杆菌分泌的主要毒素之一是空泡毒素A(VacA),它因能够在胃细胞胞质中诱导形成“空泡”样膜泡而得名。VacA与线粒体功能破坏、细胞凋亡刺激、T细胞增殖阻断以及调节性T细胞的促进有关,因此使其成为一个有前景的疫苗靶点。众所周知,对细菌毒力因子的免疫可保护人类免受细菌感染;因此,已对解毒的VacA作为疫苗抗原进行了评估。我们的简短综述总结了已发表的关于在幽门螺杆菌疫苗研发中使用VacA的临床前和临床数据。