Kaper J B, Michalski J, Ketley J M, Levine M M
Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
Infect Immun. 1994 Apr;62(4):1480-3. doi: 10.1128/iai.62.4.1480-1483.1994.
The potential for reacquisition of ctxA genes by attenuated Vibrio cholerae O1 vaccine strain CVD 103-HgR was examined by performing a series of mating experiments under a variety of in vivo and in vitro conditions. We found no evidence that CVD 103-HgR could reacquire ctxA genes from wild-type V. cholerae O1 strains. However, if the donor V. cholerae O1 strains were genetically manipulated to add genes that allow chromosomal gene transfer, then ctxA sequences could be acquired by CVD 103-HgR. The minimal excretion of CVD 103-HgR by vaccinees and the refractoriness to reacquisition of ctxA sequences suggest that this well-tolerated, highly immunogenic live oral cholera vaccine will have a minimal environmental impact.
通过在多种体内和体外条件下进行一系列交配实验,研究了减毒霍乱弧菌O1疫苗株CVD 103-HgR重新获得ctxA基因的可能性。我们没有发现证据表明CVD 103-HgR能够从野生型霍乱弧菌O1菌株重新获得ctxA基因。然而,如果对供体霍乱弧菌O1菌株进行基因操作以添加允许染色体基因转移的基因,那么CVD 103-HgR就可以获得ctxA序列。疫苗接种者对CVD 103-HgR的最低排泄量以及对重新获得ctxA序列的难治性表明,这种耐受性良好、免疫原性高的口服活霍乱疫苗对环境的影响将降至最低。