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The invention relates to a recombinant lactic acid bacterium and a use thereof, and more particularly to a recombinant lactic acid bacterium and a method thereof for simultaneous treatment and/or prevention of dust mite and cockroach allergies.
The most common inhaled allergens in the environment include dust mites, cockroaches, molds, animal dander, etc., when an individual comes into contact with the above allergens, an allergic reaction will be induced, such as sneezing, nasal congestion, itchy throat, asthma, coughing, which are all symptoms of allergic reactions. Furthermore, dust mites are the most common allergens in the indoor environment, they are commonly found in carpets, beds, curtains, plush toys, etc. Generally speaking, a way to avoid the appearance of dust mites is to maintain the humidity of the indoor environment and maintain ventilation. However, when the indoor environment is maintained at a certain humidity, it may cause physical discomfort or the consequence of breeding other microorganisms. Cockroach is another common allergen in the indoor environment, in addition to being an allergen itself, its corpse or the eggs, bacteria, molds, and feces it carries are also allergens. According to research, cockroaches can induce asthma and other allergic diseases in humans.
At present, most of the prevention and control of indoor allergens is achieved by improving the environment, such as adjusting the humidity of the environment, cleaning bedding regularly, cleaning the environment to reduce the breeding of pests, etc., so that individuals can stay away from allergens as much as possible. However, environmental control is still incapable of completely blocking allergens from contacting the human body, when an allergic reaction occurs, it may cause short-term physical discomfort to the patient in slight cases, or affect life and endanger life in severe cases.
A main object of the invention is to provide a recombinant lactic acid bacterium obtained by introducing a gene fragment into a lactic acid bacterium through a biotechnology well known in the technical field to which the invention pertains, so that the recombinant lactic acid bacterium is capable of expressing a protein with amino acid sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 2.
Another object of the invention is to provide an anti-allergic use of a recombinant lactic acid bacterium. Specifically, since the recombinant lactic acid bacterium is capable of inducing an individual to produce antibodies against cockroach and/or dust mite allergens, by administering the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention or a composition containing the recombinant lactic acid bacterium to an individual is capable of effectively achieving an efficacy of preventing and/or treating an allergic disease caused by dust mites and/or cockroaches.
Therefore, in order to achieve the above objects, the invention discloses a recombinant lactic acid bacterium having an exogenous nucleic acid molecule with nucleotide sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 1 to be capable of expressing a heterologous protein with amino acid sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 2.
In one embodiment of the invention, the recombinant lactic acid bacterium is prepared and obtained by a biotechnology well known in the technical field to which the invention pertains, that is, the exogenous nucleic acid molecule is introduced into a lactic acid bacterium through biotransformation technology to obtain the recombinant lactic acid bacterium.
Wherein the lactic acid bacterium is a food-grade lactic acid bacterium or a lactic acid bacterium safe for human body, such as Lactococcus.
Since the exogenous nucleic acid molecule with nucleotide sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 1 is an artificially designed sequence, the exogenous nucleic acid molecule mainly comprises main sequences of the dust mite allergen Der p 2 and the American cockroach allergen Per a 2, so the heterologous protein expressed by the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention is capable of inducing simultaneous production of antibodies against cockroach allergens and dust mite allergens in the individual's body, thereby capable of effectively achieving an efficacy of treating and/or preventing an allergic disease caused by cockroach allergens and/or dust mite allergens.
In one embodiment of the invention, the allergic disease is a disease related to skin allergies or tracheal allergies.
In another embodiment of the invention, a method for treating or preventing an allergic disease is disclosed, which means that by administering an effective amount of the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention or a composition containing the recombinant lactic acid bacterium to an individual is capable of inducing production of antibodies against dust mite and/or cockroach allergens in the individual's body to effectively improve and/or prevent an allergic disease such as asthma or atopic dermatitis caused by cockroach allergens and/or dust mite allergens.
In one embodiment of the invention, the composition is a food, a vaccine, or a nutritional supplement.
The invention discloses a recombinant lactic acid bacterium and a method thereof for simultaneous treatment and/or prevention of dust mite and cockroach allergies, wherein the recombinant lactic acid bacterium is capable of expressing the D2P2 protein with amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 2, the D2P2 protein is capable of inducing an individual's body to produce antibodies against dust mite and/or cockroach allergens, and therefore, by administering an effective amount of the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention to the individual is capable of effectively causing the individual's body to produce antibodies against dust mite and/or cockroach allergens, thereby achieving an efficacy of preventing and/or treating an allergic disease caused by dust mite and/or cockroach allergens.
In one embodiment of the invention, the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention uses a food-grade lactic acid bacterium as an expression carrier, and is obtained by introducing a gene fragment with nucleotide sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 1 into a genome of the food-grade lactic acid bacterium through a biotechnology.
Wherein the gene fragment with nucleotide sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 1 disclosed in the invention is artificially designed, and comprises the main sequence of the dust mite allergen Der p 2 and the main sequence of the American cockroach allergen Per a 2; the gene fragment with nucleotide sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 1 can be translated into the D2P2 protein with amino acid sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 2 to be capable of being used as an antigen to induce production of antibodies against dust mite allergens and/or American cockroach allergens in the individual's body.
Since the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention is capable of expressing the D2P2 protein with amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 2, by administering a predetermined amount of the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention to an individual is capable of inducing an immunoreaction in the individual to cause production of antibodies against dust mite allergens and cockroach allergens in the individual's body in order to effectively improve an allergic disease such as atopic dermatitis or asthma caused by dust mite and/or cockroach allergens.
The recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention can be used as a food, a pharmaceutical composition or a health food; for example, the recombinant lactic acid bacterium can be used as an oral vaccine, by quantitatively administering the recombinant lactic acid bacterium to an individual is capable of delivering an antigen composed of dust mite allergens and cockroach allergens to the individual's body to induce production of antibodies against dust mite allergens and cockroach allergens in the individual's body.
The term “allergic disease” in the invention refers to a skin disease and/or a respiratory disease caused by an allergen, such as atopic dermatitis, skin inflammation, asthma, bronchitis, etc.
The “allergen” referred to in the invention refers to dust mites, cockroaches or allergy-causing substances from dust mites and/or cockroaches, which can induce the immune response.
“Atopic dermatitis” disclosed in the invention is a skin allergy disease characterized by intense itching and recurrent eczema skin lesions, and is mainly caused by cockroaches or dust mites in an environment. At present, the main clinical treatment methods are to apply emollients to an affected area locally, avoid contact with specific allergens (food or inhalation), or use anti-inflammatory drugs such as corticosteroids and calcineurin inhibitors.
The “food-grade lactic acid bacterium” disclosed in the invention refers to lactic acid bacterium and Lactococcus that are considered to be safe for consumption after evaluation, such as Lactococcus strain NZ3900. In general, the food-grade lactic acid bacterium should meet the following conditions:
The term “administrating” or “administration” in the invention refers to a means of providing an effective amount of the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention or a composition containing the recombinant lactic acid bacterium to an individual, including injection, oral administration, transdermal absorption, etc.
The “composition” referred to in the invention is a substance containing an effective amount of the recombinant lactic acid bacterium disclosed in the invention, and can be matched with different components according to factors such as use, dosage form, and administration object. For example, the composition is an oral vaccine, a food, or a nutritional supplement.
The “effective amount” in the invention refers to an amount that is capable of treating, preventing, alleviating, and improving a predetermined disease or symptom in an individual. Generally speaking, the effective amount accounts for 0.001-100% of a total weight of the composition.
In the following, in order to illustrate the technical features and efficacies of the invention, several examples are provided in conjunction with the drawings for detailed description as follows.
“Escherichia coli expressing Per a 2 recombinant protein (short form as Per a 2 recombinant protein, abbreviated as E-rPer a 2)” and “Escherichia coli expressing Der p 2 recombinant protein (short form as Der p 2 recombinant protein, abbreviated as E-rDer p 2)” used in the following examples, are purified by rapid affinity column chromatography (Novagen, Darmstadt, Germany) disclosed in the references.
Animal experiments performed in the following examples are approved by La-1101826 of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
The drug: Dexamethasone used in the following examples is a steroid drug currently recommended clinically for treatment of moderate or severe asthma.
Statistical data in the following examples, unless otherwise specified, are a tool for statistical analysis using SPSS software. When p value is less than 0.05, it is considered to have a significant difference.
After cloning a gene fragment with nucleotide sequence coded as SEQ ID No: 1 into the Ncol/Xbal site of the pNZ8149 vector, the gene fragment is purified to obtain a constructed recombinant plasmid (hereinafter referred to as pNZ8149-D2P2 plasmid), wherein the recombinant plasmid is capable of expressing the gene fragment by regulating the promoter nisA. The purified recombinant plasmid is transformed into the Lactococcus strain NZ3900 to obtain a recombinant D2P2 Lactococcus.
The recombinant D2P2 Lactococcus is cultured to OD600 of 0.2, and induced with nisin, dose 40 ng/ml for 5 hours, and then analyzed by SDS-PAGE and immunoassay (using anti-Per a 2-372 polyclonal antibody or anti-Der p 2 polyclonal antibody) to observe protein expression, the results are shown in
From the results in
Take several 6-week-old female BALB/c mice, remove back hair of each of the mice, and randomly divide them into experimental group I and experimental group II, and experimental group I and experimental group II are treated according to contents in the following table 1 and table 2 respectively during an experimental period. The experimental period is 8 weeks. An allergen of experimental group I is Per a 2 recombinant protein, and an allergen of experimental group II is Der p 2 recombinant protein, wherein skin sensitization treatment is carried out in the first week (days 1-7), the 4th week (days 21-28) and the 7th week (days 42-49) of the experiment; in weeks 2-8 (on days 8-55) of the experiment, treatment strategy is given at a frequency of 5 days a week; on days 50, 53 and 55 of the experiment, the mice are administered with allergens intradermally (abbreviated as ID) and intratracheally (abbreviated as IT).
During the experimental period, serum of the mice in each group in each of the experimental groups is collected every 2 weeks; on the 55th day of the experiment, scratching behavior of the mice in each group in each of the experimental groups is analyzed after intradermal injection of allergens; on the 56th day of the experiment, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is carried out; on the 57th day of the experiment, the mice in each group in each of the experimental groups are sacrificed, and skin, nose, spleen, lung of each of the mice are taken for further follow-up analysis and research.
Serum of the mice in each group in each of the experimental groups in Example 2 is collected, and a content of IgE antibody in the serum is detected with a commercially available ELISA kit (IgE mouse ELISA kit, Invitrogen). The results are shown in
Each of the experimental groups of Example 2 is carried out with treatment intradermally on the 55th day of the experiment, the mice of each group in each of the experimental groups are recorded for 1 hour by video, and number of times of scratching of the mice of each group within the 1 hour are statistically analyzed, the results are shown in
After the experiment, skin tissues of the mice in each group of each of the experimental groups in Example 2 are taken, tissue sections and then H&E staining analysis are performed, and a number of inflammatory cells is statistically analyzed, as shown in
From the results in
The above results show that the recombinant Lactococcus disclosed in the invention is capable of reliably expressing the D2P2 protein with amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 2 in the individual's body, and effectively achieving an efficacy of resisting skin allergies caused by dust mite or cockroach allergens, such as atopic dermatitis.
After the mice in each group in each of the experimental groups of Example 2 accepted a last intratracheal challenge experiment, average values of degree of bronchoconstriction of the mice in each group are measured (measurement time is 3 minutes), wherein data are expressed in Pehh (enhanced pause) value, calculation method of Pehh value is shown in formula (I) below, and statistical analysis results of Penh value of the mice in each group in each of the experimental groups are shown in
Penh=expiratory time×(peak expiratory pressure (PEP)/peak respiratory pressure (PIP) of the mice in each group formula (I)
Furthermore, lung tissues of the mice in each group are taken, and tissue sections and H&E staining are performed to calculate a number of cells in the lung tissues, the results are shown in
From the results of
Compared with mice in groups 1-2 and 2-2, not only inflammation and infiltration in the lung tissues in the mice in groups 1-4 and 2-3 are significantly improved, but also eosinophil and total number of cells are reduced respectively; and further compared with number of cells and inflammation and infiltration in the lung tissues of the mice in group 1-3, it can be known that state of the lung tissue sections and expression levels of inflammatory factors in the mice in groups 1-4, 2-3, and 1-3 are almost the same. The results confirm that the recombinant Lactococcus disclosed in the invention is capable of reliably expressing the D2P2 protein with amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 2 in the individual's body, and effectively achieving an efficacy of resisting tracheal allergies caused by dust mite or cockroach allergens, such as asthma, etc., and treatment or improvement effect is equivalent to clinical steroid drugs.
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111150991 | Dec 2022 | TW | national |