Recombinant DNA, plasmid, transformed microorganism and vaccine protein for prevention and therapy of urinary tract infection

Abstract

Disclosed is a novel vaccine against Escherichia coli (E. coli) responsible for urinary tract infections. The vaccine is a recombinant chimeric protein which is prepared by linking by genetic recombination a gene encoding an antigenic determinant of uropathogenic E. coli to a CTXA2B gene encoding nontoxic A2 and B subunits of Vibrio cholerae cholera toxin (CTX) or a LTXA2B gene encoding nontoxic A2 and B subunits of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin, wherein a translation product of the CTXA2B or LTXA2B gene serves as an immunogenic adjuvant stimulating mucosal immune responses, expressing the resulting recombinant gene in E. coli, and isolating and purifying an expressed recombinant fusion protein. The recombinant chimeric protein is useful as an oral vaccine with mild side effects and excellent vaccination efficiency against uropathogenic E. coli. Thus, the chimeric vaccine protein can remarkably reduce recurrence of urinary tract infections, prevent occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and replace the conventional chemotherapy for urinary tract infections. Also, the chimeric vaccine protein has other advantages of being capable of being produced and commercialized in a short period with relatively low costs, and being easily modified by replacing its genetic constituents with other genes to provide various vaccines.

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