The present invention concerns the development of vesicles that could be used for generation of vaccines or as compound delivery vehicles. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for preparing a
vesicle comprising the steps of: providing recombinant
Trypanosoma brucei cells expressing sortaggable VSG, treating said cells in hypotonic solution in the presence of at least one
protease inhibitor until the cells are lysed, isolating the cellular membranes from the solution, suspending the isolated membranes previously obtained in a isotonic solution, treating the suspended cellular membranes obtained in the previous step with
sonication in order to obtain a
vesicle suspension, removing aggregated membranous debris from the
vesicle suspension previously obtained, separating the vesicle suspension into populations of vesicles, and providing vesicles from a
population of vesicles which is characterized by the following parameters: (i) having a single predominant
protein revealed after Coomassie
staining an SDS PAGE that has an apparent molecular weight of 55 to 60 kDa, (ii) having a spherical appearance in
electron micrographs and (iii) exhibiting a homogenous
surface structure in
electron micrographs. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a vesicle comprising sortaggable VSG characterized by the aforementioned parameters as well as such a vesicle for use in treating and / or preventing a
disease or medical condition or as a compound delivery vesicle, preferably,
drug delivery vehicle, more preferably,
nucleic acid delivery vesicle. Finally, the invention contemplates a kit for carrying out the method of the present invention comprising recombinant
Trypanosoma brucei cells expressing sortaggable VSG and at least one agent for carrying out the method of the present invention or a kit comprising the vesicle of the present invention.