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Yao M, Ren X, Yin M, Chen H, Li X, Qian P. Nanoparticle vaccine based on the envelope protein domain III of Japanese encephalitis virus elicits robust protective immune responses in mice. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2023; 18:5-18. [PMID: 36789970 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2022-0298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Aim: To develop a vaccine candidate for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), for which an effective and safe vaccine is urgently needed. Materials & methods: A vaccine candidate based on domain III of the JEV envelope protein and lumazine synthase (EDIII-LS) was prepared by coupling multivalent ED III to a self-assembling nanoparticle of LS through genetic fusion and self-assembly. Results: High enrichment of ED III was achieved based on the self-assembly of an EDIII-LS polymer. EDIII-LS strongly promoted dendritic cells' internalization and presentation compared with ED III monomer. The cellular and humoral immune responses provoked by EDIII-LS were remarkably higher than those caused by ED III in mice, and conferred complete protection against JEV challenge. Conclusion: The study of ED III-based nanoparticles suggests an effective approach against JEV.
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- Manman Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Key Laboratory of Prevention & Control for African Swine Fever & Other Major Pig Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Key Laboratory of Prevention & Control for African Swine Fever & Other Major Pig Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.,Key Laboratory of Prevention & Control for African Swine Fever & Other Major Pig Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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Virulence and Cross-Protection Conferred by an Attenuated Genotype I-Based Chimeric Japanese Encephalitis Virus Strain Harboring the E Protein of Genotype V in Mice. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0199022. [PMID: 36301111 PMCID: PMC9769820 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01990-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) genotype V (GV) emerged in China in 2009, then South Korea, and has since spread to other regions in Asia and beyond, raising concern about its pathogenicity and the cross-protection offered by JEV vaccines against different genotypes. In this study, we replaced the structural proteins (C-prM-E) of an attenuated genotype I (GI) SD12-F120 strain with those of a virulent GV XZ0934 strain to construct a recombinant chimeric GI-GV JEV (JEV-GI/V) strain to determine the role of the structural proteins in virulence and cross-protection. The recombinant chimeric virus was highly neurovirulent and neuroinvasive in mice. This demonstrated the determinant role of the structural proteins in the virulence of the GV strain. Intracerebral or intraperitoneal inoculation of mice with JEV-GI/V-E5 harboring a combination of substitutions (N47K, L107F, E138K, H123R, and I176R) in E protein, but not mutants containing single substitution of these residues, resulted in decreased or disappeared mortality, suggesting that these residues synergistically, but not individually, played a role in determining the neurovirulence and neuroinvasiveness of the GV strain. Immunization of mice with attenuated strain JEV-GI/V-E5 provided complete protection and induced high neutralizing antibody titers against parental strain JEV-GI/V, but partial cross-protection and low cross-neutralizing antibodies titers against the heterologous GI and GIII strains in mice, suggesting the reduced cross-protection of JEV vaccines among different genotypes. Overall, these findings suggested the essential role of the structural proteins in determination of the virulence of GV strain, and highlighted the need for a novel vaccine against this newly emerged strain. IMPORTANCE The GV JEV showed an increase in epidemic areas, which exhibited higher pathogenicity in mice than the prevalent GI and GIII strains. We replaced a recombinant chimeric GI-GV JEV (JEV-GI/V) strain to determine the role of the structural proteins in virulence and cross-protection. It was found that the essential role of the structural proteins is to determinethe virulence of the GV strain. It is also suggested that there is reduced cross-protection of JEV vaccines among different genotypes, which provides basic data for subsequent JEV prevention, control, and new vaccine development.
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A Recombinant Genotype I Japanese Encephalitis Virus Expressing a Gaussia Luciferase Gene for Antiviral Drug Screening Assay and Neutralizing Antibodies Detection. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232415548. [PMID: 36555192 PMCID: PMC9778660 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the major cause of viral encephalitis in humans throughout Asia. In the past twenty years, the emergence of the genotype I (GI) JEV as the dominant genotype in Asian countries has raised a significant threat to public health security. However, no clinically approved drug is available for the specific treatment of JEV infection, and the commercial vaccines derived from the genotype III JEV strains merely provided partial protection against the GI JEV. Thus, an easy-to-perform platform in high-throughput is urgently needed for the antiviral drug screening and assessment of neutralizing antibodies specific against the GI JEV. In this study, we established a reverse genetics system for the GI JEV strain (YZ-1) using a homologous recombination strategy. Using this reverse genetic system, a gaussia luciferase (Gluc) expression cassette was inserted into the JEV genome to generate a reporter virus (rGI-Gluc). The reporter virus exhibited similar growth kinetics to the parental virus and remained genetically stable for at least ten passages in vitro. Of note, the bioluminescence signal strength of Gluc in the culture supernatants was well correlated with the viral progenies determined by viral titration. Taking advantage of this reporter virus, we established Gluc readout-based assays for antiviral drug screening and neutralizing antibody detection against the GI JEV. These Gluc readout-based assays exhibited comparable performance to the assays using an actual virus and are less time consuming and are applicable for a high-throughput format. Taken together, we generated a GI JEV reporter virus expressing a Gluc gene that could be a valuable tool for an antiviral drug screening assay and neutralization assay.
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Efficacy and safety of intravenous high-dose immunoglobulin in treatment of the severe form of Japanese encephalitis. Neurol Sci 2022; 43:3911-3918. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-05891-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chen T, Zhu S, Wei N, Zhao Z, Niu J, Si Y, Cao S, Ye J. Protective Immune Responses Induced by an mRNA-LNP Vaccine Encoding prM-E Proteins against Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection. Viruses 2022; 14:1121. [PMID: 35746593 PMCID: PMC9227124 DOI: 10.3390/v14061121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is an important zoonotic pathogen, which causes central nervous system symptoms in humans and reproductive disorders in swine. It has led to severe impacts on human health and the swine industry; however, there is no medicine available for treating yet. Therefore, vaccination is the best preventive measure for this disease. In the study, a modified mRNA vaccine expressing the prM and E proteins of the JEV P3 strain was manufactured, and a mouse model was used to assess its efficacy. The mRNA encoding prM and E proteins showed a high level of protein expression in vitro and were encapsulated into a lipid nanoparticle (LNP). Effective neutralizing antibodies and CD8+ T-lymphocytes-mediated immune responses were observed in vaccinated mice. Furthermore, the modified mRNA can protect mice from a lethal challenge with JEV and reduce neuroinflammation caused by JEV. This study provides a new option for the JE vaccine and lays a foundation for the subsequent development of a more efficient and safer JEV mRNA vaccine.
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- Tao Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (T.C.); (S.Z.); (N.W.); (Z.Z.); (J.N.); (Y.S.)
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Japanese encephalitis virus: Associated immune response and recent progress in vaccine development. Microb Pathog 2019; 136:103678. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wei J, Wang X, Zhang J, Guo S, Pang L, Shi K, Liu K, Shao D, Qiu Y, Liu L, Widén F, Li B, Ma Z. Partial cross-protection between Japanese encephalitis virus genotype I and III in mice. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007601. [PMID: 31374086 PMCID: PMC6693775 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Genotype III (GIII) Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) predominance has gradually been replaced by genotype I (GI) over the last 20 years in many Asian countries. This genotype shift raises concerns about the protective efficacy of Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccines, as all of the currently licensed JE vaccines are derived from GIII strains. In this study, we conducted vaccination-challenge protection assays to evaluate the cross-protective efficacy of GI- or GIII-derived vaccines against the challenge of a heterologous genotype using a mouse challenge model. Titration of the neutralizing antibodies elicited by SA14-14-2 live-attenuated JE vaccine (SA14-14-2 vaccine), a GIII-derived vaccine, indicated that the titer of neutralizing antibodies specific to heterologous genotype GI stain was significantly lower than that specific to homologous genotype GIII strain in both pigs and mice immunized with the SA14-14-2 vaccine. Vaccination of mice with SA14-14-2 vaccine or a GIII-inactivated vaccine at high and medium doses completely protected vaccinated mice against challenge with the homologous genotype GIII strains, but failed to provide the vaccinated mice complete protection against the challenge of heterologous genotype GI strains. The protection rates against GI strain challenge were 60%–80%, showing that these vaccines were partially protective against GI strain challenge. Additionally, vaccination of mice with a GI-inactivated vaccine conferred 100% protection against the challenge of homologous genotype GI strains, but 50%–90% protection against the challenge of heterologous genotype GIII strains, showing a reduced protective efficacy of a GI-derived vaccine against GIII strain challenge. Overall, these observations demonstrated a partial cross-protection between GI and GIII strains and suggested a potential need for new JE vaccine strategies, including options like a bivalent vaccine, to control both genotype infection. Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes Japanese encephalitis (JE) in humans and reproductive disorders in pigs. JEV is phylogenetically classified into five genotypes. JEV genotype III (GIII) was historically dominant throughout most of Asia, but has been replaced by genotype I (GI) over the last 20 years in many Asian countries. Amino acid variations in JEV envelope protein play major roles in determination of antigenicity. Elicitation of cross-neutralizing antibodies for GI and GIII strains has been reported, showing an antigenic difference between the two genotypes. These amino acid differences in JEV envelope proteins raise a concern about the protective efficacy of JE vaccines against the emerged GI strain infection, because all currently licensed JE vaccines are derived from GIII strains. We evaluated the protective efficacy of JE vaccines against the heterologous genotype strain using a mouse challenge model and found a partial cross-protection between GI- or GIII-derived vaccines against the challenge of the heterologous genotype. This partial cross-protective efficacy suggested a potential need for a new JE vaccine, one solution may be a bivalent vaccine, to control infection with either genotype. However, more comprehensive studies should be conducted to address the partial cross-protective efficacy of JE vaccines against the heterologous genotype strains using JEV natural hosts such as pigs.
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- Jianchao Wei
- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Virology, Immunobiology and Parasitology (VIP), The National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Virology, Immunobiology and Parasitology (VIP), The National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
- * E-mail: (BL); (ZM)
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- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, PR China
- * E-mail: (BL); (ZM)
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Wang R, Xie L, Gao N, Fan D, Chen H, Wang P, Zhou H, An J. Decreases in Both the Seroprevalence of Serum Antibodies and Seroprotection against Japanese Encephalitis Virus among Vaccinated Children. Virol Sin 2019; 34:243-252. [PMID: 30911897 DOI: 10.1007/s12250-019-00099-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The incidence of Japanese encephalitis (JE) has significantly decreased in China due to JE vaccines. In this study, we investigated the post-JE vaccination seroprevalence and protection provided by vaccinated sera against Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) to elucidate the persistence and waning of antibodies to JEV among JE-SA14-14-2-vaccinated children. A total of 300 serum samples were collected from vaccinated children aged 3-10 years in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China. The seroprevalence of anti-JEV antibodies was determined by enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay and plaque reduction neutralization test. The highest seropositivity of 82% was observed in vaccinated children during the first 0.5-1.5 years after booster vaccination. Then, the seropositivity began to decline and remained lower than the original level observed in the 0.5-1.5-year group. An association was found between the waning of seroprevalence and elapsed time of the post-booster vaccination. Similarly, the neutralizing antibody (nAb) titres gradually decreased over time, and the levels showed a positive correlation with the protective efficacy in mice. This finding suggests that nAbs play an important role in the antiviral process and that the nAb titre is an adequately credible parameter for evaluating the protective efficacy induced by the JE vaccine. Our results provide data that clarify the persistence and waning of antibodies to JEV, which may help elucidate the pathogenesis of JE.
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- Ran Wang
- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Vector-borne Disease Control and Research, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Pu'er, 665000, China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Vector-borne Disease Control and Research, Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Pu'er, 665000, China.
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. .,Center of Epilepsy, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100069, China.
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Karthikeyan A, Shanmuganathan S, Pavulraj S, Prabakar G, Pavithra S, Porteen K, Elaiyaraja G, Malik YS. JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS, RECENT PERSPECTIVES ON VIRUS GENOME, TRANSMISSION, EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND PROPHYLACTIC INTERVENTIONS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.18006/2017.5(6).730.748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Nickols B, Tretyakova I, Tibbens A, Klyushnenkova E, Pushko P. Plasmid DNA launches live-attenuated Japanese encephalitis virus and elicits virus-neutralizing antibodies in BALB/c mice. Virology 2017; 512:66-73. [PMID: 28938099 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We describe novel plasmid DNA that encodes the full-length Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) genomic cDNA and launches live-attenuated JEV vaccine in vitro and in vivo. The synthetic cDNA based on the sequence of JEV SA14-14-2 live-attenuated virus was placed under transcriptional control of the cytomegalovirus major immediate-early promoter. The stability and yields of the plasmid in E. coli were optimized by inserting three synthetic introns that disrupted JEV cDNA in the structural and nonstructural genes. Transfection of Vero cells with the resulting plasmid resulted in the replication of JEV vaccine virus with intron sequences removed from viral RNA. Furthermore, a single-dose vaccination of BALB/c mice with 0.5 - 5μg of plasmid resulted in successful seroconversion and elicitation of JEV virus-neutralizing serum antibodies. The results demonstrate the possibility of using DNA vaccination to launch live-attenuated JEV vaccine and support further development of DNA-launched live-attenuated vaccine for prevention of JEV infections.
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- Brian Nickols
- Medigen, Inc., 8420 Gas House Pike, Suite S, Frederick, MD 21701, USA
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- Medigen, Inc., 8420 Gas House Pike, Suite S, Frederick, MD 21701, USA
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- Medigen, Inc., 8420 Gas House Pike, Suite S, Frederick, MD 21701, USA
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- Medigen, Inc., 8420 Gas House Pike, Suite S, Frederick, MD 21701, USA.
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Simmons M, Sun P, Putnak R. Recombinant Dengue 2 Virus NS3 Helicase Protein Enhances Antibody and T-Cell Response of Purified Inactivated Vaccine. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152811. [PMID: 27035715 PMCID: PMC4818016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Dengue virus purified inactivated vaccines (PIV) are highly immunogenic and protective over the short term, but may be poor at inducing cell-mediated immune responses and long-term protection. The dengue nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) is considered the main target for T-cell responses during viral infection. The amino (N)-terminal protease and the carboxy (C)-terminal helicase domains of DENV-2 NS3 were expressed in E. coli and analyzed for their immune-potentiating capacity. Mice were immunized with DENV-2 PIV with and without recombinant NS3 protease or NS3 helicase proteins, and NS3 proteins alone on days 0, 14 and 28. The NS3 helicase but not the NS3 protease was effective in inducing T-cell responses quantified by IFN-γ ELISPOT. In addition, markedly increased total IgG antibody titer against virus antigen was seen in mice immunized with the PIV/NS3 helicase combination in the ELISA, as well as increased neutralizing antibody titer measured by the plaque reduction neutralization test. These results indicate the potential immunogenic properties of the NS3 helicase protein and its use in a dengue vaccine formulation.
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- Monika Simmons
- Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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- Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. Yet, there are no vaccines or specific antivirals available to prevent or treat the disease. Several dengue vaccines are currently in clinical or preclinical stages. The most advanced vaccine is the chimeric tetravalent CYD-TDV vaccine of Sanofi Pasteur. This vaccine has recently cleared Phase III, and efficacy results have been published. Excellent tetravalent seroconversion was seen, yet the protective efficacy against infection was surprisingly low. Here, we will describe the complicating factors involved in the generation of a safe and efficacious dengue vaccine. Furthermore, we will discuss the human antibody responses during infection, including the epitopes targeted in humans. Also, we will discuss the current understanding of the assays used to evaluate antibody response. We hope this review will aid future dengue vaccine development as well as fundamental research related to the phenomenon of antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue virus infection.
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- Jacky Flipse
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Rayamajhi A, Nightingale S, Bhatta NK, Singh R, Ledger E, Bista KP, Lewthwaite P, Mahaseth C, Turtle L, Robinson JS, Galbraith SE, Wnek M, Johnson BW, Faragher B, Griffiths MJ, Solomon T. A preliminary randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for Japanese encephalitis in Nepal. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122608. [PMID: 25886645 PMCID: PMC4401695 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus found across Asia that is closely related to West Nile virus. There is no known antiviral treatment for any flavivirus. Results from in vitro studies and animal models suggest intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) containing virus-specific neutralizing antibody may be effective in improving outcome in viral encephalitis. IVIG’s anti-inflammatory properties may also be beneficial. Methodology/Principal Findings We performed a pilot feasibility randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of IVIG containing anti-JEV neutralizing antibody (ImmunoRel, 400mg/kg/day for 5 days) in children with suspected JE at two sites in Nepal; we also examined the effect on serum neutralizing antibody titre and cytokine profiles. 22 children were recruited, 13 of whom had confirmed JE; 11 received IVIG and 11 placebo, with no protocol violations. One child (IVIG group) died during treatment and two (placebo) subsequently following hospital discharge. Overall, there was no difference in outcome between treatment groups at discharge or follow up. Passive transfer of anti-JEV antibody was seen in JEV negative children. JEV positive children treated with IVIG had JEV-specific neutralizing antibody titres approximately 16 times higher than those treated with placebo (p=0.2), which was more than could be explained by passive transfer alone. IL-4 and IL-6 were higher in the IVIG group. Conclusions/Significance A trial of IVIG for JE in Nepal is feasible. IVIG may augment the development of neutralizing antibodies in JEV positive patients. IVIG appears an appealing option for JE treatment that warrants further study. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01856205
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- Ajit Rayamajhi
- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Arbovirus Diseases Branch Diagnostic & Reference Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Arbovirus Diseases Branch Diagnostic & Reference Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Alder Hey Children’s National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- The Walton Centre National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research—Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Zhai Y, Zhou Y, Li X, Feng G. Immune-enhancing effect of nano-DNA vaccine encoding a gene of the prME protein of Japanese encephalitis virus and BALB/c mouse granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Mol Med Rep 2015; 12:199-209. [PMID: 25738258 PMCID: PMC4438877 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Plasmid-encoded granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is an adjuvant for genetic vaccines; however, how GM-CSF enhances immunogenicity remains to be elucidated. In the present study, it was demonstrated that injection of a plasmid encoding the premembrane (prM) and envelope (E) protein of Japanese encephalitis virus and mouse GM-CSF (pJME/GM-CSF) into mouse muscle recruited large and multifocal conglomerates of macrophages and granulocytes, predominantly neutrophils. During the peak of the infiltration, an appreciable number of immature dendritic cells (DCs) appeared, although no T and B-cells was detected. pJME/GM-CSF increased the number of splenic DCs and the expression of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) on splenic DC, and enhanced the antigenic capture, processing and presentation functions of splenic DCs, and the cell-mediated immunity induced by the vaccine. These findings suggested that the immune-enhancing effect by pJME/GM-CSF was associated with infiltrate size and the appearance of integrin αx (CD11c)+cells. Chitosan-pJME/GM-CSF nanoparticles, prepared by coacervation via intramuscular injection, outperformed standard pJME/GM-CSF administrations in DC recruitment, antigen processing and presentation, and vaccine enhancement. This revealed that muscular injection of chitosan-pJME/GM-CSF nanoparticles may enhance the immunoadjuvant properties of GM-CSF.
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- Yongzhen Zhai
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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Chen H, Gao N, Wu J, Zheng X, Li J, Fan D, An J. Variable effects of the co-administration of a GM-CSF-expressing plasmid on the immune response to flavivirus DNA vaccines in mice. Immunol Lett 2014; 162:140-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chen P, Liu J, Jiang Y, Zhao Y, Li Q, Wu L, He X, Chen H. The vaccine efficacy of recombinant duck enteritis virus expressing secreted E with or without PrM proteins of duck tembusu virus. Vaccine 2014; 32:5271-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.07.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most common form of viral encephalitis that appears in the form of frequent epidemics of brain fever throughout Southeast Asia, China and India. The disease is caused by a Flavivirus named Japanese encephalitis virus that is spread to humans by mosquitoes. An internationally approved mouse brain-derived inactivated vaccine has been available that is relatively expensive, gives immunity of uncertain duration and is not completely safe. Cell culture-derived inactivated and attenuated JE vaccines are in use in China, but these are not produced as per the norms acceptable in most countries. Several new promising JE vaccine candidates have been developed, some of which are under different stages of clinical evaluation. These new candidate JE vaccines have the potential to generate long-lasting immunity at low cost.
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- Kaushik Bharati
- Virology laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110 067, India.
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Kant Upadhyay R. Biomarkers in Japanese encephalitis: a review. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:591290. [PMID: 24455705 PMCID: PMC3878288 DOI: 10.1155/2013/591290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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JE is a flavivirus generated dreadful CNS disease which causes high mortality in various pediatric groups. JE disease is currently diagnosed by measuring the level of viral antigens and virus neutralization IgM antibodies in blood serum and CSF by ELISA. However, it is not possible to measure various disease-identifying molecules, structural and molecular changes occurred in tissues, and cells by using such routine methods. However, few important biomarkers such as cerebrospinal fluid, plasma, neuro-imaging, brain mapping, immunotyping, expression of nonstructural viral proteins, systematic mRNA profiling, DNA and protein microarrays, active caspase-3 activity, reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species, levels of stress-associated signaling molecules, and proinflammatory cytokines could be used to confirm the disease at an earlier stage. These biomarkers may also help to diagnose mutant based environment specific alterations in JEV genotypes causing high pathogenesis and have immense future applications in diagnostics. There is an utmost need for the development of new more authentic, appropriate, and reliable physiological, immunological, biochemical, biophysical, molecular, and therapeutic biomarkers to confirm the disease well in time to start the clinical aid to the patients. Hence, the present review aims to discuss new emerging biomarkers that could facilitate more authentic and fast diagnosis of JE disease and its related disorders in the future.
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- Ravi Kant Upadhyay
- Department of Zoology, D. D. U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273009, India
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Wu Y, Zhang F, Ma W, Song J, Huang Q, Zhang H. A Plasmid Encoding Japanese Encephalitis Virus PrM and E Proteins Elicits Protective Immunity in Suckling Mice. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 48:585-90. [PMID: 15322338 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03555.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A plasmid encoding Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) prM and E proteins was constructed, and its efficacy as a candidate vaccine against JEV was evaluated in suckling mice. Groups of 10 BALB/c mice (5-7 days old) were immunized twice via muscular injection with this DNA vaccine, an empty vector or PBS at an interval of 3 weeks, and were challenged with a lethal dose of JEV 3 weeks after the second inoculation. Both cellular and humoral immune responses were examined before the challenge. Two animals from each group were sacrificed to detect the JEV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity. JEV-specific lactate dehydrogenase release in the DNA vaccine, empty vector and PBS groups was 37.5%, 18% and 8.5% respectively. JEV-specific antibody was detected in 8 of 10 animals in DNA vaccine group with a geometrical mean titer of 1: 28.3. The pooled serum from the same group also showed a neutralizing activity. Six of 8 mice in the DNA vaccine group survived the challenge, with a protection rate of 75%, but all the mice died in the two control groups. These results show that this JEV prM and E DNA vaccine is immunogenic and protective against JEV infection in the mouse model.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Suckling
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Encephalitis Virus, Japanese/genetics
- Encephalitis Virus, Japanese/immunology
- Encephalitis, Japanese/immunology
- Encephalitis, Japanese/prevention & control
- Immunization
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines/genetics
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines/immunology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Plasmids/genetics
- Plasmids/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Vaccines, DNA/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
- Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics
- Viral Envelope Proteins/immunology
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- Yushui Wu
- Department of Microbiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China
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Kant Upadhyay R. Japanese Encephalitis Virus Generated Neurovirulence, Antigenicity, and Host Immune Responses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.5402/2013/830396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In response to a JE virus attack, infected body cells start secretion of different cytokines and activate innate immune response. Virus starts neuronal invasion by entering into nerve cells and inflecting the central nervous system. It avoids exposure of body’s natural immunity and generates neurotrophic effects. Virus causes acute susceptibility to CNS and establishes encephalitis syndrome that results in very high fatality in children. In survivors, JEV inhibits the growth and proliferation of NCPs and imposes permanent neuronal disorders like cognitive, motor, and behavioral impairments. However, body cells start TCR mediated interactions, to recognize viral antigens with class I MHC complex on specific target cells, and operate mass killing of virus infected cells by increased CTL activity. Thus, both cell mediated and antibody interactions plays a central role in protection against JEV. In the present review article virus generated neurovirulence, antigenicity, and host immune responses are described in detail. More emphasis is given on diagnosis, clinical care, and active immunization with well-designed potential antiflavivirus vaccines. Further, for achieving an elite success against JEV, global eradication strategies are to be needed for making vaccination program more responsible and effective in endemic areas.
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- Ravi Kant Upadhyay
- Department of Zoology, D D U Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273009, India
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JE-ADVAX vaccine protection against Japanese encephalitis virus mediated by memory B cells in the absence of CD8(+) T cells and pre-exposure neutralizing antibody. J Virol 2013; 87:4395-402. [PMID: 23388724 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03144-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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JE-ADVAX is a new, delta inulin-adjuvanted, Japanese encephalitis (JE) candidate vaccine with a strong safety profile and potent immunogenicity that confers efficient immune protection not only against JE virus but also against related neurotropic flaviviruses such as West Nile virus. In this study, we investigated the immunological mechanism of protection by JE-ADVAX vaccine using knockout mice deficient in B cells or CD8(+) T cells and poor persistence of neutralizing antibody or by adoptive transfer of immune splenocyte subpopulations. We show that memory B cells induced by JE-ADVAX provide long-lived protection against JE even in the absence of detectable pre-exposure serum neutralizing antibodies and without the requirement of CD8(+) T cells. Upon virus encounter, these vaccine-induced memory B cells were rapidly triggered to produce neutralizing antibodies that then protected immunized mice from morbidity and mortality. The findings suggest that the extent of the B-cell memory compartment might be a better immunological correlate for clinical efficacy of JE vaccines than the currently recommended measure of serum neutralizing antibody. This may explain the paradox where JE protection is observed in some subjects even in the absence of detectable serum neutralizing antibody. Our investigation also established the suitability of a novel flavivirus challenge model (β(2)-microglobulin-knockout mice) for studies of the role of B-cell memory responses in vaccine protection.
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The dominant roles of ICAM-1-encoding gene in DNA vaccination against Japanese encephalitis virus are the activation of dendritic cells and enhancement of cellular immunity. Cell Immunol 2013; 281:1-10. [PMID: 23411485 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2013.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We investigated the cellular immune responses elicited by a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding prM-E protein from the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus (JEV) with or without various forms of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 gene to maximize the immune responses evoked by the JE DNA vaccine. We observed that co-immunization with the construct containing murine ICAM-1 gene (pICAM-1) resulted in a significant increase in the percentage of CD4(+)T cells, high level of JEV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte response, and high production of T helper 1 (Th1)-type cytokines in splenic T cells. Furthermore, the co-expression of ICAM-1 and DNA immunogens was found to be more effective in generating T cell-mediated immune responses than those induced by immunization with pJME in combination with pICAM-1. Our results suggested that ICAM-1 enhanced T cell receptor signaling and activated Th1 immune responses in the JEV model system by increasing the induction of CD4(+)Th1 cell subset and activating dendritic cells.
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Li Y, Counor D, Lu P, Duong V, Yu Y, Deubel V. Protective immunity to Japanese encephalitis virus associated with anti-NS1 antibodies in a mouse model. Virol J 2012; 9:135. [PMID: 22828206 PMCID: PMC3416663 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-9-135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a major mosquito-borne pathogen that causes viral encephalitis throughout Asia. Vaccination with an inactive JEV particle or attenuated virus is an efficient preventative measure for controlling infection. Flavivirus NS1 protein is a glycoprotein secreted during viral replication that plays multiple roles in the viral life cycle and pathogenesis. Utilizing JEV NS1 as an antigen in viral vectors induces a limited protective immune response against infection. Previous studies using E. coli-expressed JEV NS1 to immunize mice induced protection against lethal challenge; however, the protection mechanism through cellular and humoral immune responses was not described. Results JEV NS1 was expressed in and purified from Drosophila S2 cells in a native glycosylated multimeric form, which induced T-cell and antibody responses in immunized C3H/HeN mice. Mice vaccinated with 1 μg NS1 with or without water-in-oil adjuvant were partially protected against viral challenge and higher protection was observed in mice with higher antibody titers. IgG1 was preferentially elicited by an adjuvanted NS1 protein, whereas a larger load of IFN-γ was produced in splenocytes from mice immunized with aqueous NS1. Mice that passively received anti-NS1 mouse polyclonal immune sera were protected, and this phenomenon was dose-dependent, whereas protection was low or delayed after the passive transfer of anti-NS1 MAbs. Conclusion The purified NS1 subunit induced protective immunity in relation with anti-NS1 IgG1 antibodies. NS1 protein efficiently stimulated Th1-cell proliferation and IFN-γ production. Protection against lethal challenge was elicited by passive transfer of anti-NS1 antisera, suggesting that anti-NS1 antibodies play a substantial role in anti-viral immunity
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- Yize Li
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 20025, China
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Lobigs M, Diamond MS. Feasibility of cross-protective vaccination against flaviviruses of the Japanese encephalitis serocomplex. Expert Rev Vaccines 2012; 11:177-87. [PMID: 22309667 DOI: 10.1586/erv.11.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Serological cross-reactivity providing cross-protective immunity between antigenically related viruses is a cornerstone of vaccination. It was the immunological basis for the first human vaccine against smallpox introduced more than 200 years ago, and continues to underpin modern vaccine development as has recently been shown for human papillomavirus vaccines, which confer cross-protection against other oncogenic papillomavirus types not present in the vaccine. Here, we review the feasibility of cross-protective vaccination against an antigenic group of clinically important viruses belonging to the Japanese encephalitis serocomplex in the Flaviviridae family. We will discuss evidence suggesting that 'new generation' flavivirus vaccines may provide effective cross-protective immunity against heterologous Japanese encephalitis serocomplex viruses, and appraise potential risks associated with cross-reactive vaccine immunity. The review will also focus on the structural and mechanistic basis for cross-protective immunity among this group of flaviviruses, which is predominantly mediated by antibodies against a single viral surface protein.
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- Mario Lobigs
- Department of Emerging Pathogens & Vaccines, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, PO Box 334, Canberra, 2600, ACT, Australia.
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Zhang JS, Zhao QM, Zuo SQ, Jia N, Guo XF. Cytokine and chemokine responses to Japanese encephalitis live attenuated vaccine in a human population. Int J Infect Dis 2012; 16:e285-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Family Flaviviridae genus flavivirus contains numerous pathogenic viruses such as Japanese encephalitis virus, dengue virus, West Nile virus, etc, which cause public health problems in the world. Since many mammals and birds can act as amplifying hosts and reservoir hosts in nature and those viruses are transmitted by haematophagous mosquitoes or ticks, those viruses could not be eradicated from the nature. In the recent few decades, the viral replication mechanism and the ultrastructure of viral proteins as well as the viral immune evasion mechanism have been elucidated extensively, leading to develop novel types of antivirals and vaccines. In this review, the flavivirus nature and epidemiology, replication mechanism, immune response and immune evasion, and antivirals and vaccines against flaviviruses were described.
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- Tomohiro Ishikawa
- Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine.
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Costa SM, Yorio AP, Gonçalves AJS, Vidale MM, Costa ECB, Mohana-Borges R, Motta MA, Freire MS, Alves AMB. Induction of a protective response in mice by the dengue virus NS3 protein using DNA vaccines. PLoS One 2011; 6:e25685. [PMID: 22031819 PMCID: PMC3198735 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 09/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The dengue non-structural 3 (NS3) is a multifunctional protein, containing a serino-protease domain, located at the N-terminal portion, and helicase, NTPase and RTPase domains present in the C-terminal region. This protein is considered the main target for CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses during dengue infection, which may be involved in protection. However, few studies have been undertaken evaluating the use of this protein as a protective antigen against dengue, as well as other flavivirus. In the present work, we investigate the protective efficacy of DNA vaccines based on the NS3 protein from DENV2. Different recombinant plasmids were constructed, encoding either the full-length NS3 protein or only its functional domains (protease and helicase), fused or not to a signal peptide (t-PA). The recombinant proteins were successfully expressed in transfected BHK-21 cells, and only plasmids encoding the t-PA signal sequence mediated protein secretion. Balb/c mice were immunized with the different DNA vaccines and challenged with a lethal dose of DENV2. Most animals immunized with plasmids encoding the full-length NS3 or the helicase domain survived challenge, regardless of the presence of the t-PA. However, some mice presented clinical signs of infection with high morbidity (hind leg paralysis and hunched posture), mainly in animal groups immunized with the DNA vaccines based on the helicase domain. On the other hand, inoculation with plasmids encoding the protease domain did not induce any protection, since mortality and morbidity rates in these mouse groups were similar to those detected in the control animals. The cellular immune response was analyzed by ELISPOT with a specific-CD8+ T cell NS3 peptide. Results revealed that the DNA vaccines based on the full-length protein induced the production of INF-γ, thus suggesting the involvement of this branch of the immune system in the protection.
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- Simone M. Costa
- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Fisiologia de Infecções Virais, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Fisiologia de Infecções Virais, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Fisiologia de Infecções Virais, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Fisiologia de Infecções Virais, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genômica Estrutural, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genômica Estrutural, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Virológica, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Virológica, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Fisiologia de Infecções Virais, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Van Gessel Y, Klade CS, Putnak R, Formica A, Krasaesub S, Spruth M, Cena B, Tungtaeng A, Gettayacamin M, Dewasthaly S. Correlation of protection against Japanese encephalitis virus and JE vaccine (IXIARO(®)) induced neutralizing antibody titers. Vaccine 2011; 29:5925-31. [PMID: 21723353 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Immune sera from volunteers vaccinated in a blinded Phase 3 clinical trial with JE-VAX(®) and a new Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) vaccine (IC51 or IXIARO), were tested for the ability to protect mice against lethal JEV challenge. Sera from IXIARO vaccinated subjects were pooled into four batches based on neutralizing antibody measured by plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT(50) titer): high (∼200), medium (∼40-50), low (∼20) and negative (<10). Pooled sera from JE-VAX(®) vaccinated subjects (PRNT(50) titer∼55) and pooled JEV antibody negative pre-vaccination sera were used as controls. Groups of ten 6- to 7-week-old female ICR mice were injected intraperitoneally with 0.5 ml of each serum pool diluted 1:2 or 1:10, challenged approximately 18 h later with a lethal dose of either JEV strain SA14 (genotype III) or strain KE-093 (genotype I) and observed for 21 days. All mice in the non-immune serum groups developed clinical signs consistent with JEV infection or died, whereas high titer sera from both IXIARO and JE-VAX(®) sera protected 90-100% of the animals. Statistical tests showed similar protection against both JEV strains SA14 and KE-093 and protection correlated with the anti-JEV antibody titer of IXIARO sera as measured by PRNT(50). Ex vivo neutralizing antibody titers showed that almost all mice with a titer of 10 or greater were fully protected. In a separate study, analysis of geometric mean titers (GMTs) of the groups of mice vaccinated with different doses of IXIARO and challenged with JEV SA14 provided additional evidence that titers≥10 were protective.
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- Yvonne Van Gessel
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, United States Army Medical Component-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Zhang Y, Chen P, Cao R, Gu J. Mutation of putative N-linked glycosylation sites in Japanese encephalitis virus premembrane and envelope proteins enhances humoral immunity in BALB/C mice after DNA vaccination. Virol J 2011; 8:138. [PMID: 21439032 PMCID: PMC3088903 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Swine are an important host of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The two membrane glycoproteins of JEV, prM and E, each contain a potential N-linked glycosylation site, at positions N15 and N154, respectively. We constructed plasmids that contain the genes encoding wild-type prME (contain the signal of the prM, the prM, and the E coding regions) and three mutant prME proteins, in which the putative N-linked glycosylation sites are mutated individually or in combination, by site-directed mutagenesis. The recombinant plasmids were used as DNA vaccines in mice. Our results indicate that immunizing mice with DNA vaccines that contain the N154A mutation results in elevated levels of interleukin-4 secretion, induces the IgG1 antibody isotype, generates greater titers of anti-JEV antibodies, and shows complete protection against JEV challenge. We conclude that mutation of the putative N-glycosylation site N154 in the E protein of JEV significantly enhances the induced humoral immune response and suggest that this mutant should be further investigated as a potential DNA vaccine against JEV.
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- Yu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases Diagnostic and Immunology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Appaiahgari MB, Vrati S. IMOJEV(®): a Yellow fever virus-based novel Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Expert Rev Vaccines 2011; 9:1371-84. [PMID: 21105774 DOI: 10.1586/erv.10.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a disease of the CNS caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The disease appears in the form of frequent outbreaks in most south- and southeast Asian countries and the virus has become endemic in several areas. There is no licensed therapy available and disease control by vaccination is considered to be most effective. Mouse brain-derived inactivated JE vaccines, although immunogenic, have several limitations in terms of safety, availability and requirement for multiple doses. Owing to these drawbacks, the WHO called for the development of novel, safe and more efficacious JE vaccines. Several candidate vaccines have been developed and at least three of them that demonstrated strong immunogenicity after one or two doses of the vaccine in animal models were subsequently tested in various clinical trials. One of these vaccines, IMOJEV(®) (JE-CV and previously known as ChimeriVax™-JE), is a novel recombinant chimeric virus vaccine, developed using the Yellow fever virus (YFV) vaccine vector YFV17D, by replacing the cDNA encoding the envelope proteins of YFV with that of an attenuated JEV strain SA14-14-2. IMOJEV was found to be safe, highly immunogenic and capable of inducing long-lasting immunity in both preclinical and clinical trials. Moreover, a single dose of IMOJEV was sufficient to induce protective immunity, which was similar to that induced in adults by three doses of JE-VAX(®), a mouse brain-derived inactivated JE vaccine. Recently, Phase III trials evaluating the immunogenicity and safety of the chimeric virus vaccine have been successfully completed in some JE-endemic countries and the vaccine manufacturers have filed an application for vaccine registration. IMOJEV may thus be licensed for use in humans as an improved alternative to the currently licensed JE vaccines.
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- Mohan Babu Appaiahgari
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Center, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Gurgaon 122 016, India
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Schlick P, Kofler RM, Schittl B, Taucher C, Nagy E, Meinke A, Mandl CW. Characterization of West Nile virus live vaccine candidates attenuated by capsid deletion mutations. Vaccine 2010; 28:5903-9. [PMID: 20600500 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Protein C deletion mutants of West Nile virus (WNV) were evaluated for their potential use as live virus vaccine candidates in vivo. Double and triple mutants carrying small deletions and second-site point mutations, as well as mutants with large deletions of 36 and 37 amino acid residues were tested in a stringent mouse challenge model. The mutant viruses were found to be non-pathogenic and to induce protective immunity in a wide range of inoculation doses (10(1)-10(6)FFU). Furthermore, the effects of combining three different previously identified resuscitating point mutations, as well as the combination of a large protein C deletion with a deletion mutation in the 3' non-coding region were studied. The data indicate that the production of safe and efficacious WNV live vaccines based on protein C deletion mutations is feasible.
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- Petra Schlick
- Intercell AG, Campus Vienna Biocenter 3, Vienna, Austria.
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Lin TS, Chuang CC, Hsu HL, Liu YT, Lin WP, Liang CC, Liu WT. Role of amphotericin B upon enhancement of protective immunity elicited by oral administration with liposome-encapsulated-Japanese encephalitis virus nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) in mice. Microb Pathog 2010; 49:67-74. [PMID: 20412849 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2010.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Revised: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 04/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Amphotericin B (AmB) is an antifungal antibiotic the activity of which has been associated with modulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines expression in cultured cells. Herein we reveal that co-administration with AmB enhances the immunogenicity of oral Lip-JENS1 vaccine which derived from liposomes functionalized with DSPC (distearoylphosphatidylcholine) and cholesterol (2:1, molar ratio)-bearing JE virus NS1 protein (600 microg ml(-1)). Oral single dose of Lip-JENS1 elicited a detectable serum NS1-specific IgG antibody response from a mouse model. Remarkably, the addition of AmB (125 microg per mouse), particularly, 2 h prior to, but not simultaneously with, the administration of Lip-JENS1 significantly enhanced the systemic antigen-specific antibody response, providing superior protection against lethal JEV challenges. Further, we observed AmB-induced the transcription of cytokine expression and translocation of transcriptional factor NF-kappaB from the cytoplasm to the nucleus for the murine macrophage J774A.1. Moreover, Peyer's-patch lymphocytes (PPL) from AmB-treated mice produced high levels of IL-1beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha expression compared to the corresponding control of cells from non-treated mice. Taken together, the results suggest that AmB exerts a profound influence upon mucosal vaccination with Lip-JENS1, possibly playing an adjuvant-augmented role to "fine-tune" humoral as well as cellular immune response, thus conferring enhanced protective immunity for immunising individuals against JE infection.
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- Tsung-Shun Lin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Gao N, Chen W, Zheng Q, Fan DY, Zhang JL, Chen H, Gao GF, Zhou DS, An J. Co-expression of Japanese encephalitis virus prM–E–NS1 antigen with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor enhances humoral and anti-virus immunity after DNA vaccination. Immunol Lett 2010; 129:23-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Revised: 12/21/2009] [Accepted: 12/31/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yamanaka A, Konishi E. A simple method for evaluating dengue vaccine effectiveness in mice based on levels of viremia caused by intraperitoneal injection of infected culture cells. Vaccine 2009; 27:3735-43. [PMID: 19464557 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2008] [Revised: 03/22/2009] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A simple dengue vaccine evaluation system was established using a model of dengue type 2 virus (DENV2) infection in immunocompetent mice. Mice are usually non-permissive hosts, and artificial viremia was therefore created by intraperitoneal injection of K562 cells infected with DENV2. Plasma virus titers were approximately 4-5log(10) focus-forming units/ml at 10h after injection of 1x10(7) K562 cells into ICR, ddY and BALB/c mice. ICR mice immunized with an experimental vaccine against DENV2 showed reduced levels of viremia, associated with neutralizing antibody titers. Similarly, ICR mice passively immunized with purified IgG fractions of monoclonal antibodies possessing neutralizing activities also had reduced levels of viremia. However, the degree of viremia reduction differed according to the antibody species. Although some mice developed neurologic symptoms and/or died within 21 days of K562 injection, viremia reduction was considered to be a reliable indicator of the protective capacities of candidate dengue vaccines.
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- Atsushi Yamanaka
- Department of International Health, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan
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Biswas SM, Ayachit VM, Sapkal GN, Mahamuni SA, Gore MM. Japanese encephalitis virus produces a CD4+ Th2 response and associated immunoprotection in an adoptive-transfer murine model. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:818-826. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.008045-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Japanese encephalitis is an acute infection of the central nervous system caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The importance of an effective humoral response in preventing JEV infection has already been established, although the contribution of cellular immunity remains unclear. This study used an experimental murine model to understand the protective effects of cell-mediated immunity in JEV infection. Fourteen-day-old mice adoptively transferred with JEV-immune splenocytes were found to be protected from peripheral JEV challenge. The survival rate was reduced when transferred cells were depleted of their CD4+ T-cell population. Correspondingly, increased protection was observed when JEV-primed isolated CD4+ T cells were transferred compared with isolated CD8+ T cells. Mice protected from JEV infection by the adoptive transfer of JEV-immune splenocytes had higher levels of immunomodulatory cytokines and decreased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Concurrent with the increase in Th2 cytokines, JEV-specific IgM and IgG1 antibody titres were found to be elevated in protected mice. Taken together, these data indicate a definite role for CD4+ T cells in protection from lethal JEV infection in naïve 14-day-old mice. Induction of a Th2 cytokine response and IgG1 antibody probably achieves an immunomodulatory effect that results in the enhanced survival of these animals.
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- S. M. Biswas
- National Institute of Virology, Sus Road Campus, Pashan, Pune 411021, Maharashtra, India
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- National Institute of Virology, Sus Road Campus, Pashan, Pune 411021, Maharashtra, India
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- National Institute of Virology, Sus Road Campus, Pashan, Pune 411021, Maharashtra, India
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- National Institute of Virology, Sus Road Campus, Pashan, Pune 411021, Maharashtra, India
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- National Institute of Virology, Sus Road Campus, Pashan, Pune 411021, Maharashtra, India
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Li P, Cao RB, Zheng QS, Liu JJ, Li Y, Wang EX, Li F, Chen PY. Enhancement of humoral and cellular immunity in mice against Japanese encephalitis virus using a DNA prime-protein boost vaccine strategy. Vet J 2008; 183:210-6. [PMID: 19008134 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2008] [Revised: 09/17/2008] [Accepted: 09/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A synthetic multi-epitope gene containing critical epitopes of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) envelope gene was cloned into both prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression vectors. The recombinant plasmid and purified recombinant protein (heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli) were used as immunogens in a mouse model. The results indicate that both the recombinant protein and the DNA vaccine induce humoral and cellular immune responses. Neutralising antibody titres in mice in the pcDNA-TEP plus rEP group increased considerably relative to mice immunised using either pcDNA-TEP or rEP alone (P<0.05). Furthermore, the highest levels of interleukin (IL)-2, interferon-gamma and IL-4 were induced following priming with the DNA vaccine and boosting with the recombinant protein. Together these findings demonstrate that a DNA-recombinant protein prime-boost vaccination strategy can produce high levels of antibody and trigger significant T cell responses in mice, highlighting the potential value of such an approach in the prevention of JEV infection.
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- Peng Li
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Diagnosis and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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Preventive strategies for frequent outbreaks of Japanese encephalitis in Northern India. J Biosci 2008; 33:505-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-008-0069-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Immune responses of recombinant adenoviruses expressing immunodominant epitopes against Japanese encephalitis virus. Vaccine 2008; 26:5802-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Revised: 08/17/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lim CK, Takasaki T, Kotaki A, Kurane I. Vero cell-derived inactivated West Nile (WN) vaccine induces protective immunity against lethal WN virus infection in mice and shows a facilitated neutralizing antibody response in mice previously immunized with Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Virology 2008; 374:60-70. [PMID: 18221765 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Revised: 09/17/2007] [Accepted: 12/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A novel Vero cell-derived inactivated WN vaccine (WN-VAX) was prepared from virus strain NY99-35262. Two immunizations with WN-VAX induced high levels of neutralizing antibody to WN virus. All immunized mice were protected against challenge with a lethal dose of WN virus. No WN viremia was detected, and the level of WN virus-neutralizing antibody increased rapidly. WN-VAX was then examined for immunogenicity in mice previously immunized with Japanese encephalitis vaccine (JE-VAX). Immunization with WN-VAX induced WN virus-neutralizing antibody in all mice previously immunized with JE-VAX but in only half of the control mice at 10 weeks. These results indicate that WN-VAX induced complete protective immunity against lethal WN infection and that the WN-VAX-induced antibody response is facilitated in JE-VAX-immunized mice. This WN-VAX is thus a candidate WN vaccine for humans.
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- Chang-Kweng Lim
- Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
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Okamoto S, Yoshii H, Ishikawa T, Akagi T, Akashi M, Takahashi M, Yamanishi K, Mori Y. Single dose of inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine with poly(gamma-glutamic acid) nanoparticles provides effective protection from Japanese encephalitis virus. Vaccine 2007; 26:589-94. [PMID: 18180081 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.11.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 11/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a serious disease caused by the JE virus (JEV), and vaccination is the only way to prevent the diseases. In Japan, the only JE vaccine currently available is an inactivated vaccine that requires multiple doses for effective protection; therefore, an effective single-dose vaccine is needed. However, no report of an effective protocol for a single dose of JE vaccine in animals has been published. Here, we evaluated the efficacy of a single-dose vaccination in mice to which the JE vaccine was given with or without adjuvant. Biodegradable poly(gamma-glutamic acid) nanoparticles (gamma-PGA-NPs) were used as a test adjuvant. Remarkably, a single dose of JE vaccine with gamma-PGA-NPs enhanced the neutralizing antibody titer, and all of the immunized mice survived a normally lethal JEV infection, while only 50% of the mice that received a single dose of JE vaccine without gamma-PGA-NPs survived. The use of aluminum as the adjuvant showed similar levels of enhanced efficacy. These results show that gamma-PGA-NPs are a novel and safe adjuvant for JE vaccine, and that a single dose of JE vaccine with gamma-PGA-NPs provides effective protection from lethal JEV in mice. A similar protocol, in which a single dose of JE vaccine is mixed with gamma-PGA-NPs, may be useful for the immunization of humans.
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- Shigefumi Okamoto
- Laboratory of Virology and Vaccinology, Division of Biomedical Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, 7-6-8 Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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Imoto JI, Konishi E. Dengue tetravalent DNA vaccine increases its immunogenicity in mice when mixed with a dengue type 2 subunit vaccine or an inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Vaccine 2007; 25:1076-84. [PMID: 17084490 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2006] [Revised: 09/15/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously developed a dengue tetravalent DNA vaccine that can induce neutralizing antibodies against four dengue viruses in mice. Here, we demonstrated that immunogenicity of our tetravalent vaccine is synergistically increased in mice by co-immunization with dengue type 2 virus (DENV2) subviral extracellular particles (D2EPs) or inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine (JEVAX). A single immunization with a mixture of 100 microg of the tetravalent vaccine and 150 ng of D2EPs or a 1/10 dose of JEVAX induced moderate levels of neutralizing antibodies in a 90% plaque reduction assay. Immunized mice were protected from "artificial" viremia created by intravenous injection with DENV2.
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- Jun-Ichi Imoto
- Department of Health Sciences, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan
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Mellado-Sánchez G, García-Cordero J, Luria-Pérez R, Lázaro-Olan L, Santos-Argumedo L, Gutiérrez-Castañeda B, Estrada-García I, Cedillo-Barrón L. DNA priming E and NS1 constructs--homologous proteins boosting immunization strategy to improve immune response against dengue in mice. Viral Immunol 2006; 18:709-21. [PMID: 16359237 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2005.18.709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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DNA priming-protein boosting is a strategy used to establish strong immunity to a specific pathogen by the use of two different antigens through sequential delivery systems. In this work, two recombinant plasmids were used, one encoding for the dengue virus E protein, which is know to induce neutralizing antibodies (pcDNA 3.1/E), and the other encoding for the Dengue virus nonstructural protein 1 (pcDNA 3.1/NS1), as a source of B- and T-cell epitopes possibly involved in protective immunity. We showed that immunization of BALB/c mice with three priming doses of both plasmids pcDNA 3.1/E and/or pcDNA 3.1/NS1 were able to induce antibody responses to E protein with a single plasmid; in contrast to the antibody response to NS1 protein we observed an additive effect in terms of antibody response. Moreover, using a prime-boost protocol in which both plasmid constructs were co-administrated followed by a boost of homologous GST-E and GST-NS1 recombinant proteins, we observed an increased antibody response to NS1 and to E protein compared to animals vaccinated with the proteins or with dengue constructs alone. If neutralizing antibodies play an important role in dengue infection, antibodies generated with this regimen was also significantly better than the administration of the mix of proteins alone. These results suggest that NS1 and E proteins together could be considered in a design of subunit recombinant vaccines.
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- Gabriela Mellado-Sánchez
- Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzadas del IPN, Mexico, DF Mexico
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Aberle JH, Aberle SW, Kofler RM, Mandl CW. Humoral and cellular immune response to RNA immunization with flavivirus replicons derived from tick-borne encephalitis virus. J Virol 2006; 79:15107-13. [PMID: 16306582 PMCID: PMC1316042 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.24.15107-15113.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new vaccination principle against flaviviruses, based on a tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) self-replicating noninfectious RNA vaccine that produces subviral particles, has recently been introduced (R. M. Kofler, J. H. Aberle, S. W. Aberle, S. L. Allison, F. X. Heinz, and C. W. Mandl, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 7:1951-1956, 2004). In this study, we evaluated the potential of the self-replicating RNA vaccine in mice in comparison to those of live, attenuated vaccines and a formalin-inactivated whole-virus vaccine (ImmunInject). For this purpose, mice were immunized using gene gun-mediated application of the RNA vaccine and tested for CD8+ T-cell responses, long-term duration, neutralizing capacity, and isotype profile of specific antibodies and protection against lethal virus challenge. We demonstrate that the self-replicating RNA vaccine induced a broad-based, humoral and cellular (Th1 and CD8+ T-cell response) immune response comparable to that induced by live vaccines and that it protected mice from challenge. Even a single immunization with 1 microg of the replicon induced a long-lasting antibody response, characterized by high neutralizing antibody titers, which were sustained for at least 1 year. Nevertheless, it was possible to boost this response further by a second injection with the RNA vaccine, even in the presence of a concomitant CD8+ T-cell response. In this way it was possible to induce a balanced humoral and cellular immune response, similar to infection-induced immunity but without the safety hazards of infectious agents. The results also demonstrate the value of TBEV replicon RNA for inducing protective long-lasting antiviral responses.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibody Formation/immunology
- Culicidae/virology
- Dengue/immunology
- Dengue/prevention & control
- Dengue/virology
- Dengue Virus/immunology
- Dengue Virus/physiology
- Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/genetics
- Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/immunology
- Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/physiology
- Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/immunology
- Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/prevention & control
- Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/virology
- Immunity, Cellular/immunology
- Immunization, Passive
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- RNA, Viral/administration & dosage
- RNA, Viral/immunology
- Replicon/immunology
- Vaccination
- Viral Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Viral Vaccines/immunology
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- Judith H Aberle
- Institute of Virology, Kinderspitalgasse 15, A-1095 Vienna, Austria
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Beasley DWC, Li L, Suderman MT, Guirakhoo F, Trent DW, Monath TP, Shope RE, Barrett ADT. Protection against Japanese encephalitis virus strains representing four genotypes by passive transfer of sera raised against ChimeriVax-JE experimental vaccine. Vaccine 2004; 22:3722-6. [PMID: 15315852 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2003] [Revised: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 03/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The ability of antisera raised against a candidate Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) vaccine, ChimeriVax-JE, and the currently licensed vaccine, JE-VAX, to protect against strains of JEV representing the four major genotypes was assessed. Neutralization assays and passive protection studies in mice showed that greatest protection was provided against strains of genotypes II and III, although some protection was also afforded against genotypes I and IV strains. ChimeriVax-JE stimulated protection that was comparable or superior to the JE-VAX control.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/analysis
- Antibodies, Viral/biosynthesis
- Encephalitis Virus, Japanese/genetics
- Encephalitis Virus, Japanese/immunology
- Encephalitis, Japanese/immunology
- Encephalitis, Japanese/prevention & control
- Encephalitis, Japanese/virology
- Genotype
- Immunization, Passive
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Neutralization Tests
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Survival Analysis
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- David W C Beasley
- Department of Pathology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
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Mandl CW. Flavivirus Immunization with Capsid-Deletion Mutants: Basics, Benefits, and Barriers. Viral Immunol 2004; 17:461-72. [PMID: 15671744 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2004.17.461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The flaviviruses comprise a number of arthropod-transmitted human disease agents that cause significant and increasing health threats in major parts of the world. The development of new vaccines is of vital importance, but the stringent need for safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness together with the problems associated with the specific immune pathogenesis of some flavivirus infections impose significant challenges to innovative vaccine research. Using tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) as a model, the viral capsid protein gene was recently identified as a novel target for generating flavivirus vaccines. This approach can be applied to produce either attenuated strains that can serve as live vaccines or to make a new type of a genetic vaccine consisting of non-infectious RNA replicons from which subviral particles are synthesized in vivo. Flaviviruses are small, enveloped viruses with an unsegmented positive-stranded RNA genome encoding a single polyprotein that is cleaved into the individual viral proteins. The specific introduction of various deletions and other mutations into the genomic segment coding for the capsid protein C and the biochemical and immunological characterization of the resulting mutants in cell culture and an animal model have revealed remarkable properties of this building block of the nucleocapsid and yielded information that opened the way for new vaccine approaches. In this review the in vitro and in vivo findings with various capsid deletion mutants of TBEV are summarized and discussed in the context of recent structural and biochemical data obtained for protein C of various flaviviruses. Potential benefits of this new strategy for generating flavivirus vaccines as well as hurdles that still have to be overcome are discussed in comparison to conventional or other experimental approaches. Capsid-deletion mutants can be used to rationally design safe and effective vaccine strains or to create new vaccines that combine advantages of genetic vaccination, conventional inactivated, and live vaccines.
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- Christian W Mandl
- Institute of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Kofler RM, Aberle JH, Aberle SW, Allison SL, Heinz FX, Mandl CW. Mimicking live flavivirus immunization with a noninfectious RNA vaccine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:1951-6. [PMID: 14769933 PMCID: PMC357033 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0307145101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Flaviviruses are human pathogens of world-wide medical importance. They have recently received much additional attention because of their spread to new regions (such as West Nile virus to North America), highlighting their potential as newly emerging disease agents. Using tick-borne encephalitis virus, we have developed and evaluated in mice a new genetic vaccine based on self-replicating but noninfectious RNA. This RNA contains all of the necessary genetic information for establishing its replication machinery in the host cell, thus mimicking a natural infection. However, genetic modifications in the region encoding the capsid protein simultaneously prevent the assembly of infectious virus particles and promote the secretion of noninfectious subviral particles that elicit neutralizing antibodies. These characteristics demonstrate that a new generation of flavivirus vaccines can be designed that stimulate the same spectrum of innate and specific immune responses as a live vaccine but have the safety features of an inactivated vaccine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Regina M Kofler
- Institute of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, A-1095 Vienna, Austria
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