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Ihara S, Miyamoto Y, Le CHY, Tran VN, Hanson EM, Fischer M, Hanevik K, Eckmann L. Conserved metabolic enzymes as vaccine antigens for giardiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022; 16:e0010323. [PMID: 35468132 PMCID: PMC9037923 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Giardia lamblia is a leading protozoal cause of diarrheal disease worldwide. Infection is associated with abdominal pain, malabsorption and weight loss, and protracted post-infectious syndromes. A human vaccine is not available against G. lamblia. Prior studies with human and murine immune sera have identified several parasite antigens, including surface proteins and metabolic enzymes with intracellular functions. While surface proteins have demonstrated vaccine potential, they can exhibit significant variation between G. lamblia strains. By comparison, metabolic enzymes show greater conservation but their vaccine potential has not been established. To determine whether such proteins can serve as vaccine candidates, we focused on two enzymes, α-enolase (ENO) and ornithine carbamoyl transferase (OCT), which are involved in glycolysis and arginine metabolism, respectively. We show in a cohort of patients with confirmed giardiasis that both enzymes are immunogenic. Intranasal immunization with either enzyme antigen in mice induced strong systemic IgG1 and IgG2b responses and modest mucosal IgA responses, and a marked 100- to 1,000-fold reduction in peak trophozoite load upon oral G. lamblia challenge. ENO immunization also reduced the extent and duration of cyst excretion. Examination of 44 cytokines showed only minimal intestinal changes in immunized mice, although a modest increase of CCL22 was observed in ENO-immunized mice. Spectral flow cytometry revealed increased numbers and activation state of CD4 T cells in the small intestine and an increase in α4β7-expressing CD4 T cells in mesenteric lymph nodes of ENO-immunized mice. Consistent with a key role of CD4 T cells, immunization of CD4-deficient and Rag-2 deficient mice failed to induce protection, whereas mice lacking IgA were fully protected by immunization, indicating that immunity was CD4 T cell-dependent but IgA-independent. These results demonstrate that conserved metabolic enzymes can be effective vaccine antigens for protection against G. lamblia infection, thereby expanding the repertoire of candidate antigens beyond primary surface proteins.
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- Sozaburo Ihara
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Division of Gastroenterology, The Institute for Adult Diseases, Asahi Life Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Prodhomme EJF, Fack F, Revets D, Pirrotte P, Kremer JR, Muller CP. Extensive Phosphorylation Flanking the C-Terminal Functional Domains of the Measles Virus Nucleoprotein. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:5598-609. [DOI: 10.1021/pr100407w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Emmanuel J. F. Prodhomme
- Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé and Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, 20A rue Auguste Lumière, L-1011 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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- Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé and Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, 20A rue Auguste Lumière, L-1011 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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- Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé and Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, 20A rue Auguste Lumière, L-1011 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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- Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé and Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, 20A rue Auguste Lumière, L-1011 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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- Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé and Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, 20A rue Auguste Lumière, L-1011 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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- Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé and Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, 20A rue Auguste Lumière, L-1011 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
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Kang ML, Cho CS, Yoo HS. Application of chitosan microspheres for nasal delivery of vaccines. Biotechnol Adv 2009; 27:857-865. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2009] [Revised: 06/24/2009] [Accepted: 06/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Medaglini D, Ciabattini A, Cuppone AM, Costa C, Ricci S, Costalonga M, Pozzi G. In vivo activation of naive CD4+ T cells in nasal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue following intranasal immunization with recombinant Streptococcus gordonii. Infect Immun 2006; 74:2760-6. [PMID: 16622213 PMCID: PMC1459748 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.5.2760-2766.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The antigen-specific primary activation of CD4+ T cells was studied in vivo by adoptive transfer of ovalbumin-specific transgenic T cells (KJ1-26+ CD4+) following intranasal immunization with recombinant Streptococcus gordonii. A strain of S. gordonii expressing on its surface a model vaccine antigen fused to the ovalbumin (OVA) peptide from position 323 to 339 was constructed and used to study the OVA-specific T-cell activation in nasal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT), lymph nodes, and spleens of mice immunized by the intranasal route. The recombinant strain, but not the wild type, activated the OVA-specific CD4+ T-cell population in the NALT (89% of KJ1-26+ CD4+ T cells) just 3 days following immunization. In the cervical lymph nodes and in the spleen, the percentage of proliferating cells was initially low, but it reached the peak of activation at day 5 (90%). This antigen-specific clonal expansion of KJ1-26+ CD4+ T cells after intranasal immunization was obtained with live and inactivated recombinant bacteria, and it indicates that the NALT is the site of antigen-specific T-cell priming.
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- Donata Medaglini
- LAMMB, Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy.
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Saraf S, Mishra D, Asthana A, Jain R, Singh S, Jain NK. Lipid microparticles for mucosal immunization against hepatitis B. Vaccine 2006; 24:45-56. [PMID: 16122855 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2005] [Accepted: 07/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Parenteral administration of vaccines often does not lead to optimal or long lasting protection against disease causing organisms particularly those that are inhaled, ingested or sexually transmitted. For optimal mucosal protection induction of immune response via mucosal routes is therefore highly desirable. Double emulsion-solvent evaporation (w/o/w) method best suited for water-soluble bioactives was selected for the preparation of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loaded lipid microparticles. Intranasal route was considered for mucosal administration and hence to prepare the delivery system biocompatible and least irritable, soyalecithin (phospholipid) was taken instead of polymer because phosphatidylcholine is the major component of endogenous lung surfactant. The studies performed in present work included antigen characterization, development of lipid microparticles, stability studies of the prepared lipid microparticle formulations, percent mucoadhesion, ex vivo cellular uptake studies and in vivo studies. The general order obtained from in vivo studies for mucosal immune response (IgA) followed the sequence: LMST-HBsAg (IN)>LM-HBsAg (IN)>alum-HBsAg (IN)>LMST-HBsAg (IM)>alum-HBsAg (IM)>or=LM-HBsAg (IM)>plain HBsAg (IN)>plain HBsAg (IM).
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- Surbhi Saraf
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 470003, India
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Pütz MM, Hoebeke J, Ammerlaan W, Schneider S, Muller CP. Functional fine-mapping and molecular modeling of a conserved loop epitope of the measles virus hemagglutinin protein. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:1515-27. [PMID: 12654007 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neutralizing and protective monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were used to fine-map the highly conserved hemagglutinin noose epitope (H379-410, HNE) of the measles virus. Short peptides mimicking this epitope were previously shown to induce virus-neutralizing antibodies [El Kasmi et al. (2000) J. Gen. Virol.81, 729-735]. The epitope contains three cysteine residues, two of which (Cys386 and Cys394) form a disulfide bridge critical for antibody binding. Substitution and truncation analogues revealed four residues critical for binding (Lys387, Gly388, Gln391 and Glu395) and suggested the binding motif X7C[KR]GX[AINQ]QX2CEX5 for three distinct protective mAbs. This motif was found in more than 90% of the wild-type viruses. An independent molecular model of the core epitope predicted an amphiphilic loop displaying a remarkably stable and rigid loop conformation. The three hydrophilic contact residues Lys387, Gln391 and Glu395 pointed on the virus towards the solvent-exposed side of the planar loop and the permissive hydrophobic residues Ile390, Ala392 and Leu393 towards the solvent-hidden side of the loop, precluding antibody binding. The high affinity (Kd = 7.60 nm) of the mAb BH216 for the peptide suggests a high structural resemblance of the peptide with the natural epitope and indicates that most interactions with the protein are also contributed by the peptide. Improved peptides designed on the basis of these findings induced sera that crossreacted with the native measles virus hemagglutinin protein, providing important information about a lead structure for the design of more stable antigens of a synthetic or recombinant subunit vaccine.
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- Mike M Pütz
- Department of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg; Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Tübingen, Germany
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Rebelatto MC, Siger L, Hogenesch H. Kinetics and type of immune response following intranasal and subcutaneous immunisation of calves. Res Vet Sci 2001; 71:9-15. [PMID: 11666140 DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.2001.0477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Protection of animals against respiratory infections has long been known to depend on respiratory mucosal immunity. However, few studies have been reported on the immune response following intranasal (i.n.) immunisation with non-living, soluble antigens. This study determined the kinetics of the humoral and cellular immune responses in calves after i.n. immunisation with Limulus haemocyanin (LH) with cholera toxin adjuvant, or subcutaneous (s.c.) immunisation with LH in incomplete Freund's adjuvant. A proliferative response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells cultured in vitro with LH was observed in animals immunised 7-10 days after i.n. and s.c. immunisations with no significant differences between the two immunised groups. LH -specific antibody was present in the serum of animals immunised s.c. (IgM, IgG1 and IgG2) and i.n. (IgA). Although significant IgA responses were observed, i.n. immunisations in cattle with soluble protein antigens and cholera toxin as an adjuvant did not induce a strong systemic immune response.
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- M C Rebelatto
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 1243 VPB Bldg., West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
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El Kasmi KC, Fillon S, Theisen DM, Hartter H, Brons NH, Muller CP. Neutralization of measles virus wild-type isolates after immunization with a synthetic peptide vaccine which is not recognized by neutralizing passive antibodies. J Gen Virol 2000; 81:729-35. [PMID: 10675410 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-3-729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The sequence H379-410 of the measles virus haemagglutinin (MV-H) protein forms a surface-exposed loop and contains three cysteine residues (Cys-381, Cys-386 and Cys-394) which are conserved among all measles isolates. It comprises the minimal sequential B cell epitope (BCE) (H386-400) of the neutralizing and protective MAb BH6 that neutralizes all wild-type viruses tested. The aim of this study was to design synthetic peptides which induce neutralizing antibodies against MV wild-type isolates. Peptides containing one or two copies of T cell epitopes (TCE) and BCEs of different lengths (H386-400, B(CC); H379-400, B(CCC)), in different combinations and orientations were produced and iteratively optimized for inducing neutralizing antibodies. Peptides with the shorter BCE induced sera that cross-reacted with MV but did not neutralize. The longer BCE containing the three cysteines (B(CCC)) and two homologous TCE were required for neutralization activity. These sera neutralized wild-type strains of different clades and geographic origins. Neutralizing serum was also obtained after immunization with human promiscuous TCEs. Furthermore B(CCC)-based peptides were fully immunogenic even in the presence of pre-existing MV-specific antibodies. The results suggest that subunit vaccines based on such peptides could potentially be used to actively protect infants against wild-type viruses irrespective of persisting maternal antibodies.
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- K C El Kasmi
- Laboratoire National de Santé, PO Box 1102, L-1011 Luxembourg, Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Ekström J, Hu KF, Bengtsson KL, Morein B. Iscom and iscom-matrix enhance by intranasal route the IgA responses to OVA and rCTB in local and remote mucosal secretions. Vaccine 1999; 17:2690-701. [PMID: 10418920 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00052-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Iscoms, with rCTB incorporated via the GM1 receptor, enhanced in mice the mucosal immunogenicity of rCTB as antigen after intranasal (i.n.) administration both by inducing IgA response in the remote intestinal tract mucosa and by a 100-fold increase of the specific IgA locally in the lungs. Iscom-matrix as a separate entity mixed with rCTB enhanced the rCTB-IgA response similarly. While OVA in iscoms induced high mucosal IgA responses, iscom-matrix co-administered with OVA induced low or no mucosal IgA response to OVA. A synergism between iscoms and rCTB could only be seen as an adjuvant targeting effect enhancing the IgA response to OVA in the remote genital tract mucosa. In serum, the immunomodulatory effect of iscoms after i.n. administration was seen as an enhanced serum IgG2a response.
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- J Ekström
- Department of Virology, National Veterinary Institute, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
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El Kasmi KC, Theisen D, Brons NH, Ammerlaan W, Klingele M, Truong AT, Muller CP. A hemagglutinin-derived peptide-vaccine ignored by virus-neutralizing passive antibodies, protects against murine measles encephalitis. Vaccine 1999; 17:2436-45. [PMID: 10392626 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00008-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The neutralizing and protective monoclonal antibody BH47 defines the sequential epitope H236-255 of the measles virus hemagglutinin protein (MV-H). The objective of this study was to design peptides combining this B cell epitope (BCE) with different T cell epitopes (TCE) to obtain protective immunity. Most TTB peptides based on the 15mer BCE H236-250 induced MV-crossreactive antibodies, but only certain TCE induced virus neutralizing antibodies. The shortest BCE required for MV-reactivity and -neutralization was the 8mer H243-250 containing residue R243 implicated in CD46 down-regulation. Sera obtained after immunization with the TTB peptide containing the MV-derived TCE F421-435 protected mice against a lethal challenge with a neuro-adapted MV strain. Our results further demonstrate that this TTB peptide is fully immunogenic, even in the presence of protective levels of pre-existing MV-specific antibodies, suggesting that subunit vaccines based on such peptides could potentially be used to immunize infants in the presence of persisting maternal antibodies. It is therefore interesting that neutralizing antibodies were also obtained with a TTB peptide comprising a human promiscuous TCE (tt830). However, our results also emphasize the need to test sera induced with epitope-based vaccines against different virus strains, in particular if the epitope is not fully conserved.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage
- Antibody Specificity
- Encephalitis, Viral/immunology
- Encephalitis, Viral/mortality
- Encephalitis, Viral/prevention & control
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Female
- Hemagglutinins, Viral/immunology
- Immune Sera/immunology
- Immunization, Passive
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Male
- Measles/immunology
- Measles/mortality
- Measles/prevention & control
- Measles virus/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Neutralization Tests
- Peptides/immunology
- Survival Rate
- Viral Vaccines/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- K C El Kasmi
- Laboratoire National de Santé, C.P.M., Department of Immunology, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Durrani Z, McInerney TL, McLain L, Jones T, Bellaby T, Brennan FR, Dimmock NJ. Intranasal immunization with a plant virus expressing a peptide from HIV-1 gp41 stimulates better mucosal and systemic HIV-1-specific IgA and IgG than oral immunization. J Immunol Methods 1998; 220:93-103. [PMID: 9839930 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(98)00145-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Control of pandemic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection ideally requires specific mucosal immunity to protect the genital regions through which transmission more often occurs. Thus a vaccine that stimulates a disseminated mucosal and systemic protective immune response would be extremely useful. Here we have investigated the ability of a chimeric plant virus, cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), expressing a 22 amino acid peptide (residues 731-752) of the transmembrane gp41 protein of HIV-1 IIIB (CPMV-HIV/1), to stimulate HIV-1-specific and CPMV-specific mucosal and serum antibody following intranasal or oral immunization together with the widely used mucosal adjuvant, cholera toxin. CPMV-HIV/1 has been shown previously to stimulate HIV-1-specific serum antibody in mice by parenteral immunization. All mice immunized intranasally with two doses of 10 microg of CPMV-HIV/1 produced both HIV-1-specific IgA in faeces as well as higher levels of specific, predominantly IgG2a, serum antibody. Thus there was a predominantly T helper 1 cell response. All mice also responded strongly to CPMV epitopes. Oral immunization of the chimeric cowpea mosaic virus was less effective, even at doses of 500 microg or greater, and stimulated HIV-1-specific serum antibody in only a minority of mice, and no faecal HIV-1 specific IgA.
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- Z Durrani
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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El Kasmi KC, Theisen D, Brons NH, Muller CP. The molecular basis of virus crossreactivity and neutralisation after immunisation with optimised chimeric peptides mimicking a putative helical epitope of the measles virus hemagglutinin protein. Mol Immunol 1998; 35:905-18. [PMID: 9881686 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(98)00087-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The loop comprising aminoacids H236-256, connects two strands of sheet 1 of the propeller-like hemagglutinin (H) protein of the measles virus (MV) and contains a putative active site residue (R253), a residue implicated in CD46-downregulation (R243) and the minimal epitope E245L-QL249 of the neutralising and protective monoclonal antibody BH129. The objective of this study was to design synthetic peptides which induce neutralising antibodies against this important functional domain. Peptide-design was based on the colinear synthesis of this sequential B cell epitope (BCE) with different T cell epitopes (TCE). Chimeric constructs were systematically optimised with respect to length and copy number of the BCE and the nature and orientation of the TCE. Surprisingly, the induction of MV-crossreactive antibodies did not correlate with the antigenicity of the peptides. The best MV-crossreactive antibodies were obtained with TB oriented constructs containing TCEs of the MV fusion (F) protein and the BCE H236-250 (TB15mer) or H236-255 (TB20mer). In vitro virus-neutralising sera were obtained solely with the latter construct. A glycine scan showed that binding to MV depended on a defined pattern of contact residues compatible with the putative alpha helical nature of this epitope. The contact residues of the neutralising serum (S244EL-QL249) differed from those of the non-neutralising serum (S244EL246) but no unique differences in the immunoglobulin subclasses were detected. Surface plasmon resonance measurements detected a higher affinity for the neutralising serum compared to the TB15mer serum. These results emphasize the need of an optimal design of immunogenic peptides which cannot always be guided by the antigenicity of the peptide constructs. This study demonstrates that neutralising antibodies can be generated with peptides mimicking this helical epitope, provided that the critical contact residues are recognized with high affinity and underlines the potential of the epitope as an element of a future subunit vaccine.
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- K C El Kasmi
- Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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de Haan L, Verweij W, Agsteribbe E, Wilschut J. The role of ADP-ribosylation and G(M1)-binding activity in the mucosal immunogenicity and adjuvanticity of the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin and Vibrio cholerae cholera toxin. Immunol Cell Biol 1998; 76:270-9. [PMID: 9682971 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00745.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mucosal route of vaccination has attracted a great deal of attention recently. Not only is mucosal application of vaccines, for example, orally or intranasally, particularly convenient, it also offers the possibility to induce locally produced and secreted S-IgA antibodies in addition to systemic IgG antibodies. These IgA antibodies are known to play a key role in protection against pathogens that invade the host through mucosal surfaces. Induction of such responses is not readily achieved by currently used vaccination strategies, which generally involve intramuscular or subcutaneous injection with inactivated pathogens or antigens thereof. For the induction of a mucosal immune response, the vaccine needs to be applied locally. However, local vaccination with non-replicating antigens is usually ineffective and may result in tolerance unless a mucosal immunoadjuvant is included. The most potent mucosal immunoadjuvants known to date are probably cholera toxin (CT) and the closely related Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT). Although CT and LT have become standard adjuvants for experimental mucosal vaccines, the intrinsic toxicity has thus far precluded their use as adjuvants for human vaccine formulations. In the present review, the mucosal immunogenic and adjuvant properties of LT and CT are described, with special emphasis on the functional role of the individual subunits on their immune-stimulatory properties.
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- L de Haan
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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van den Akker F, Pizza M, Rappuoli R, Hol WG. Crystal structure of a non-toxic mutant of heat-labile enterotoxin, which is a potent mucosal adjuvant. Protein Sci 1997; 6:2650-4. [PMID: 9416617 PMCID: PMC2143616 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Two closely related bacterial toxins, heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-I) and cholera toxin (CT), not only invoke a toxic activity that affects many victims worldwide but also contain a beneficial mucosal adjuvant activity that significantly enhances the potency of vaccines in general. For the purpose of vaccine design it is most interesting that the undesirable toxic activity of these toxins can be eliminated by the single-site mutation Ser63Lys in the A subunit while the mucosal adjuvant activity is still present. The crystal structure of the Ser63Lys mutant of LT-I is determined at 2.0 A resolution. Its structure appears to be essentially the same as the wild-type LT-I structure. The substitution Ser63Lys was designed, based on the wild-type LT-I crystal structure, to decrease toxicity by interfering with NAD binding and/or catalysis. In the mutant crystal structure, the newly introduced lysine side chain is indeed positioned such that it could potentially obstruct the productive binding mode of the substrate NAD while at the same time its positive charge could possibly interfere with the critical function of nearby charged groups in the active site of LT-I. The fact that the Ser63Lys mutant of LT-I does not disrupt the wild-type LT-I structure makes the non-toxic mutant potentially suitable, from a structural point of view, to be used as a vaccine to prevent enterotoxigenic E. coli infections. The structural similarity of mutant and wild-type toxin might also be the reason why the inactive Ser63Lys variant retains its adjuvant activity.
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- F van den Akker
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7420, USA
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Richards CM, Hill TJ, Williams NA. Enhancement of the immune response to non-replicating herpes simplex virus type-1 preparations by mucosal administration in the presence of cholera toxin. Vaccine 1997; 15:1065-9. [PMID: 9269048 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(97)00010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Different immunization regimes were compared in order to enhance the immune response following mucosal administration of non-replicating HSV-1 preparations to mice. The serum anti-HSV Ig response following intragastric administration of heat or UV inactivated HSV-1 strain SC16 was compared with that elicited by an attenuated derivative of SC16 (TKDM21). The highest response followed immunization with TKDM21 and this was markedly enhanced by repeated intragastric administration, reaching ca 35% of that elicited following a cutaneous infection with live virus. Repeated doses of killed virus produced only a minimal increase in the response even when given intranasally (i.n.). However, cholera toxin and its B-subunit with UV-inactivated virus or a mixture of purified viral glycoproteins enhanced the anti-HSV response after i.n. immunization and produced antibody levels equivalent to those following intragastric delivery of live TKDM21.
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- C M Richards
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol, School of Medical Sciences, UK
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Wu HY, Russell MW. Nasal lymphoid tissue, intranasal immunization, and compartmentalization of the common mucosal immune system. Immunol Res 1997; 16:187-201. [PMID: 9212364 DOI: 10.1007/bf02786362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Mucosal application of vaccines with an appropriate adjuvant can induce immune responses at both systemic and mucosal sites, and therefore may prevent not only infectious disease, but also colonization of mucosal surfaces. Intranasal is more effective than intragastric immunization at generating earlier and stronger mucosal immune response. Nasal lymphoid tissue (NALT) and its local draining lymph nodes may retain long-term immune memory. IgA isotype switching, and the differentiation and maturation of IgA antibody-secreting cells (ASC) may occur before these cells migrate out of NALT, whereas IgG ASC responses require passage of the cells through draining lymph nodes of the NALT. Knowledge of whether immune memory cells can recirculate to and reside in the inductive sites other than their origin after encountering antigen will be helpful for understanding the compartmentalization of the common mucosal immune system as well as for determining the best route for delivering a mucosal vaccine against a particular pathogen.
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Affiliation(s)
- H Y Wu
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
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