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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
Immunogenicity of inactivated virus or subviral vaccines may be enhanced by complexing with an IgG antibody. Such antibody would increase the uptake, processing and presentation of the vaccine's antigens by antigen presenting cells (APC), via the adhesion of the antibody-vaccine complex to Fc-receptors on macrophages and other APC. A natural antibody in humans, which may be generally exploited for this purpose, is the natural anti-Gal antibody. This antibody is ubiquitously produced as 1% of circulating IgG in humans and Old World primates, and it interacts specifically with the carbohydrate epitope Gal alpha 1-3 Gal beta 1-4 GlcNAc-R (termed the alpha-galactosyl epitope). This epitope is synthesized in large amounts in cells of nonprimate mammals and New World monkeys by the glycosylation enzyme alpha 1,3 galactosyltransferase. Here we describe in vitro studies on the ability of anti-Gal to bind to alpha-galactosyl epitopes on influenza virus propagated in mammalian cells, and to enhance presentation by APC of viral hemagglutinin antigenic determinants to specific helper T cell clones. The various approaches for achieving alpha-galactosyl epitope expression on virion and subviral vaccines are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
321-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Antibodies, Heterophile, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Antigen-Presenting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Carbohydrate Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Galactosides, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Hemagglutinins, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Oligosaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Stimulation, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Vaccines, Inactivated, pubmed-meshheading:8744560-Viral Vaccines
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhancement of antigen presentation of influenza virus hemagglutinin by the natural human anti-Gal antibody.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article