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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Here we present data showing oral immunogenicity of recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in preclinical animal trials. Mice fed transgenic HBsAg potato tubers showed a primary immune response (increases in HBsAg-specific serum antibody) that could be greatly boosted by intraperitoneal delivery of a single subimmunogenic dose of commercial HBsAg vaccine, indicating that plants expressing HBsAg in edible tissues may be a new means for oral hepatitis B immunization. However, attainment of such a goal will require higher HBsAg expression than was observed for the potatoes used in this study. We conducted a systematic analysis of factors influencing the accumulation of HBsAg in transgenic potato, including 5' and 3' flanking elements and protein targeting within plant cells. The most striking improvements resulted from (1) alternative polyadenylation signals, and (2) fusion proteins containing targeting signals designed to enhance integration or retention of HBsAg in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of plant cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1087-0156
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1167-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Cholera Toxin, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Hepatitis B, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Plants, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Plants, Toxic, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Plastids, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Poly A, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Solanum tuberosum, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Transformation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11062435-Vaccines
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Production of hepatitis B surface antigen in transgenic plants for oral immunization.
pubmed:affiliation
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc., Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY 14853-1801, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.