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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
We have prepared a virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine bearing the surface glycoproteins HA and NA of the 1918 influenza A virus by infecting Sf9 cells with a quadruple recombinant baculovirus that expresses the four influenza proteins (HA, NA, M1, and M2) required for the assembly and budding of the VLPs. The presence of HA and M1 in the purified VLPs was confirmed by Western blot, and that of NA by a neuraminidase enzymatic assay. For in vivo studies, the 1918 VLP vaccine was formulated with or without an oligonucleotide containing two CpG motifs and administered in two doses 2 wk apart via the intranasal route. The antibody titers in mice immunized with VLP vaccines were higher than in mice vaccinated with an inactivated swine virus (H1N1) control, when CHO cells expressing 1918 HA were used as antigen. The opposite result was obtained when disrupted swine virus was the antigen for the ELISA test. Vaccine efficacy was evaluated by challenging immunized mice with the 1918 antigenically related influenza virus A/swine/Iowa/15/30 (H1N1) and measuring viral titers in the upper and lower respiratory tract. Mice immunized with VLP vaccine plus CpG demonstrated significantly lower viral titers in the nose and lungs than did the control on days 2 and 4 postchallenge and completely cleared the virus by day 6. Furthermore, they did not show symptoms of disease although there was a minor decrease in body weight. Mice vaccinated with VLP alone also demonstrated significantly lower viral titers in the nose and lungs than did the placebo group as well as the inactivated virus group on days 4 and 6 postchallenge. These results suggest that it is feasible to make a safe and immunogenic vaccine to protect against the extremely virulent 1918 virus, using a novel and safe cell-based technology.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0882-8245
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
441-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Administration, Intranasal, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Antibodies, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Hemagglutinins, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Influenza, Human, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Influenza Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Neuraminidase, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Nose, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Orthomyxoviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Placebos, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Vaccines, Virosome, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Viral Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Viral Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17931114-Viral Vaccines
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel intranasal virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine designed to protect against the pandemic 1918 influenza A virus (H1N1).
pubmed:affiliation
TechnoVax, Tarrytown, New York.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural