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- Title
A Built-In CpG Adjuvant in RSV F Protein DNA Vaccine Drives a Th1 Polarized and Enhanced Protective Immune Response.
- Authors
Ma, Yao; Jiao, Yue-Ying; Yu, Yun-Zhou; Jiang, Nan; Hua, Ying; Zhang, Xiu-Juan; Fu, Yuan-Hui; Peng, Xiang-Lei; Zheng, Yan-Peng; Anderson, Larry J.; He, Jin-Sheng
- Abstract
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is themost significant cause of acute lower respiratory infection in children. However, there is no licensed vaccine available. Here, we investigated the effect of five or 20 copies of C-Class of CpG ODN (CpG-C) motif incorporated into a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding RSV fusion (F) glycoprotein on the vaccine-induced immune response. The addition of CpG-C motif enhanced serum binding and virus-neutralizing antibody responses in BALB/c mice immunized with the DNA vaccines. Moreover, mice vaccinated with CpG-modified vaccines, especially with the higher 20 copies, resulted in an enhanced shift toward a Th1-biased antibody and T-cell response, a decrease in pulmonary pathology and virus replication, and a decrease in weight loss after RSV challenge. This study suggests that CpG-C motif, cloned into the backbone of DNA vaccine encoding RSV F glycoprotein, functions as a built-in adjuvant capable of improving the efficacy of DNA vaccine against RSV infection.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY syncytial virus infection vaccines; DNA vaccines; CPG nucleotides; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNE response
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v10010038