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- Title
Supplementation of Influenza Split Vaccines with Conserved M2 Ectodomains Overcomes Strain Specificity and Provides Long-term Cross Protection.
- Authors
Kim, Min-Chul; Lee, Yu-Na; Ko, Eun-Ju; Lee, Jong Seok; Kwon, Young-Man; Hwang, Hye Suk; Song, Jae-Min; Song, Byung-Min; Lee, Youn-Jeong; Choi, Jun-Gu; Kang, Hyun-Mi; Quan, Fu-Shi; Compans, Richard W; Kang, Sang-Moo
- Abstract
Current influenza vaccines do not provide good protection against antigenically different influenza A viruses. As an approach to overcome strain specificity of protection, this study demonstrates significantly improved long-term cross protection by supplementing split vaccines with a conserved molecular target, a repeat of the influenza M2 ectodomain (M2e) expressed on virus-like particles (M2e5x VLPs) in a membrane-anchored form. Intramuscular immunization with H1N1 split vaccine (A/California/07/2009) supplemented with M2e5x VLPs induced M2e-specific humoral and cellular immune responses, and shaped the host responses to the vaccine in the direction of T-helper type 1 responses inducing dominant IgG2a isotype antibodies as well as interferon-γ (IFN-γ) producing cells in systemic and mucosal sites. Upon lethal challenge, M2e5x VLP-supplemented vaccination lowered lung viral loads and induced long-term cross protection against H3N2 or H5N1 subtype influenza viruses over 12 months. M2e antibodies, CD4 T cells, and CD8 T cells were found to contribute to improving heterosubtypic cross protection. In addition, improved cross protection by supplemented vaccination with M2e5x VLPs was mediated via Fc receptors. The results support evidence that supplementation with M2e5x VLPs is a promising approach for overcoming the limitation of strain-specific protection by current influenza vaccination.
- Subjects
INFLUENZA vaccines; T cells; INFLUENZA viruses; INFLUENZA prevention; IMMUNE response
- Publication
Molecular Therapy, 2014, Vol 22, Issue 7, p1364
- ISSN
1525-0016
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/mt.2014.33