Temperton, Nigel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7978-3815, Quenelle, Debra C., Lawson, Keirissa M., Zuckerman, Jane M., Kern, Earl R., Griffiths, Paul D. and Emery, Vincent C. (2003) Enhancement of humoral immune responses to a human cytomegalovirus DNA vaccine: adjuvant effects of aluminum phosphate and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides. Journal of Medical Virology, 70 (1). pp. 86-90. ISSN 1096-9071 (on-line) (doi:10.1002/jmv.10357)

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Abstract

A human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) glycoprotein B (gpUL55) DNA vaccine has been evaluated in BALB/c mice. Intramuscular immunization of these mice with pRc/CMV2-gB resulted in the
generation of high levels of gpUL55-specific antibody (geometric mean titer [GMT] 1:8900) and neutralizing antibody (GMT 1:74) after 2 booster doses given 5 and 10 weeks after primary inoculation. Emulsifying the construct with the aluminum phosphate gel adjuvant Adju-Phos
before immunization enhanced gpUL55-specific antibody responses (GMT 1:17800, P¼0.04). Coimmunization with CpG oligodeoxynucleotides was shown to enhance levels of neutralizing antibodies generated by immunization of mice with a pRc/CMV2-gB/Adju-Phos emulsion (P¼0.04). The results provide a rationale for evaluating combinations of other HCMV proteins for incorporation into a multi-target DNA vaccine, and for the optimization of adjuvant usage, to elicit enhanced levels of neutralizing antibodies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cytomegalovirus, DNA vaccine, CpG ODN, adjuvant
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > Medway School of Pharmacy
Related URLs:	Publisher Organisation
Last Modified:	16 Jul 2012 13:15
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/8567

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