Nasal and skin delivery of IC31^庐-adjuvanted recombinant HSV-2 gD protein confers protection against genital herpes

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• 作者：Benjamin Wizel^a ; ^{bwizel@hotmail.com} ; ^{bwizel@intercell.com} ; Josefine Persson^b ; Karolina Thö ; rn^b ; Eszter Nagy^a ; Ali M. Harandi^b
• 关键词：Herpes simplex virus ; Genital immunity ; Adjuvant ; Mucosal vaccine ; Immunization routes ; Type 1/type 2 immune responses
• 刊名：Vaccine
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：89_0264410x
• 类别：imm
• 出版时间：19 June, 2012
• 卷：30
• 期：29
• 页码：4361-4368
• 文件大小：683 K

摘要

Genital herpes caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) remains the leading cause of genital ulcers worldwide. Given the disappointing results of the recent genital herpes vaccine trials in humans, development of novel vaccine strategies capable of eliciting protective mucosal and systemic immune responses to HSV-2 is urgently required. Here we tested the ability of the adjuvant IC31^庐 in combination with HSV-2 glycoprotein D (gD) used through intranasal (i.n.), intradermal (i.d.), or subcutaneous (s.c.) immunization routes for induction of protective immunity against genital herpes infection in C57BL/6 mice. Immunization with gD plus IC31^庐 through all three routes of immunization developed elevated gD-specific serum antibody responses with HSV-2 neutralizing activity. Whereas the skin routes promoted the induction of a mixed IgG2c/IgG1 isotype profile, the i.n. route only elicited IgG1 antibodies. All immunization routes were able to induce gD-specific IgG antibody responses in the vaginas of mice immunized with IC31^庐-adjuvanted gD. Although specific lymphoproliferative responses were observed in splenocytes from mice of most groups vaccinated with IC31^庐-adjuvanted gD, only i.d. immunization resulted in a significant splenic IFN-纬 response. Further, immunization with gD plus IC31^庐 conferred 80-100%protection against an otherwise lethal vaginal HSV-2 challenge with amelioration of viral replication and disease severity in the vagina. These results warrant further exploration of IC31^庐 for induction of protective immunity against genital herpes and other sexually transmitted infections.