Patent Application
20250057947
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The present invention relates to the fields of biomedicine technology and vaccine technology, and in particular to the use of trimanganese tetraoxide particles in the preparation of vaccine adjuvants.
Vaccines refer to biological products made from various pathogenic microorganisms for use in vaccination. Since the development of vaccines, the elimination of many diseases such as smallpox has been achieved. Various types of vaccines have been developed to combat infectious diseases such as the novel coronavirus, for example, nucleic acid vaccines, inactivated virus vaccines, recombinant protein vaccines, viral vector vaccines, subunit vaccines. Among them, subunit vaccines are the most studied vaccines due to their safety, wide use, and high degree of customizability. However, subunit vaccines have weak immunogenicity and therefore require repeated administration with the aid of adjuvants. Adjuvants, as nonspecific immunoenhancers, play an important role in inducing effective immune responses after vaccination.
Traditional aluminum adjuvants can induce effective humoral immune responses but are difficult to induce cellular immune responses. There is growing evidence that antibody-and T-cell-mediated immunity is required to effectively protect against the novel coronavirus. However, aluminum adjuvants can only activate humoral immunity and lack mucosal immunity's ability.
Manganese is a nutritional inorganic trace element required for a variety of physiological processes, including development, reproduction, and neuronal function. In recent years, the role of manganese as an immunostimulant has gradually been discovered. Manganese adjuvants can induce the production of type I interferon and cytokines in the absence of any infection; in addition, manganese can also activate the cGAS-STING pathway, inducing humoral and cellular immune responses. Currently, there are reports on the application of divalent manganese and tetravalent manganese as vaccine adjuvants. A Chinese patent discloses the use of divalent manganese in the preparation of a drug for improving innate immunity or/and adaptive immunity; a manganese composition comprising divalent manganese for immune enhancement; and a manganese dioxide nanoadjuvant and a preparation method and use thereof. However, the immune-enhancing effect of simple divalent manganese adjuvants or quadrivalent manganese adjuvants needs to be improved.
CPG ODN (CpG oligonucleotide, or CpG oligodeoxynucleotide) is an artificially synthesized oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) comprising unmethylated cytosine guanine dinucleotide (CpG), which can simulate bacterial DNA to stimulate immune cells of various mammals including humans. It enters through endocytosis, is recognized and bound by TLR9, activates the NF-κB pathway, produces a variety of cytokines, enhances antigen processing and presentation, and induces Th1 immune response. A Chinese patent discloses the immune effect of a divalent manganese adjuvant enhanced by CpG. When this adjuvant is used in a SARS-COV-2 subunit vaccine, the required amount of both Mn and CpG is relatively high (Emerg Microbes Infect 2021, 10 (1), 1555-1573.).
The present invention aims to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art and provide the use of trimanganese tetraoxide particles in the preparation of vaccine adjuvants. The trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvant provided by the present invention can be effectively combined with single-stranded nucleotide adjuvants and can effectively carry immune antigens to obtain an adjuvant composition vaccine (
A first objective of the present invention is to provide use of trimanganese tetraoxide particles in the preparation of a vaccine adjuvant.
A second objective of the present invention is to provide an adjuvant composition.
A third objective of the present invention is to provide a vaccine adjuvant.
A fourth objective of the present invention is to provide a vaccine.
A fifth objective of the present invention is to provide a preparation method of a vaccine.
In order to achieve the above objectives, the present invention is implemented by the following solutions:
Provided is use of trimanganese tetraoxide particles in the preparation of a vaccine adjuvant, wherein the adjuvant is a particulate adjuvant consisting of trimanganese tetraoxide particles externally wrapped with or without an excipient, and the particle size of the particulate adjuvant is 5-3000 nm.
Preferably, the trimanganese tetraoxide particles are externally wrapped with an excipient, and the excipient is one or more of a protein, a polypeptide, a polymer, a nucleic acid, and a polysaccharide. The excipient can react with the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant through non-covalent adsorption or chemically selective covalent modification, so that the excipient is coupled to the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant.
More preferably, the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant is an oligonucleotide comprising CpG ODN.
Further preferably, the oligonucleotide is a DNA fragment, ATP, ADP, or AMP.
Further preferably, the chemically selective covalent modification is based on the chemically selective covalent modification group pairs carried by the excipient and the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant, and the chemically selective covalent modification groups include: maleimide and 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide, succinimide and 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide.
More preferably, the polypeptide is an extracted polypeptide or chemically synthesized polypeptide consisting of different amino acid sequences.
More preferably, the polymer may be polymers having amino groups or carboxyl groups on the surface including polyethylene glycol, polydopamine, or polyethylene glycol.
More preferably, the polysaccharide includes starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin, inulin, agar, or hyaluronic acid.
More preferably, the molar ratio of manganese element in the trimanganese tetraoxide particles to the excipient is (20-4000):1.
Further preferably, the molar ratio of manganese element in the trimanganese tetraoxide particles to the excipient is (20-400):1.
Still further preferably, the molar ratio of manganese element in the trimanganese tetraoxide particles to the excipient is (20-300):1.
Preferably, the trimanganese tetraoxide particles are prepared as follows: an aqueous divalent manganese salt solution is sufficiently mixed with an excipient molecular solution to obtain a mixed solution, which is then mixed with an alkaline solution, allowed to sufficiently react, and purified by dialysis to obtain trimanganese tetraoxide particles.
More preferably, after mixing with the alkaline solution, the pH value of the solution is 6-14.
Further preferably, after mixing with the alkaline solution, the pH value of the solution is 6.5-7.4.
The present invention can give particulate adjuvants of different sizes by changing the molar ratio between Mn2+, excipient and OH−.
More preferably, one or more of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, aqueous ammonia, triethylamine, pyridine, N-methylmorpholine, and tetramethylethylenediamine are used to adjust the pH of the mixed solution.
More preferably, the concentration of the divalent manganese salt in the mixed solution is 0.01-0.5 mmol/mL, and the concentration of the excipient is 0.005-0.000125 mmol/mL.
More preferably, the conditions for sufficient mixing are as follows: the temperature is 30-37° C., and the system is allowed to react with stirring for 0.2-5 h.
More preferably, the conditions for sufficient reaction are as follows: the system is allowed to react at a temperature of 30-37° C. for 0.2-5 h, then heated to 60-95° C. to react with stirring for 0.2-5 h to promote crystal growth and stability.
Provided is an adjuvant composition, wherein the adjuvant complex contains a particulate adjuvant and a single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant, and the particulate adjuvant consists of the trimanganese tetraoxide particles externally wrapped with or without an excipient.
Preferably, the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant is an oligonucleotide comprising CpG ODN.
More preferably, the oligonucleotide is a DNA fragment, ATP, ADP, or AMP.
More preferably, the DNA fragment is a modified DNA fragment or an unmodified DNA fragment.
Further preferably, the modified DNA fragment is a DNA fragment subjected to functionalization of amino, carboxyl, or thiol functional groups, or chemically selective covalent modification groups, including maleimidation, succinimidation, and 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) 3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride functionalization modification, so as to achieve specific binding of the modified DNA to the surface of the trimanganese tetraoxide particles.
The CpG ODN is divided into type A, type B, and type C according to its immunity-inducing strong Th1-type response and cellular immune stimulating activity: type A CpG ODN induces plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) to produce a large amount of weak stimulators of IFN-α and NF-κB; type B CpG ODN strongly activates B cells, but weakly stimulates IFN-α secretion; type C CpG ODN combines the characteristics of type A and type B. The C-type CpG ODN induces strong IFN-α production from pDCs and B cell stimulation.
As a specific embodiment, the single-stranded nucleotide is tcgtcgtttteggcgcgcgccg-SH (SEQ ID NO: 1).
Provided is a vaccine adjuvant, prepared by coupling the particulate adjuvant and the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant in the adjuvant composition in a buffer with a pH of 6 to 9 through chemically selective covalent modification for 0.5-24 h, and then purifying the reaction mixture.
The particulate adjuvant consists of trimanganese tetraoxide particles externally wrapped with an excipient, and the particulate adjuvant is coupled to a single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant through covalent modification; the particulate adjuvant consists of trimanganese tetraoxide particle adjuvant not externally wrapped with an excipient, and the adjuvant is combined with a single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant through adsorption.
Preferably, the coupling by chemically selective covalent modification involves activating the functional groups of the particulate adjuvant and the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant in the adjuvant composition, and then coupling the particulate adjuvant and the single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant by chemically selective covalent modification using the activated functional groups.
More preferably, the activation of functional groups of the particulate adjuvant comprises activating the amino group or the thiol group with N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) or N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide, and adjusting the pH to change the spatial structure of the excipient; the activation of functional groups of the single-stranded nucleotide comprises activating the carboxyl group or the phospholipid group with 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC).
Preferably, the particulate adjuvant and the single-stranded nucleotide are coupled via EDC/NHS reaction, electrostatic or coordination adsorption.
Preferably, the molar ratio of manganese element to the nucleotide adjuvant in the adjuvant composition is 1: (0.001-1000).
Provided is a vaccine, comprising the adjuvant composition and/or the vaccine adjuvant.
Preferably, the adjuvant composition and/or the vaccine adjuvant carry a vaccine antigen.
More preferably, the vaccine antigens include inactivated pathogens or extracted pathogen subunit antigens, recombinant subunit antigens, antigenic epitope peptides, nucleic acid antigens and combinations thereof.
Further preferably, the pathogens include viruses, bacteria and/or parasites. Still further preferably, the pathogens include viruses and/or parasites.
Still further preferably, the virus is selected from a DNA virus or an RNA virus; specifically, the virus is selected from the family Coronavirus, the family Herpesviridae, the family Rhabdoviridae, the family Filoviridae, the family Orthomyxoviridae, the family Paramyxoviridae, the family Picornaviridae, the family Hepadnaviridae, the family Flaviviridae, the family Papillomaviridae, the family Poxviridae, and the family Retroviridae, and more preferably, the virus is selected from one or more of the novel coronavirus, influenza virus, herpes simplex virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, vaccinia virus, HIV and HBV.
Still further preferably, the virus is selected from: novel coronavirus and/or influenza virus.
Still further preferably, the bacteria are selected from Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria, specifically, the bacteria are selected from: one or more of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Salmonella, Neisseria meningitidis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter freundii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Helicobacter pylori.
Still further preferably, the parasite is selected from one or more of Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Trypanosoma, Schistosoma, Filaria and Leishmania.
Provided is a preparation method of a vaccine, comprising sufficiently mixing the adjuvant composition and/or the vaccine adjuvant with a vaccine antigen to obtain the vaccine.
Preferably, the method of sufficiently mixing comprises repeatedly pumping the system with a syringe 50 to 200 times, and after mixing evenly, placing it on a rotary shaker for mixing for 10-60 min.
Preferably, the vaccine antigens include inactivated pathogens or extracted pathogen subunit antigens, recombinant subunit antigens, antigenic epitope peptides, nucleic acid antigens and combinations thereof.
More preferably, the pathogens include viruses, bacteria and/or parasites.
Further preferably, the pathogens include viruses and/or parasites.
Still further preferably, the virus is selected from a DNA virus or an RNA virus; specifically, the virus is selected from the family Coronavirus, the family Herpesviridae, the family Rhabdoviridae, the family Filoviridae, the family Orthomyxoviridae, the family Paramyxoviridae, the family Picornaviridae, the family Hepadnaviridae, the family Flaviviridae, the family Papillomaviridae, the family Poxviridae, and the family Retroviridae, and more preferably, the virus is selected from one or more of the novel coronavirus, influenza virus, herpes simplex virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, vaccinia virus, HIV and HBV.
Still further preferably, the virus is selected from: novel coronavirus and/or influenza virus.
Still further preferably, the bacteria are selected from Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria, specifically, the bacteria are selected from: one or more of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Salmonella, Neisseria meningitidis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter freundii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Helicobacter pylori.
Preferably, the parasite is selected from one or more of Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Trypanosoma, Schistosoma, Filaria and Leishmania.
Preferably, the administration method of the adjuvant vaccine combination reagent includes intramuscular injection, subcutaneous injection, intradermal injection, intravenous injection, mucosal administration and any combination thereof.
Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:
The trimanganese tetraoxide particles provided by the present invention can be effectively combined with a single-stranded nucleotide adjuvant and can effectively carry an immune antigen, and can obtain more excellent immunotherapeutic effects at a smaller antigen dose and a lower injection volume; it can efficiently activate immune cells and achieve balanced humoral and cellular immunity.
The present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and specific examples. The examples are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention. Unless otherwise specified, the experimental methods used in the following examples are all conventional methods; the materials and reagents used are reagents and materials that can be obtained from commercial channels unless otherwise specified.
Main reagent sources:
240 ml of 0.25 mmol/mL aqueous solution of soluble manganese salt MnCl2·4H2O and 1 ml of 0.02 mmol/ml COOH-PEG-MAL and 0.18 mmol/ml mPEG-COOH excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 300:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to a NaOH solution at a rate of 6.9 ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 700 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 6.9.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 34° C. for 30 min, and then heated to 80° C. to react for 3 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
0.5 mmol/ml manganese salt MnCl2·4H2O was dissolved in 250 ml of water, and then added into 3 mmol/ml NaOH at a rate of 3.9 ml/min by a peristaltic pump for mixing and reaction. After the reaction was completed, 0.02 M NaOH was further added to adjust the pH value of the solution to 6.9.
The mixture was stirred at 500 rpm to react at 34° C. for 30 min, and finally heated to 60° C. for reaction for 3 h. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, centrifuged and then washed with 0.5% sodium chloride, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane.
40 ml of 0.1 mmol/mL aqueous manganese sulfate solution and 200 ml of ovalbumin excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution, in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 200:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to a KOH solution at a rate of 3.1 ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 1000 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 7.4.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 30° C. for 60 min, and then heated to 90° C. to react for 2 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
200 ml of 0.2 mmol/mL aqueous manganese nitrate solution and 100 ml of cyclic RGD polypeptide excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution, in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 2:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to a Ca(OH)2 solution at a rate of 5.8 ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 1400 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 6.5.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 20° C. for 90 min, and then heated to 70° C. to react for 5 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
150 ml of 0.6 mmol/mL aqueous manganese acetate solution and 300 ml of starch (5000 Da) excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution, in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 100:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to an aqueous ammonia solution at a rate of 7.2 ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 900 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 7.1.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 35° C. for 40 min, and then heated to 80° C. to react for 2 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
50 ml of 0.1 mmol/mL aqueous manganese chloride solution and 200 ml of aptamer excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution, in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 5:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to a triethylamine solution at a rate of 1.8ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 1400 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 7.0.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 15° C. for 90 min, and then heated to 60° C. to react for 5 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
350 ml of 0.3 mmol/mL aqueous manganese chloride solution and 200 ml of polyethylenimine excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution, in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 50:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to a triethylamine solution at a rate of 4.8 ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 900 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 7.1.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 35° C. for 40 min, and then heated to 90° C. to react for 2 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
450 ml of 0.2 mmol/mL aqueous manganese chloride solution and 300 ml of chitin excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution, in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 250:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to a triethylamine solution at a rate of 6.9 ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 1100 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 6.7.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 25° C. for 80 min, and then heated to 80° C. to react for 2 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
250 ml of 0.5 mmol/mL aqueous manganese chloride solution and 200 ml of glycogen excipient mixed solution were sufficiently mixed to obtain a premixed solution, in which the molar ratio of Mn2+ to the total excipient was 50:1.
Subsequently, the premixed solution was added to a triethylamine solution at a rate of 3.8 ml/min by a peristaltic pump with stirring at 1300 rpm for mixing, and the Ph value of the solution was adjusted to 7.2.
Finally, the mixture was allowed to react at 35° C. for 40 min, and then heated to 90° C. to react for 1 h to promote the growth and stability of the particle crystal form. After the reaction was completed, the mixture was allowed to stand and cool to room temperature, then centrifuged and washed, and finally sterilized by high-pressure steam or by filtration membrane for later use.
(1) At 25° C., the trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvant prepared in each of Example 1 and Example 2 was diluted to a concentration of 10 μg/ml and dropped onto a common carbon support film. The structure of the trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvant was observed under an electron microscope (FEI Company, model Tecnai G2 20S-TWIN).
The results are shown in
As shown in
10 ml of the trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvant prepared in Example 1 with the presence of the excipient was freeze-dried to obtain a powder sample, which was characterized by XRD and then analyzed by Jade.
The results are shown in
At 25° C., the concentration of the trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvants prepared in Examples 1-9 of the present invention was diluted to 10 μg/ml, and the hydrated particle size of the trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvant was tested using a nanoparticle size analyzer (purchased from Malvern, Zetasize analyzer Nano ZS model). The results are shown in Table 1.
Similar to what is shown in the TEM results, the particles prepared in Example 2 without the presence of excipients are compared with the trimanganese tetraoxide particles prepared in Example 1 and Examples 3-9 with the presence of excipients, and due to the presence of excipients, the obtained particles have smaller size, more uniform distribution, better dispersibility, and are more stable in an aqueous solution.
BMDC cells were seeded at 3×105 cells per well in 6-well plates and allowed to grow overnight. Then, the materials of the above-mentioned 6 different experimental group were added respectively, and after further incubation for 24 h, the cells were collected and stained with anti-CD11c, anti-CD80 and anti-CD86, anti-MHC-1, and anti-MHC-II flow staining solutions. The expression levels of co-stimulatory factors CD80, CD86 and antigen recognition signals MHC-1 and MHC-II on the surface of BMDCs were measured by a flow cytometer.
The results are as shown in
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Under the premise of complying with the national animal health protocol, BALB/c mice aged 6 to 8 weeks were selected for vaccination twice. The six vaccines in the above groupings were injected intramuscularly for mouse immunization, 100 μl/mouse, with 5 mice in each group, for a total of seven groups. The day for the first vaccination was set as day 0, that for the second vaccination was set as day 21, and serum samples were collected on days 19, 35, and 56.
B) Detection of IgG titer in Mouse Serum
The IgG titer levels in the serum of mice induced by the vaccines in different experimental groups in step A were evaluated by traditional enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
The mouse serum was serially and proportionally diluted; the diluted serum was added to a 96-well ELISA plate pre-coated with RBD antigen (2 μg/ml) and incubated at 37° C. for 2 h; the system was washed, and then diluted HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG antibody (dilution 1:2000) was added, 100 μl per well. The system was incubated at 37° C. for 1.5 h; washed and then incubated together with TMB colorimetric solution. A stop buffer was added to stop the reaction; and the absorbance at OD450 was read using a microplate reader.
Referring to the above method for testing IgG titer, serum from mice 56 days after immunization in step A of Example 6 of the present invention was collected to evaluate the levels of vaccine-induced cellular immunity and humoral immunity-biased antibodies.
The specific IgG antibody titers of the groups are shown in
As can be seen from
From the antibody results at 56 days, it can be seen that the antibodies produced by the MnCpG-Ag group in Example 12 are 2.2 times that of the Mn2CpG group, indicating that the nanoparticulate adjuvant bound to CpG by covalent modification can produce higher antibody levels than the micro-particulate vaccine bound to CpG by adsorption. In addition, the antibody level of the Mn2CpG-Ag group was twice that of the Mn-Ag group, indicating that even if the adjuvant composition was prepared by adsorption, the antibodies produced were higher than those of the group with a simple trimanganese tetraoxide adjuvant; it can be seen that the combination of CpG and trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvants, whether through adsorption (Example 2) or covalent modification (Example 1), can significantly enhance the synergistic ability of their respective vaccines, and promote higher antibody production levels compared to the simple antigen Ag group and the CpG-Ag group.
The comparison of the balance of cellular and humoral immunity induced by the adjuvant composition vaccine constructed in Example 11 is shown in
The serum samples of mice in the groups 56 days after immunization with the vaccine obtained in step A of Example 12 were subjected to a pseudovirus infection neutralization test. The specific process was as follows: the supernatant comprising the pseudovirus (50 μl; purchased from Sino Biological, catalog number: PSV001) was pre-incubated with serially diluted mouse serum at 37° C. for 1 h, and then added to 293T cells (5×104 cells) expressing ACE2. Fresh medium was added after 24 h, and the cells were lysed using a commercially available cell lysis buffer. After addition of luciferase substrate, relative luciferase activity was measured in a luminometer (Bio-Tech). The pseudovirus neutralization efficiency was calculated and expressed as the 50% neutralizing antibody titer.
The results are shown in
The adjuvant composition MnCpG and the adjuvant composition Mn2CpG prepared in step A or B of the Example 11 were respectively dispersed in physiological saline to prepare a 1 mg/ml solution, 100 microliters of the solution were pipetted, and 5 μg of influenza subunit antigen (referred to as H1N1 HA, purchased from Sino Biological, catalog number 40731-V07H) was added. The system was well mixed by shaking or stirring, placed on a rotary shaker for mixing for 10-60 min to obtain influenza subunit vaccines based on the adjuvant composition of trimanganese tetraoxide particulate adjuvant and CpG adjuvant carrying influenza subunit antigens, MnCpG-HA and Mn2CpG-HA.
The prepared adjuvant composition influenza subunit vaccines MnCpG-HA and Mn2CpG-HA were intramuscularly injected for immunization, and the antigen-specific IgG and IgM antibody titers produced were measured.
The specific procedure is as follows:
The antibody titers in serum were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to evaluate the vaccine-induced IgG and IgM levels in mouse serum.
The experimental results are shown in
The experimental results are shown in
The results in
According to toxoplasmosis-related protection research, the novel dense granulin GRA is one of the main components of the excretory-secretory antigens (ESAs) secreted by the parasite when it actively invades host cells, and is related to the intracellular maintenance of the parasite. Related research shows that it can be used as a vaccine drug.
The experimental mice were randomly divided into groups, with 10 mice in each group:
The adjuvant compositions prepared in Example 16 were each mixed with 10 μg of GRA vaccine drug, the group without the adjuvant composition was used for comparison, and the experimental mice were immunized by injection. Five weeks after the injection, mice in each of the experimental groups were infected with Toxoplasma gondii RH strain. The survival rate of mice in each of the experimental groups was observed and recorded every day. The experimental results are shown in the following table:
From this table, it can be seen that the trimanganese tetraoxide nanoadjuvants constructed in Examples 3 and 4 and the combined nanoadjuvants Mn3ATP and Mn4ADP constructed in Example 16 can significantly enhance the immune effect of the original GRA vaccine.
Finally, it should be noted that the above examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention rather than to limit the protection scope of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other different forms of changes or modifications can be made based on the above descriptions and ideas. It is unnecessary and impossible to list all the embodiments here. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.
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| 202210018495.5 | Jan 2022 | CN | national |
This application is a Continuation Patent Application of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2023/079905, filed on Mar. 6, 2023, which claims priority to and benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202210018495.5, filed on Jan. 7, 2022, the contents of each of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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| Parent | PCT/CN2023/079905 | Mar 2023 | WO |
| Child | 18763977 | US |
