Effects on immunogenicity by formulations of emulsion-based adjuvants for malaria vaccines

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Oct;19(10):1633-40. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00235-12. Epub 2012 Aug 15.

Abstract

New malaria vaccines are urgently needed to improve vaccine protective efficacy. PfCelTOS is a recombinant malaria vaccine antigen that has shown protective efficacy in a small-animal challenge model when combined with a water-in-oil emulsion adjuvant (Montanide ISA 720). In this report, we show that PfCelTOS vaccines containing GLA-SE (a stable oil-in-water emulsion combined with a Toll-like receptor 4 [TLR4] agonist) elicit strong Th1-type immune responses in BALB/c mice. These responses include higher antigen-specific IgG2a antibody titers and more gamma interferon (IFN-γ) production than those seen with a PfCelTOS vaccine containing Montanide ISA 720. Furthermore, reducing the emulsion dose from 2% to 1% or 0.5% (vol/vol) squalene in GLA-SE did not compromise immunogenicity. Emulsion dose titration in the absence of formulated GLA caused some reduction in humoral and cellular immune responses compared to those with the 2% squalene emulsion dose.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic* / administration & dosage
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood*
  • Antigens, Protozoan / immunology
  • Emulsions
  • Female
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Interferon-gamma / blood
  • Malaria Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Malaria Vaccines / immunology*
  • Mannitol / analogs & derivatives
  • Mannitol / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Nanoparticles
  • Oleic Acids / immunology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / immunology*
  • Squalene
  • Th1 Cells / immunology
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / agonists
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / immunology
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Antigens, Protozoan
  • Emulsions
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Malaria Vaccines
  • Oleic Acids
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • mannide monooleate
  • Mannitol
  • Squalene
  • Interferon-gamma