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Co-delivery of GPI-anchored CCL28 and influenza HA in chimeric virus-like particles induce cross-protective immunity against H3N2 viruses

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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Control Release. 2016 May 10. pii: S0168-3659(16)30286-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.05.021. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Co-delivery of GPI-anchored CCL28 and influenza HA in chimeric virus-like particles induce cross-protective immunity against H3N2 viruses.[/h] Mohan T[SUP]1[/SUP], Kim J[SUP]2[/SUP], Berman Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang S[SUP]2[/SUP], Compans RW[SUP]2[/SUP], Wang BZ[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Influenza infection typically initiates at respiratory mucosal surfaces. Induction of immune responses at the sites where pathogens initiate replication is crucial for the prevention of infection. We studied the adjuvanticity of GPI-anchored CCL28 co-incorporated with influenza HA-antigens in chimeric virus-like particles (cVLPs), in boosting strong protective immune responses through an intranasal (i.n.) route in mice. We compared the immune responses to that from influenza VLPs without CCL28, or physically mixed with soluble CCL28 at systemic and various mucosal compartments. The cVLPs containing GPI-CCL28 showed in-vitro chemotactic activity towards spleen and lung cells expressing CCR3/CCR10 chemokine receptors. The cVLPs induced antigen specific endpoint titers and avidity indices of IgG in sera and IgA in tracheal, lung, and intestinal secretions, significantly higher (4-6 fold) than other formulations. Significantly higher (3-5 fold) hemagglutination inhibition titers and high serum neutralization against H3N2 viruses were also detected with CCL28-containing VLPs compared to other groups. The CCL28-containing VLPs showed complete and 80% protection, when vaccinated animals were challenged with A/Aichi/2/1968/H3N2 (homologous) and A/Philippines/2/1982/H3N2 (heterologous) viruses, respectively. Thus, GPI-anchored CCL28 in influenza VLPs act as a strong immunostimulator at both systemic and mucosal sites, boosting significant cross-protection in animals against heterologous viruses across a large distance.
Copyright ? 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Antibody avidity; Hemagglutination; Influenza; Mucosal adjuvant; Neutralization; Virus-like particles (VLPs)

PMID: 27178810 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
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