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Khan F, Khanam R, Wasim Qasim M, Wang Y, Jiang Z. Improved Synthesis of D‐Isoglutamine: Rapid Access to Desmuramyl Analogues of Muramyl Dipeptide for the Activation of Intracellular NOD2 Receptor and Vaccine Adjuvant Applications. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Farooq‐Ahmad Khan
- Third World Center (TWC) for Chemical Sciences International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences University of Karachi-75270 Pakistan
- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences University of Karachi-75270 Pakistan
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- Third World Center (TWC) for Chemical Sciences International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences University of Karachi-75270 Pakistan
- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences University of Karachi-75270 Pakistan
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- Third World Center (TWC) for Chemical Sciences International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences University of Karachi-75270 Pakistan
- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences University of Karachi-75270 Pakistan
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- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry International Center for Chemical & Biological Sciences University of Karachi-75270 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay Ontario P7B 5E1 Canada
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Guryanova SV, Khaitov RM. Strategies for Using Muramyl Peptides - Modulators of Innate Immunity of Bacterial Origin - in Medicine. Front Immunol 2021; 12:607178. [PMID: 33959120 PMCID: PMC8093441 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.607178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The spread of infectious diseases is rampant. The emergence of new infections, the irrational use of antibiotics in medicine and their widespread use in agriculture contribute to the emergence of microorganisms that are resistant to antimicrobial drugs. By 2050, mortality from antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria is projected to increase up to 10 million people per year, which will exceed mortality from cancer. Mutations in bacteria and viruses are occurring faster than new drugs and vaccines are being introduced to the market. In search of effective protection against infections, new strategies and approaches are being developed, one of which is the use of innate immunity activators in combination with etiotropic chemotherapy drugs. Muramyl peptides, which are part of peptidoglycan of cell walls of all known bacteria, regularly formed in the body during the breakdown of microflora and considered to be natural regulators of immunity. Their interaction with intracellular receptors launches a sequence of processes that ultimately leads to the increased expression of genes of MHC molecules, pro-inflammatory mediators, cytokines and their soluble and membrane-associated receptors. As a result, all subpopulations of immunocompetent cells are activated: macrophages and dendritic cells, neutrophils, T-, B- lymphocytes and natural killer cells for an adequate response to foreign or transformed antigens, manifested both in the regulation of the inflammatory response and in providing immunological tolerance. Muramyl peptides take part in the process of hematopoiesis, stimulating production of colony-stimulating factors, which is the basis for their use in the treatment of oncological diseases. In this review we highlight clinical trials of drugs based on muramyl peptides, as well as clinical efficacy of drugs mifamurtide, lycopid, liasten and polimuramil. Such a multifactorial effect of muramyl peptides and a well-known mechanism of activity make them promising drugs in the treatment and preventing of infectious, allergic and oncological diseases, and in the composition of vaccines.
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- Svetlana V. Guryanova
- Shemyakin–Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biology and General Genetics, Medical Institute, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center – Institute of Immunology of Federal Medico-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Immunology, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia
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Dey AK, Srivastava IK. Novel adjuvants and delivery systems for enhancing immune responses induced by immunogens. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 10:227-51. [DOI: 10.1586/erv.10.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Plummer EM, Manchester M. Viral nanoparticles and virus-like particles: platforms for contemporary vaccine design. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 3:174-196. [PMID: 20872839 PMCID: PMC7169818 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Current vaccines that provide protection against infectious diseases have primarily relied on attenuated or inactivated pathogens. Virus‐like particles (VLPs), comprised of capsid proteins that can initiate an immune response but do not include the genetic material required for replication, promote immunogenicity and have been developed and approved as vaccines in some cases. In addition, many of these VLPs can be used as molecular platforms for genetic fusion or chemical attachment of heterologous antigenic epitopes. This approach has been shown to provide protective immunity against the foreign epitopes in many cases. A variety of VLPs and virus‐based nanoparticles are being developed for use as vaccines and epitope platforms. These particles have the potential to increase efficacy of current vaccines as well as treat diseases for which no effective vaccines are available. WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 2011 3 174–196 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.119 This article is categorized under:
Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Nanomedicine for Infectious Disease
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- Emily M Plummer
- Cell Biology Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Treanor JJ. Viral infections of the respiratory tract: prevention and treatment. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2010; 4:1-22. [PMID: 18611586 DOI: 10.1016/0924-8579(94)90060-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/11/1993] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The rapid discovery of specific viral agents as the cause of many acute respiratory diseases was accompanied by considerable optimism that vaccines or other control measures could be developed quickly. Subsequent experience has demonstrated that effective control of these important public health problems has been an elusive goal. However, recent exciting developments in our understanding of the molecular biology and immunology of these viruses may provide the basis for more effective strategies in the future.
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- J J Treanor
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Sifontes-Rodríguez S, Infante-Bourzac JF, Díaz-Rivero D, López-Feria Y, Pérez-Pérez M, Sosa-Roble E, Pérez-Amat V, López-Hernández Y, Álvarez-Figueredo E, Martínez-Rodríguez JC, Fariñas-Medina M, Hernández-Salazar T, Tamayo-García Y, Valdés-Abreu Y, Ponce-Collera A, Rodríguez-Pérez N. Repeated Dose Toxicity Study of a Live Attenuated Oral Cholera Vaccine in Sprague Dawley Rats. Arch Med Res 2009; 40:527-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2009.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yang HZ, Xu S, Liao XY, Zhang SD, Liang ZL, Liu BH, Bai JY, Jiang C, Ding J, Cheng GF, Liu G. A novel immunostimulator, N-[alpha-O-benzyl-N-(acetylmuramyl)-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl]-N6-trans-(m-nitrocinnamoyl)-L-lysine, and its adjuvancy on the hepatitis B surface antigen. J Med Chem 2005; 48:5112-22. [PMID: 16078831 DOI: 10.1021/jm0493313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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N(2)-[alpha-O-benzyl-N-(acetylmuramyl)-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl]-N(6)-trans-(m-nitrocinnamoyl)-L-lysine (muramyl dipeptide C, or MDP-C) has been synthesized as a novel, nonspecific immunomodulator. The present study shows that MDP-C induces strong cytolytic activity by macrophages on P388 leukemia cells and cytotoxic activity by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) on P815 mastocytoma cells. Our results also indicate that MDP-C is an effective stimulator for production of interleukin-2 and interleukin-12 by murine bone marrow derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) and production of interferon-gamma by CTLs. Additionally, MDP-C increases the expression levels of several surface molecules, including CD11c, MHC class I, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in BMDCs. Moreover, MDP-C remarkably enhances the immune system's responsiveness to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in hepatitis B virus transgenic mice for both antibody production and specific HBsAg T-cell responses ex vivo. Our results indicate that MDP-C is an apyrogenic, nonallergenic, and low-toxicity immunostimulator with great potential for diagnostic, immunotherapeutic, and prophylactic applications in diseases such as hepatitis B and cancers.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/adverse effects
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/analogs & derivatives
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/chemical synthesis
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/pharmacology
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/adverse effects
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/chemical synthesis
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Bone Marrow Cells/drug effects
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- CD11c Antigen/biosynthesis
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Dendritic Cells/drug effects
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Hepatitis B/immunology
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/immunology
- Hepatitis B Vaccines/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/biosynthesis
- In Vitro Techniques
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-12/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Rabbits
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Toxicity Tests, Acute
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- Hong-Zhen Yang
- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, P. R. China
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Interest in vaccine adjuvants is intense and growing, because many of the new subunit vaccine candidates lack sufficient immunogenicity to be clinically useful. In this review, I have emphasized modern vaccine adjuvants injected parenterally, or administered orally, intranasally, or transcutaneously with licensed or experimental vaccines in humans. Every adjuvant has a complex and often multi-factorial immunological mechanism, usually poorly understood in vivo. Many determinants of adjuvanticity exist, and each adjuvanted vaccine is unique. Adjuvant safety is critical and can enhance, retard, or stop development of an adjuvanted vaccine. The choice of an adjuvant often depends upon expensive experimental trial and error, upon cost, and upon commercial availability. Extensive regulatory and administrative support is required to conduct clinical trials of adjuvanted vaccines. Finally, comparative adjuvant trials where one antigen is formulated with different adjuvants and administered by a common protocol to animals and humans can accelerate vaccine development.
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- Robert Edelman
- Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.
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Greenbaum E, Furst A, Kiderman A, Stewart B, Levy R, Schlesinger M, Morag A, Zakay-Rones Z. Mucosal [SIgA] and serum [IgG] immunologic responses in the community after a single intra-nasal immunization with a new inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine. Vaccine 2002; 20:1232-9. [PMID: 11803086 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(01)00396-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Influenza morbidity affects entire populations, imposing an enormous burden in economic terms from working days lost. Protection afforded by current vaccines is often unsatisfactory and many individuals remain averse to injections. To counter these drawbacks, we tested an inactive intra-nasal trivalent influenza vaccine on 182 vaccinated and 92 placebo subjects in the community. On study completion 73 and 66% of the subjects were immune to the vaccine's two A strains, 40% (> or=1:40) and 65% (> or=1:20) to its B strain; 30-40% demonstrated a 4x hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) titer increase; GMT titers increased 2.2-2.5x. About 50% of those initially non-immune became immune. A local antibody response to the three vaccine strains was recorded in 31-44% of vaccinees in which 57, 68 and 54% exhibited a mucosal and/or serum antibody response to the A/Johannesburg, A/Nanchang and B/Harbin strains, respectively. A higher dose (40mg) of A/Johannesburg in the vaccine did not influence response. The new vaccine was safe, without side-effects, and offered reasonable protection after one dose. It could thus play an important role in increasing enrollment into immunization programs.
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- Evgenia Greenbaum
- Department of Virology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Respiratory tract viruses are particularly significant causes of illness and death in children and in the elderly. Vaccines offer the possibility of decreasing the severity and complications of viral respiratory disease, but development has been delayed by numerous factors. First, there are more than 200 serologically distinct RNA and DNA virus species and strains which cause an essentially similar spectrum of disease. Some re-infect at high efficiency despite little antigenic variation, while others exhibit extensive coat protein variability. Vaccine candidates show variable efficacy in partially immune adults, the immunocompromised and the elderly, and may be ineffective or pathogenic in neonates or in the presence of maternal antibodies. However, effective childhood vaccines are essential to prevent severe disease due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza and to reduce virus transmission to adults. A number of promising vaccines are in clinical trial, and it is likely that vaccines against RSV and parainfluenza will be licensed within the next 5-10 years. Mucosal delivery and the use of novel adjuvants offers the prospect of better vaccines against influenza. The ultimate goal is to develop multivalent mucosal vaccines offering protection against a spectrum of respiratory infections.
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- Wieslawa Olszewska
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wright Fleming Institute for Infection and Immunity, National Heart and Lung Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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Guy B, Pascal N, Françon A, Bonnin A, Gimenez S, Lafay-Vialon E, Trannoy E, Haensler J. Design, characterization and preclinical efficacy of a cationic lipid adjuvant for influenza split vaccine. Vaccine 2001; 19:1794-805. [PMID: 11166905 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00386-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We prepared a series of cationic lipid vesicles comprising a cationic cholesterol derivative, DC-Chol with or without a neutral phospholipid, DOPC or DOPE. The vesicles were tested for their ability to bind and adjuvant split inactivated influenza vaccines. We found that DC-Chol-containing liposomes are capable to strongly bind influenza vaccine antigens upon simple mixing with the vaccine. The resulting formulations induced robust anti-influenza immune responses both after s.c. and i.n. administration in BALB/c mice while neutral Cholesterol/DOPC liposomes displayed virtually no stable antigen binding and no adjuvant effect. The parenteral adjuvant effect of DC-Chol on trivalent split influenza vaccines was then confirmed in outbred mice and monkeys. Among the most potent formulations tested, a simple mixture of the vaccine with a microfluidized dispersion of DC-Chol in an aqueous buffer is being considered for further development to produce an improved influenza vaccine.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Administration, Intranasal
- Animals
- Animals, Outbred Strains
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Cations/administration & dosage
- Cations/immunology
- Cations/metabolism
- Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
- Cholesterol/administration & dosage
- Cholesterol/analogs & derivatives
- Cholesterol/chemistry
- Cholesterol/immunology
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- Drug Design
- Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
- Female
- Glycerophospholipids/administration & dosage
- Haplorhini/immunology
- Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/immunology
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunity, Mucosal/immunology
- Influenza Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Influenza Vaccines/chemistry
- Influenza Vaccines/immunology
- Influenza Vaccines/metabolism
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Liposomes/administration & dosage
- Liposomes/chemistry
- Liposomes/immunology
- Liposomes/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Particle Size
- Phosphatidylcholines/administration & dosage
- Phosphatidylethanolamines
- Static Electricity
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- B Guy
- Aventis Pasteur, Campus Mérieux, 1541 Avenue Marcel Mérieux 69280, Marcy l'Etoile, France
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Liu G, Zhang SD, Xia SQ, Ding ZK. Solid-phase synthesis of muramyl dipeptide (MDP) derivatives using a multipin method. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2000; 10:1361-3. [PMID: 10890164 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00241-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Solid-phase synthetic method of muramyl dipeptide derivatives is reported. A diverse library of muramyl dipeptides could be potentially synthesized by acylation, reductive alkylation, sulfonamide formation, urea formation, N-alkylation, amine addition, or component Ugi reactions based on this method for drug screening.
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- G Liu
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, China.
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Viral respiratory infections represent a significant challenge for those interested in improving the health of the elderly. Influenza continues to result in a large burden of excess morbidity and mortality. Two effective measures, inactivated influenza vaccine, and the antiviral drugs rimantadine and amantadine, are currently available for control of this disease. Inactivated vaccine should be given yearly to all of those over the age of 65, as well as younger individuals with high-risk medical conditions and individuals delivering care to such persons. Live, intranasally administered attenuated influenza vaccines are also in development, and may be useful in combination with inactivated vaccine in the elderly. The antiviral drugs amantadine and rimantadine are effective in the treatment and prevention of influenza A, although rimantadine is associated with fewer side-effects. Recently, the inhaled neuraminidase inhibitor zanamivir, which is active against both influenza A and B viruses, was licensed for use in uncomplicated influenza. The role of this drug in treatment and prevention of influenza in the elderly remains to be determined. Additional neuraminidase inhibitors are also being developed. In addition, to influenza, respiratory infections with respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, rhinovirus, and coronavirus have been identified as potential problems in the elderly. With increasing attention, it is probable that the impact of these infections in this age group will be more extensively documented. Understanding of the immunology and pathogenesis of these infections in elderly adults is in its infancy, and considerable additional work will need to be performed towards development of effective control measures.
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- J Treanor
- Infectious Disease Unit, University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY 14642, USA.
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Christodoulides M, Rattue E, Heckels JE. Effect of adjuvant composition on immune response to a multiple antigen peptide (MAP) containing a protective epitope from Neisseria meningitidis class 1 porin. Vaccine 1999; 18:131-9. [PMID: 10501243 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00190-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A variety of adjuvants with the potential for use with experimental human vaccines were used for immunisation of mice, in an attempt to augment the humoral immune response to a multiple antigen peptide (MAP) containing a protective epitope from the sero-subtype specific class 1 porin protein of Neisseria meningitidis, in tandem with a Th-cell epitope. Surface plasmon resonance showed that combinations of the immunomodulators pluronic block co-polymer, muramyl dipeptide and monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), increased the magnitude and avidity of the immune response in comparison with both Al(OH)3 and Freund-type adjuvants. In addition, the incorporation of MPL was essential for the induction of a broad distribution of antibody isotypes. The antibodies induced recognised the native protein in meningococcal outer membranes in a subtype-specific manner. The formulations containing these multiple immunomodulators which have already been used in human phase I/II trials with experimental vaccines, are candidates for inclusion in future human vaccines based on synthetic peptides containing defined, protective epitopes.
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- M Christodoulides
- Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
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Pabst MJ, Beranova-Giorgianni S, Krueger JM. Effects of muramyl peptides on macrophages, monokines, and sleep. Neuroimmunomodulation 1999; 6:261-83. [PMID: 10393513 DOI: 10.1159/000026384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Muramyl peptides are fragments of peptidoglycan from the cell walls of bacteria. Because of their unique chemistry, the immune system recognizes that muramyl peptides are products of bacteria, and it responds by becoming activated to resist infection. This resistance to infection is nonspecific, and extends to unrelated species of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. A key mechanism of the resistance to infection is activation of macrophages. Macrophage activation results in increased production of microbicidal oxygen radicals like superoxide and peroxide, and in increased secretion of inflammatory cytokines like interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. These cytokines, besides activating neutrophils, B lymphocytes, and T lymphocytes, act on the central nervous system to induce physiological responses like fever and sleep. These physiological responses also aid in combating infection. Muramyl peptides also activate macrophages and other cells of the immune system to kill cancer cells. Muramyl peptides and similar agents will become more important as therapeutic agents in the future, due to increasing resistance of microbes to antibiotics, and increasing numbers of patients with immunodeficiencies.
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- M J Pabst
- Departments of Biochemistry and Oral Biology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA.
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Barchfeld GL, Hessler AL, Chen M, Pizza M, Rappuoli R, Van Nest GA. The adjuvants MF59 and LT-K63 enhance the mucosal and systemic immunogenicity of subunit influenza vaccine administered intranasally in mice. Vaccine 1999; 17:695-704. [PMID: 10067675 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(98)00252-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Commercial influenza vaccines generate serum antibody, but not local IgA. Influenza vaccines that induce both serum and secretory antibody are more likely to protect against infection and disease progression. The adjuvants MF59 and LT-K63 were tested intramuscularly and intranasally with subunit HA. In naive mice, intranasal adjuvant effect was more apparent when included with the first than second immunization. In previously infected mice, intranasal adjuvants had little effect on serum antibodies and were most effective for nasal antibodies after the second immunization. Overall, both adjuvants enhanced anti-HA IgA and IgG by intranasal vaccination whereas, by intramuscular vaccination, they only enhanced serum IgG.
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Cataldo DM, Van Nest G. The adjuvant MF59 increases the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of subunit influenza vaccine in mice. Vaccine 1997; 15:1710-5. [PMID: 9364672 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(97)00115-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of influenza vaccine with and without the adjuvant MF59 was determined in mice. The addition of MF59 significantly increased the antibody response to the vaccine antigens over a wide dose range. Equivalent antibody titres were seen using 50- to 200-fold lower antigen concentrations when combined with MF59 compared with vaccine alone. The humoral response was sustained for at least 6 months after immunization. The addition of MF59 increased the protective efficacy of the vaccine: the amount of live virus detectable in the lungs of mice challenged with virus 1-6 months after immunization was reduced and the rate of survival was significantly increased. Influenza vaccine combined with MF59 gave full protection from viral challenge at antigen doses 65- to 80-fold lower than with vaccine alone.
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- D M Cataldo
- Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
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Higgins DA, Carlson JR, Van Nest G. MF59 adjuvant enhances the immunogenicity of influenza vaccine in both young and old mice. Vaccine 1996; 14:478-84. [PMID: 8782343 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(95)00240-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The responses of young (8 week) and old (18 month) mice to influenza vaccine with and without the potent emulsion adjuvant MF59 were compared. In influenza naive mice, vaccine-specific antibody and T-cell proliferation were significantly lower in the old group compared to the young group. Post-immunization cytokine levels and antibody isotype profiles were different in the old compared to the young mice. The addition of the adjuvant MF59, a submicron oil-in-water emulsion composed of 5% v/v squalene, 0.5% v/v Tween 80 and 0.5% v/v Span 85, significantly increased the immune responses of both the young and old naive mice to the vaccine. The responses of the old mice given adjuvant increased to levels equivalent to those of young mice with vaccine alone. In mice previously infected with influenza virus, similarly depressed immune responses to vaccination were detected in the old mice. While the addition of MF59 to the vaccine had little effect on antibody titres of the previously infected young mice, the adjuvant significantly increased the antibody responses of the previously infected old mice. These results suggest that influenza vaccine combined with MF59 may significantly improve immune responses of elderly humans to influenza vaccination.
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- D A Higgins
- Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
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Kersten GF, Crommelin DJ. Liposomes and ISCOMS as vaccine formulations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1241:117-38. [PMID: 7640293 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(95)00002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- G F Kersten
- Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Department of Product and Process Development, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Alving CR, Koulchin V, Glenn GM, Rao M. Liposomes as carriers of peptide antigens: induction of antibodies and cytotoxic T lymphocytes to conjugated and unconjugated peptides. Immunol Rev 1995; 145:5-31. [PMID: 7590830 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1995.tb00075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the quest for effective immunization against complex diseases such as cancer, parasitic diseases, AIDS, and other viral infections, numerous peptides and recombinant proteins have been synthesized, examined for the ability to induce antibodies and CTLs, and tested for binding capability and therapeutic or prophylactic efficacy against the original target cell or organism. A liposome formulation, consisting of alum-adsorbed liposomes containing both a potent adjuvant, lipid A, and encapsulated or surface bound antigen, has had a record of safety and strong effectiveness for induction of antibodies in human vaccine trials. These same liposomes can also serve as effective vehicles for delivering conjugated or unconjugated peptides and proteins to antigen presenting cells for presentation via MHC class I and class II pathways for induction of CTLs and antibodies in experimental animal models. Liposomal lipid A appears to be extremely important, and is often a requirement, as an adjuvant for induction of CTLs against liposomal peptide antigens. Computer-generated molecular modelling analysis of small unconjugated or lipid-conjugated peptides strongly suggests that the expression of peptide antigen on the surface of the liposomes can be an important factor both in the induction of antibodies and in determining antibody specificities to small peptides. However, antigenic surface expression of liposomal peptide is not required for induction of CTLs. The data suggest that small synthetic peptides, synthesized with or without a lipid tail, or chemically conjugated to the surface of liposomes, might serve as effective antigenic epitopes, in combination with liposomal lipid A for induction of antibodies and CTLs.
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Affiliation(s)
- C R Alving
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100, USA
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Alving CR. Liposomal vaccines: clinical status and immunological presentation for humoral and cellular immunity. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1995; 754:143-52. [PMID: 7625648 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb44447.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Liposomes have been proposed as vehicles for vaccines against parasitic and viral illnesses. Experimental vaccines against malaria, HIV, hepatitis A, and influenza virus have been shown to be safe and highly immunogenic in several human trials. Analysis of the intracellular trafficking patterns of liposomal antigen reveals that after being phagocytosed by macrophages, liposomal antigen readily escapes from endosomes into the cytoplasm of the macrophages. It is proposed that liposomal peptide antigen can enter either the Golgi apparatus or the endoplasmic reticulum and thereby interact with MHC class II or class I molecules. The intracellular cytoplasmic trafficking patterns of liposomal antigens raise the possibility that liposomes may have utility in human vaccines for induction of either humoral immunity or cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
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Affiliation(s)
- C R Alving
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100, USA
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Yoo YC, Saiki I, Sato K, Azuma I. MDP-Lys(L18), a lipophilic derivative of muramyl dipeptide, inhibits the metastasis of haematogenous and non-haematogenous tumours in mice. Vaccine 1994; 12:175-60. [PMID: 8147100 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(94)90057-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The antimetastatic effects of MDP-Lys(L18), a lipophilic derivative of muramyl dipeptide (MDP), against three different types of highly metastatic murine tumour cells, B16-BL6 melanoma, colon 26-M3.1 carcinoma and L5178Y-ML25 T lymphoma, were examined in C57BL/6, Balb/c and CDF1 mice, respectively. The administration of 100 micrograms of MDP-Lys(L18) 2 or 4 days before tumour inoculation led to a significant decrease in lung metastasis of B16-BL6 melanoma or colon 26-M3.1 carcinoma cells. MDP-Lys(L18) was also effective in the inhibition of liver metastasis of L5178Y-ML25 lymphoma cells by administration 2 or 4 days before tumour inoculation. The prophylactic effect of 100 micrograms of MDP-Lys(L18) on tumour metastasis was evident for the different administration routes, i.e. subcutaneous, intravenous or intranasal injection, or oral administration. It is of prime interest that oral administration of 1 mg of MDP-Lys(L18) induced a significant decrease in lung metastasis of B16-BL6 melanoma cells. Administration of MDP-Lys(L18) 4 days before assay led to induction of tumoricidal activity by peritoneal macrophages and growth inhibition by the sera against B16-BL6 or L929 cells. When MDP-Lys(L18) was subcutaneously administered five times after tumour inoculation to test therapeutic effect in an experimental and spontaneous metastasis model using B16-BL6 melanoma, the consecutive administrations of MDP-Lys(L18) significantly inhibited lung metastasis in tumour-bearing mice. These results suggest that MDP-Lys(L18) is able to enhance host resistance to reduce tumour metastasis and is a potent immunomodulating agent which may be applied prophylactically or therapeutically for the treatment of cancer metastasis.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/administration & dosage
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/analogs & derivatives
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/pharmacology
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Female
- Immunotherapy
- Leukemia L5178/immunology
- Leukemia L5178/therapy
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/prevention & control
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/secondary
- Lung Neoplasms/prevention & control
- Lung Neoplasms/secondary
- Macrophage Activation
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/secondary
- Melanoma, Experimental/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology
- Neoplasms, Experimental/secondary
- Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy
- Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
- Splenic Neoplasms/prevention & control
- Splenic Neoplasms/secondary
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- Y C Yoo
- Institute of Immunological Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Azuma I. Synthetic immunoadjuvants: application to non-specific host stimulation and potentiation of vaccine immunogenicity. Vaccine 1992; 10:1000-6. [PMID: 1471423 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(92)90108-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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It is well recognized that immunoadjuvants mainly play two roles; non-specific stimulation of host resistance against infections and cancer, and the potentiation of vaccine immunogenicity. This article reviews the recent results of the development of synthetic immunoadjuvants in our laboratory with special reference to muramyldipeptide (MDP), trehalose dimycolate (TDM), lipid A, chitin and their related compounds. The usefulness of MDP derivative MDP-Lys(L18), which has recently gone on the market as a haematopoietic agent for restoration of leukopenia in cancer patients treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is reviewed. The various approaches to application of synthetic immunoadjuvants to the potentiation of vaccine immunogenicity, including adjuvant formulation, are also discussed.
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- I Azuma
- Institute of Immunological Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Yoo YC, Saiki I, Sato K, Azuma I. B30-MDP, a synthetic muramyl dipeptide derivative for tumour vaccination to enhance antitumour immunity and antimetastatic effect in mice. Vaccine 1992; 10:792-7. [PMID: 1441733 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(92)90515-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The effect of a muramyl dipeptide derivative (B30-MDP) on the augmentation of antitumour immunity against highly metastatic L5178Y-ML25 mouse lymphoma cells was examined in CDF1 (Balb/c x DBA/2) mice. Mice immunized with a mixture of X-irradiated tumour cells (10(3)) and B30-MDP (100 micrograms) on 7 days prior to challenge by viable tumour cells displayed a significant decrease in metastasis towards the target organs, liver and spleen, compared with that of untreated mice. Immunization of mice with the mixture on day 5 or 7 after tumour challenge, when the level of glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) in sera of mice inoculated with viable tumour cells was observed to be normal, caused less metastasis than immunization with X-irradiated tumour cells alone. Sensitization with X-irradiated tumour cells admixed with B30-MDP induced almost two times higher cytotoxicity of spleen cells against L5178Y-ML25 lymphoma cells than sensitization with X-irradiated tumour cells without B30-MDP. In contrast, cytotoxic activity of spleen cells against another target, L1210 lymphoma cells derived from BDF1 mice, was not observed by immunization with X-irradiated L5178Y-ML25 cells with or without B30-MDP. Specific lysis by splenic cells of the immunized mice against L5178Y-ML25 cells decreased to the normal level when T cells were deleted from the immunized spleen cells by the treatment of rabbit anti-mouse Thy1.2 antibody and rabbit complement. These results indicate that B30-MDP is able to augment a specific tumour immunity due to the enhancement of cytotoxicity mediated by T lymphocytes, and is useful as an immunopotentiating agent for active immunization of inactivated tumour cells.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/analogs & derivatives
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/immunology
- Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/pharmacology
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Leukemia L5178/immunology
- Leukemia L5178/prevention & control
- Leukemia L5178/therapy
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/secondary
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/prevention & control
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/therapy
- Mice
- Neoplasm Metastasis/prevention & control
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Spleen
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/radiation effects
- Vaccines, Synthetic/therapeutic use
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Affiliation(s)
- Y C Yoo
- Institute of Immunological Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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