title: Efficacy of HSV-1 ISCOM vaccine in the guinea-pig model of HSV-2 infection.
abstract: The capability of a herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 ISCOM vaccine to protect against intravaginal HSV-2 challenge infection in guinea-pigs is described. The protective efficacy of the HSV-1 ISCOM vaccine is compared with that of a purified, aqueous HSV-1 antigen preparation administered using a similar immunization schedule. The results show that female guinea-pigs immunized with two doses of HSV-1 ISCOM vaccine, each consisting of 20 micrograms of protein given 2 weeks apart responded with high ELISA and neutralization antibody titres, and are almost completely protected against the clinical effects of intravaginal challenge with 10(5.2) TCID50 of HSV-2. This cross-protection is significantly greater than that observed in guinea-pigs immunized with a single dose of HSV-1 ISCOM vaccine, two doses of aqueous HSV-1 antigen preparation or two doses of a mock ISCOM vaccine. However, none of the vaccine preparations completely prevented HSV-2 replication following challenge. Western blot and radioimmunoprecipitation of sera from immunized guinea-pigs show the HSV-1 ISCOM vaccine preparation to contain the major HSV-1 glycoproteins. These findings are discussed in relation to the value and potential use of HSV-1 ISCOM vaccine in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, Medical School, University of Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erturk
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Phillpotts
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D015531:Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014765:Viral Vaccines