title: A single administration of tetanus toxoid in biodegradable microspheres elicits T cell and antibody responses similar or superior to those obtained with aluminum hydroxide.
abstract: The use of biodegradable polymer microspheres as a single dose vaccine delivery system was investigated by using tetanus toxoid (TT). In order to compare the immunogenicity of TT-microspheres (TT-MS) with aluminum hydroxide (alum)-based TT, BALB/c mice were immunized with TT in different formulations including individual or mixtures of MS and TT-alum. All TT-MS formulations elicited high proliferative and antibody responses comparable to those obtained with TT-alum formulation. Antibody levels remained elevated over a long period of time. Certain individual MS preparations elicited lower antibody titers than the MS mixtures. More importantly, the proliferative and antibody responses induced by a single injection of three TT-MS mixtures with different particle sizes and degradation rates were similar to those obtained with three injections of TT-alum. In addition, TT-MS induce similar isotypesubclass antibodies to those TT-alum induced. These results raise the possibility to obtain optimal and long-lasting immune responses by single administration of the three TT-MS mixture formulations alone.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Men
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomasin
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Merkle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gander
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corradin
mesh_terms: D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D007114:Immunization; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008863:Microspheres; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide