title: Adjuvant properties of montanide CSA 720 with a recombinant HIV P17 gag protein and synthetic peptide antigens.
abstract: The adjuvant properties of Montanide CSA 720 were assessed in a comparison with alum. BALB/c mice were immunized with recombinant HIV-1 gag protein p17 administered in either of the two adjuvants. The serum antibody response to p17 with Montanide CSA 720 appeared faster and reached a higher titre than with alum. The serum antibody response to p17 in Montanide CSA 720 was further characterized by a higher titre antibody directed against a 30 amino acid segment from the entire protein. The Montanide CSA 720 adjuvant was sufficiently strong to induce an antibody response against a weak synthetic peptide immunogen after two immunizations, while immunization with the peptide in alum generated no detectable serum antibody. The p17-specific proliferative response of splenocytes from animals immunized with recombinant protein in either adjuvant was similar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kirkley
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Naylor
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000534:Alum Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004655:Emulsions; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008899:Mineral Oil; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014764:Viral Proteins; D014867:Water; D054301:gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000534:Alum Compounds; D004655:Emulsions; D000939:Epitopes; D015683:Gene Products, gag; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054301:gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C054858:p17 protein, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1; D014867:Water; C041524:aluminum sulfate; D008899:Mineral Oil