title: Selection of an adjuvant for vaccination with the malaria antigen, MSA-2.
abstract: Various formulations of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen, MSA-2, were made and tested in animals in order to select one for use in human vaccine trials. Recombinant constructs representing both major allelic forms of MSA-2 were formulated with a range of adjuvants and used to immunize rabbits, mice and sheep. After immunization, antibody responses obtained with the most potent adjuvants were at least tenfold greater than responses obtained with the least potent adjuvant Alhydrogel, which was used as the reference standard, although its lower potency indicated against its further use in clinical trials. Based on broadly similar results obtained with the three animal species, several adjuvants, including the water-in-oil adjuvant Montanide ISA 720, the oil-in-water adjuvant SAF-1, and liposomes containing lipid A formulated with Alhydrogel were demonstrated to be potent and potentially suitable for the clinical evaluation of MSA-2 as a candidate malaria vaccine antigen. Of these, ISA 720 was selected for further trial.
authors.affiliation: CSL Ltd., Parkville, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pye
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Vandenberg
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Irving
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Goss
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Woodrow
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saul
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Alving
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Ballou
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skoff
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Anders
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012756:Sheep; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D017780:Malaria Vaccines; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C065974:merozoite surface protein 2, Plasmodium