title: Development and characterization of anti-idiotype based peptide and DNA vaccines which mimic the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
abstract: Anti-idiotypic antibodies and peptides which mimic antigens may offer an alternate strategy for converting a thymus-independent (TI) antigen to a thymus dependent (TD) antigen. We have developed an anti-idiotype based peptide mimic of the capsular polysaccharide of N. meningitidis serogroup C (MCPS) which induces a T-dependent protective immune response in mice. Subsequent studies have demonstrated that immunization of severe combined immunodeficient mice reconstituted with human B cells respond to immunization with the MCPS peptide mimic with bactericidal anti-polysaccharide directed antibody response. We hypothesized that administration of a DNA vaccine resulting in endogenous expression of this carbohydrate peptide mimic would induce anti-MCPS antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, USA. mwesterink@mco.edu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Westerink
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Smithson
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hutchins
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Widera
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D010455:Peptides; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic