title: Enhancing effect of vaxfectin on the ability of a Japanese encephalitis DNA vaccine to induce neutralizing antibody in mice.
abstract: Vaxfectin, a recently developed adjuvant, was evaluated for its enhancing effect on immunogenicity of a Japanese encephalitis (JE) DNA vaccine plasmid encoding the JE virus premembrane (prM) and envelope (E) genes (designated pcJEME), using BALB/c and ICR mice. Formulation of pcJEME with Vaxfectin provided > or =8-fold higher neutralizing antibody titers than those induced by pcJEME alone and reduced the amount of pcJEME to one-tenth to induce comparable levels of neutralizing antibody. Use of Vaxfectin did not alter a Th1 type IgG isotype immune response (IgG1 < IgG2a) induced by pcJEME in mice. These results indicate that Vaxfectin has an ability to enhance immunogenicity of pcJEME and is considered as a useful adjuvant for DNA vaccines in murine experimental models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Chiyoko
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nukuzuma
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ajiro
authors.forename: Carl J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Konishi
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000276:immunology*; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D022321:Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000276:immunology*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D022321:Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; C460866:vaxfectin