title: Dengue tetravalent DNA vaccine inducing neutralizing antibody and anamnestic responses to four serotypes in mice.
abstract: We developed a dengue tetravalent DNA vaccine consisting of plasmids expressing premembrane and envelope genes of each of four serotypes of dengue viruses. BALB/c mice immunized twice with the tetravalent vaccine at a dose of 100 microg (25 microg for each serotype) using a needle-free jet injector developed neutralizing antibodies against all serotypes. There was no interference among the four components included in this combination vaccine. Tetravalent vaccine-immunized mice showed anamnestic neutralizing antibody responses following challenge with each dengue serotype: responses to challenges from serotypes different to those used for neutralization tests were also induced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan. ekon@ams.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kosugi
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Imoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D003715:Dengue / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D017778:Vaccines, Combined / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017778:Vaccines, Combined; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014765:Viral Vaccines