title: Re-formulation of selected DNA vaccine candidates and their evaluation as protein vaccines using a guinea pig aerosol infection model of tuberculosis.
abstract: A selection of previously identified protective Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA vaccines were re-formulated as proteins and administered with a Th1-inducing adjuvant to help stimulate the relevant immune responses necessary for protection. All three candidate-vaccines conferred high levels of antigen-specific cellular and humoral responses, as indicated by lymphocyte proliferation and serum IgG levels. Protective efficacy was also assessed in comparison with the current vaccine, BCG (the 'gold-standard' against which new vaccines are tested), and a saline (negative) control. One candidate (Rv1806-1807) induced protection in the guinea pig aerosol infection model 30 days post-challenge on the basis of reducing the bacterial burden of M. tuberculosis in the lungs.
authors.affiliation: Research Division, Health Protection Agency, Salisbury, UK. julia.vipond@hpa.org.uk
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vipond
authors.forename: Simon O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Graham J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hatch
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vipond
authors.forename: Else
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marie Agger
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tree
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Philip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Marsh
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000939:Epitopes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D022223:Vaccines, Subunit / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000939:Epitopes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D022223:Vaccines, Subunit