Use of alum and inactive Bordetella pertussis for generation of antibodies against synthetic peptides in mice.
We have investigated the efficacy of the combined use of Alum and inactive Bordetella pertussis (iBP) adjuvants for eliciting anti-peptide antibodies. ICR mice were immunized four times at 3-week intervals with each of 7 free (i.e., not conjugated to any carrier) synthetic peptides of 15-17 amino acid residues in Alum + iBP, in the commonly used adjuvant protocols (CFA; CFA (initial) followed by IFA), or in CFA + iBP. Serum samples after 3 and 4 injections were tested by RIA. Use of Alum + iBP greatly increased the production of antibodies for most of the peptides. The results have important implications for human vaccine formulation involving peptides.
Maruta
Takahiro
T
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Oshima
Minako
M
Deitiker
Philip R
PR
Ohtani
Maki
M
Atassi
M Zouhair
MZ
D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000276:immunology; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005620:Freund's Adjuvant / Q000494:pharmacology; D008055:Lipids / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
D000906:Antibodies; D008055:Lipids; D010455:Peptides; C114843:incomplete Freund's adjuvant; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; D005620:Freund's Adjuvant