title: Protection of mice from H5N1 influenza challenge by prophylactic DNA vaccination using particle mediated epidermal delivery.
abstract: Mice were vaccinated with a DNA plasmid encoding the haemagglutinin (HA) antigen of H5N1 influenza A/Vietnam/1194/2004 by particle mediated epidermal delivery (PMED). Vaccination led to potent anti-HA serological responses that were significantly enhanced by the inclusion of a plasmid expressing the A and B subunits of Escherichia coli heat labile enterotoxin (designated DEI-LT). Mice were vaccinated with H5 or H5/DEI-LT and challenged with 100LD50 H5N1 A/Vietnam/1194/2004 virus. Vaccination provided considerable protection, and mice that received two doses (prime-boost) of H5/DEI-LT showed no symptoms of disease post vaccination, did not shed detectable virus and did not show any rise in anti-H5N1 HI titre post challenge, indicating that they were fully protected. These results demonstrate that the PMED technology may hold promise for the prophylaxis of pandemic influenza.
authors.affiliation: PowderMed Ltd., 4 Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA, UK.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topham
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Major
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loudon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D004817:Epidermis; D005260:Female; D006046:Gold; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000276:immunology*; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010957:Plasmids; D014611:Vaccination; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D006046:Gold