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Enhanced Efficacy of Immunization with a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Multi-Epitope Subunit Vaccine Using Mannan-Decorated Inulin Microparticles

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BACKGROUND:

Despite the many advantages of recombinant subunit vaccines, they have critical weaknesses that include a low efficacy for promoting cellular and humoral immune responses against antigens because of their poor immunogenicity, and a rapidly cleared properties as a result of proteolytic enzymes in the body. To circumvent these problems, we developed mannan-decorated inulin acetate microparticles (M-IA MPs) that functioned as carriers and adjuvants for immunization with the recombinant foot-and-mouth disease multi-epitope subunit vaccine (M5BT).

METHODS:

The M5BT-loaded M-IA MPs were obtained by a double-emulsion solvent-evaporation method. Their properties including morphology, size and release ability were determined by field emission scanning electron microscope, dynamic light-scattering spectrophotometer and spectrophotometer. To assess the immunization efficacy of the MPs, mice were immunized with MPs and their sera were analyzed by ELISA.

RESULTS:

The M-IA MPs obtained by a double-emulsion solvent-evaporation method were spherical and approximately 2–3 µm, and M5BT was encapsulated in the M-IA MPs. The M5BT-loaded M-IA MPs showed higher antigen-specific IgG, IgG1, IgG2a and anti-FMDV antibodies than the M5BT-loaded IA MPs and the Freund’s adjuvant as a control.

CONCLUSION:

The M-IA MPs showed a powerful and multifunctional polymeric system that combined two toll-like receptor agonists compared to the conventional adjuvant.

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This works was founded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Project No. 2016R1D1A1B03933491). The first authors were supported by Brain Korea 21 Plus program.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea

    So-Yeon Yoon, Ho-Bin Lee, Seo-Ho Oh, Whee-Soo Kim, Hui-Shan Li, Chong-Su Cho & Yun-Jaie Choi

  2. Institute of Green-Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 1447 Pyeongchang-daero, Daehwa-myeon, Pyeongchang-Gun, Gangwon-do, 25354, Republic of Korea

    Sang-Kee Kang & Jin-Duck Bok

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Yoon, SY., Kang, SK., Lee, HB. et al. Enhanced Efficacy of Immunization with a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Multi-Epitope Subunit Vaccine Using Mannan-Decorated Inulin Microparticles. Tissue Eng Regen Med 17, 33–44 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13770-019-00228-5

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