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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters2011

Toward self-adjuvanting subunit vaccines: model peptide and protein antigens incorporating covalently bound toll-like receptor-7 agonistic imidazoquinolines.

Nikunj M Shukla, Tyler C Lewis, Timothy P Day, Cole A Mutz, Rehman Ukani, Chase D Hamilton, Rajalakshmi Balakrishna, Sunil A David

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nikunj M ShuklaDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, United States.
Tyler C Lewis
Timothy P Day
Cole A Mutz
Rehman Ukani
Chase D Hamilton
Rajalakshmi Balakrishna
Sunil A David
University of Kansas · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200900033C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptor (TLR)-7 agonists show prominent Th1-biased immunostimulatory activities. A TLR7-active N(1)-(4-aminomethyl)benzyl substituted imidazoquinoline 1 served as a convenient precursor for the syntheses of isothiocyanate and maleimide derivatives for covalent attachment to free amine and thiol groups of peptides and proteins. 1 was also amenable to direct reductive amination with maltoheptaose without significant loss of activity. Covalent conjugation of the isothiocyanate derivative 2 to α-lactalbumin could be achieved under mild, non-denaturing conditions, in a controlled manner and with full preservation of antigenicity. The self-adjuvanting α-lactalbumin construct induced robust, high-affinity immunoglobulin titers in murine models. The premise of covalently decorating protein antigens with adjuvants offers the possibility of drastically reducing systemic exposure of the adjuvant, and yet eliciting strong, Th1-biased immune responses.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntigensEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImidazolesImmunoglobulinsIsothiocyanatesLactalbuminMiceModels, AnimalModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularMolecular StructurePeptidesQuinolinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntigensImidazolesImmunoglobulinsIsothiocyanatesisothiocyanic acidLactalbuminPeptidesQuinolinesToll-Like Receptor 7Vaccines, Subunit

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PMID21549593
PMCPMC3098923
OpenAlexW2009265378

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