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ArticleClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2014

Advax-adjuvanted recombinant protective antigen provides protection against inhalational anthrax that is further enhanced by addition of murabutide adjuvant.

Brandon Feinen, Nikolai Petrovsky, Anita Verma, Tod J Merkel

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Article in Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Brandon FeinenDivision of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Nikolai Petrovsky
Anita Verma
Tod J Merkel
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research · USVaxine (Australia) · AU

Funding

Baboon Research Resource ProgramP40OD010988 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI BANKS, RON E · 2012 to 2018
$9.0M
Novel vaccine adjuvants to counter bioterrorist threatsU01AI061142 · NIAID · FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA · PI PETROVSKY, NIKOLAI · 2005 to 2009
$3.5M
NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200800039CNIAID NIH HHS U01 AI061142NIAID NIH HHS U01AI061142NIH HHS P40 OD010988
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subunit vaccines against anthrax based on recombinant protective antigen (PA) potentially offer more consistent and less reactogenic anthrax vaccines but require adjuvants to achieve optimal immunogenicity. This study sought to determine in a murine model of pulmonary anthrax infection whether the polysaccharide adjuvant Advax or the innate immune adjuvant murabutide alone or together could enhance PA immunogenicity by comparison to an alum adjuvant. A single immunization with PA plus Advax adjuvant afforded significantly greater protection against aerosolized Bacillus anthracis Sterne strain 7702 than three immunizations with PA alone. Murabutide had a weaker adjuvant effect than Advax when used alone, but when murabutide was formulated together with Advax, an additive effect on immunogenicity and protection was observed, with complete protection after just two doses. The combined adjuvant formulation stimulated a robust, long-lasting B-cell memory response that protected mice against an aerosol challenge 18 months postimmunization with acceleration of the kinetics of the anamnestic IgG response to B. anthracis as reflected by ∼4-fold-higher anti-PA IgG titers by day 2 postchallenge versus mice that received PA with Alhydrogel. In addition, the combination of Advax plus murabutide induced approximately 3-fold-less inflammation than Alhydrogel as measured by in vivo imaging of cathepsin cleavage resulting from injection of ProSense 750. Thus, the combination of Advax and murabutide provided enhanced protection against inhalational anthrax with reduced localized inflammation, making this a promising next-generation anthrax vaccine adjuvanting strategy.

Indexed as

Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-IsoglutamineAdjuvants, ImmunologicAlum CompoundsAnimalsAnthraxAnthrax VaccinesAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsFemaleImmunoglobulin GImmunologic MemoryInulinMiceSurvival AnalysisVaccines, SubunitAcetylmuramyl-Alanyl-IsoglutamineAdjuvants, ImmunologicAlum Compoundsaluminum sulfateanthrax toxinAnthrax VaccinesAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial Toxinsdelta inulinImmunoglobulin GInulinmurabutideVaccines, Subunit

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PMID24554695
PMCPMC3993118
OpenAlexW2144669142

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