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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2019

Development and evaluation of candidate subunit vaccine against botulinum neurotoxin serotype B.

Dan-Yang Shi, Bo-Yang Chen, Yun-Yun Mao, Guo Zhou, Jian-Sheng Lu, Yun-Zhou Yu, Xiao-Wei Zhou, Zhi-Wei Sun

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Dan-Yang Shia Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.
Bo-Yang Chena Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.
Yun-Yun Maoa Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.
Guo Zhoua Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.
Jian-Sheng Lua Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.
Yun-Zhou Yua Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.
Xiao-Wei Zhoua Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.
Zhi-Wei Suna Department of Protein Engineering , Beijing Institute of Biotechnology , Beijing , China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are potential biological weapons because of their high toxicity and mortality. Vaccination is an effective strategy to prevent botulism. The carboxyl-terminus of the heavy chain (Hc domain) is nontoxic and sufficient to generate protective immune responses against natural BoNTs in animals. To produce a vaccine suitable for human use, a recombinant non His-tagged isoform of the Hc domain of botulinum neurotoxin serotype B (BHc) was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by sequential chromatography. The immunogenicity of recombinant E.coli-expressed BHc and the yeast-expressed mBHc antigens was explored and compared in Balb/c mice. BHc provided comparable protective potency but elicited significantly higher antibody titer and neutralization potency against BoNT/B after twice immunization, indicating that the recombinant BHc protein expressed in E.coli have better immunogenicity than the yeast-expressed mBHc. Moreover, a frequency and dose-dependent effect was observed in mice immunized with BHc subunit vaccine and the anti-BHc ELISA antibody titers correlated well with neutralizing antibody titers and protection potency. In summary, the Alhydrogel-formulated BHc subunit vaccine afforded effective protection against BoNT/B challenge. Therefore, the non-His-tagged and homogeneous BHc expressed in E.coli represents a good potential candidate subunit vaccine for human use.

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Immunogenicity, VaccineAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingBacterial VaccinesBotulinum Toxins, Type ABotulismEscherichia coliFemaleMice, Inbred BALB CSerogroupVaccinationVaccines, SubunitVaccines, SyntheticYeastsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingBacterial VaccinesBotulinum Toxins, Type ArimabotulinumtoxinBVaccines, SubunitVaccines, SyntheticBotulinum neurotoxincandidate subunit vaccineHc domain

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PMID30433836
PMCPMC6988880
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