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ArticleMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2020

DNA nanovaccines prepared using LemA antigen protect Golden Syrian hamsters against Leptospira lethal infection.

Thaís Larré Oliveira, Kátia Leston Bacelo, Karine Maciel Forster, Vinicius Ilha, Oscar Endrigo Rodrigues, Daiane D Hartwig

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thaís Larré OliveiraUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Kátia Leston BaceloUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Karine Maciel ForsterUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Vinicius IlhaUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Química, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
Oscar Endrigo RodriguesUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Química, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
Daiane D HartwigUniversidade Federal de Pelotas, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3604-0832
Universidade Federal de Pelotas · BRUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNanoparticles (NPs) are viable candidates as carriers of exogenous materials into cells via transfection and can be used in the DNA vaccination strategy against leptospirosis.

objectivesWe evaluated the efficiency of halloysite clay nanotubes (HNTs) and amine-functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes (NH2-MWCNTs) in facilitating recombinant LemA antigen (rLemA) expression and protecting Golden Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) against Leptospira interrogans lethal infection.

methodsAn indirect immunofluorescent technique was used to investigate the potency of HNTs and NH2-MWCNTs in enhancing the transfection and expression efficiency of the DNA vaccine in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Hamsters were immunised with two doses of vaccines HNT-pTARGET/lemA, NH2-MWCNTs-pTARGET/lemA, pTARGET/lemA, and empty pTARGET (control), and the efficacy was determined in terms of humoral immune response and protection against a lethal challenge.

findingsrLemA DNA vaccines carried by NPs were able to transfect CHO cells effectively, inducing IgG immune response in hamsters (p < 0.05), and did not exhibit cytotoxic effects. Furthermore, 83.3% of the hamsters immunised with NH2-MWCNTs-pTARGET/lemA were protected against the lethal challenge (p < 0.01), and 66.7% of hamsters immunised with HNT-pTARGET/lemA survived (p < 0.05). MAIN

conclusionsNH2-MWCNTs and HNTs can act as antigen carriers for mammalian cells and are suitable for DNA nanovaccine delivery.

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AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesCricetinaeDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectLeptospira interrogansLeptospirosisNanoparticlesTranscription FactorsVaccines, DNAAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccineslemA protein, bacterialTranscription FactorsVaccines, DNA

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PMID32321154
PMCPMC7164400
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