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ArticleACS nano2025

50-Fold Adjuvant and 20-Fold Antigen Vaccine Dose Sparing from Nanoliposome Display of a Stabilized Malarial Protein Antigen.

Yiting Song, Wei-Chiao Huang, Danton Ivanochko, Carole Long, Qinzhe Li, Luwen Zhou, Jean-Philippe Julien, Kazutoyo Miura, Jonathan F Lovell

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Article in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Yiting SongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.
Wei-Chiao HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.
Danton IvanochkoProgram in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2826-8100
Carole LongLaboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, United States.
Qinzhe LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.
Luwen ZhouLaboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, United States.
Jean-Philippe JulienProgram in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada.
Kazutoyo MiuraLaboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4455-2432
Jonathan F LovellDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9052-884X

Funding

Rationally-Designed, Spontaneous-Particleized Pfs48/45 for a Multivalent Malaria VaccineR01AI148557 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI JULIEN, JEAN-PHILIPPE, LOVELL, JONATHAN F · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
Developing a Multivalent Subunit Particle Vaccine Against TuberculosisR33AI169199 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI Jonathan F Lovell, Andres Obregon · 2025 to 2026
$1.9M
Developing a Multivalent Subunit Particle Vaccine Against TuberculosisR61AI169199 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI LOVELL, JONATHAN F, OBREGON, ANDRES · 2022 to 2024
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148557NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI169199NIAID NIH HHS R61 AI169199
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Displaying soluble vaccine protein antigens onto the surface of adjuvanted nanoliposomes can enhance the magnitude of elicited antibody responses. In this study, we examine this approach with respect to dose sparing, for not only the antigen component but also the adjuvant dose in the vaccine. Using a structurally stabilized Pfs48/45 derived malarial protein as a model antigen, we confirmed the protein rapidly displayed on the surface of immunogenic liposomes containing cobalt porphyrin phospholipid (CoPoP; for antigen display via His-tag interaction) along with the immunostimulatory adjuvants monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA) and QS-21. Mice were immunized with a fixed protein antigen dose with varying adjuvant doses to estimate the extent of adjuvant sparing. In mice vaccinated at a fixed protein antigen dose, liposome-bound Pfs48/45 achieved superior antibody IgG titers compared to the soluble (nonbound) form at all assessed adjuvant doses, reflecting MPLA and QS-21 adjuvant dose sparing of at least 50-fold. The primary driver of adjuvant sparing in these conditions was presentation of the antigen in a nanoparticle format, and potent responses were achieved even without co-delivery of antigen and adjuvant within the same particle, provided that adjuvant and liposome-displayed antigen were co-administered to the same injection site. By keeping the adjuvant dose fixed and varying the antigen dose in a comparable experimental design, ∼20-fold antigen dose sparing was observed with liposome display. This case study illustrates the potential of antigen-display nanotechnologies, such as CoPoP nanoliposomes, to achieve substantial adjuvant and antigen dose sparing, which could theoretically facilitate the deployment of future vaccines.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAntigens, ProtozoanLiposomesMalaria VaccinesNanoparticlesProtozoan ProteinsAnimalsFemaleLipid AMiceMice, Inbred BALB CAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntigens, ProtozoanLipid ALiposomesMalaria Vaccinesmonophosphoryl lipid AProtozoan ProteinsAdjuvant SparingAntigen SparingLiposomeMalariaVaccine

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PMID40099532
PMCPMC13644421

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