DNA-mediated immunization of mice with plasmid encoding HBs antigen
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 187-192, 1999.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-149191
ABSTRACT
In order to develop an experimental DNA vaccine for the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus infection, hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) DNA was subcloned into an E. coli-eukaryotic cell shuttle vector and was expressed in the Baculovirus expression system. Intramuscular, intradermal, and intraperitoneal injections of 30 microg of the plasmid DNA expressing HBsAg induced humoral and cellular immune responses in ICR mice. The first IgG antibodies were detected after ten days and specific IgG antibody titers peaked after two months of a single intramuscular DNA injection. Anti-HBs antibody titers gradually increased and peaked at four months following intradermal DNA injection, and in case of intraperitoneal injection they peaked at seven months. Generation of HBs-specific helper T lymphocytes was also investigated through the production of interleukin-2 by T helper cells. Boosting effects of HBs DNA were investigated without much results. In general, DNA-mediated HBs immunization induced humoral and cellular immune responses in mice that appears to simulate immune responses in human during the course of HBV vaccination.
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Main subject:
Plasmids
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Spleen
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DNA, Viral
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Interleukin-2
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Vaccination
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Cloning, Molecular
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Hepatitis B Vaccines
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Vaccines, DNA
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Hepatitis B
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Hepatitis B Antibodies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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