Very small size proteoliposomes derived from Neisseria meningitidis: An effective adjuvant for generation of CTL responses to peptide and protein antigens

Vaccine. 2006 Mar 24;24(14):2692-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.08.111. Epub 2005 Nov 15.

Abstract

The development of potent adjuvants, conditioning innate and adaptative immunity, particularly CTL responses, has become currently a hot point in the rational design of vaccines for cancer immunotherapy. We have described a new approach, in which gangliosides are incorporated into vesicles from Neisseria meningitidis to form Very Small Size Proteoliposomes (VSSP). VSSP is a good alternative to the existing adjuvants for use in whole cells vaccines since it promotes 80% tumour rejection and growing delay in the CT26 and F3II tumour models respectively. Also VSSP induces activation of CTL responses to co-injected trimmed peptides and soluble proteins. This phenomena is facilitated by the cross-presentation of exogenous antigen and do not need cooperation of CD4 T cells for primary CD8 T cells expansion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology
  • Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic
  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
  • Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Neisseria meningitidis / chemistry*
  • Peptides / immunology
  • Proteolipids / administration & dosage*
  • Proteolipids / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology*
  • Vaccines, Subunit / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Subunit / immunology

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Peptides
  • Proteolipids
  • Vaccines, Subunit
  • proteoliposomes