Abstract
A single-injection vaccine formulation that provides for both a prime and a boost immunization would have various advantages over a multiple-injection regime. For such a vaccine formulation, it is essential that the booster dose is released after a certain, preferably adjustable, lag time. In this study we investigated whether a core-shell based implant, containing ovalbumin as core material and poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) of various monomer ratios as shell material can be used to obtain such a booster release. An in vitro release study showed that the lag time after which the ovalbumin was released from the core-shell implant increased with increasing lactic to glycolic acid ratio of the polymer and ranged from 3-6 weeks. Fluorescence spectroscopy showed minimal differences between native ovalbumin and ovalbumin from core-shell implants that were incubated until just before the observed in vitro release. In addition, mice immunized with a subcutaneous inserted core-shell implant containing ovalbumin showed an ovalbumin-specific IgG1 antibody response after a lag time of 4 or 6-8 weeks. Moreover, delayed release of ovalbumin caused higher IgG1 antibody titers than conventional subcutaneous vaccination with ovalbumin dissolved in PBS. Collectively, these findings could contribute to the further development of a single-injection vaccine, making multiple injections of the vaccine superfluous.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 0202961 |
Pages (from-to) | e0202961 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30-Aug-2018 |
Keywords
- PLGA MICROSPHERES
- IN-VITRO
- VACCINE
- FORMULATION
- DEGRADATION
- INFECTIONS
- MECHANISMS
- POWDER
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Amssoms, K. (Creator), Born, P. (Creator), Beugeling, M. (Creator), De Clerck, B. (Creator), Van Gulck, E. (Creator), Hinrichs, W. (Creator), Frijlink, H. W. (Creator), Grasmeijer, N. (Creator), Kraus, G. (Creator), Sutmuller, R. (Creator), Simmen, K. (Creator) & Baert, L. (Creator), University of Groningen, 17-Aug-2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6979778.v1
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