转基因植物疫苗研究策略

利用转基因植物作为生物反应器生产疫苗受到越来越多的关注。对转基因植物疫苗的研究、生产策略进行了介绍 ,重点对提高植物疫苗表达所采用的生物技术策略进行综述 ,探讨转基因植物疫苗的发展及面临的问题。     

疫苗生产的新途径——转基因植物

与发酵生产方式相比,转基因植物疫苗生产技术具有高效、经济和简便等特点。植物表达系统生产外源蛋白一般采用两种方式：（１）编码外源抗原基因与植物基因组稳定整合;（２）利用植物病毒载体,使外源蛋白在植物细胞中瞬时表达。植物系统生产的抗原疫苗可保持自然免疫原性质,口服后能够诱发体液和粘膜免疫反应。     

转基因植物作为生物反应器在疫苗生产中的应用

对转基因植物生产口服疫苗的发展、优点与作用机理、方法原理进行介绍,概述当前各种转基因植物疫苗的研究现状,指出了转基因植物疫苗研究面临的问题与前景 。     

应用植物表达系统生产疫苗的研究概况

随着重组DNA技术、植物转基因技术和分子植物病毒学的迅猛发展,使得应用植物作为疫苗抗原的表达载体成为可能。本对应用转基因植物和基于植物的病毒载体两种植物表达系统生产疫苗抗原的研究概况进行了评述。     

转基因苜蓿口服疫苗的研究和应用

随着植物转基因技术的成熟,利用转基因牧草生产人或动物可食性疫苗更成为当今研究的热点.苜蓿以其营养价值高,粗蛋白、维生素和矿物质含量丰富,氨基酸平衡、适口性好等优点,成为研制植物口服疫苗最为理想的生物反应器.该文分别从植物口服疫苗的优点、苜蓿的遗传转化技术、外源基因在转基因苜蓿中的表达水平及免疫效果等,介绍国内外以苜蓿作为受体生产植物可食疫苗的研究进展,指出研究中存在的问题,并展望其广阔的应用前景.     

利用转基因植物生产口服疫苗的研究现状

本文概述了利用转基因植物生产口服疫苗的研究现状。分别对转基因植物生产口服疫苗的优点、作用原理、研究方法、已研究的口服疫苗及问题和前景进行了介绍。     

转基因植物作为生物反应器生产口蹄疫疫苗的研究进展

利用转基因植物作为生物反应器表达重组蛋白,生产外源蛋白质作为动物疫苗是一个很有吸引力的廉价生产系统,它有可能代替生产成本较高的传统疫苗的发酵生产系统。通过口蹄疫病毒VPI结构蛋白基因在转基因植物中的表达,口蹄疫疫苗已在植物中产生。在植物中生产的抗原能够保持其自身的免疫原性。本文简要综述了近十年来用转基因植物作为生物反应器生产口蹄疫疫苗的研究进展、特点及其应用前景。     

利用转基因植物生产口服疫苗的研究现状

本文概述了利用转基因植物生产口服疫苗的研究现状,分别对转基因植物生产口服疫苗的优点、作用原理,研究方法,已研究的口服疫苗及问题和前景进行了介绍。     

转基因植物与食用疫苗

转基因植物与食用疫苗宋长征,韩金祥,王美玲（山东省医学科学院生物技术中心,济南）转基因植物技术是随着ＤＮＡＩ组、基因的遗传转化、植物的组织培养、目的基因的整合与表达的检测等技术手段的建立而发展起来的生物技术。利用转基因植物作为生物反应器,把外源基因引...     

植物口服疫苗的动物和临床实验*

利用转基因植物生产亚单位疫苗用于口服主动免疫具有安全、廉价和方便等优点。植物可以正确地表达细菌和病毒抗原基因,对动物及人类的临床实验研究表明：食用表达某种抗原的转基因植物可在实验动物或人群体内激起系统免疫和粘膜免疫,产生相应的特异性抗体,这些结果表明了植物口服疫苗的可行性。此外,在治疗自身免疫疾病以及癌症等方面,植物口服疫苗也具有值得关注的作用。     

Research Advances on Transgenic Plant Vaccines

In recent years, with the development of genetics molecular biology and plant biotechnology, the vaccination (e.g. genetic engineering subunit vaccine, living vector vaccine, nucleic acid vaccine) programs are taking on a prosperous evolvement. In particular, the technology of the use of transgenic plants to produce human or animal therapeutic vaccines receives increasing attention. Expressing vaccine candidates in vegetables and fruits open up a new avenue for producing oral/edible vaccines. Transgenic plant vaccine disquisitions exhibit a tempting latent exploiting foreground. There are a lot of advantages for transgenic plant vaccines, such as low cost, easiness of storage, and convenient immune-inoculation. Some productions converged in edible tissues, so they can be consumed directly without isolation and purification. Up to now, many transgenic plant vaccine productions have been investigated and developed. In this review, recent advances on plant-derived recombinant protein expression systems, infectious targets, and delivery systems are presented. Some issues of high concern such as biosafety and public health are also discussed. Special attention is given to the prospects and limitations on transgenic plant vaccines.     

Plants as bioreactors for the production of vaccine antigens

Plants have been identified as promising expression systems for commercial production of vaccine antigens. In phase I clinical trials several plant-derived vaccine antigens have been found to be safe and induce sufficiently high immune response. Thus, transgenic plants, including edible plant parts are suggested as excellent alternatives for the production of vaccines and economic scale-up through cultivation. Improved understanding of plant molecular biology and consequent refinement in the genetic engineering techniques have led to designing approaches for high level expression of vaccine antigens in plants. During the last decade, several efficient plant-based expression systems have been examined and more than 100 recombinant proteins including plant-derived vaccine antigens have been expressed in different plant tissues. Estimates suggest that it may become possible to obtain antigen sufficient for vaccinating millions of individuals from one acre crop by expressing the antigen in seeds of an edible legume, like peanut or soybean. In the near future, a plethora of protein products, developed through ‘naturalized bioreactors’ may reach market. Efforts for further improvements in these technologies need to be directed mainly towards validation and applicability of plant-based standardized mucosal and edible vaccines, regulatory pharmacology, formulations and the development of commercially viable GLP protocols. This article reviews the current status of developments in the area of use of plants for the development of vaccine antigens.     

Recent advances and safety issues of transgenic plant-derived vaccines

Transgenic plant-derived vaccines comprise a new type of bioreactor that combines plant genetic engineering technology with an organism's immunological response. This combination can be considered as a bioreactor that is produced by introducing foreign genes into plants that elicit special immunogenicity when introduced into animals or human beings. In comparison with traditional vaccines, plant vaccines have some significant advantages, such as low cost, greater safety, and greater effectiveness. In a number of recent studies, antigen-specific proteins have been successfully expressed in various plant tissues and have even been tested in animals and human beings. Therefore, edible vaccines of transgenic plants have a bright future. This review begins with a discussion of the immune mechanism and expression systems for transgenic plant vaccines. Then, current advances in different transgenic plant vaccines will be analyzed, including vaccines against pathogenic viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotic parasites. In view of the low expression levels for antigens in plants, high-level expression strategies of foreign protein in transgenic plants are recommended. Finally, the existing safety problems in transgenic plant vaccines were put forward will be discussed along with a number of appropriate solutions that will hopefully lead to future clinical application of edible plant vaccines.     

植物性口服疫苗研究进展

利用转基因植物作为生物反应器生产疫苗是近几年发展起来的一个崭新的领域 ,并取得了许多成就。就植物性口服疫苗的最新研究进展进行了综述 ,并展望了这一领域的发展前景与存在问题。     

Pharming vaccines for hepatitis and cytomegalovirus: Towards the development of multivalent and subunit vaccines for oral delivery of antigens

A plant based high fidelity vaccine production system is being developed with emphasis on producing antigens capable of being orally delivered in multivalent or subunit plant packets. Plant-based edible vaccines may provide an attractive, safe and inexpensive alternative to conventional vaccine production. Edible plant tissues are not normally antigenic in nature. However, foreign antigens from common infectious organisms like hepatitis-B virus (HBV) can be produced along with naturally occurring storage proteins in DNA-transformed plants. Upon administration via the oral route, these transgenic plant tissues may mobilize the protective humoral and mucosal immune responses to challenge the natural infectious agent. When tobacco, carrot and rice plants were transformed with the truncated version of the HBV nucleocapsid gene expression construct, non-infective hepatitis B viral core particles were observed via electron microscopy. A second plant codon-optimised HBV expression construct was designed that included the extensin signal sequence for augmented HBV particle accumulation. Upon transformation of tobacco plants with the codon-optimised construct, over 4 times more transgenic plants with high levels of expression of the HBV nucleocapsid protein were generated in comparison with a similar vector containing the unmodified wild-type HBV gene codon sequence. Further analysis via Western blotting confirmed the presence of the viral antigen in the total protein extracts from transgenic tobacco leaves and seeds. Electron microscopy showed that the expressed protein self-assembled into viral-like particles of 25–30 nm in diameter. To develop an edible subunit vaccine in plant seeds, a third plant transformation construct was used for the synthesis of the human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B (HCMV gB) subunit. The gB protein derived from tobacco seeds retained critical structural features including epitopes for neutralizing antibodies and was targeted to the protein storage vesicles of tobacco seed endosperm. Two different strains of mice were orally immunized with tobacco seeds containing low concentrations of HCMV gB, with varying dosages, but without adjuvant. No anti-gB response was detected in intestinal or serum samples. However, a systemic immune response to normal tobacco seed proteins was observed in both strains of mice. While higher expression levels of antigens in seeds must be achieved, seeds may provide an effective and immunostimulatory vehicle for delivering edible vaccines to the intestinal mucosa. One of the outstanding challenges includes defining optimum conditions of antigen presentation, dosage and immunization schedules that will induce strong mucosal and/or systemic immune responses in heterogeneous populations. Here we review the different strategies being employed to produce specific oral antigens in plant tissues.     

Application of chitosan microspheres for nasal delivery of vaccines

Nasal vaccines offer several benefits, such as highly vascular mucous membranes, low enzymatic degradation compared to oral vaccines, and greater acceptability to patients. Nasal vaccines, however, have to overcome several limitations, including mucociliary clearance and the inefficient uptake of soluble antigens. Therefore, nasal vaccines require potent adjuvants and delivery systems to enhance their immunogenicity and to protect their antigens. Chitosan is a cheap, biocompatible, biodegradable, mucoadhesive, and nontoxic natural polymer. Chitosan microspheres have been investigated to determine whether they allow the controlled release of drugs and vaccines. They have figured in various studies on the vaccine delivery system through the nasal route. Several researchers have developed modified chitosan microspheres through their concomitant use with adjuvants or immunomodulators for an additive and a synergistic effect, and through the mannosylation of chitosan for receptor-mediated targeting antigen-presenting cells. The results of the recent researches on chitosan microspheres used as a nasal vaccine delivery system are discussed in this review.     

A banana or a syringe: journey to edible vaccines

Constant emergence of diseases, along with the expanding size of world population creates demands for newer vaccines which can meet the challenges that conventional vaccines have not been able to overcome. The application of transgenic plants in the production of pharmaceuticals has led to the new approach of plant-based, orally-delivered vaccines. In recent years a number of recombinant vaccine antigens have been expressed in different plant tissues. The review highlights the generation of edible vaccines, their mode of action and their clinical application in various human diseases. Though the road ahead seems promising, there are several constraints which restrict the success and public acceptability of these vaccines. These include problems of choice of plants, storage, delivery, dosage, safety, public perception, quality control and licensing.     

Edible plant vaccines: applications for prophylactic and therapeutic molecular medicine

The use of edible plants for the production and delivery of vaccine proteins could provide an economical alternative to fermentation systems. Genes encoding bacterial and viral antigens are faithfully expressed in edible tissues to form immunogenic proteins. Studies in animals and humans have shown that ingestion of transgenic plants containing vaccine proteins causes production of antigen-specific antibodies in serum and mucosal secretions. In general, the technology is limited by low expression levels for nuclear-integrated transgenes, but recent progress in plant organelle transformation shows promise for enhanced expression. The stability and immunogenicity of orally delivered antigens vary greatly, which necessitates further study on protein engineering to enhance mucosal delivery. These issues are discussed with regard to the further development of plant-based vaccine technology.     

植物口服疫苗的研究进展

植物口服疫苗是通过转基因植物生产,通过口服的方式预防疾病的生物制品。作为一种新型疫苗,其研究开始于三十几年前。由于植物口服疫苗可以最大程度地降低传统疫苗的潜在风险,在疫苗生产中具有优势,因此拥有良好的商业生产前景。植物疫苗价格低廉,生产过程安全,可产生与注射疫苗相似效价效果,无论是在控制养殖业抗生素滥用的情况下作为替代方法,还是在某些经济发展水平不高、卫生条件较差的发展中国家用于预防和控制某些传染病,都是十分理想的。该文对植物口服疫苗生产方法、候选生物反应器、疫苗有效性、适用范围和发展前景进行了概述。此外,还着重对目前开展的植物口服疫苗在病毒、细菌、寄生虫引起的人畜共患病中的应用研究,以及其在人类肿瘤预防中所开展的应用研究进行了较为详细的综述。虽然植物疫苗的研究及应用在植物外源基因表达量、免疫剂量、免疫接种途径等方面还存在很多挑战,但依然为传统疫苗学的研发提供了一条充满希望的新途径。     

Transgenic plants as factories for biopharmaceuticals

Plants have considerable potential for the production of biopharmaceutical proteins and peptides because they are easily transformed and provide a cheap source of protein. Several biotechnology companies are now actively developing, field testing, and patenting plant expression systems, while clinical trials are proceeding on the first biopharmaceuticals derived from them. One transgenic plant-derived biopharmaceutical, hirudin, is now being commercially produced in Canada for the first time. Product purification is potentially an expensive process, and various methods are currently being developed to overcome this problem, including oleosin-fusion technology, which allows extraction with oil bodies. In some cases, delivery of a biopharmaceutical product by direct ingestion of the modified plant potentially removes the need for purification. Such biopharmaceuticals and edible vaccines can be stored and distributed as seeds, tubers, or fruits, making immunization programs in developing countries cheaper and potentially easier to administer. Some of the most expensive biopharmaceuticals of restricted availability, such as glucocerebrosidase, could become much cheaper and more plentiful through production in transgenic plants.