Upper and lower respiratory tract correlates of protection against respiratory syncytial virus following vaccination of nonhuman primates

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Influence of N-glycosylation on effector functions and thermal stability of glycoengineered IgG1 monoclonal antibody with homogeneous glycoforms

Glycosylation of the conserved asparagine residue in each heavy chain of IgG in the CH2 domain is known as N-glycosylation. It is one of the most common post-translational modifications and important critical quality attributes of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapeutics. Various studies have demonstrated the effects of the Fc N-glycosylation on safety, Fc effector functions, and pharmacokinetics, both dependent and independent of neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) pathway. However, separation of various glycoforms to investigate the biological and functional relevance of glycosylation is a major challenge, and existing studies often discuss the overall impact of N-glycans, without considering the individual contributions of each glycoform when evaluating mAbs with highly heterogeneous distributions. In this study, chemoenzymatic glycoengineering incorporating an endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (ENGase) EndoS2 and its mutant with transglycosylation activity was used to generate mAb glycoforms with highly homogeneous and well-defined N-glycans to better understand and precisely evaluate the effect of each N-glycan structure on Fc effector functions and protein stability. We demonstrated that the core fucosylation, non-reducing terminal galactosylation, sialylation, and mannosylation of IgG1 mAb N-glycans impact not only on FcγRIIIa binding, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and C1q binding, but also FcRn binding, thermal stability and propensity for protein aggregation.     

Co-infection of human metapneumovirus with adenovirus or respiratory syncytial virus among children in Japan

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is one of the etiological agents of acute respiratory tract infections. From June 2005 to May 2006, we collected 185 clinical specimens from children in Osaka City, Japan, and detected 41 hMPV RNA. Of the 41 specimens, four (9.8%) also contained other viruses (3 with adenovirus [AdV] and 1 with respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]). The clinical symptoms of patients coinfected with AdV were indistinct from those of patients mono-infected with hMPV. The symptoms of the one patient co-infected with RSV were clinically severe. Further research is needed to clarify the effect of hMPV on other respiratory viruses or vice versa.     

Antibodies against the Ebola virus soluble glycoprotein are associated with long-term vaccine-mediated protection of non-human primates

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以减毒鼠伤寒沙门菌为载体的人呼吸道合胞病毒F蛋白DNA 疫苗滴鼻免疫抗体分析

[目的]以减毒鼠伤寒沙门菌(Salmonella typhimurium aroA strain SL7207,SL7207)为载体携带可表达呼吸道合胞病毒(Human respiratory syncytial vrius,RSV)密码子优化的融合蛋白(Fusion glycoprotein,F)的真核表达质粒,探讨不同黏膜免疫途径及密码子优化对免疫效果的影响.[方法]通过对RSV野生型F基因(Fwt)进行密码子优化,获得密码子优化的F基因(Fsyn),并构建可表达Fsyn的真核表达质粒pcDNA3.1/Fsyn,转化SL7207得到SL7207/pcDNA3.1/Fsyn.分别经滴鼻和灌胃途径,免疫BALB/c小鼠,采用间接ELISA方法比较免疫效果.[结果]与灌胃组相比,滴鼻组诱导小鼠产生了更高水平的血清IgG和黏膜SIgA,获得了更好的免疫效果(P＜0.05).与野生型相比,密码子优化的F蛋白具有更好的免疫原性(P＜0.05).[结论]经滴鼻途径免疫和密码子优化能够提高以SL7207为载体的RSV DNA疫苗免疫效果.