广谱流感疫苗的研究进展

广谱流感疫苗是指能够诱导针对流感病毒的广谱中和抗体或广谱的细胞免疫反应,从而保护动物或人类免受多数流感病毒毒株感染的疫苗。流感病毒广谱中和抗体的发现及机制研究为广谱流感疫苗的研发提供了新的思路。同时,流感病毒细胞免疫方面的研究进展、佐剂以及免疫策略等的研究进展都极大促进了广谱流感疫苗的研发。本文从以上几个方面介绍广谱流感疫苗的研究进展,并对未来的应用进行评价及展望。     

基于流感病毒HA柄部和M2e融合基因的DNA疫苗

由于流感病毒容易突变,流感通用疫苗的研究势在必行.流感病毒血凝素(HA)柄部和基质蛋白2的胞外域(M2e)都是流感病毒通用疫苗的重要候选靶点.通过重叠PCR的方法用A/PR/8/34(H1N1)(简称PR8)流感病毒的M2e或者4个甘氨酸取代HA的头部,分别获得HAM2e和HA4G,然后将两种重组基因插入真核表达载体pCAGGS-P7中,制得pHAM2e和pHA4G两种DNA疫苗.通过电击免疫的方法对小鼠分别免疫pHAM2e和pHA4G,免疫3次,每次免疫间隔2周.第3次免疫2周后用5LD50的同源流感病毒感染小鼠.结果表明HAM2e组和HA4G组的小鼠均产生了特异性抗体,HAM2e组比HA4G组具有更好的抗PR8流感病毒的能力,这提示可以用M2e替换HA头部用于疫苗研发.     

甲型流感病毒重组血凝素蛋白的真核表达及免疫效力分析

利用真核表达系统稳定表达HA重组蛋白并评价其免疫原性及攻毒保护效果,为重组流感亚单位疫苗的研制提供更多的理论基础。本研究以H1N1型流感病毒HA胞外区域序列为目的基因构建重组质粒KS001-HA并转染至CHO细胞得到表达重组蛋白rHA的单克隆细胞株,通过离子交换层析法纯化rHA。将rHA与佐剂联合免疫小鼠以评估免疫原性,并对免疫后的小鼠进行攻毒,监测小鼠存活率和体重变化,检测其肺组织病毒载量,并分析肺组织的病理变化。重组质粒KS001-HA在CHO细胞中稳定整合并分泌表达rHA蛋白,其相对分子质量约70 kD,经PNGaseF酶处理后,蛋白大小变为60kD。纯化后rHA蛋白纯度>95%。加强免疫后小鼠血清抗体效价显著增强,佐剂配伍免疫效果优于rHA单独免疫,其中HA203佐剂配伍组15、30、60μg剂量组免疫效应显著高于阳性对照组H1N1疫苗原液组。攻毒后HA203佐剂配伍组无小鼠死亡,小鼠体重平均下降率低于10%,肺组织肺泡结构清晰,仅见肺泡壁轻度增厚,伴随少量的炎性细胞浸润,仅检测到少量呈灶性分布的棕黄色颗粒。本研究成功构建了重组质粒KS001-HA,于CHO细胞中表达,并...     

一次接种HA DNA保护小鼠抵抗B型流感病毒攻击

为详细探讨小鼠不同次数接种B型流感病毒HA DNA疫苗后免疫应答情况,以及CpG基序的免疫佐剂效果,采用不同剂量HA DNA,1次或2次(间隔3周)电击法免疫BALB/C小鼠。初免4周后(或二免加强免疫1周后)用致死量流感病毒(B/Ibaraki/2/85)攻击。研究发现:①100μg HA DNA一次接种的小鼠全部存活;②经含有CpG基序的DNA免疫的小鼠体内诱导产生的抗HAIgG抗体更高,小鼠体重丢失更少。这些结果说明,1次接种100μg HA DNA疫苗可以使小鼠抵抗致死量B型流感病毒攻击,CpG基序能够增强HA DNA疫苗的免疫保护作用。     

基于血凝素关键序列的流感病毒疫苗

流感病毒的血凝素(HA)位于流感病毒包膜上,在流感病毒吸附和穿入宿主细胞的过程中起着重要作用.血凝素以三聚体的形式镶嵌在病毒包膜上,每个单体糖蛋白是由两个经二硫键连接的蛋白亚单位组成,即HA1和HA2.血凝素属Ⅰ型膜蛋白,其一级结构含有4个结构域:信号肽(前导序列)、胞浆域、跨膜域和胞外域. 血凝素是流感病毒最主要的表面抗原,它能够诱导机体产生相应的中和抗体以中和病毒.血凝素一般含有5 个抗原决定簇,流感病毒的流行与其抗原结构的变化密切相关.主要就血凝素的结构和功能、流感病毒疫苗以及以血凝素基因关键序列为基础的流感病毒疫苗进行阐述.     

麻疹病毒融合蛋白(F)和血凝素(HA)在痘苗病毒中的表达

将麻疹病毒F和HA基因插入到痘苗病毒中,分别处于痘苗启动子P7.5与P11控制下,获得重组病毒vLmF和vCmH。用抗F多肽抗体和HA单抗进行ELISA检测,结果表明,两株重组病毒均能表达相应的麻疹蛋白。蛋白印迹显示重组病毒表达产物在分子大小,蛋白切割和糖化方面与麻疹病毒糖蛋白一致。两株重组病毒分别免疫家兔都能产生较高滴度的麻疹抗体,这些抗体具有中和作用和血溶抑制作用。此外,vCmH产生的抗体还具有血凝抑制作用。     

基于H5N1禽流感病毒HA2蛋白的通用型流感疫苗初步研究

为研究有效的通用流感疫苗,解决流感疫苗株定期更换的难题。本课题利用乙肝病毒核心抗原(Hepatitis B core atigen,HBcAg)蛋白可以形成病毒样颗粒(Virus like larticle,VLP)的特点,将高致病性人禽流感A/Hubei/1/2010(H5N1)HA2的76~130氨基酸(Amino acid,AA)线性保守区(Linear conserved rgion,LCR)与HBcAg融合表达,并对其进行免疫学评价。其结果显示,优化后的LCR-HBc片段能够在pET30a大肠杆菌原核表达系统中大量表达。将纯化后的融合蛋白免疫小鼠,发现LCR-HBc疫苗组H5N1血凝素(Hemoglutination,HA)特异性IgG抗体滴度可达到1∶12 800以上。对免疫后小鼠的A/PR/8/34(PR8)致死剂量攻毒实验结果显示,LCR-HBc疫苗组肺病毒载量显著低于对照组(P0.01),对小鼠的保护率为50%。本研究的开展为流感通用型疫苗的研制提供科学线索。     

A（H1N1）疫苗免疫的血清中和抗体的交叉免疫反应分析

目的分析接种A（H1N1）疫苗人群血清的中和抗体对2009年A（H1N1）的抗病毒作用和相关病毒的交叉免疫保护作用。方法利用MDCK细胞的细胞病变检测接种A（H1N1）疫苗的人血清和未免疫的对照血清对甲型流感病毒A/Brisbane/10/2007（H3N2）,A/Brisbane/59/2007（H1N1）,A/California/07/2009（H1N1）和A/Shenzhen/406H/2006（H5N1）等病毒的中和作用。结果通过细胞病变观察,证实接种A（H1N1）疫苗的人血清稀释度为1∶40时,30份免疫血清可以中和H3N2（Brisbane）,H1N1（Brisbane）和H1N1（CA7）而不产生细胞病变,中和保护率分别均为100%,而相同稀释度的未免疫对照血清的中和保护率分别为100%,100%,40%;而当稀释度为1∶400时,30份免疫血清分别有13,20和21例未出现细胞病变,中和保护率分别为43%,67%,70%,10份对照血清的中和保护率分别为80%,70%,0%。两种稀释度的免疫血清和未免疫对照血清均不能中和H5N1引起细胞病变,中和保护率均为0%。结论接种2009年A（H1N1）疫苗可以诱导能中和CA7 H1N1的抗体产生,但该中和抗体对H3N2（Brisbane）,H1N1（Brisbane）,H5N1（SZ）高致病禽流感病毒等甲型流感病毒无交叉保护作用。     

禽流感病毒血凝素疫苗在转基因马铃薯中的表达

利用转基因马铃薯表达禽流感病毒血凝素疫苗,将含有禽流感病毒血凝素序列的表达载体导入农杆菌,再感染马铃薯的幼茎外植体。转化植株的再生及温室栽培,Western blot分析表明,83％的转化植株在其块茎组织中表达了重组血凝素,表达量占总蛋白量的0．03－0．04％,结果显示用马铃薯生产口服禽流感疫苗是可行的。     

甲型流感病毒HA基因的简单重复序列分布分析

以GenBank公开的甲型流感病毒亚型的血凝素(hemagglutinin,HA)核苷酸序列为材料,从简单重复序列(simple se-quence repeat,SSR)分布的分析角度出发,分析了来自于亚洲、非洲、北美洲、南美洲、欧洲、大洋洲的49个地区的76株甲流病毒的HA片段。分析表明:所分析序列的SSRs的分布都很相似,其中单碱基重复的相对丰度值和相对密度值均高于其它五种碱基重复的相对丰度值和相对密度值;甲流病毒HA片段的SSRs与HIV-1[16]基因中的SSRs相比,前者的相对丰度值和相对密度值高于后者。这些结果表明甲流病毒基因中的SSRs可能与甲流病毒的快速变异相关。     

ph-Dependent hydrophobicity profile of hemagglutinin of influenza virus and its possible relevance in virus fusion

The hydropathy profile of hemagglutinin (HA) subunits HA1 and HA2 of influenza virus X31 and A/PR 8/34 is analyzed at different pH. At neutral pH (7.4) pronounced hydrophobic sequences of HA correspond to the N-terminus and the transmembrane spanning sequence of HA2. At pH 5.0 where influenza virus is known to fuse with biological membranes several hydrophobic sequences in the ectodomain exist which are comparable in both the hydrophobicity and length of the N-terminus of HA2. It is suggested that these hydrophobic stretches are important for the fusion complex, in addition to the N-terminal site of HA2.Abbreviations HA hemagglutinin - NHA2 N-terminus of HA2     

Rigid-body docking with mutant constraints of influenza hemagglutinin with antibody HC19

An automatic docking algorithm has been applied to the modeling of the complex between hemagglutinin from influenza virus and the Fab fragment of a monoclonal antibody raised against this antigen. We have introduced here the use of biochemical information provided by mutants of hemagglutinin. The docking procedure finds a small number of candidate solutions where three sites of escape mutations are buried and form hydrogen bonds in the interface. The localization of the epitope is improved by additional biochemical data about mutants that do not affect antibody binding. Five candidate solutions with low energy, reasonably well-packed interfaces, and six to ten hydrogen bonds are compatible with mutant information. One of the five stands out as generally better than the others from these points of views. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Adjuvanted vaccines against influenza in the elderly

Influenza is an important public health issue,especially with the aging of the population,since the most serious consequences of the illness affect the elderly.Between 1979 and 2001,approximately 41000...     

A screen of random sequences for those that alter the trafficking of the influenza virus hemagglutinin in vivo

In order to determine if the sequence patterns known to specify internalization represent the majority of possible internalization signals, we identified random sequences capable of causing a reporter protein to be internalized at least several-fold faster than the rate of non-selective internalization of membrane by clathrin-coated pits. A library of influenza hemagglutinin (HA) proteins, bearing short random sequences in place of the wild-type cytoplasmic domain, was prepared in recombinant SV40 virus. The library was expressed and screened for HAs that could internalize anti-HA antibody from the medium. The cytoplasmic sequences of the selected proteins were determined. From a small sample of sequences, we detected several that did not resemble those previously identified. The known internalization signals must represent only a subset of the sequences that can serve as internalization signals.     

DNA aptamers against the receptor binding region of hemagglutinin prevent avian influenza viral infection

The entrance of influenza virus into host cells is facilitated by the attachment of the globular region of viral hemagglutinin to the sialic acid receptors on host cell surfaces. In this study, we have cloned the cDNA fragment encoding the entire globular region (residues 101–257) of hemagglutinin of the H9N2 type avian influenza virus (A/ck/Korea/ms96/96). The protein segment (denoted as the H9 peptide), which was expressed and purified in E. coli, was used for the immunization of BALB/c mice to obtain the anti-H9 antiserum. To identify specific DNA aptamers with high affinity to H9 peptide, we conducted the SELEX method; 19 aptamers were newly isolated. A random mixture of these aptamers showed an increased level of binding affinity to the H9 peptide. The sequence alignment analysis of these aptamers revealed that 6 aptamers have highly conserved consensus sequences. Among these, aptamer C7 showed the highest similarity to the consensus sequences. Therefore, based on the C7 aptamer, we synthesized a new modified aptamer designated as C7-35M. This new aptamer showed strong binding capability to the viral particles. Furthermore, it could prevent MDCK cells from viral infection by strong binding to the viral particles. These results suggest that our aptamers can recognize the hemagglutinin protein of avian influenza virus and inhibit the binding of the virus to target receptors required for the penetration of host cells.     

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of complexes between an influenza hemagglutinin and fab fragments of two different monoclonal antibodies

Fab fragments from two different monoclonal antibodies (BH151 and HC45) which bind to the same antigenic region of the influenza hemagglutinin were crystallized as complexes with the hemagglutinin. The complexes crystallize in PEG 600, pH 6.0, and PEG 2000, pH 8.5, respectively. Both crystals belong to space group P321, with very similar unit cell dimensions. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.