Journal
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
Volume 304, Issue -, Pages 135-145Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.05.006
Keywords
Vaccine; Intradermal delivery; Route of administration; Response to vaccination; Microneedle patch; Slow release
Funding
- NIH/NIGMS [T32GM008433]
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship [DGE-1148903]
- National Institutes of Health [U01EB012495, R01AI111557]
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Vaccines prevent 2-3 million childhood deaths annually; however, low vaccine efficacy and the resulting need for booster doses create gaps in immunization coverage. In this translational study, we explore the benefits of extended release of licensed vaccine antigens into skin to increase immune responses after a single dose in order to design improved vaccine delivery systems. By administering daily intradermal injections of inactivated polio vaccine according to six different delivery profiles, zeroth-order release over 28 days resulted in neutralizing antibody titers equivalent to two bolus vaccinations administered one month apart. Vaccinations following this profile also improved immune responses to tetanus toxoid and subunit influenza vaccine but not a live-attenuated viral vaccine, measles vaccine. Finally, using subunit influenza vaccine, we demonstrated that daily vaccination by microneedle patch induced a potent, balanced humoral immunity with an increased memory response compared to bolus vaccination. We conclude that extended presentation of antigen in skin via intradermal injection or microneedle patch can enhance immune responses and reduce the number of vaccine doses, thereby enabling increased vaccination efficacy.
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