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VACCINE
Volume 25, Issue 32, Pages 6129-6139Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.04.090
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recombinant Lactobacilli; molecular adjuvant c3d3; live vaccine
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To enhance the contraceptive efficiency of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG)-beta contraceptive vaccine, we coupled hCG-beta gene with molecular adjuvant C3d3, and cloned into live Lactobacilli (Lb.) to express fusion protein hCG beta-C3d3. The recombinant Lb. could survive in BALB/c murine vagina for at least 3 weeks. After inoculating BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice via vagina, we found that the antibody titer peaks induced by the Lb,hCG beta-C3d3 inoculation were higher significantly than the Lb.hCG beta. T and B cells in spleen and vagina were significantly increased, and anti-hCGP IgG and IgA antibody-secreting cells in uterus and vagina were significantly increased compared to the control in different strain mice. Our study shows that the C3d3 can display apparent adjuvant efficiency to induce more powerful humoral response to the hCG beta antigen in vaginal mucosal immunization. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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