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BCG Cell Wall Skeleton As a Vaccine Adjuvant Protects Both Infant and Old-Aged Mice from Influenza Virus Infection

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BIOMEDICINES
卷 9, 期 5, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9050516

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influenza virus; split vaccine; cell wall skeleton (CWS) adjuvant; immunological protective immunity

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  1. National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) [AI1093772, AI147042, AI152800]
  2. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIT) [2017R1A5A2015385]

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BCG-CWS acts as a promising adjuvant for influenza vaccine by enhancing protective immune responses in mice of different ages, including increased humoral immune responses and comparable effects on infants, adults, and old aged mice. The adjuvant effects are mediated through Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 signaling pathways, suggesting its potential application in boosting immune response to influenza vaccine in young and old aged populations.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and the cell wall skeleton (CWS) derived from BCG are known to enhance nonspecific immune activation and anti-cancer immunity; however, their roles as a vaccine adjuvant are largely unknown. Here, we report that BCG-CWS acts as a strong immune adjuvant by promoting the protective immune responses in mouse models with influenza vaccination. The different aged mice immunized with inactivated split vaccine with or without BCG-CWS were challenged with an influenza pandemic virus. When protective immune responses were compared, even a single immunization of adult mice with a BCG-CWS-adjuvanted vaccine showed significantly enhanced humoral immune responses with increased IgG1 and IgG2a isotype antibodies. Importantly, the protective effects by the BCG-CWS adjuvant for influenza vaccination upon humoral and cellular immunogenicity were comparable between infants (6 days and 2 weeks old) and aged (20 months old) mice. Moreover, BCG-CWS dramatically augmented vaccine-mediated protective responses, including decreased viral loads, lung damage, and airway resistance, as well as increased mouse survival, amelioration of weight loss, and proinflammatory cytokine expression in all experimental groups including infant, adults, and old aged mice. We further provided the evidence that the BCG-CWS adjuvant effects were mediated through Toll-like receptors (TLR) 2 and TLR4 signaling pathways. Together, these data suggest that BCG-CWS can be promising as a potential influenza vaccine adjuvant in both young and old aged population through TLR2/4-mediated immune-boosting activities.

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