Comparison of viral glycosylation using lectin blotting with Vero cell-derived and mouse brain-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccines

Autor: Hiroko Toriniwa, Tomoyoshi Komiya
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Vaccine. 29:1859-1862
ISSN: 0264-410X
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.12.038
Popis: We produced a Vero cell-derived inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine using a serum-free medium, as a substitute for the conventional mouse brain-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine. The immunogenicity of this cell-derived vaccine was higher than that of the conventional mouse brain-derived vaccine. The results of a clinical study in humans also demonstrated higher immunogenicity of this cell-derived vaccine. No gene mutation was found in the viral structural proteins derived from Vero cells and mouse brain. So, we conducted a lectin blot analysis, assuming differing glycosylation as a cause of the higher immunogenicity in humans. The results demonstrated that vaccine reactivity varied with lectins, particularly with WGA, DBA, MAM, SSA, SBA, and GS-II. Thus, glycosylation differed with the vaccines, suggesting a possible cause of the differing immunogenicity between mice and humans.
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