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The efficacy of CpG oligodinucleotides, in combination with conventional adjuvants, as immunological adjuvants to swine streptococcic septicemia vaccine in piglets in vivo.

Oligodinucleotides containing CpG motifs (CpG ODN) are strong adjuvants for immune responses, particularly in mice, the immunostimulatory effects of CpG in combination with aluminum hydroxide (alum) or Emulsigen (Em) were investigated in cattle, rabbits or mice, but not piglets. In this report, using the swine streptococcus as model bacteria, the efficacy of CpG ODN as an adjuvant for piglets was assessed alone and in combination with alum (CpG/alum) or Em (CpG/Em). The CpG/alum or CpG/Em combination elicited greater immune responses to swine streptococcic septicemia killed vaccine (SSSK vaccine) compared with CpG alone, or alum or Em. A GpC/alum or GpC/Em combination did not have the same effects as CpG/alum or CpG/Em suggesting that the adjuvanticity was related to the CpG motifs. In addition, we also found that the 10% Em in combination with CpG ODN had similar immunological effects as 30% Em combination. Our results demonstrate that the addition of CpG ODN to alum or to Em significantly improves the efficiency of the adjuvants in piglets.

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Liposomes as immunological adjuvants for tetanus vaccine.

Finding a new immunological adjuvant has been a challenge all along. The aim of our study is to improve the level of antibodies against tetanus using liposomes as adjuvant. As can be seen from the results of our study, the liposomes are a competitive candidate in this respect.

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Comparison of the effect of different immunological adjuvants on the antibody and T-cell response to immunization with MUC1-KLH and GD3-KLH conjugate cancer vaccines.

While the importance of immunological adjuvants for optimal induction of antibody and T-cell responses against tumor antigens is clear, the relevant potency of different adjuvants is not clear. We have screened 19 different immunological adjuvants with KLH conjugate vaccines containing the two human cancer antigens (MUC1 peptide and GD3 ganglioside) in the mouse. ELISA assays for IgM and IgG antibody responses as well as proliferation and cytokine release (IFN-gamma and IL-4) for T-cell responses were performed. Six adjuvants stood out as being especially effective for induction of IgM and IgG antibodies against both MUC1 and GD3: QS-21, TiterMax, MoGM-CSF, MPL/DETOX and CpG ODN. Of these QS-21, MPL/DETOX and MoGM-CSF were uniformly effective at inducing potent proliferation and potent IFN-gamma and IL-4 responses against KLH while TiterMax and CpG ODN generated potent IFN-gamma responses but less potent proliferation or IL-4 release. Overall, as in our previous experience, QS-21 was the most effective adjuvant. There was no clear evidence for induction of T-cell immunity against either GD3 or MUC1 with any of the adjuvants. There was a strong correlation between the antibodies induced against MUC1 and GD3 with different immunological adjuvants and the strength of the IFN-gamma release against KLH. This suggests that the primary role of adjuvants in the context of these conjugate vaccines may be induction of higher levels of T-cell immunity against KLH, which then leads to higher levels antibody against the conjugated antigens.

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Cytokines as immunological adjuvants.

Various cytokines have been shown to be effective immunological adjuvants in a variety of model systems, enhancing protection induced by viral, bacterial and parasitic vaccines, and increasing parameters of immunity in tumour immunization models and in clinical trials. While in most cases cytokine adjuvanticity is not as powerful as that shown by the best experimental adjuvants, such as saponin and Freund's, it can rival that of the adjuvants presently allowed for human use and there are many possible routes to improvement. The use of cytokines may allow for a choice of which immune parameters are enhanced in order to further enhance protective effects and decrease the negative effects of vaccines.

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