Whole recombinant Hansenula polymorpha expressing hepatitis B virus surface antigen (yeast-HBsAg) induces potent HBsAg-specific Th1 and Th2 immune responses

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• 作者：Guanglin Bian ; Yuming Cheng ; Zekun Wang ; Yunwen Hu ; Xiaonan Zhang ; Min Wu ; Zhiao Chen ; Bisheng Shi ; Shuhui Sun ; Yan Shen ; Er jia Chen ; Xin Yao ; Yumei Wen ; Zhenghong Yuan
• 关键词：Th1 immune responses ; H. polymorpha ; HBV vaccine
• 刊名：Vaccine
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：10 December 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：28
• 期：1
• 页码：187-194
• 全文大小：706 K

文摘

Recent studies have suggested that yeast cell wall components possess adjuvant activities. In the present study, heat-killed whole recombinant Hansenula polymorpha yeast expressing hepatitis B surface antigen (yeast-HBsAg) was generated, and the immune responses elicited by yeast-HBsAg were investigated in mice. The studies showed that yeast-HBsAg as well as yeast greatly promotes the accumulation of immune cells in mouse spleen and contributes to the maturation of dendritic cells (DCs). Yeast-HBsAg not only induces significantly higher antibody responses (including IgG, IgG1 and IgG2a), but also increases the IgG2a/IgG1 ratio, while alum combined with HBsAg (HBsAg + alum) only enhances antibody responses, but not the IgG2a/IgG1 ratio compared to HBsAg alone. Analysis of HBsAg-specific cytokines revealed that yeast-HBsAg is associated with production of both IFN-γ and IL-4, but neither IFN-γ nor IL-4 was detected in the HBsAg + alum-immunized group. Moreover, yeast-HBsAg induces potent HBsAg-specific lymphocyte proliferation and Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses. In conclusion, yeast-HBsAg enhances both HBsAg-specific Th1 and Th2 immune responses, while alum only enhances Th2 immune responses, suggesting that yeast-HBsAg may be an ideal candidate for an effective vaccine for the control of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.