Key message: Intramuscularly delivered plant-derived M-HBsAg was compared to S-HBsAg, and as a result elicited specific anti-preS2 antibodies and significantly higher titre of anti-HBs antibodies, together with IgG isotype profile indicating some Th1 polarisation, apart from the main Th2 response. Abstract: HBV prevalence is still threatening, regardless of prevention programmes using vaccines containing S-HBsAg, supplemented by third-generation vaccines, comprising also M- and L-HBsAg. Plant expression systems offer a cost-effective production option of the antigens. Plant-derived S- and M-HBsAg, intramuscularly delivered to mice, elicited anti-HBs antibodies several times higher than high responsiveness threshold titre. M-HBsAg induced stronger response of anti-HBs and also specific anti-preS2 antibodies. IgG isotype profiles indicated mainly Th2 response, yet Th1 polarisation was also pointed out, in some larger extent for M-HBsAg. These results correspond to research on CHO-derived M-HBsAg vs. commercial vaccines based on S-HBsAg and support potency of plant-derived antigens as alternative injection vaccines.
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Fedorowicz-Strońska, O., Kapusta, J., Czyż, M., Kaczmarek, M., & Pniewski, T. (2016). Immunogenicity of parenterally delivered plant-derived small and medium surface antigens of hepatitis B virus. Plant Cell Reports, 35(5), 1209–1212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-016-1944-8
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