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Fukuiwa Tatsuya; Sekine Shinichi; Kobayashi Ryoki; Suzuki Hideaki; Kataoka Kosuke; Gilbert Rebekah S; Kurono Yuichi; Boyaka Prosper N; Krieg Arthur M; McGhee Jerry R; Fujihashi Kohtaro
A combination of Flt3 ligand cDNA and CpG ODN as nasal adjuvant elicits NALT dendritic cells for prolonged mucosal immunity.
Vaccine 2008;
26(
37):.
We explore cellular and molecular mechanisms of nasal adjuvant of a combination of a plasmid encoding the Flt3 ligand cDNA (pFL) and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN). The double DNA adjuvant given with OVA maintained prolonged OVA-specific secretory IgA (S-IgA) Ab responses in external secretions for more than 25 weeks after the final immunization. Further, both Th1- and Th2-type cytokine responses were induced by this combined adjuvant regimen. The frequencies of plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) and CD8(+) DCs were significantly increased in nasopharyngeal-associated lymphoreticular tissue (NALT) of mice given the combined adjuvant. Importantly, when we examined adjuvanticity of pFL plus CpG ODN in 2-year-old mice, significant levels of mucosal IgA Ab responses were also induced. These results demonstrate that nasal delivery of a combined DNA adjuvant offers an attractive possibility for the development of an effective mucosal vaccine for the elderly.
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