Title |
Transgenic papaya: a useful platform for oral vaccines
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Published in |
Planta, February 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/s00425-017-2658-z |
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Authors |
Gladis Fragoso, Marisela Hernández, Jacquelynne Cervantes-Torres, Rubén Ramírez-Aquino, Héctor Chapula, Nelly Villalobos, René Segura-Velázquez, Alfredo Figueroa, Iván Flores, Herminio Jiménez, Laura Adalid, Gabriela Rosas, Luis Galvez, Elias Pezzat, Elizabeth Monreal-Escalante, Sergio Rosales-Mendoza, Luis G. Vazquez, Edda Sciutto |
Abstract |
Transgenic papaya callus lines expressing the components of the S3Pvac vaccine constitute a stable platform to produce an oral vaccine against cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium or T. crassiceps. The development of effective delivery systems to cope with the reduced immunogenicity of new subunit vaccines is a priority in vaccinology. Herein, experimental evidence supporting a papaya-based platform to produce needle-free, recombinant, highly immunogenic vaccines is shown. Papaya (Carica papaya) callus lines were previously engineered by particle bombardment to express the three protective peptides of the S3Pvac anti-cysticercosis vaccine (KETc7, KETc12, KETc1). Calli were propagated in vitro, and a stable integration and expression of the target genes has been maintained, as confirmed by PCR, qRT-PCR, and HPLC. These results point papaya calli as a suitable platform for long-term transgenic expression of the vaccine peptides. The previously demonstrated protective immunogenic efficacy of S3Pvac-papaya orally administered to mice is herein confirmed in a wider dose-range and formulated with different delivery vehicles, adequate for oral vaccination. This protection is accompanied by an increase in anti-S3Pvac antibody titers and a delayed hypersensitivity response against the vaccine. A significant increase in CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte proliferation was induced in vitro by each vaccine peptide in mice immunized with the lowest dose of S3Pvac papaya (0.56 ng of the three peptides in 0.1 µg of papaya callus total protein per mouse). In pigs, the obliged intermediate host for Taenia solium, S3Pvac papaya was also immunogenic when orally administered in a two-log dose range. Vaccinated pigs significantly increased anti-vaccine antibodies and mononuclear cell proliferation. Overall, the oral immunogenicity of this stable S3Pvac-papaya vaccine in mice and pigs, not requiring additional adjuvants, supports the interest in papaya callus as a useful platform for plant-based vaccines. |
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Researcher | 8 | 15% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
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