The invention relates to the technical field of vaccine adjuvants and
drug delivery, and discloses a 3D-MLA and QS-21 composite
adjuvant as well as a preparation method and application of the 3D-MLA and QS-21 composite
adjuvant. A
saponin QS-21;
polyethylene glycol
sodium alginate; embedding particles with pH-sensitive
calcium chloride; the preparation method of the
vaccine antigen comprises the following steps: performing
pegylation modification on
sodium alginate; embedding
calcium chloride with a pH sensitive
polymer, and carrying out
spray drying to prepare cross-linking agent particles; dissolving the synthetic
monophosphoryl lipid A and
saponin QS-21 to prepare a composite
adjuvant solution; mixing the adjuvant solution with the pegylated
sodium alginate solution to prepare a precursor preparation; and adding
antigen and cross-linking agent particles into the precursor preparation, and uniformly mixing to obtain a final product. According to the invention, the composite adjuvant is delivered through the pH responsive in-situ gel, an immune reservoir is formed, and a powerful and lasting comprehensive immune response biased to the Th1 type is safely induced.