Improved poxviral vaccines

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-01-07
GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
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This patent describes a method for creating a vaccine using a modified virus called MVA. The MVA is derived from a virus seed batch and can be used to protect against a specific disease. The patent also describes how the virus can be modified by chemical modification to create new properties like increased stability or biological half-life. Additionally, the patent explains how the virus can be used to add a specific protein fragment to a vaccine, which can help to boost the immune response. The patent also mentions the use of a poxviral vector to prime the immune system against a disease or the use of nucleic acid constructs to express immunogenic polypeptides. The technical effects of this patent include the creation of a more effective vaccine against disease and the enhancement of immune memory through vaccination.

Problems solved by technology

Infectious diseases are still a major threat to mankind.
However, although inducing an immunogenic response against the pathogen, some expression systems are not able to elicit an immune response which is strong enough to fully protect against infections by the pathogen.

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Priming with MVA Comprising NS Linked to Invariant chain (MVA-hli NS) Augments the Generation of HCV-NS Specific T Cells in Mice

[0178]Two groups of Balb / c mice were immunized intramuscularly with 2×10̂5 pfu (plaque forming units) of MVA encoding NS or with the same dose of MVA comprising NS linked to human invariant chain. The NS region encompasses about two thirds of the HCV genome and encodes for five different proteins (NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5A and NS5B) that result from the proteolytic cleavage of the HCV polyprotein by the encoded NS3 protease. Ten days after immunization, splenocytes were collected and HCV-NS specific T cell response was evaluated by IFNγ ELIspot using pools of peptides spanning NS. The response was evaluated by summing up reactivities against the six individual peptide pools and subtracting background (spots counted in control wells with no peptide). The level of specific T cells targeting NS was higher in mice primed with the li-based MVA vaccine (FIG. 1).

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Priming with MVA Comprising NS Linked to Invariant Chain (MVA-hli NS) Induces stronger T Cell Response in Mice than the Corresponding Adenoviral Vector

[0179]Two groups of Balb / c mice were immunized intramuscularly with 2×10̂5 pfu of MVA encoding NS or with the same dose of MVA comprising NS linked to human invariant chain. Two additional groups of mice were immunized with 2×10̂5 iu (infective units) of ChAd3 encoding NS or with the same dose of ChAd3 comprising NS linked to human invariant chain. Peak immune response was evaluated on splenocytes collected 10 and 21 days after immunization with MVA and ChAd3 vectored vaccines, respectively. T cell response was evaluated by IFNγ ELIspot using pools of peptides spanning NS. The results (FIG. 2) show that the li-based MVA vaccine induces higher response than the corresponding li-based ChAd3 vaccine.

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Boosting with MVA Comprising NS Linked to Invariant Chain (MVA-hli NS) Augments the Generation of HCV-NS Specific T Cells in Macaques

[0180]Two groups of 4 macaques were primed with ChAd3IiNS and 50 weeks later boosted with MVA-NS (grey bars) or with MVA-IiNS (black bars). The injected dose was 1×1010 vp for adenoviral vectors, and 2×108 pfu for MVA vectors. Immune response was evaluated on PBMC collected 1 week (peak response) and 3 months (memory response) after priming by IFNγ ELIspot and IFNγ Intracellular staining (ICS) using pools of peptides spanning NS. As shown in FIG. 3, higher ELISpot response was induced in the group receiving MVAIiNS at both time points (black bars). Panel A shows the response by IFNγ ELIspot one week or 3 months post boost. Panel B shows higher frequency of CD8 T cells producing IFNγ by ICS one week post boost with MVAIiNS (black bars).

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[0181]The ChAd3 vector expressing the entire HCV NS3-5B (NS) region fro...

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Abstract

The present application relates to novel administration regimens for poxviral vectors comprising nucleic acid constructs encoding antigenic proteins and invariant chains. In particular the use of said poxviral vectors for priming or for boosting an immune response is disclosed.

Description

[0001]The present application relates to improved poxviral vaccines comprising nucleic acid constructs encoding antigenic proteins and invariant chains and novel administration regimens for such poxviral vectors. In particular the use of said poxviral vectors for priming or for boosting an immune response is disclosed.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Infectious diseases are still a major threat to mankind. One way of preventing or treating infectious diseases is the artificial induction of an immune response by vaccination which is the administration of antigenic material to an individual such that an adaptive immune response against the respective antigen is developed. The antigenic material may be pathogens (e.g. microorganisms or viruses) which are structurally intact but inactivated (i.e. non-infective) or which are attenuated (i.e. with reduced infectivity), or purified components of the pathogen that have been found to be highly immunogenic. Another approach for inducing an im...

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IPC IPC(8): A61K39/29C07K14/005C07K14/74C12N7/00C12N15/86
CPCA61K39/29C12N7/00C07K14/005C07K14/70539C07K2319/00C12N2770/24234C12N2710/24041A61K2039/53C12N15/86A61K39/00C12N2710/24143C12N2770/24222A61P31/00A61P31/04A61P31/10A61P31/12A61P31/14A61P33/00A61P35/00
InventorCOLLOCA, STEFANOCORTESE, RICCARDOFOLGORI, ANTONELLANICOSIA, ALFREDO
OwnerGLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA