The invention discloses an immunogenic composition containing an
adjuvant as well as a preparation method and application of the immunogenic composition. The immunogenic composition comprises self-assembled gE
virus-like nanoparticles, an
immunopotentiator, namely,
saponin QS-21, and a neutral
liposome, the self-assembled gE
virus-like nanoparticles are formed by polymerizing and assembling monomers; the monomers include VZV gE, a
linker peptide (SGS), and a VZV gI polypeptide containing a Th
epitope. The immunogenic composition can be applied to varicella-zoster
virus vaccines, and solves the technical problems of weak gE
immunogenicity and serious vaccine
side reaction in vaccines prepared in the prior art. The
immunogenicity of the vaccine is equivalent to that of the Xinanlii, and the use of an
immunopotentiator in the vaccine can be reduced, so that the clinical
side reaction of the vaccine is lower; in addition, the vaccine can induce a gI
specific antibody and gI specific CMI reaction, and the effectiveness of the vaccine can be further improved. In short, the immunogenic composition has good clinical application potential.