Pollen grains for oral vaccination

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• Alternative Title:
  J Control Release
• Personal Author:
  Atwe, Shashwati U. ; Ma, Yunzhe ; Gill, Harvinder Singh
• Description:
  Oral vaccination can offer a painless and convenient method of vaccination. Furthermore, in addition to systemic immunity it has potential to stimulate mucosal immunity through antigen-processing by the gut-associated lymphoid tissues. In this study we propose the concept that pollen grains can be engineered for use as a simple modular system for oral vaccination. We demonstrate feasibility of this concept by using spores of Lycopodium clavatum (clubmoss) (LSs). We show that LSs can be chemically cleaned to remove native proteins to create intact clean hollow LS shells. Empty pollen shells were successfully filled with molecules of different sizes demonstrating their potential to be broadly applicable as a vaccination system. Using ovalbumin (OVA) as a model antigen, LSs formulated with OVA were orally fed to mice. LSs stimulated significantly higher anti-OVA serum IgG and fecal IgA antibodies compared to those induced by use of cholera toxin as a positive-control adjuvant. The antibody response was not affected by pre-neutralization of the stomach acid, and persisted for up to 7 months. Confocal microscopy revealed that LSs can translocate into mouse intestinal wall. Overall, this study lays the foundation of using LSs as a novel approach for oral vaccination.
• Subjects:
  Administration, Oral Animals Antibodies Article Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Female Gastric Acid Immunity, Mucosal Immunization Intestinal Absorption Lycopodium Lycopodium Spores Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Mucosal Vaccination Oral Vaccination Ovalbumin Pollen Pollen Shells Spores Sporopollenin Vaccination

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• Source:
  J Control Release. 194:45-52
• Pubmed ID:
  25151980
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4586069
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  DP2 HD075691/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; DP2HD075691/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  194
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:49c4b9e4b35f922265bf0c944f9ee48edce9ac70233d7a994ba3454285cfc855
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34536/cdc_34536_DS1.pdf
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