Abstract:
A recombinant peptide antigen within the amino acid sequence of which is contained the amino acid sequence of a heterologous immunostimulatory domain, provided that the peptide antigen is not an interleukin-1 inhibitor, is provided. The invention further provides vaccine compositions containing one or more antigens according to the invention and methods for using these vaccines and methods for producing the peptide antigens by recombinant DNA techniques.
Abstract:
A conjugate compound comprises at least one heat shock protein or portion thereof including at least one immunostimulatory domain and at least one capsular oligosaccharide or polysaccharide of a pathogenic bacteria. The compound comprises oligosaccharides of the Meningococci C (MenC) group and a heat shock protein selected from M. bovis BCG GroEl-type 65kDa hsp (hspR65), recombinant M. tuberculosis DnaK-type 70kDa hsp (hspR70) and a heat shock protein from H. pylori. The conjugate compounds are useful in the preparation of vaccines to prevent bacterial infection.
Abstract:
An immunogenic detoxified protein comprising the amino acid sequence of subunit A of cholera toxin (CT-A) or subunit A of an Escherichia coli heat labile toxin (LT-A) or a fragment thereof wherein one or more amino acids at, or in positions corresponding to Val-53, Ser-63, Val-97, Tyr-104 or Pro-106 are replaced with another amino acid or deleted. Examples of specific replacements include Val-53-Asp, Val-53-Glu, Val-53-Tyr, Ser-63-Lys, Val-97-Lys, Val-97-Tyr, Tyr-104-Lys, Tyr-104-Asp, Tyr-104-Ser, Pro-106-Ser. The immunogenic detoxified protein is useful as vaccine for Vibrio cholerae or an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli and is produced by recombinant DNA means by site-directed mutagenesis.