Further development of a new transgenic mouse test for the evaluation of the immunogenicity and protective properties of inactivated poliovirus vaccine.

Dragunsky, Eugenia M; Ivanov, Alexander P; Abe, Shinobu; Potapova, Svetlana G; Enterline, Joan C; Hashizume, So; Chumakov, Konstantin M · J Infect Dis · 2006

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Recently, we developed and optimized a new method for the evaluation of the protective properties of serotype 2 inactivated poliovirus vaccines (IPV). The method is based on the immunization and subsequent challenge of transgenic (Tg) mice susceptible to poliovirus. We describe a similar method for the assessment of the protectiveness of serotype 1 IPV and demonstrate that experimental IPV produced from attenuated Sabin strain (sIPV) of serotype 1 poliovirus induced serum neutralizing antibodies, immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgM, and salivary IgA at titers comparable to those induced by conventional IPV (cIPV) produced from the wild-type Mahoney strain. In contrast to our previous results with serotype 2 sIPV, serotype 1 sIPV provided even better protection of Tg mice than cIPV against challenge with wild-type Mahoney strain.

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