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Journal of Virology, May 2003, p. 5218-5225, Vol. 77, No. 9
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.9.5218-5225.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Immunostimulant Patch Containing Heat-Labile Enterotoxin from Escherichia coli Enhances Immune Responses to Injected Influenza Virus Vaccine through Activation of Skin Dendritic Cells

Mimi Guebre-Xabier, Scott A. Hammond, Diane E. Epperson, Jianmei Yu, Larry Ellingsworth, and Gregory M. Glenn*

IOMAI Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

Received 29 October 2002/ Accepted 7 February 2003

Vaccine strategies, such as influenza virus vaccination of the elderly, are highly effective at preventing disease but provide protection for only the responding portion of the vaccinees. Adjuvants improve the magnitude and rates of responses, but their potency must be attenuated to minimize side effects. Topical delivery of strong adjuvants such as heat-labile enterotoxin from Escherichia coli (LT) induces potent immune responses. We hypothesized that LT delivered alone in an immunostimulating (LT-IS) patch placed on the skin at the site of injection could augment the immune response to injected vaccines. This was based on the observation that topically applied LT induces migration of activated antigen-presenting cells (APCs) from the skin to the proximal draining lymph node (DLN), and that APCs loaded with antigen by injection in the same anatomical region also migrate to the same DLN. We observed that when influenza virus vaccine is injected and an LT-IS patch is placed to target the same DLN, the influenza virus antibody response is enhanced. Similarly, influenza virus-specific T cells isolated from the lungs show increased levels of gamma interferon and interleukin-4 production. An LT-IS patch placed near an injected vaccine also leads to increased levels of hemagglutination inhibition titers, enhanced mucosal immunoglobulin A responses, and enhanced antigen presentation. Although the mechanisms by which an LT-IS patch exerts its enhancing effects need further study, the enhanced immune responses, ability to safely use potent adjuvants, and simplicity of LT-IS patch application address an important unmet need and provide a new immune enhancement strategy.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: IOMAI Corporation, 20 Firstfield Rd., Suite 250, Gaithersburg, MD 20878. Phone: (301) 556-4500. Fax: (301) 556-4501. E-mail: gglenn{at}iomai.com.

Journal of Virology, May 2003, p. 5218-5225, Vol. 77, No. 9
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.9.5218-5225.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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