Multimeric bivalent immunogens from recombinant tetanus toxin HC fragment, synthetic hexasaccharides, and a glycopeptide adjuvant

Glycoconj J. 2010 Jan;27(1):69-77. doi: 10.1007/s10719-009-9259-4. Epub 2009 Sep 16.

Abstract

Using recombinant tetanus toxin H(C) fragment (rTT-H(C)) as carrier, we prepared multimeric bivalent immunogens featuring the synthetic hexasaccharide fragment of O-PS of Vibrio cholerae O:1, serotype Ogawa, in combination with either the synthetic hexasaccharide fragment of O-PS of Vibrio cholerae O:1, serotype Inaba, or a synthetic disaccharide tetrapeptide peptidoglycan fragment as adjuvant. The conjugation reaction was effected by squaric acid chemistry and monitored in virtually real time by SELDI-TOF MS. In this way, we could prepare well-defined immunogens with predictable carbohydrate-carrier ratio, whose molecular mass and the amount of each saccharide attached could be independently determined. The ability to prepare such neoglycoconjugates opens unprecedented possibilities for preparation of conjugate vaccines for bacterial diseases from synthetic carbohydrates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / chemical synthesis*
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Glycoconjugates / chemical synthesis
  • Glycoconjugates / chemistry
  • Glycopeptides / chemistry
  • Glycopeptides / immunology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oligosaccharides / immunology*
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry
  • Peptide Fragments / immunology*
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Tetanus Toxin / chemistry
  • Tetanus Toxin / immunology*
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology*

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Glycoconjugates
  • Glycopeptides
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Tetanus Toxin
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • tetanus toxin fragment C