CARRIER PROTEIN WITH SITE-DIRECTED MUTATION AND USE THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF VACCINE

    公开(公告)号:US20230111095A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17769607

    申请日:2020-09-25

    摘要: The present invention relates to a carrier protein with site-directed mutation and use thereof in preparation of a vaccine, wherein the carrier protein is selected from fusion proteins formed by one, two or more of diphtheria toxoid, a non-toxic mutant of diphtheria toxin, a bacterial outer membrane protein and a bacterially expressed protein, wherein an amino acid at at least one site on the carrier protein is mutated into an unnatural amino acid, and the unnatural amino acid contains an azido or alkynyl terminal group. In a mutual reaction process of the carrier protein with site-directed mutation of the present invention and a polysaccharide antigen, a covalent bond is formed, and meanwhile a formed conjugate is in a bead-string state, so that the carrier protein and the polysaccharide antigen can be effectively prevented from being excessively crosslinked. Further, particle size distribution of the conjugate is significantly uniform and controllable, which provides an effective means for improving quality of a polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine.

    Steroid acid-based immunogen enhancers

    公开(公告)号:US11612651B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US17738548

    申请日:2022-05-06

    发明人: Simon Beaudoin

    摘要: Immunogen enhancers for admixture with an antigen of interest are described herein. The enhancers generally comprise a steroid acid and/or a steroid acid-peptide conjugate in an amount sufficient to improve or modify the adaptive immune response to antigens admixed therewith. In embodiments, the steroid acid may be a bile acid and the peptide may comprise one or more functional domains, such as a nuclear localization signal, which may facilitate antigen-presentation and/or antigen cross-presentation, thereby triggering improved cellular immunity, or improved cellular and humoral immunity, against the antigen.

    Biodegradable nanocomplex
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11504422B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US15242626

    申请日:2016-08-22

    摘要: The present invention relates to a biodegradable nanocomplex. The biodegradable nanocomplex comprises a first electrically charged substance, a charge-redistribution substance, a second electrically charged substance and a carried substance, for holding the carried substance inside. The first electrically charged substance and the carried substance have the same electrical polarity, and the biodegradable nanocomplex has a nonuniformally and positively charge distribution along a radial direction thereof. The nonuniformally and positively charge distribution comprises a first electrically charged portion having substantially electrical neutrality, a second electrically charged portion surrounding the first electrically charged portion, and a third electrically charged portion surrounding the second electrically charged portion, in which the third electrically charged portion comprises an outermost surface of the biodegradable nanocomplex, thereby modulating the carried substance towards the desired immune responses via the nonuniformally and positively charge distribution.