Multifaceted characterization of recombinant protein-based vaccines : An immunochemical toolbox for epitope-specific analyses of the hepatitis E vaccine

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The integrity of functional epitopes is a critical quality attribute for recombinant protein based vaccines since the presence of these native-like epitopes is the structural basis for vaccines to elicit functional antibodies. To demonstrate the quality and quantity of functional epitopes on vaccine antigens, a toolbox of assessing antigen characteristics is essential. Among the physicochemical, biophysical, immunochemical and in vivo potency analyses, the epitope-specific assays are most critical assessment of the antigen functionality. In this study, we used hepatitis E virus vaccine as an example to illustrated how the monoclonal antibody (mAb) based immunochemical assays were established for in-depth and multifaceted antigen characterization. A large panel of mAbs were developed and characterized using epitope clustering analysis. A subset of these mAbs recognizing non-overlapping epitopes were chosen to be used for assay development. Orthogonal methods, including surface plasma resonance-based BIAcore, solution competitive ELISA and sandwich ELISA, were developed for the antigenicity assessment. The sandwich ELISA with a pair of mAbs, recognizing two different epitopes, was used to assess the accelerated antigen stability, showing enhanced stability with adjuvant adsorption. Such a sandwich ELISA with robust performance has the potentials to be used for in vitro potency analysis to replace animal-based potency assay as product release test. In summary, using hepatitis E vaccine as an example, we demonstrated the importance and establishment of a mAb-based immunochemical toolbox for multifaceted antigen characterization. This is particularly important to demonstrate the successful reconstruction of the native-like and functional epitopes on a recombinant antigen post expression and purification. These epitope-specific and multifaceted assays serve as critical tools for process monitoring or lot consistency tests in support of vaccine development and manufacturing.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 36(2018), 50 vom: 29. Nov., Seite 7650-7658

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Min [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zhijie [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Huirong [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Zimin [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Zizheng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shaowei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Ningshao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Qinjian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Epitopes
Hepatitis Antibodies
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccines, Subunit
Vaccines, Synthetic
Viral Hepatitis Vaccines

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Date Completed 22.04.2019

Date Revised 22.04.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.10.089

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29030007X