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Receptor-mediated targeting of spray-dried lipid particles coformulated with immunoglobulin and loaded with a prototype vaccine

Spray-dried lipid-based microparticles (SDLM) serve as a platform for delivery of a wide variety of compounds including peptides, proteins, and vaccines to the respiratory mucosa. In the present study, we assessed the impact of IgG-mediated targeting to phagocytic cells of inactivated influenza viru...

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Published in:Pharmaceutical research 2001-07, Vol.18 (7), p.971-979
Main Authors: BOT, Adrian I, SMITH, Dan J, BOT, Simona, DELLAMARY, Luis, TARARA, Thomas E, HARDERS, Shelly, PHILLIPS, William, WEERS, Jeffry G, WOODS, Catherine M
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Summary:Spray-dried lipid-based microparticles (SDLM) serve as a platform for delivery of a wide variety of compounds including peptides, proteins, and vaccines to the respiratory mucosa. In the present study, we assessed the impact of IgG-mediated targeting to phagocytic cells of inactivated influenza virus formulated in SDLM, on subsequent immune responses. SDLM were produced containing inactivated influenza virus strain A/WSN/32/H1N1 (WSN), with or without IgG. Using phagocytic antigen presenting cells (APC) and a T cell hybridoma (TcH) line specific for a dominant influenza virus epitope, we compared the in vitro responses elicited by ligand-formulated (SDLM-IgG-WSN) and non-ligand particles (SDLM-WSN). The effect of including the IgG ligand in the formulation was further characterized by measuring the immune responses of rodents vaccinated with SDLM. SDLM-IgG-WSN were internalized in an Fc receptor (FcR)-dependent manner by phagocytic APC that were then able to effectively present a dominant, class II-restricted epitope to specific T cells. While SDLM-WSN elicited a lower response than administration of plain inactivated virus in saline, the level of the T cell response was restored both in vitro and in vivo by incorporating the APC FcR ligand, IgG, in the SDLM. Incorporation of FcR ligand (IgG) in SDLM restored the limited ability of formulated virus to elicit T-cell immunity, by receptor-mediated targeting to phagocytes.
ISSN:0724-8741
1573-904X
DOI:10.1023/A:1010988311640