Effect of multiple punctures on quality of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine made from Sabin strains in 5-dose vial presentation / 中国生物制品学杂志

@#ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of multiple punctures on the quality of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine made from Sabin strains(sIPV)in 5-dose vials.MethodsPre-puncture samples were sampled by opening the cover from 3batches of sIPV stored for about 24 months and balanced at room temperature at least 20 min;The same three batches of sIPV were punctured for the first to fifth needle on the 0,7,14,21 and 28 d respectively,which were balanced at room temperature at least 20 min before each sampling. After sampling,the remaining samples were returned to 2～8 ℃ for preservation. According to the requirements of enterprise registration standard(YBS01052021),all the samples before and after the fifth needle puncture were tested,and the other 4 needle puncture samples were tested for pH,osmotic molar concentration,aseptic test,bacterial endotoxin,D antigen content of typeⅠ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ virus,appearance,abnormal toxicity,protein content and 2-phenoxyethanol content. The relative change rates of 2-phenoxyethanol content,protein content,osmotic molar concentration and D antigen content of typeⅠ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ virus were calculated. SPSS 20 software was used to analyze the relative change rate of each index by one-way ANOVA,and the effect of multiple punctures on the quality of sIPV was evaluated.ResultsThe result of each test item was in compliance with enterprise registration standard before and after each puncture. There was no significant difference between each puncture on the relative rate of change of 2-phenoxyethanol content,protein content,D-antigen content of typeⅡ and Ⅲ virus(F = 2. 125,1. 155,1. 137 and 1. 882,P = 0. 152,0. 386,0. 393and 0. 190,respectively);There was a significant difference in the relative change rate of osmotic molar concentration and Dantigen content of TypeⅠvirus(F = 4. 750 and 4. 010,P = 0. 021 and 0. 034,respectively). The result of Duncan test showed that compared with the first puncture,the relative change rate of osmotic molar concentration after the second and third puncture showed no significant difference,while that after the fourth puncture showed significant difference and a relatively stable result was observed after the fifth puncture. Regarding the relative rate of change of D-antigen content of TypeⅠvirus,there was no significant difference among the first,second,fourth and fifth punctures,while a significant difference existed between the third and the other four punctures.ConclusionFive punctures within 28 days had no effect on the quality of sIPV in 5-dose vials.

Immunological evaluation of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rhesus macaques.

Because of the relatively limited understanding of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathogenesis, immunological analysis for vaccine development is needed. Mice and macaques were immunized with an inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine prepared by two inactivators. Various immunological indexes were tested, and viral challenges were performed on day 7 or 150 after booster immunization in monkeys. This inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was produced by sequential inactivation with formaldehyde followed by propiolactone. The various antibody responses and specific T cell responses to different viral antigens elicited in immunized animals were maintained for longer than 150 days. This comprehensive immune response could effectively protect vaccinated macaques by inhibiting viral replication in macaques and substantially alleviating immunopathological damage, and no clinical manifestation of immunopathogenicity was observed in immunized individuals during viral challenge. This candidate inactivated vaccine was identified as being effective against SARS-CoV-2 challenge in rhesus macaques.

Immunity and clinical efficacy of an inactivated enterovirus 71 vaccine in healthy Chinese children: a report of further observations.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the long-term effects on immunity of an inactivated enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccine and its protective efficacy. METHODS: A sub-cohort of 1,100 volunteers from Guangxi Province in China was eligible for enrolment and randomly administered either the EV71 vaccine or a placebo on days 0 and 28 in a phase III clinical trial and then observed for the following 2 years with approval by an independent ethics committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Serum samples from the 350 participants who provided a full series of blood samples (at all the sampling points) within the 2-year period were collected. Vaccine-induced immune effects, including the neutralizing antibody titres and cross-protection against different genotypes of EV71, were examined. This study also evaluated the protective efficacy of this vaccine based upon clinical diagnosis. RESULTS: This sub-cohort showed a >60% drop-out rate over 2 years. The seroconversion rates among the 161 immunized subjects remained >95% at the end of study. The geometric mean titres of neutralizing antibodies (anti-genotype C4) 360 days after vaccination in 350 subjects were 81.0 (subjects aged 6-11 months), 98.4 (12-23 months), 95.0 (24-35 months), and 81.8 (36-71 months). These titres subsequently increased to 423.1, 659.0, 545.0, and 321.9, respectively, at 540 days post-immunization (d.p.i.), and similar levels were maintained at 720 d.p.i. Higher IFN-γ/IL-4-specific responses to the C4 genotype of EV71 and cross-neutralization reactivity against major EV71 genotype strains were observed in the vaccine group compared to those in the placebo group. Five EV71-infected subjects were observed in the placebo-treated control group and none in the vaccine-immunized group in per-protocol analysis. CONCLUSION: These results are consistent with the induction of dynamic immune responses and protective efficacy of the vaccine against most circulating EV71 strains. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01569581, Trial registration date: March 2012.

Study of the integrated immune response induced by an inactivated EV71 vaccine.

UNLABELLED: Enterovirus 71 (EV71), a major causative agent of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), causes outbreaks among children in the Asia-Pacific region. A vaccine is urgently needed. Based on successful pre-clinical work, phase I and II clinical trials of an inactivated EV71 vaccine, which included the participants of 288 and 660 respectively, have been conducted. In the present study, the immune response and the correlated modulation of gene expression in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 30 infants (6 to 11 months) immunized with this vaccine or placebo and consented to join this study in the phase II clinical trial were analyzed. The results showed significantly greater neutralizing antibody and specific T cell responses in vaccine group after two inoculations on days 0 and 28. Additionally, more than 600 functional genes that were up- or down-regulated in PBMCs were identified by the microarray assay, and these genes included 68 genes associated with the immune response in vaccine group. These results emphasize the gene expression profile of the immune system in response to an inactivated EV71 vaccine in humans and confirmed that such an immune response was generated as the result of the positive mobilization of the immune system. Furthermore, the immune response was not accompanied by the development of a remarkable inflammatory response. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT01391494 and NCT01512706.

Microbial community on healthy and diseased leaves of an invasive plant Eupatorium adenophorum in Southwest China.

Invasive plants have caused great economic losses and environmental problems worldwide. Eupatorium adenophorum is one of the most invasive weeds in China. To better understand its invasive mechanisms, in the present paper, the microbial communities of healthy and diseased leaves of E. adenophorum were obtained using both culture-independent and -dependent methods and their diversities were compared. The bacteria obtained from culture-independent method belong to Proteobacteria (95.8%), Actinobacteria (2.1%), and Firmicutes (2.1%) and fungi belong to Ascomycota (65.2%) and Basidiomycota (34.8%). Very few overlapped microbial species were found by culture-dependent and -independent methods. Healthy leaves display higher bacterial diversity than diseased leaves. Phylogenetic structures are very different between healthy and diseased phyllosphere microbial communities. Bacteria close to Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas were dominant on healthy leaves, whereas those close to Shigella were dominant on diseased leaves. 52.9% of fungal clones from healthy leaves were Ustilaginomycetes, close to Rhodotorula phylloplana and uncultured basidomycete; by contrast, 60% of clones from diseased leaves were Lecanoromycetes, close to Umbilicaria muehlenbergii. No bacteria but four fungal strains phylogenetically close to Myrothecium sp. and Alternaria alternate were pathogenic to seedlings and detached leaves of the invasive plant. Therefore, this plant may be resistant to pathogens from bacteria but not fungi in its introduced range.