SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE VACCINE DESIGN - SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF A HIGH-DENSITY MULTIPLE ANTIGENIC PEPTIDE SYSTEM
SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE VACCINE DESIGN - SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF A HIGH-DENSITY MULTIPLE ANTIGENIC PEPTIDE SYSTEM
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.85.15.5409
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发表时间:
1988-08-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
TAM, JP
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作者:
TAM, JP
A convenient and versatile approach to the direct synthesis of a peptide-antigen matrix by the solid-phase method is described. The approach is called the multiple antigen peptide system (MAP) and it utilizes a simple scaffolding of a low number of sequential levels (n) of a trifunctional amino acid as the core matrix and 2n peptide antigens to form a macromolecule with a high density of peptide antigens of final Mr 10,000. The MAP model chosen for stydy was an octabranching MAP consisting of a core matrix made up of three levels of lysine and eight amino terminals for anchoring peptide antigens. The MAP, containing both the core matrix and peptides of 9-16 amino acids, was prepared in a single synthesis by the solid-phase method. Six different MAPs elicited specific antibodies in rabbits and mice, of which five produced antibodies that reacted with their corresponding native proteins. In rabbits, the sera had a considerably higher titer of antibodies than sera prepared from the same peptides anchored covalently to keyhole limpet hemocyanin as carrier. Thus, the MAP provided a general, but chemically unambiguous, approach for the preparation of carrier-bound antigens of predetermined and reproducible structure and might be suitable for generating vaccines.