Medicine:Peptide vaccine

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Short description: Peptide-based subunit vaccine which immunizes an organism against a pathogen

Peptide-based synthetic vaccines (epitope vaccines) are subunit vaccines made from peptides. The peptides mimic the epitopes of the antigen that triggers direct or potent immune responses.[1] Peptide vaccines can not only induce protection against infectious pathogens and non-infectious diseases but also be utilized as therapeutic cancer vaccines, where peptides from tumor-associated antigens are used to induce an effective anti-tumor T-cell response.[2]

History

The traditional vaccines are the whole live or fixed pathogens. The second generation of vaccines is mainly the protein purified from the pathogen. The third generation of vaccines is the DNA or plasmid that can express the proteins of the pathogen. Peptide vaccines are the latest step in the evolution of vaccines.[3]

Advantages and disadvantages

Compared with the traditional vaccines such as the whole fixed pathogens or protein molecules, the peptide vaccines have several advantages and disadvantages.[4]

Advantages:

  • The vaccines are fully synthesized by chemical synthesis and can be treated as chemical entity.
  • With more advanced solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using automation and microwave techniques, the production of peptides becomes more efficient.
  • The vaccines do not have any biological contamination since they are chemically synthesized.
  • The vaccines are water-soluble and can be kept stable under simple conditions.
  • The peptides can be specially designed for specificity. A single peptide vaccine can be designed to have multiple epitopes to generate immune responses for several diseases.
  • The vaccines only contain a short peptide chain, so they are less like to lead to allergic or auto-immune responses.

Disadvantages:

  • Poor immunogenicity.
  • Unstable in cells.
  • Lack of native conformation.
  • Only effective for a limited population.

Epitope design

The whole peptide vaccine is to mimic the epitope of an antigen, so epitope design is the most important stage of vaccine development and requires an accurate understanding of the amino acid sequence of the immunogenic protein interested. The designed epitope is expected to generate strong and long-period immuno-response against the pathogen. The followings are the points to consider when designing the epitope:

  • The non-dominant epitope could generate a stronger immune response than the dominant epitope. Ex. The antibodies from people infected by hookworm can recognize the dominant epitope of the antigen called Necator americanus APR-1 protein, but the antibodies can't induce protection against hookworm. However, other non-dominant epitopes on APR-1 protein show the ability to induce the production of neutralizing antibodies against hookworm. Therefore, the non-dominant epitopes are the better candidate for peptide vaccines against hookworm infection.[5]
  • Take hypersensitivity into consideration. Ex. Some IgE-inducing epitopes cause hypersensitivity reactions after vaccination in humans due to the overlap with IgG epitopes in the Na-ASP-2 protein which is an antigen from hookworm.[6]
  • Some short peptide epitopes need elongating to maintain the native conformation. The elongated sequences can include proper secondary structure. Also, some short peptides can be stabled or cyclized together to maintain the proper conformation. Ex. B-cell epitopes could only have 5 amino acids. To induce an immune response, a sequence from yeast GCN4 protein is used to improve the conformation of the peptide vaccines by forming alpha-helix..[7]
  • Use adjuvants associated with the epitope to induce the immune response.[8]

Applications

Chemical structures of peptide components of Alzheimer peptide vaccines (A) CAD106 and (B) ACI-35.[9]

Cancer

  • Gp100 peptide vaccine is studied to treat melanoma. To generate a greater in vitro CTL response, the peptide, gp100:209-217(210M), is modified and binds to HLA-A2*0201. After vaccination, more circulating T cells can recognize and kill melanoma cancer cells in vitro.[10]
  • Rindopepimut is the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-derived peptide vaccine to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The 14-mer peptide is coupled with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), which can reduce the risk of cancer.[11]
  • E75, GP2, and AE37 are three different HER2/neu-derived single-peptide vaccines to treat breast cancer. HER2/neu usually has low expression in healthy tissues. E75 consisting of 9 amino acids is the immunodominant epitope of the HER2 protein. GP2 consisting of 9 amino acids is the subdominant epitope. Both E75 and GP2 stimulate the CD8+ lymphocytes but GP2 has a lower affinity than E75. AE37 stimulates CD4+ lymphocytes.[12]

Other common diseases

References

  1. ↑ "Peptide-based synthetic vaccines". Chemical Science 7 (2): 842–854. February 2016. doi:10.1039/C5SC03892H. PMID 28791117. 
  2. ↑ "Immunotherapy of established (pre)malignant disease by synthetic long peptide vaccines". Nature Reviews. Cancer 8 (5): 351–360. May 2008. doi:10.1038/nrc2373. PMID 18418403. 
  3. ↑ "Peptide-Based Cancer Vaccine Strategies and Clinical Results". Vaccine Design. Methods in Molecular Biology. 1403. New York, NY: Springer. 2016. pp. 797–817. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3387-7_46. ISBN 978-1-4939-3387-7. 
  4. ↑ "Peptide-based synthetic vaccines". Chemical Science 7 (2): 842–854. February 2016. doi:10.1039/C5SC03892H. PMID 28791117. 
  5. ↑ "Neutralizing antibodies to the hookworm hemoglobinase Na-APR-1: implications for a multivalent vaccine against hookworm infection and schistosomiasis". The Journal of Infectious Diseases 201 (10): 1561–1569. May 2010. doi:10.1086/651953. PMID 20367477. 
  6. ↑ "Generalized urticaria induced by the Na-ASP-2 hookworm vaccine: implications for the development of vaccines against helminths". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 130 (1): 169–76.e6. July 2012. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.04.027. PMID 22633322. 
  7. ↑ "Mapping of conformational B cell epitopes within alpha-helical coiled coil proteins". Molecular Immunology 34 (6): 433–440. April 1997. doi:10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00056-4. PMID 9307059. 
  8. ↑ "Recent progress in adjuvant discovery for peptide-based subunit vaccines". Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 10 (3): 778–796. March 2014. doi:10.4161/hv.27332. PMID 24300669. 
  9. ↑ "Peptide-Based Vaccines: Current Progress and Future Challenges". Chemical Reviews 120 (6): 3210–3229. March 2020. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00472. PMID 31804810. 
  10. ↑ "Differential anti-MART-1/MelanA CTL activity in peripheral blood of HLA-A2 melanoma patients in comparison to healthy donors: evidence of in vivo priming by tumor cells". Journal of Immunotherapy with Emphasis on Tumor Immunology 19 (4): 266–277. July 1996. doi:10.1097/00002371-199607000-00003. PMID 8877721. 
  11. ↑ "The epidermal growth factor receptor and the prognosis of bladder cancer". Cancer 65 (7): 1619–1625. April 1990. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19900401)65:7<1619::aid-cncr2820650728>3.0.co;2-q. PMID 2311071. 
  12. ↑ "Editorial: Epitope Discovery and Synthetic Vaccine Design". Frontiers in Immunology 9: 826. 2018-04-18. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.00826. PMID 29720983. 
  13. ↑ "Immunogenicity and safety of a novel therapeutic hepatitis C virus (HCV) peptide vaccine: a randomized, placebo controlled trial for dose optimization in 128 healthy subjects". Vaccine 24 (20): 4343–4353. May 2006. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.03.009. PMID 16581161. 
  14. ↑ "Priming by a novel universal influenza vaccine (Multimeric-001)-a gateway for improving immune response in the elderly population". Vaccine 32 (44): 5816–5823. October 2014. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.08.031. PMID 25173483. 
  15. ↑ "Evaluating the immunogenicity and safety of a BiondVax-developed universal influenza vaccine (Multimeric-001) either as a standalone vaccine or as a primer to H5N1 influenza vaccine: Phase IIb study protocol". Medicine 96 (11): e6339. March 2017. doi:10.1097/md.0000000000006339. PMID 28296763. 
  16. ↑ "The second-generation active Aβ immunotherapy CAD106 reduces amyloid accumulation in APP transgenic mice while minimizing potential side effects". The Journal of Neuroscience 31 (25): 9323–9331. June 2011. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.0293-11.2011. PMID 21697382. 
  17. ↑ "Site-specific UBITh amyloid-beta vaccine for immunotherapy of Alzheimer's disease". Vaccine 25 (16): 3041–3052. April 2007. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.031. PMID 17287052. 
  18. ↑ "Immunogenicity, efficacy, safety, and mechanism of action of epitope vaccine (Lu AF20513) for Alzheimer's disease: prelude to a clinical trial". The Journal of Neuroscience 33 (11): 4923–4934. March 2013. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.4672-12.2013. PMID 23486963. 
  19. ↑ "Safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an active anti-Aβ40 vaccine (ABvac40) in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase I trial". Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 10 (1): 12. January 2018. doi:10.1002/alz.045720. PMID 29378651. 
  20. ↑ "Sequence-independent control of peptide conformation in liposomal vaccines for targeting protein misfolding diseases". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (16): 13966–13976. April 2011. doi:10.1074/jbc.m110.186338. PMID 21343310. 
  21. ↑ "First-in-man tau vaccine targeting structural determinants essential for pathological tau-tau interaction reduces tau oligomerisation and neurofibrillary degeneration in an Alzheimer's disease model". Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 6 (4): 44. 2014. doi:10.1186/alzrt278. PMID 25478017. 




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