Stabilized single-injection inactivated polio vaccine elicits a strong neutralizing immune response

Vaccination in the developing world is hampered by limited patient access, which prevents individuals from receiving the multiple injections necessary for protective immunity. Here, we developed an injectable microparticle formulation of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) that releases multiple pul...

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Main Authors: Tzeng, Stephany Y, McHugh, Kevin J, Behrens, Adam, Rose, Sviatlana, Sugarman, James L, Ferber, Shiran, Langer, Robert S, Jaklenec, Ana
Other Authors: Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Format: Article
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120496
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7340-0556
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-4431
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8366-3488
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-0492
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Summary:Vaccination in the developing world is hampered by limited patient access, which prevents individuals from receiving the multiple injections necessary for protective immunity. Here, we developed an injectable microparticle formulation of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) that releases multiple pulses of stable antigen over time. To accomplish this, we established an IPV stabilization strategy using cationic polymers for pH modulation to enhance traditional small-molecule–based stabilization methods. We investigated the mechanism of this strategy and showed that it was broadly applicable to all three antigens in IPV. Our lead formulations released two bursts of IPV 1 month apart, mimicking a typical vaccination schedule in the developing world. One injection of the controlled-release formulations elicited a similar or better neutralizing response in rats, considered the correlate of protection in humans, than multiple injections of liquid vaccine. This single-administration vaccine strategy has the potential to improve vaccine coverage in the developing world. Keywords: inactivated polio vaccine; vaccine stability; controlled release; global health; single-administration vaccines