MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT 26 Ronald W. Ellis New Vaccine E L L IS Technologies MIU 26 N e w V a c c in e T e c h n o lo g ie s M EDICAL I NTELLIGENCE U 26 NIT New Vaccine Technologies Ronald W. Ellis, Ph.D. BioChem Pharma (to become Shire Biologics after soon-expected merger) Northborough, Massachusetts, U.S.A. LANDES BIOSCIENCE EUREKAH.COM GEORGETOWN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS U.S.A. U.S.A. N V T EW ACCINE ECHNOLOGIES Medical Intelligence Unit Eurekah.com Landes Bioscience designed by Lana K. Moore Copyright ©2001 Eurekah.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the U.S.A. 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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New Vaccine Technologies / [edited by] Ronald W. Ellis p.;cm.-- (Biotechnology intelligence unit) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58706-050-7 (alk. paper) 1. Vaccines--Biotechnology. I. Ellis, Ronald W. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Vaccines. 2. Biotechnology. QW 805 N5324 2001] TP248.65.V32N49 2001 615'372--dc21 00-063630 D EDICATION Dedicated to my wife Danielle and children Jacob and Miriam for their love, patience and support, and to the memory of my father. CONTENTS Preface .................................................................................................XI 1. New Technologies for Making Vaccines.................................................1 Ronald W. Ellis Introduction..........................................................................................1 Live Vaccines.........................................................................................4 Subunit/Inactivated Vaccines ................................................................8 DNA (Nucleic Acid) Vaccines.............................................................14 Formulation of Antigens .....................................................................15 Conclusion..........................................................................................16 2. Clinical Issues for New Technologies...................................................21 Luc Hessel Introduction........................................................................................21 Definition of the Medical Needs.........................................................22 Moving from Preclinical to Clinical Development...............................22 Demonstration of the Proof-of-Principle.............................................23 Design and Implementation of a Clinical Development Plan..............23 Continuous Assessment of Safety and Efficacy ....................................27 Specific Issues......................................................................................28 Conclusion..........................................................................................30 3. Regulatory Issues..................................................................................33 Marion F. Gruber, Paul G. Richman and Julianne C. M. Clifford Introduction........................................................................................33 Federal Regulations Pertaining to Vaccines..........................................33 Premarketing Phase.............................................................................35 Postmarketing Phase............................................................................41 4. In-Licensing Issues and Vaccine Technologies......................................44 Dale R. Spriggs Introduction........................................................................................44 Why Do Companies In-License?.........................................................44 How Do Companies Evaluate Licensing Opportunities?.....................46 How Can an Inventor Make the Technology More Attractive? ...........48 Framework of a Licensing Agreement..................................................49 What Does the Future Hold?..............................................................50 CODA................................................................................................50 5. Live Vaccines........................................................................................51 Alan R. Shaw Smallpox Vaccine................................................................................51 Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines............................................................52 Yellow Fever Vaccines .........................................................................53 Poliovirus Vaccines..............................................................................54 Measles Vaccines.................................................................................57 Rubella Vaccines .................................................................................59 Mumps Vaccines.................................................................................61 Trivalent Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccines .......................................64 Quadrivalent Measles-Mumps-Rubella-Varicella Vaccines ..................67 Varicella Vaccines................................................................................67 Rotavirus Vaccines ..............................................................................70 Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines.....................................................73 6. Recombinant Live Attenuated Viral Vaccines.......................................90 Richard R. Spaete Advantages and Concerns Associated with the Use of Live Attenuated Vaccines ............................................................90 Vaccine Efforts for Herpesviruses........................................................91 Prospects for the Future.......................................................................97 7. Live Viral Vectors...............................................................................101 Elizabeth B. Kauffman, Michel Bublot, Russell R. Gettig, Keith J. Limbach, Steven E Pincus and Jill Taylor DNA Viruses.....................................................................................102 RNA Viruses.....................................................................................114 8. Inactivated Virus Vaccines..................................................................134 Andrew D. Murdin, Benjamin Rovinski, Suryaprakash Sambhara Introduction......................................................................................134 Current Inactivated Virus Vaccines...................................................134 Issues Affecting the Use of Inactivated Virus Vaccines.......................137 Conclusion........................................................................................146 9. Live Attenuated Bacterial Vaccines.....................................................152 Kevin P. Killeen and Victor J DiRita Introduction......................................................................................152 Types of Vaccines..............................................................................152 Live Attenuated Bacterial Vaccines....................................................155 Live Attenuated Mycobacterium Bovis (BCG Tuberculosis Vaccine).........................................................155 Immune Correlates of Protection ......................................................158 Live Attenuated Salmonella typhi (Typhoid Fever Vaccines and Vaccine Candidates)...............................................................158 Live Attenuated Shigella Sp (Shigellosis Vaccine Candidates)............161 Live Virulence-Attenuated Vibrio cholerae (Cholera Vaccines)...........164 Animal Model...................................................................................165 Vaccine Efforts..................................................................................165 10. Live Attenuated Bacterial Vectors.......................................................172 Sims K. Kochi and Kevin P. Killeen Introduction......................................................................................171 Salmonella Vectors............................................................................172 bacille Calmette-Guérin ....................................................................175 Vibrio Vectors...................................................................................176 Listerial Vectors.................................................................................178 Next Generation Bacterial Vectors ....................................................179 DNA Delivery...................................................................................180 Summary...........................................................................................182 11. Protein-Based Vaccines ......................................................................186 Sheena M. Loosmore, Gavin R. Zealey and Raafat E.F. Fahim Introduction......................................................................................186 Pediatric Vaccines..............................................................................186 Adult Vaccines ..................................................................................189 Vaccines Against Nosocomial Infections............................................194 Cancer Vaccines................................................................................194 Vaccines Against Autoimmune Diseases............................................197 Current Technologies........................................................................198 Emerging Technologies.....................................................................199 Summary...........................................................................................201 12. Peptide Vaccines ................................................................................214 Damu Yang, Gregory E. Holt, Michael P. Rudolf, Markwin P. Velders, Remco M. P. Brandt, Eugene D. Kwon and W. Martin Kast Introduction......................................................................................214 Molecular Basis for the Development of Peptide Vaccines.................214 Advantages and Disadvantages of Peptide-Based Vaccines.................215 Adjuvants and Delivery Systems........................................................215 Design of Peptide Vaccines: Synthetic Peptides as B-Cell Vaccines....216 Peptide-Based T-Cell Vaccines. Identification of Peptide Epitopes Recognized by T Cells...................................................................217 Synthetic Peptides as T-Cell Vaccines ...............................................217 Recombinant Vaccines Expressing T-Cell Epitopes...........................218 Adoptive Cellular Therapy ................................................................219 Summary and Perspectives ................................................................220 13. Polysaccharide Vaccines .....................................................................227 Stephen Freese Polysaccharide Immunity..................................................................227 Issues in Designing a Conjugate........................................................227 Issues in Making a Conjugate............................................................229 Applications ......................................................................................232 14. DNA Vaccines....................................................................................240 Daniel E. McCallus, Catherine J. Pachuk, Shaw-guang Lee and C. Satishchandran Introduction......................................................................................240 Gene Expression................................................................................241 Mechanisms of Immunostimulation..................................................242 Routes of Administration ..................................................................245 Intracellular Delivery of DNA Vaccines ............................................248 Safety of Nucleic Acid Vaccines.........................................................251 Future Directions of DNA Vaccines..................................................253 Summary...........................................................................................256 15. Plant-Derived Vaccines......................................................................263 Amanda M. Walmsely and Charles J. Arntzen Introduction......................................................................................263 Mucosal Vaccines..............................................................................263 Production of Plant-Derived Vaccines...............................................264 Plant-Derived Vaccines .....................................................................265 Summary...........................................................................................270 Future Use of Plant-Delivered Vaccines ............................................270 16. Biological Aspects and Prospects for Adjuvants and Delivery Systems .........................................................................274 Bror Morein and Ke-Fei Hu Introduction......................................................................................274 Innate Immunity: The Gateway to an Acquired Immune Response ..277 APCs Instruct the Acquired Immune System ....................................280 Immune Modulation is Based on Cross-Talk Between Innate Immunity and Helper T Cells.......................................................281 The Collaboration Between the Complement System and B Cells: Roles for Adjuvants .......................................................................282 Immune Modulation For CTL..........................................................283 Delivery Systems ...............................................................................284 Vaccines for Newborns and Elderly Require Suitable Strong Adjuvants .............................................................285 The Present Situation and Future Aspects of Adjuvants and Delivery Systems.....................................................................286 17. Transcutaneous Immunization...........................................................292 Gregory M. Glenn Introduction......................................................................................292 Barriers and Targets for TCI .............................................................292 Adjuvants and TCI............................................................................294 Immune Responses to Transcutaneous Immunization.......................295 Mucosal Responses............................................................................296 Diversity of Antigens.........................................................................298 Delivery Options Using Transcutaneous Immunization....................299 Optimization for Enhancement of the Immune Response.................299 Human Studies .................................................................................302 Conclusions.......................................................................................302 Index..................................................................................................305 EDITOR Ronald W. Ellis, Ph.D. BioChem Pharma (to become Shire Biologics after soon-expected merger) Northborough, Massachussetts, U.S.A. Chapter 1 CONTRIBUTORS Charles J. Arntzen Russell R. Gettig Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Arbovirus Unit Research Griffin Lab Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. Slingerlands, New York, U.S.A. Chapter 15 Chapter 7 Remco M. P. Brandt Gregory M. Glenn Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center IOMAI Corporation Loyola University Chicago Washington, District of Columbia, Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. U.S.A. Chapter 12 Chapter 17 Michel Bublot Marion Gruber Arbovirus Unit Office of Vaccines Research and Review Griffin Lab Division of Vaccines and Related Slingerlands, New York, U.S.A. Products Applications Chapter 7 Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. Chapter 3 Julianne C.M. Clifford Office of Vaccines Research and Review Luc Hessel Division of Vaccines and Related Medical Department Products Applications Pasteur Merieux MSD Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. Lyon Cedex, France Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Victor J. DiRita Gregory E. Holt Department Microbiology and Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Immunology Loyola University Chicago Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. University of Michigan Medical School Chapter 12 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. Chapter 9 Ke-Fei Hu Department of Virology Rafaat Fahim National Veterinary Institute Connaught Laboratories, Ltd. Uppsala, Sweden Willowdale, Ontario, Canada Chapter 16 Chapter 11 W. Martin Kast Stephen Freese Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines Loyola University Chicago West Henrietta, New York, U.S.A. Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. Chapter 13 Chapter 12 Elizabeth Kauffman Andrew Murdin Arbovirus Unit Aventis Pasteur Ltd. Griffin Lab Willowdale, Ontario, Canada Slingerlands, New York, U.S.A. Chapter 8 Chapter 7 Catherine J. Pachuk Kevin Killeen Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics AVANT Immunotherapeutics Inc. Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Chapter 14 Chapter 9, 10 Steven E Pincus Sims K. Kochi Arbovirus Unit AVANT Immunotheraputics, Inc. Griffin Lab Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Slingerlands, New York, U.S.A. Chapter 10 Chapter 7 Eugene D. Kwon Paul C. Richman Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Office of Vaccines Research and Review Loyola University Chicago Division of Vaccines and Related Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. Products Applications Chapter 12 Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. Chapter 3 Shaw-guang Lee Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics Benjamin Rovinski Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Aventis Pasteur Ltd. Chapter 14 Willowdale, Ontario, Canada Chapter 8 Keith J. Limbach Arbovirus Unit Michael P. Rudolf Griffin Lab Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Slingerlands, New York, U.S.A. Loyola University Chicago Chapter 7 Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. Chapter 12 Sheena M. Loosmore Connaught Laboratories, Ltd. Suryaprakash Sambhara Willowdale, Ontario, Canada Aventis Pasteur Ltd. Chapter 11 Willowdale, Ontario, Canada Chapter 8 Daniel McCallus Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics C. Satishchandran Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics Chapter 14 Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Chapter 14 Bror Morein Department of Virology Alan Shaw National Veterinary Institute Virus and Cell Biology Uppsala, Sweden Merck Research Laboratory Chapter 16 West Point, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Chapter 5