MDCK cell-cultured influenza virus vaccine protects mice from lethal challenge with different influenza viruses

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2012 Jun;94(5):1173-9. doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3860-8. Epub 2012 Mar 15.

Abstract

Influenza epidemics are major health concern worldwide. Vaccination is the major strategy to protect the general population from a pandemic. Currently, most influenza vaccines are manufactured using chicken embroynated eggs, but this manufacturing method has potential limitations, and cell-based vaccines offer a number of advantages over the traditional method. We reported here using the scalable bioreactor to produce pandemic influenza virus vaccine in a Madin-Darby canine kidney cell culture system. In the 7.5-L bioreactor, the cell concentration reached to 3.2 × 10(6) cells/mL and the highest virus titers of 256 HAU/50 μL and 1 × 10(7) TCID50/mL. The HA concentration was found to be 11.2 μg/mL. The vaccines produced by the cell-cultured system induced neutralization antibodies, cross-reactive T-cell responses, and were protective in a mouse model against different lethal influenza virus challenge. These data indicate that microcarrier-based cell-cultured influenza virus vaccine manufacture system in scalable bioreactor could be used to produce effective pandemic influenza virus vaccines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / blood
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Bioreactors
  • Biotechnology / methods
  • Cell Culture Techniques
  • Cell Line
  • Cross Protection*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dogs
  • Influenza Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Influenza Vaccines / biosynthesis
  • Influenza Vaccines / genetics
  • Influenza Vaccines / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Orthomyxoviridae / immunology*
  • Orthomyxoviridae / pathogenicity
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / prevention & control*
  • Survival Analysis
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Technology, Pharmaceutical / methods
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Influenza Vaccines