2025, Cilt 41, e0451 |
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Utilization of Chitosan as an Immune Response Enhancer in Non-Acidic Vaccine Formulations |
Tuncer Turkoglu1, Can Cokcaliskan1, Erdogan Asar2 |
1Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Foot and Mouth Disease (Sap), Ankara, Türkiye 2University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Informatics, Ankara, Türkiye |
Keywords: Adjuvant, Chitosan, Pickering emulsion, W/O/W emulsion, Quasi-least squares regression |
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The unique properties of chitosan make it stand out as an ideal adjuvant candidate.
However, the low solubility of chitosan in non-acidic aqueous media limits its use as
an adjuvant. In this study, a method was offered to overcome this limitation, without
any structural modifications of chitosan. The proposed method incorporated the
preparation of Pickering emulsions via self-aggregation of the chitosan particles. As
a model for this preparation, a w/o/w emulsion formulation of the foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD) vaccine was utilized. Two vaccine formulations, with and without
chitosan, were prepared and compared regarding their physicochemical properties.
Laboratory animal (guinea pigs) trials were conducted to reveal the immune
response in terms of neutralizing antibody levels. The sera were collected from two
animal groups and tested for neutralizing antibody levels using a homologous virus
neutralization test (VNT). Statistical analyses of the test results were performed
at a 5% significance level using Quasi-Least Squares Regression (QLS). The
incorporation of chitosan into the w/o/w vaccine formulation did not compromise
the physicochemical properties of the emulsion. Statistical analysis reveals that the
presence of chitosan enhances the antibody response. The effect of time and group
on the neutralizing antibody titer levels (NATL) was found to be significant (p <
0.05). Our results suggest that the limitation of the use of chitosan as an adjuvant
could be overcome by the Pickering emulsion preparation approach, without a need
for further structural modifications. The presence of chitosan in such a vaccine
formulation could enhance the immune response.
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