Hampl J., J. StC!panek, J. FranZ Acta vet. Bmo, 61, 1992: 29-36. Virus proteins, obtained by the treatment of purified bovine herpesvirus 1 with detergents, were incorporated into large unilamellar (LUV) and multilamellar (MLV) liposomes. Their antigenicity was compared with that of virus proteins adsorbed onto LUV surface in mice. Both antibody levels and dynamics of antibody responses, examined by ELISA and RIA, confirmed a marked immunostimulatory effect of the liposomes. The most pronounced antibody responses were observed in animals injected with virus proteins incorporated into LUV, prepared from egg phospholipid, or adsorbed onto their surface.
BOfJine herpesT.Jirus 1, fJirus proteins, antibody response, large unilamellar liposomes, multilamellar liposomesOne of the current innovation trends in the production of vaccines against virus diseases of farm animals is the development of subunit vaccines. The principle consists in the selection from the whole complex of virus structural proteins of those, which elicit an immune response providing the protection of vaccinates (protective antigens). The question whether the proteins are obtained by degradation of complete virus particles, propagated by conventional methods, or are prepared in vitro by techniques of molecular biology, is irrelevaIit.A common drawback, limiting the immediate use of such proteins, is their rather weak immunogenicity, which is much lower than that of the same proteins as a part of complete virion structures. All attempts to compensate for this drawback by the use of current non-specific immunostimulants or adiuvants have failed (Dougan 1985;Rowland 1986;Zanetti et al. 1987; Liu and Cepica 1990).A certain effect was evident, however, when the protein subunits were incorporated back into multimolecular, corpuscular structures, such as ISCOMs (immunity stimulating complex), or various types of liposomes. In both cases, the size and shape of the particles resemble those of virions.Enhancement of antigenicity of proteins, incorporated into ISCOMs or liposomes, was reported by