Immunocontraceptive potential of major antigenic determinants of chicken riboflavin carrier protein in the female rat

Subramaniana, Sarada and Karande, Anjali A and Adiga, Radhakantha P (2000) Immunocontraceptive potential of major antigenic determinants of chicken riboflavin carrier protein in the female rat. In: Vaccine, 19 (9-10). pp. 1172-1179.

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Abstract

Earlier investigations have demonstrated that antibodies generated against the N-terminal (10–17) and C-terminal (200–207) ends of chicken riboflavin carrier protein (RCP; 219 AA), but not towards the internal region (172–179), curtail pregnancy establishment in rodents and sub-human primates. In those studies, epitope peptides conjugated to diphtheria toxoid were used as immunogens. In the present study, linkage of these sequences to extraneous carriers was avoided to rule out the possibility of carrier-mediated suppression of hapten-specific antibody production in long-term immune response. The ability of these three free peptides to function as minivaccines was examined and the functional importance of these sequences in pregnancy establishment in rodents were evaluated. The results obtained reveal that the peptides YGC (residues 3–24) and HAC (residues 200–219) serve as immunocontraceptive vaccines.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Vaccine
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Chicken RCP;Contraception;Minivaccines;Peptides
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2007
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2012 06:57
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12195

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