A stable cell clone, J12#26, which continuously secretes large amounts of the envelope (E) antigen of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus (J. Virol. 77 (2003) 8745) was adapted to serum-free medium. The J12#26 antigen possessed hemagglutinating activity, as well as the viral E and M proteins. More than 10 and 1mg of the antigen quantified with the licensed JE vaccine (JE-VAX) as a standard by E-ELISA and protein determination, respectively, were recovered from 500 ml of serum-free medium by membrane ultrafiltration, Sephacryl S-300 chromatography, sucrose gradient centrifugation and Sephadex G-25 chromatography. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analyses confirmed the high yield and purity of the J12#26 E antigen, which was comprised of small spherical virus-like particles (VLP) of approximately 25 nm in diameter. This antigen induced in mice without adjuvant neutralizing antibody (NT Ab) titers, as high as or higher than the licensed JE vaccine, and complete protection against challenge with wild-type virus. These results suggest that the J12#26 antigen is a promising second-generation JE subunit vaccine.

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