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Cha and Shin: Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and BCG-based Vaccines Against Tuberculosis

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide with about two million deaths per year. The only licensed TB vaccine, Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) shows limited protection efficacy suggesting an improved vaccination strategy is required. Recently, several TB vaccine candidates have entered clinical trials. These vaccine candidates are live mycobacterial vaccines designed to replace BCG or subunit vaccines designed to boost immunity induced by BCG. Vaccines with different strategy such as therapeutic vaccines, which can also be used in combination with drug therapy, are in the early stages of development to resolve latent TB or reactivation from the latent state. In this review, we discuss about development of BCG and BCG-based vaccines and further studies necessary for novel TB vaccine development to sterilize tuberculosis.

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Table 1.
Live mycobacterial vaccines designed to replace a BCG prime
Agent Description Status References
VPM1002 rBCG strain expressing listeriolysin and carries a urease deletion mutation to promote phagosome lysis for better antigen presentation Phase IIa ongoing 12∼14
MTBVAC Live attenuated MTB by deletion of global regulator phoP and phthiocerol dimycocerosates (DIMs) -biosynthetic gene fadD26 without antibiotic resistance markers Phase I ongoing 15∼18
rBCG30 rBCG Tice strain overexpressing 30 kDa MTB antigen 85B for enhanced immunogenicity Phase I completed 19, 20
Aeras422 Recombinant BCG expressing mutated PfoA and overexpressing antigens 85A, 85B, and Rv3407 to promote phagosome lysis for better antigen presentation Phase I terminated 22
BCG zmp1 BCG zmp 1 deletion mutant to promote phagosome maturation for better antigen presentation Preclinical 23
HG856-BCG rBCG overexpressing chimeric ESAT-6/Ag85A DNA fusion protein Preclinical 24
paBCG BCG with reduced activity of anti-apoptotic microbial enzymes including SodA, GlnA1, thioredoxin, and thioredoxin reductase Preclinical 25
rBCG38 rBCG Tice strain overexpressing the 38kDa protein, a phosphate transporter belonging to the super family of ABC transporters Preclinical 26
IKEPLUS Live M. smegmatis with deletion of ESX-3 encoding locus and complementation with MTB locus Preclinical 27
mc26435 Live attenuated MTB by deletion of genes critical for replication (panCD and leuCD) and immune evasion (secA2), with simian immunodeficiency virus Gag expression plasmid Preclinical 28
Table 2.
Subunit vaccines designed to boost immune response induced by a BCG prime
Agent Type Description Status References
MVA85A/AERAS-485 Viral vector Modified vaccinia vector expressing MTB antigen 85A Phase IIb ongoing 30
Crucell Ad35/AERAS-402 Viral vector Replication-deficient adenovirus 35 vector expressing MTB antigens 85A, 85B, TB10.4 Phase IIb ongoing 31
Ad5Ag85A Viral vector Replication-deficient adenovirus 5 vector expressing MTB antigen 85A Phase I completed 31
M72 + AS01E Adjuvanted subunit Recombinant protein composed of a fusion of MTB antigens Rv1196 and Rv0125 & adjuvant AS01 Phase IIb 32
Hybrid 1 + IC31 Adjuvanted subunit Adjuvanted recombinant protein composed of MTB antigens 85B and ESAT-6 Phase IIa 33
Hybrid 1 + CAF01 Adjuvanted subunit Adjuvanted recombinant protein composed of MTB antigens 85B and ESAT-6 Phase I 34
Hybrid 56 + IC31 Adjuvanted subunit Adjuvanted recombinant protein composed of MTB antigens 85B, ESAT-6 and Rv2660 Phase IIa 35
Hybrid 4 + IC31/AERAS-404 Adjuvanted subunit Adjuvanted recombinant protein composed of a fusion of MTB antigens 85B and TB10.4 Phase IIa 35
ID93 + GLA-SE Adjuvanted subunit Subunit fusion protein composed of 4 MTB antigens, Mtb proteins associated with virulence (Rv2608, Rv3619, and Rv3620) or latency (Rv1813) Phase I 37
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