Immunity inducer for saccharide antigens
AssigneeNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsTetsuya Okuda, Hiroki Shimizu
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AssigneeNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsTetsuya Okuda, Hiroki Shimizu
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The present invention provides an immunity inducer and an immunity inducing method using same. The immunity inducer has an immunopotentiation effect on any target oligosaccharide antigen, in particular oligosaccharide antigens included in mammal-derived glycoprotein N-linked sugar chains; is capable of providing a monoclonal antibody having high specificity to and affinity with target oligosaccharide antigens; and has as an effective component thereof a glycolipid including a target oligosaccharide antigen (R) and indicated by general formula (2), or a salt thereof. General formula (2): R—Z—Y—CH(NH—CO—(CH2)n1—CH3)—CH2)n2—CH3 (in the formula, R indicates a straight-chain or branched oligosaccharide comprising 2-30 of at least one type of monosaccharide. Z indicates a single bond, O, S or NH, a linker bound to thiomethyl, amino methylated sugar alcohol. Y indicates —(CH2)m—. n1 indicates an integer of 2-40, n2 indicates an integer of 1-27, and m indicates an integer of 1-30).
An immunity inducer comprising an artificial glycolipid or a salt thereof as an effective component, wherein the artificial glycolipid has the chemical formula (2) and includes the target oligosaccharide antigen R:
An artificial glycolipid having chemical formula (2) or a salt thereof:
A vaccine comprising an artificial glycolipid or a salt thereof as an effective component, wherein the artificial glycolipid has the chemical formula (2) and includes the target oligosaccharide antigen R:
An immunity inducing method antigen-specific to a target oligosaccharide antigen R in a mammal, comprising:
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