Lipidated polyepitope vaccines
This invention relates to, inter alia, an isolated lipidated polypeptide including a lipid moiety at the N-terminus and a plurality of epitopes, and methods of making and using the polypeptide.
1. An isolated lipidated polypeptide comprising a lipid moiety at the N-terminus and a plurality of epitopes that includes YMLDLQPETT (SEQ ID NO:7), LLMGTLGIV (SEQ ID NO:8), FQQLFLNTL (SEQ ID NO:9), TLG1VCPI (SEQ ID NO: 10), TIHDIILECV (SEQ ID NO:11), and KCIDFYSRI (SEQ ID NO:12), wherein the polypeptide contains Ihe amino acid sequence of SEP ID NO:1 or 3.
2. The polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or 3.
3. The polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1.
4. The polypeptide of claim 2 , wherein the polypeptide includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4.
5. The polypeptide of claim 3 , wherein the polypeptide includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
6. A composition comprising the lipidated polypeptide of claim 1 .
7. A method of eliciting an immune response in a subject, the method comprising administering the composition of claim 6 to a subject in need thereof.
8. The method ol claim 7 , wherein the immune response is a CTL-mediated immune response.
9. A method of treating an HPV-associated disease, the method comprising administering the composition containing the lipidated polypeptide of claim 6 to a subject in need thereof.