LprG as a chaperone of immune adjuvants
An adjuvant combination that stimulates immune activation or response includes a hydrophobic immune adjuvant and a pathogen derived lipoprotein that chaperones the hydrophobic immune adjuvant to an immune receptor.
1. An immune stimulating complex comprising:
a hydrophobic immune adjuvant and purified non-acylated or acylated Mycobacterium tuberculosis LprG lipoprotein, the non-acylated or acylated Mycobacterium tuberculosis LprG lipoprotein being present in an amount effective to chaperone the immune adjuvant to an immune receptor, the hydrophobic immune adjuvant being a glycolipid immune adjuvant.
2. The immune stimulating complex of claim 1 , the hydrophobic immune adjuvant being at least one of a TLR agonist or a TLR ligand.
3. The immune stimulating complex 1, the hydrophobic immune adjuvant being at least one of a TLR2 agonist or TLR4 agonist.
4. The immune stimulating complex of claim 1 , the glycolipid immune adjuvant comprising phosphatidylinositol.