A hepatitis B vaccine containing a peptide with an amino acid chain of at least six consecutive amino acids within the pre-S gene coded region of the envelope of hepatitis B virus. The vaccine being free of an amino acid sequence corresponding to the naturally occuring evelope proteins of hepatitis B virus and a physiologically acceptable diluent. The peptide being free or linked to a carrier. The carrier being a conventional carrier or a novel carrier including a lipid vesicle stabilized by cross-linking and having covalently bonded active sites on the outer surface thereon. Such novel carrier being useful not only to link the novel peptide containing an amino acid chain with amino acids within the pre-S gene coded region of the surface antigen of hepatitis B virus, but can also be used to bind synthetic peptide analogues of other viral proteins, as well as bacterial, allergen and parasitic proteins of man and animals. The peptides of the invention can be utilized in diagnostics for the detection of antigens and antibodies.
一种乙型肝炎疫苗,含有乙型肝炎病毒包膜前 S
基因编码区内至少六个连续
氨基酸链的
多肽。该疫苗不含与天然存在的乙型肝炎病毒包膜蛋白相对应的
氨基酸序列和生理上可接受的稀释剂。
多肽不含载体或与载体相连。载体可以是传统载体,也可以是新型载体,包括通过交联稳定的脂质囊泡,其外表面具有共价键活性位点。这种新型载体不仅可用于将含有
氨基酸链的新型
多肽与乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原前 S
基因编码区内的
氨基酸连接起来,还可用于结合其他病毒蛋白的合成
多肽类似物,以及人和动物的细菌、过敏原和寄生虫蛋白。本发明的
多肽可用于抗原和
抗体的诊断检测。