Effect of the influenza A (H1N1) live attenuated intranasal vaccine on nitric oxide (FE(NO)) and other volatiles in exhaled breath

J Breath Res. 2011 Sep;5(3):037107. doi: 10.1088/1752-7155/5/3/037107. Epub 2011 Jul 15.

Abstract

For the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, vaccination and infection control were the main modes of prevention. A live attenuated H1N1 vaccine mimics natural infection and works by evoking a host immune response, but currently there are no easy methods to measure such a response. To determine if an immune response could be measured in exhaled breath, exhaled nitric oxide (FE(NO)) and other exhaled breath volatiles using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) were measured before and daily for seven days after administering the H1N1 2009 monovalent live intranasal vaccine (FluMist®, MedImmune LLC) in nine healthy healthcare workers (age 35 ± 7 years; five females). On day 3 after H1N1 FluMist® administration there were increases in FE(NO) (MEAN±SEM: day 0 15 ± 3 ppb, day 3 19 ± 3 ppb; p < 0.001) and breath isoprene (MEAN±SEM: day 0 59 ± 15 ppb, day 3 99 ± 17 ppb; p = 0.02). MS analysis identified the greatest number of changes in exhaled breath on day 3 with 137 product ion masses that changed from baseline. The exhaled breath changes on day 3 after H1N1 vaccination may reflect the underlying host immune response. However, further work to elucidate the sources of the exhaled breath changes is necessary.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Adult
  • Air / analysis*
  • Breath Tests / methods*
  • Exhalation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / immunology*
  • Influenza Vaccines / administration & dosage*
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control*
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Nitric Oxide / pharmacology*
  • Reference Values
  • Vaccination / methods
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Vaccines, Attenuated
  • Nitric Oxide