Patent Publication Number: US-9428555-B2

Title: Truncated L1 protein of Human Papillomavirus type 16

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention relates to a truncated L1 protein of the Human Papillomavirus Type 16, a virus-like particle (VLP) consisting of the protein, a vaccine comprising said virus-like particle, and the use of the vaccine in the prevention of cervical cancer. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The human papillomavirus, a non-enveloped, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) virus, belongs to the genus of papovaviridae. The viral genome is a double-stranded, closed circle DNA, which is approximately 7.2-8 kb in length and contains 8 open reading frames (ORFs). The genome can be divided into three parts in terms of function: (1) the early region (E), approximately 4.5 Kb in length, coding for 6 non-structural proteins E1, E2, E4˜E7 associated with virus replication, transcription and transformation; (2) the late region (L), approximately 2.5 Kb in length, coding for the major capsid protein L1 and the minor capsid protein L2; (3) the long control region (LCR), located between the end of the L region and the initiating terminal of the E region, approximately 800-900 bp in length, and comprising regulator elements for DNA replication and expression instead of coding for proteins. Viral particles are 45-55 nm in diameter, wherein the nucleocapsid, consisting of L1 and L2, exhibits icosahedral symmetry and comprise 72 capsomers. 
     Currently, there are over 90 different types of HPV, mainly causing papillary disease in the skin and mucosa of human. HPV types are divided into three groups depending on their relation with tumorigenesis: (1) group of low or no cancerogenic risk, containing types 6, 11, 39, 41, 42, and 43; (2) group of medium cancerogenic risk, containing types 31, 33, 35, 51, and 52; and (3) group of high cancerogenic risk, containing types 16, 18, 45, and 58. 
     Molecular epidemiological investigation suggests that infection by high-risk HPV types is a principle factor in the development of cervical cancer. HPV DNA is detected in over 80% of cervical cancer cases, with about 60% for HPV16 and another 25-30% for other high-risk types such as HPV 18, 31, 45, and 58 (Clifford, G, S. Franceschi, et al. Vaccine 2006. 24 Suppl 3:S26-34). 
     Cervical cancer is the second most common malignant tumor among women, following breast cancer, and seriously threatens the health of women. There are about 490,000 newly reported cases worldwide every year, and nearly 270,000 people die of this disease annually (Boyle, P., and J. Ferlay. Ann Oncol 2005, 16:481-8). Cases in developing countries account for approximately 83% of the total, and about 15% of these involve malignant neoplasms, in contrast to 1.5% in developed countries. Cervical cancer is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southern and Eastern Asia. Cervical cancer is also prevalent in China. The incidence of cervical cancer among married women is as high as 1026/100000 in Lueyang County of Shanxi Province. Therefore, a safe and effective HPV vaccine, especially against high-risk types such as HPV 16 and 18, would be an effective way to prevent cervical cancer and improve health of women. 
     HPV L1 protein, with a molecular weight of 55-60 kDa, is the major capsid protein of the human papillomavirus and the main target protein of the HPV vaccine. HPV L1 protein expressed in multiple different expression systems can form Virus-like particles (VLPs) which resemble native HPV particles morphologically, without the assistance of the L2 protein. The VLP, consisting of 72 pentamers of the L1 proteins, exhibits icosahedral symmetry. Since the VLPs retain the native epitopes of the viral particles, they are highly immunogenic and can induce the generation of neutralizing antibodies against homologous HPV (Kirnbauer, R., F. Booy, et al. 1992 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89(24): 12180-4). Furthermore, the VLPs are safe and have no potential cancergenic risk as they contain no viral DNA. Therefore, VLP vaccines become the primary candidate for an HPV vaccine. 
     The key for development of a vaccine is to efficiently produce VLP vaccines of HPV in large-scale. Currently, the most commonly used expression systems are eukaryotic expression systems and prokaryotic expression systems. 
     The commonly used eukaryotic systems comprise poxvirus, insect baculovirus and yeast vectors. HPV L1 protein expressed in eukaryotic systems shows little conformational difference from that of the native virus, and can self-assemble into VLPs. Thus, purified VLPs can be easily obtained after gradient density centrifugation. It brings a lot of convenience to the purification work. However, due to the high culture costs and low expression level, it is quite difficult to product industrially on a large-scale. The HPV vaccine Gardasil®, which came into the market recently, is more expensive than others due to low expression level and high production cost of the  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  expression system employed in its manufacture. 
     The expression of HPV L1 protein in a prokaryotic system such as  E. coli  has been previously reported. Banks, Matlashewski, et al. published a paper regarding the expression of HPV 16 L1 by employing  E. coli  (Banks, L., G. Matlashewski, et al. (1987). J Gen Virol 68 (Pt 12): 3081-9). However, most HPV L1 proteins expressed by  E. coli  lose their native conformation and cannot induce the generation of protective antibodies against HPV. Alternatively, although HPV VLPs can be obtained from the incorrectly folded proteins by steps such as purification from inclusion bodies and refolding, it is difficult to apply this method to production in large-scale, as the protein is largely lost during the refolding process and the yield is low (Kelsall, S. R. and J. K. Kulski (1995). J Virol Methods 53(1): 75-90). Although HPV L1 protein may be expressed in a soluble form with a correct conformation in  E. coli  and dissolved in the supernatants of  E. coli  lysate, the expression level is low. Moreover, since there are large number and amount of impure proteins, it is difficult to isolate the proteins of interest from them. Although it is reported that the expression level of L1 protein can be increased in the supernatants by means of GST fusion expression and the purification of the protein of interest is facilitated (Li, M., T. P. Cripe, et al. (1997), J Virol 71(4): 2988-95), it still cannot be applied to production on a larger scale because expensive enzymes are required to cleave the fusion protein. 
     Therefore, a HPV L1 protein capable of inducing the generation of protective antibodies against HPV, and a virus-like particle consisting of the same are still needed in the art, so that it is possible to produce vaccines for cervical cancer industrially on a large scale. 
     DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention aims to provide a novel HPV type 16 L1 protein, the VLPs consisting of it, and a vaccine comprising the VLPs. 
     During research, it was found by chance that the  E. coli  expression system can produce a truncated HPV 16 L1 protein that can induce the generation of neutralizing antibodies against HPV 16. After purification, the truncated HPV16 L1 protein can be produced in high yield, with at least 50% purity. Further treatment of the purified HPV16 L1 protein can produce VLPs, which can induce the production of neutralizing antibodies. The invention has been completed based on the above. 
     Therefore, the first aspect of the invention relates to HPV 16 L1 proteins with 4, 6, 8, 10, 20, 30 or 40 amino acids truncated at N-terminal as compared to a wild type HPV 16 L1 protein. Preferably, the truncated protein has the sequence set forth in SEQ ID Nos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, especially the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6. 
     A further aspect of the invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding the truncated protein according to the invention, and a vector containing the polynucleotide. 
     A further aspect of the invention relates to a cell comprising the vector. 
     The invention also relates to a composition comprising the truncated protein, the polynucleotide, the vector, or the cell. 
     A further aspect of the invention relates to a HPV 16 VLP, comprising or consisting of HPV 16 L1 proteins with 4, 6, 8, 10, 20, 30 or 40 amino acids truncated at the N terminal such as HPV 16 L1 proteins having a sequence set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7. 
     A further aspect of the invention relates to a method of obtaining HPV 16 L1 protein, comprising the expression of a truncated HPV 16 L1 gene fragment in an  E. coli  expression system and the subsequent purification of the protein from the lysate supernatant. 
     In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a method of obtaining HPV 16 L1 protein comprises: 
     a) expressing a truncated HPV 16 L1 gene fragment in a  E. coli  expression system; 
     b) disrupting the  E. coli , which has expressed the truncated HPV 16 L1 protein, in a salt solution at a concentration of from 100 mM to 600 mM, and isolate the supernatant; 
     c) decreasing the salt concentration of the supernatant in b) to from 100 mM to 0, inclusive, by using water or a low salt solution, and collecting a precipitate; 
     d) redissolving the precipitation in c) in a salt solution at a concentration of from 150 mM to 2500 mM, with a reductant added, and then isolating the resultant solution, wherein the solution contains the truncated HPV 16 L1 protein with a purity of at least 50%. 
     More generally, the invention also relates to a method of obtaining a HPV L1 protein, such as the HPV 16 L1 protein according to the invention, comprising:
         a) expressing the HPV L1 gene encoding HPV L1 protein in an  E. coli  expression system;   b) disrupting  E. coli , which has expressed the truncated HPV L1 protein, in a salt solution at a concentration of from 100 mM to 600 mM, and isolating the supernatant;   c) decreasing the salt concentration of the supernatant in b) to from 100 mM to 0, inclusive, by using water or a low salt solution, and collecting a precipitate;   d) redissolving the precipitation in c) in a salt solution at a concentration of from 150 mM to 2500 mM, with a reductant added, and then isolating the resultant solution, wherein the solution contains the truncated HPV L1 protein with a purity of at least 50%.       

     The invention also relates to a vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer, comprising VLPs of HPV 16 L1 proteins according to the invention, preferably in an amount effective to prevent cervical cancer. Preferably, the vaccine further comprises at least one VLP of HPV18, 11, 6, 31, 33, 45, 52, or 58 L1 proteins, preferably in an amount effective to prevent cervical cancer or infection caused by the corresponding HPV types. Generally, the vaccine further contains excipients or vectors for vaccine. 
     Preferably, the vaccine comprises HPV 16 VLPs and HPV 18 VLPs, especially the HPV 16 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 6, and the HPV 18 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 9. More preferably, the vaccine further comprises HPV 6 VLPs and HPV 11 VLPs, especially the HPV 6 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 10, and the HPV 11 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 11. 
     In a specially preferred embodiment, the vaccine comprises the HPV 16 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 6, the HPV 18 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 9, the HPV 6 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 10, and the HPV 11 VLPs comprising or consisting of the protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 11, preferably, in an amount effective to prevent cervical cancer or infection caused by the corresponding HPV subtypes. 
     The invention further relates to the use of the HPV 16 L1 protein or the VLPs thereof in the manufacture of a vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer. 
     The invention further relates to a method of preventing cervical cancer, comprising administrating a vaccine comprising a preventively effective amount of HPV 16 L1 protein to an individual in need of it. 
     The invention involves a method for obtaining VLPs of the HPV 16 L1 protein, comprising:
         e) further purifying the truncated HPV 16 L1 protein with a purity of at least 50% by subjecting it to a chromatography;   f) removing the reductant from the HPV 16 L1 protein obtained in e).       

     This invention involves a method of preparing a vaccine for preventing cervical cancer, comprising blending the VLPs above, and optionally, one or more VLPs selected from the group consisting of VLPs of HPV types 6, 11, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58, and vectors or excipients for vaccines. 
     DEFINITIONS OF THE TERM IN PRESENT INVENTION 
     According to the invention, the term “ E. coli  expression system” refers to a expression system consisting of  E. coli  (strains) and vectors, wherein the  E. coli  (strains) include, but are not limited to: ER2566, BL21 (DE3), B834 (DE3), and BLR (DE3), which are available on the market. 
     According to the invention, the term “vectors” refers to the nucleic acid carrier tools which have the polynucleotide encoding a certain protein inserted therein and allow for the expression of the protein. The “vector” can have the carried genetic material expressed in a host cell by transformation, transduction, and transfection into the host cell. For example, “vectors” include plasmids, phages, cosmids and the like. 
     According to the invention, the term “a gene fragment of the truncated HPV 16 L1 protein” refers to the nucleic acids with the nucleotide(s) encoding one or more amino acid sequences deleted at 5′ or 3′ terminal of the wild-type HPV 16 L1 gene (cDNA). The full-length gene sequence of the wild-type HPV 16 L1 gene can be found in, but not limited to, the following NCBI sequences: AY686583.1, DQ469930.1, DQ155283.1 and AF393502.1. 
     The term “truncated HPV 16 L1 protein” refers to the protein with one or more amino acids deleted at the N- and/or C-terminal of the wild-type HPV 16 L1 protein. The full-length gene sequence of the wild-type HPV 16 L1 protein can be found in, but not limited to, the full-length L1 proteins encoded by the following NCBI sequences: AY686583.1, DQ469930.1, DQ155283.1 and AF393502.1. 
     According to the invention, the term “excipients and vectors for vaccines” refers to one or more reagents, including but not limited to: pH regulators, surfactants, adjuvants, and ionic strength enhancers. For example, pH regulators include, but are not limited to, phosphate buffers; surfactants include, but are not limited to: anion surfactants, cation surfactants, non-ionic surfactants (for example, but not limited to Tween-80); adjuvants include, but are not limited to, aluminum hydroxide and Freund&#39;s complete adjuvant; and Ionic strength enhancers include, but are not limited to, NaCl. 
     According to the invention, the term “chromatography” includes, but is not limited to: ion exchange chromatography (e.g. cation-exchange chromatography), hydrophobic interaction chromatography, absorbant chromatography (e.g. hydroxyapatite chromatography), gel filtrate chromatography (gel exclusion chromatography), and affinity chromatography. 
     According to the invention, the truncated HPV 16 L1 proteins can be obtained preferably by the following steps:
         a) disrupting  E. coli , which expresses truncated HPV 16 L1 protein, in a buffer containing 100-600 mM salt, preferably 200-500 mM;   b) isolating the supernatant from the disrupted solution, then decreasing the salt concentration of the supernatant to 100 mM-0M with water or a low-salt buffer (generally, with a salt concentration lower than the one of the buffer for disrupting);   c) separating a precipitant from the supernatant with a salt concentration as low as 100 mM-0;   d) redissolving the precipitant in a solution containing a reductant and having a salt concentration of 150-2000 mM, preferably greater than 200 mM;   e) isolating a solution of the truncated HPV 16 L1 proteins with a purity of at least 50%, preferably at least 70%, more preferably at least 80%.       

     According to the invention, in the method for obtaining the truncated HPV 16 L1 proteins, the term “buffer” refers to a solution which can maintain pH value stable within a certain range, including but not limited to: Tris buffers, phosphate buffers, HEPES buffers, and MOPS buffers. 
     According to the invention, the disrupting of the prokaryotic host cell can be achieved by methods including, but not limited to one or more of homogenizer disrupting, ultrasonic treatment, grinding, high pressure extrusion, and lysozyme treatment. 
     According to the invention, in the method for obtaining the truncated HPV 16 L1 proteins, the salts used include, but are not limited to: one or more of neutral salts, especially alkali metal salt, ammonium salts, hydrochlorides, sulfates, bicarbonates, phosphate salts or hydrogenphosphates, especially NaCl, KCl, NH 4 Cl, (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 . NaCl is preferred. The reductant used includes, but is not limited to, DTT and 2-mercaptoethanol, in an amount of including, but not limited to, 10-100 mM. 
     According to the invention, the VLPs of the truncated HPV 16 L1 protein can be produced by the following steps: further purifying the truncated HPV 16 L1 protein with a purity of at least 50% by subjecting it to a chromatography, and thereby obtaining a purified truncated HPV 16 L1 protein solution; and removing the reductant from the purified HPV 16 L1 protein solution, and thereby obtaining the truncated HPV 16 L1 VLPs. Methods for removing the reductant include, but are not limited to, known techniques in the art, such as dialysis, ultrafiltration, and chromatography. 
     According to the invention, the truncated HPV L1 protein preferably has the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6. 
     According to the invention, the vaccine can be administrated in a patient-accepted form, including but not limited to oral and injection, preferably injection. 
     According to the invention, the vaccine is preferably used in a unit dose. Each unit dose contains 5-80 μg truncated HPV 16 L1 VLP, preferably 20-40 μg. 
     Beneficial Effect 
     Presently, the expression systems useful for preparing HPV VLPs include eukaryotic and prokaryotic expression systems. 
     HPV L1 proteins expressed in eukaryotic expression systems retain their native conformation, and can form VLPs on their own. In most cases, VLP with a correct conformation can be obtained by simple purification. Nevertheless, eukaryotic expression systems, such as the baculovirus and yeast expression systems, are difficult to be applied in large-scale industrial production due to low expression levels and high costs. 
     Prokaryotic expression systems, such as  E. coli  systems, have the advantages of high expression levels at a lower cost. However, when expressed in a prokaryotic system, the HPV L1 protein usually loses its native conformation and is expressed in a form of inclusion bodies in the precipitant. Renaturation of the protein from inclusion bodies is still a problem worldwide. Due to the difficulty and inefficiency of renaturation, this method is limited to small-scale lab research and cannot be applied on a large scale so as to obtain VLP with a correct conformation from the inclusive bodies. Although the HPV L1 protein can exist in its native conformation in the supernatant of  E. coli  lysate, its expression levels are low. Moreover, it is quite difficult to purify the HPV L1 protein from the numerous soluble proteins in the  E. coli  lysate supernatant. Generally, the purification is completed by means such as fusion expression and affinity chromatography which are not feasible for industrial-scale processes due to expensive enzymes employed therein. 
     In this invention, N-truncated HPV 16 L1 protein is expressed in an  E. coli  expression system and is selectively precipitated from the  E. coli  lysate supernatant under mild conditions. The HPV16 L1 protein is then redissolved in a salt buffer to significantly improve its purity while still retaining its native conformation. The redissolved protein of interest can be immediately subjected to ion-exchange or hydrophobic interaction chromatography so as to obtain the pure protein. The purified, truncated HPV 16 L1 protein obtained from these steps, can self-assemble into VLPs with good immunogenicity and the ability to induce neutralizing antibodies of a high titer against HPV 16, which is a good vaccine for preventing human from HPV 16 infection. In addition, the truncated HPV 16 L1 protein used in the present invention is easily expressed in an  E. coli  expression system and can be economically purified without using expensive enzymes. Furthermore, because the protein of interest is not subjected to the intensive procedures of denaturation and renaturation during purification, the method can be applied industrially on a large scale due to low loss. 
     These and other aspects of the invention will be more apparent after referring to the following detailed description and the drawings. All public references are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
    
    
     
       FIGURE DESCRIPTIONS 
         FIG. 1  shows the SDS-PAGE result of HPV16N30C-L1 protein in different steps of Example 2 according to the invention. M: Molecular Weight Marker; Lane 1: Lysate supernatant; Lane 2: Precipitation following desalinating dialysis; Lane 3: precipitation after re-suspension; Lane 4: the supernatant after re-suspension. The result shows that the purity of HPV16N30C-L1 increased from about 10% to about 70% following the steps of precipitation and re-dissolution. 
         FIG. 2  shows the SDS-PAGE result of HPV16N30C-L1 purified by HIC (Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography) in Example 3. Lane 1: HPV16N30C-L1 before loading on the butyl column; Lanes 2 and 3: HPV16N30C-L1 passing through the butyl column; Lanes 4 and 5: HPV16N30C-L1 eluted with 1M NaCl; Lane 6: HPV16N30C-L1 eluted with 800 mM NaCl; Lane 7: HPV16N30C-L1 eluted with 500 mM NaCl. After the purification by Butyl Sepharose 4 Fast Flow Hydrophobic column, the purity of HPV 16 L1 protein eluted with 800 mM NaCl and 500 mM NaCl reaches above 98%. 
         FIG. 3  shows the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) photograph of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs obtained in Example 4, taken at 100,000× magnification, bar represents 0.1 μm. A great deal of VLPs in a radius of about 25 nm were observed in the visual field, wherein the particle size was consistant with the theoretic size and the particles were homogenous. 
         FIG. 4  shows Dynamic light-scattering measurement result of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs obtained in Example 4. The result shows that HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs had a hydrodynamic radius of 25.86 nm and a particle reassembly rate of 95.7%. 
         FIG. 5 : shows titers of neutralizing antibodies in serum at different stages after inoculation of goat with HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs obtained in Example 5. Vaccination times are indicated with arrows. The titer of neutralizing antibodies increased rapidly a week after the first vaccination, and reached a peak level of 10 6 -10 7  after a booster. 
         FIG. 6  shows titers of neutralizing antibodies in serum at different stages after inoculation of rabbit with HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs obtained in Example 5. Vaccination times are indicated with arrows. The titer of neutralizing antibodies increased rapidly a week after the first vaccination, and reached a peak level of 10 6  after a booster. 
         FIG. 7  shows the titers of total immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody against HPV 16 in serum at different times after inoculation of rhesus monkey with HPV16/18 bivalent vaccine obtained in Example 5. Vaccine was administered at 0 and 4 weeks. The titer of total IgG antibody increased rapidly after the first vaccination, reaching 20,000 times of the original one. 
         FIG. 8  shows the titers of neutralizing antibodies against HPV 16 in serum at different times after inoculation of rhesus monkey with HPV16/18 bivalent vaccine obtained in Example 5. Vaccine was administered at 0 and 4 weeks. The titer of neutralizing antibody increased rapidly after the first vaccination, reaching 20,000 times of the original one. 
         FIG. 9  shows the titers of total immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody against HPV 18 in serum at different times after inoculation of rhesus monkey with HPV16/18 bivalent vaccine obtained in Example 5. Vaccine was administered at 0 and 4 weeks. The titer of total IgG antibody increased rapidly after the first vaccination, reaching 20,000 times of the original one. 
         FIG. 10  shows the titers of neutralizing antibodies against HPV 18 in serum at different times after inoculation of rhesus monkey with HPV16/18 bivalent vaccine obtained in Example 5. Vaccine was administered at 0 and 4 weeks. The titer of neutralizing antibody increased rapidly after the first vaccination, reaching 20,000 times of the original one. 
         FIG. 11  shows the changes of titers of neutralizing antibodies against HPV6, HPV11, HPV16 and HPV18 after inoculation of mouse with HPV6/11/16/18 quadrivalent vaccine obtained in Example 5. Vaccine was administered at 0 and 2 weeks. The titers of neutralizing antibodies against HPV6, HPV11, HPV16 and HPV18 increased rapidly after the first vaccination, reaching 10 5 -10 6  after a booster. 
       
         
           
             
                 
               
                 
                     
                 
                 
                   SEQUENCE LIST 
                 
                 
                     
                 
               
              
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ1 (SEQ ID NO: 1): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   MFIYILVITC YENDVNVYHI FFQMSLWLPS EATVYLPPVP VSKVVSTDEY VARTNIYYHA 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   GTSRLLAVGH PYFPIKKPNN NKILVPKVSG LQYRVFRIHL PDPNKFGFPD TSFYNPDTQR 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   LVWACVGVEV GRGQPLGVGI SGHPLLNKLD DTENASAYAA NAGVDNRECI SMDYKQTQLC 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   LIGCKPPIGE HWGKGSPCTN VAVNPGDCPP LELINTYIQD GDMVDTGFGA MDFTTLQANK 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   SEVPLDICTS ICKYPDYIKM VSEPYGDSLF FYLRREQMFV RHLFNRAGAV GDNVPDDLYI 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   KGSGSTANLA SSNYFPTPSG SMVTSDAQIF NKPYWLQRAQ GHNNGICWGN QLFVTVVDTT 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   RSTNMSLCAA ISTSETTYKN TNFKEYLRHG EEYDLQFIFQ LCKITLTADI MTYIHSMNST 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   ILEDWNFGLQ PPPGGTLEDT YRFVTSQAIA CQKHTPPAPK EDPLKKYTFW EVNLKEKFSA 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   DLDQFPLGRK FLLQAGLEAK PKFTLGKRKA TPTTSSTSTT AKRKKRKL 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ2 (SEQ ID NO: 2): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   MYILVITCYE NDVNVYHIFF QMSLWLPSEA TVYLPPVPVS KVVSTDEYVA RTNIYYHAGT 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   SRLLAVGHPY FPIKKPNNNK ILVPKVSGLQ YRVFRIHLPD PNKFGFPDTS FYNPDTQRLV 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   WACVGVEVGR GQPLCVGISG HPLLNKLDDT ENASAYAANA GVDNRECISM DYKQTQLCLI 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   GCKPPIGEHW GKGSPCTNVA VNPGDCPPLE LINTVIQDGD MVDTGFGAMD FTTLQANKSE 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   VPLDICTSIC KYPDYIKMVS EPYGDSLFFY LRREQMFVRH LFNRAGAVGD NVPDDLYIKG 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   SGSTANLASS NYFPTPSGSM VTSDAQIFNK PYWLQRAQGH NNGICWGNQL FVTVVDTTRS 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   TNMSLCAAIS TSETTYKNTN FKEYLRHGEE YDLQFIFQLC KITLTADIMT YIHSMNSTIL 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   EDWNFGLQPP PGGTLEDTYR FVTSQAIACQ KHTPPAPKED PLKKYTFWEV NLKEKFSADL 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   DQFPLGRKFL LQAGLEAKPK FTLGKRKATP TTSSTSTTAK RKKRKL 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ3 (SEQ ID NO: 3): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   MLVITCYEND VNVYHIFFQM SLWLPSEATV YLPPVPVSKV VSTDEYVART NIYYHAGTSR 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   LLAVGHPYFP IKKPNNNKIL VPKVSGLQYR VFRIHLPDPN KFGFPDTSFY NPDTQRLVWA 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   CVGVEVGRGQ PLGVGISGHP LLNKLIDTEN ASAYAANAGV DNRECISMDY KQTQLCLIGC 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   KPPIGEHWGK GSPCTNVAVN PGDCPPLELI NTVIQDGDMV DTGFGAMDFT TLQANKSEVP 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   LDICTSICKY PDYIKMVSEP YGDSLFFYLR REQMFVRHLF NRAGAVGDNV PDDLYIKGSG 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   STANLASSNY FPTPSGSMVT SDAQIFNKPY WLQRAQGHNN GICWGNQLFV TVVDTTRSTN 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   MSLCAAISTS ETTYKNTNFK EYLRHGEEYD LQFIFQLCKI TLTADIMTYI HSMNSTILED 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   WNFGLQPPPG GTLEDTYRFV TSQAIACQKH TPPAPKEDPL KKYTFWEVNL KEKFSADLDQ 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   FPLGRKFLLQ AGLEAKPKFT LGKRKATPTT SSTSTTAKRK KRKL 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ4 (SEQ ID NO: 4): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   MITCYENDVN VYHIFFQMSL WLPSEATVYL PPVPVSKVVS TDEYVARTNI YYHAGTSRLL 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   AVGHPYFPIK KPNNNKILVP KVSGLQYRYF RIHLPDPNKF GFPDTSFYNP DTQRLVWACV 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   GVEVGRGQPL GVGISGHPLL NKLDDTENAS AYAANAGVDN RECISMDYKQ TQLCLIGCKP 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   PIGEHWGKGS PCTNVAVNPG DCPPLELINT VIQDGDMVDT GFGAMDFTTL QANKSEVPLD 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   ICTSICKYPD YIKMVSEPYG DSLFFYLRRE QMFVRHLFNR AGAVGDNVPD DLYIKGSGST 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   ANLASSNYFP TPSGSMVTSD AQIFNKPYWL QRAQGHNNGI CWGNQLFVTV VDTTRSTNMS 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   LCAAISTSET TYKNTNFKEY LRHGEEYDLQ FIFQLCKITL TADIMTYIHS MNSTILEDWN 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   FGLQPPPGGT LEDTYRFVTS QAIACQKHTP PAPKEDPLIK YTFWEVNLKE KFSADLDQFP 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   LGRKFLLQAG LEAKPKFTLG KRKATPTTSS TSTTAKRKKR KL 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ5 (SEQ ID NO: 5): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   MYHIFFQMSL WLPSEATVYL PPVPVSKVVS TDEYVARTNI YYHAGTSRLL AVGHPYFPIK 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   KPNNNKILVP KVSGLQYRVF RIHLPDPNKF GFPDTSFYNP DTQRLVWACV GVEVGRCQPL 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   GVGISGHPLL NKLDDTENAS AYAANAGVDN RECISMDYKQ TQLCLIGCKP PIGEHWGKGS 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   PCTNVAVNPG DCPPLELINT VIQDGDMVDT GFGAMDFTTL QANKSEVPLD ICTSICKYPD 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   YIKMVSEPYG DSLFFYLRRE QMFVRHLFNR AGAVGDNVPD DLYIKGSGST ANLASSNYFP 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   TPSGSMVTSD AQIFNKPYWL QRAQGHNNGI CWGNQLFVTV VDTTRSTNMS LCAAISTSET 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   TYKNTNFKEY LRHGEEYDLQ FIFQLCKITL TADIMTYIHS MNSTILEDWN FGLQPPPGGT 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   LEDTYRFVTS QAIACQKHTP PAPKEDPLKK YTFWEVNLKE KFSADLDQFP LGRKFLLQAG 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   LEAKPKFTLG KRKATPTTSS TSTTAKRKKR KL 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ6 (SEQ ID NO: 6): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   MLPSEATVYL PPVPVSKVVS TDEYVARTNI YYHAGTSRLL AVGHPYFPIK KPNNNKILVP 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   KVSGLQYRVF RIHLPDPNKF GFPDTSFYNP DTQRLVWACV GVEVGRGQPL GVGISGHPLL 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   NKLDDTENAS AYAANAGVDN RECISMDYKQ TQLCLIGCKP PIGEHWGKGS PCTNVAVNPG 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   DCPPLELINT VIQDGDMVDT GFGAMDFTTL QANKSEVPLD ICTSICKYPD YIKMVSEPYG 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   DSLFFYLRRE QMFVRHLFNR AGAVGDNVPD DLYIKGSGST ANLASSNYFP TPSGSMVTSD 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   AQIFNKPYWL QRAQGHNNGI CWGNQLFVTV VDTTRSTNMS LCAAISTSET TYKNTNFKEY 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   LRHGEEYDLQ FIFQLCKITL TADIMTYIHS MNSTILEDWN FGLQPPPGGT LEDTYRFVTS 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   QAIACQKHTP PAPKEDPLKK YTFWEVNLKE KFSADLDQFP LGRKFLLQAG LEAKPKFTLG 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   KRKATPTTSS TSTTAKRKKR KL* 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ7 (SEQ ID NO: 7): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   MPVPVSKVVS TDEYVARTNI YYHAGTSRLL AVGHPYFPIK KPNNNKILVP KVSGLQYRVF 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   RIHLPDPNKF GFPDTSFYNP DTQRLVWACV GVEVGRGQPL GVGISGHPLL NKLDDTENAS 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   AYAANAGVDN RECISMDYKQ TQLCLIGCKP PIGEHWGKGS PCTNVAVNPG DCPPLELINT 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   VIQDGDMVDT GFGAMDFTTL QANKSEVPLD ICTSICKYPD YIKMVSEPYG DSLFFYLRRE 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   QMFVRHLFNR AGAVGENVPD DLYIKGSGST ANLASSNYFP TPSGSMVTSD AQIFNKPYWL 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   QRAQGHNNGI CWGNQLFVTV VDTTRSTNMS LCAAISTSET TYKNTNFKEY LRHGEEYDLQ 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   FIFQLCKITL TADVMTYIHS MNSTILEDWN FGLQPPPGGT LEDTYRFVTS QAIACQKHTP 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   PAPKEDPLKK YTFWEVNLKE KFSADLDQFP LGRKFLLQAG LKAKPKFTLG KRKATPTTSS 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   TSTTAKRKKR KL* 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
             
                 
              
                 
                   SEQ8 (SEQ ID NO: 8): 
                 
              
             
             
                 
                 
              
                 
                   1 
                   CATATGCTTC CTAGTGAGGC CACTGTCTAC TTGCCTCCTG TCCCAGTATC TAAGGTTGTA 
                 
                 
                   61 
                   AGCACGGATG AATATGTTGC ACGCACAAAC ATATATTATC ATGCAGGAAC ATCCAGACTA 
                 
                 
                   121 
                   CTTGCAGTTG GACATCCCTA TTTTCCTATT AAAAAACCTA ACAATAACAA AATATTAGTT 
                 
                 
                   181 
                   CCTAAAGTAT CAGGATTACA ATACAGGGTA TTTAGAATAC ATTTACCTGA CCCCAATAAG 
                 
                 
                   241 
                   TTTGGTTTTC CTGACACCTC ATTTTATAAT CCAGATACAC AGCGGCTGGT TTGGGCCTGT 
                 
                 
                   301 
                   GTAGGTGTTG AGGTAGGTCG TGGTCAGCCA TTAGGTGTGG GCATTAGTGG CCATCCTTTA 
                 
                 
                   361 
                   TTAAATAAAT TGGATGACAC AGAAAATGCT AGTGCTTATG CAGCAAATGC AGGTGTGGAT 
                 
                 
                   421 
                   AATAGAGAAT GTATATCTAT GGATTACAAA CAAACACAAT TGTGTTTAAT TGGTTGCAAA 
                 
                 
                   481 
                   CCACCTATAG GGGAACACTG GGGCAAAGGA TCCCCATGTA CCAATGTTGC AGTAAATGCA 
                 
                 
                   541 
                   GGTGATTGTC CACCATTAGA GTTAATAAAC ACAGTTATTC AGGATGGTGA TATGGTTGAT 
                 
                 
                   601 
                   ACTGGCTTTC GTGCTATGGA CTTTACTACA TTACAGGCTA ACAAAAGTGA AGTTCCACTG 
                 
                 
                   661 
                   GATATTTGTA CATCTATTTG CAAATATCCA GATTATATTA AAATGGTGTC AGAACCATAT 
                 
                 
                   721 
                   GGCGACAGCT TATTTTTTTA TCTACGAAGG GAACAAATGT TTGTTAGACA TTTATTTAAT 
                 
                 
                   781 
                   AGGGCTGGTG CTGTTGGTGA TAATGTACCA GACGATTTAT ACATTAAAGG CTCTGGGTCT 
                 
                 
                   841 
                   ACTGCAAATT TAGCCAGTTC AAATTATTTT CCTACACCTA GTGGTTCTAT GGTTACCTCT 
                 
                 
                   901 
                   GATGCCCAAA TATTCAATAA ACCTTACTGG TTACAACGAG CACAGGGCCA CAATAATGGC 
                 
                 
                   961 
                   ATTTGTTGGG GTAACCAACT ATTTGTTACT GTTGTTGATA CTACACGCAG TACAAATATG 
                 
                 
                   1021 
                   TCATTATGTG CTGCCATATC TACTTCAGAA ACTACATATA AAAATACTAA CTTTAAGGAG 
                 
                 
                   1081 
                   TACCTACGAC ATGGGGAGGA ATATGATTTA CAGTTTATTT TTCAACTGTG CAAAATAACC 
                 
                 
                   1141 
                   TTAACTGCAG ACATTATGAC ATACATACAT TCTATGAATT CCACTATTTT GGAGGACTGG 
                 
                 
                   1201 
                   AATTTTGGTC TACAACCTCC CCCAGGAGGC ACACTAGAAG ATACTTATAG GTTTGTAACA 
                 
                 
                   1261 
                   TCCCAGGCAA TTGCTTGTCA AAAACATACA CCTCCAGCAC CTAAAGAAGA TCCCCTTAAA 
                 
                 
                   1321 
                   AAATACACTT TTTGGGAAGT AAATTTAAAG GAAAAGTTTT CTGCAGACCT AGATCAGTTT 
                 
                 
                   1381 
                   CCTTTAGGAC GCAAATTTTT ACTACAAGCA GGATTGGAGG CCAAACCAAA ATTTACATTA 
                 
                 
                   1441 
                   GGAAAACGAA AAGCTACACC CACCACCTCA TCTACCTCTA CAACTGCTAA ACGCAAAAAA 
                 
                 
                   1501 
                   CGTAAGCTGT AA 
                 
                 
                     
                 
              
             
           
         
       
     
    
    
     The description is further illustrated in combination with the Examples, wherein it is not limited to the Examples. 
     EXAMPLE 1 
     Expression of the Truncated HPV16 μl Protein (SEQ ID NO.6) 
     Preparation of HPV16 μl Gene Fragments as PCR Template 
     DNA extracted from the vaginal secretion of cervical cancer patients from Xiamen City in Fujian province was used as a template. Forward primers were 16H5521F: 5′-TAT AGT TCC AGG GTC TCC AC-3′ (SEQ ID NO:12) and reverse primers were 16H7190R: 5′-ACA ACA AAC AAC ACT AAT TCA A-3′ (SEQ ID NO:13). PCR reaction was performed in a Biometra T3 PCR thermocycler using the following parameters: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 94° C. denaturation 5 min 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 94° C. denaturation 50 sec 
               
               
                   
                 57° C. annealing 50 sec 
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                 25 cycles 
               
               
                   
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     The specific amplification product, about 1.6 kb in length, was used as the template to produce DNA fragments of the truncated HPV16 μl protein in the invention. 
     Construction of Non-Fusion Expression Vector of Truncated HPV16 L1 Gene DNA fragments (1.6 kb) produced in the previous step were used as the template for the next PCR reaction. Forward primer was 16N30F: 5′-GGA TCC CAT ATG CTT CCT AGT GAG GCC ACT GTC-3′ (SEQ ID NO:14), at the 5′ terminal of which the restriction endonuclease BamHI and NdeI sites were introduced. The sequence of NdeI site was CAT ATG, wherein the ATG was the initiation codon in  E. coli  system. The reverse primer was 16CR: 5′-CTC GAG TTA CAG CTT ACG TTT TTT GC-3′ (SEO ID NO:15), at the 5′ terminal of which the restriction endonuclease XhoI site was introduced. PCR reaction was performed in a Biometra T3 PCR thermocycler using the following parameters: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 94° C. denaturation 5 min 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 94° C. denaturation 50 sec 
               
               
                   
                 57° C. annealing 50 sec 
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                 25 cycles 
               
               
                   
                 72° C. elongation 2 min 
               
               
                   
                 72° C. elongation 10 min 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The DNA fragments, about 1.5 kb in length, were obtained after amplification. The PCR products were linked to the pMD 18-T vector (Takara Biosciences). After digestion with BamHI/HindIII, it was identified that positive colonies, wherein the truncated HPV16 L1 gene was inserted, were obtained, designated as pMD 18-T-1-HPV16N30C-L1. 
     The nucleotide sequence of interest, which was inserted into the plasmid pMD 18-T-HPV16N30C-L1, was determined as SEQ ID NO: 8 by Shanghai Boya Bio Co. through using M13 +/− primers. SEQ ID NO:8 encodes the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6 which corresponds to a HPV 16 L1 protein having 30 amino acids truncated at its N-terminal and no amino acid truncated at its C-terminal and was designated as HPV16N30C-L1. 
     The truncated HPV16N30C-L1 gene fragments were obtained by digesting plasmid pMD 18-T-HPV16N30C-L1 with BamHI/XhoI. The fragments were linked to non-fusion expression vector pTO-T7 digested with NdeI/XhoI (Luo Xinwen et al., Chinese Journal of Biotechnology, 2000, 16: 53-57). After digestion with NdeI/XhoI, it was identified that positive expression colonies, wherein L1 protein gene was inserted, were obtained, designated as pTO-T7-HPV16N30C-L1. 1 μL plasmid pTO-T7-HPV16N30C-L1 (0.15 mg/ml) was used to transform 40 μL competent  E. coli  ER2566 (New England BioLabs) prepared by Calcium chloride method, and then was coated on solid LB medium containing kanmycin (at a final concentration of 25 mg/mL, the same as below). The plates were incubated at 37° C. for about 10-12 h until single colonies could be observed clearly. Single colonies were transferred to a tube containing 4 ml liquid LB medium containing kanmycin. Cultures were incubated in a shaking incubator at 220 rpm for 10 h at 37° C., and then 1 ml bacterial solution was freeze-dried and stored at −70° C. 
     Expression of HPV16N30C-L1 in Large Scale 
       E. coli  transformed with pTO-T7-HPV 16-L1 was taken from the freeze-dried strain at −70° C. and diluted with a little sterile water, and then incubated in 50 mL LB medium containing Kanamycin at 200 rpm and 37° C. for 8 h. Then, the cultures were transferred to ten flasks (5 ml culture per flask), each of which contains 500 mL LB medium, and were incubated in a shaking incubator overnight at 200 rpm and 30° C. The cultures were the starter cultures. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 LB medium: 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Peptone: 
                 10 g 
               
               
                   
                 Yeast extract: 
                  5 g 
               
               
                   
                 NaCl: 
                 10 g 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The above components were dissolved in 1 L deionized water; the resultant solution was adjusted to pH 7.2 by addition of NaOH, sterilized at 121° C. for 30 minutes and cooled to 50° C. 
     A 50 L fermenter made by Shanghai Baoxing Biological Ltd was used in large-scale incubation. pH electrode was calibrated. 30 L LB medium was prepared and transferred into the fermenter, sterilized in situ at 121° C. for 30 minutes. Dissolved oxygen electrode was calibrated, wherein the value was determined as 0 before introduction of air after sterilization and as 100% prior to inoculation after introduction of air while stirring at 100 rpm at the beginning. 
     Preparation of the feed: 20 g peptone and 10 g yeast extract were dissolved in 100 ml deionized water to prepare a mixture of peptone and yeast extract (30%), and 50 g glucose was dissolved in 100 ml deionized water to prepared a glucose solution (50%). The two mixtures were sterilized at 121° C. for 20 min. 
     On the second day, the starter cultures in the ten flasks (for a total of 5 L) were transferred to the fermenter. At 37° C. and pH 7.0, the dissolved O 2  was maintained at &gt;40% by regulating agitation rate or air supply manually. 
     Flow Feed: 50% glucose and 30% mixture of peptone and yeast extract were mixed at a 2:1 mass ratio. 
     Flow rates were as follows: 
     The feeding speed: 
     1 h: 5% 
     2 h: 10% 
     3 h: 20% 
     4 h: 40% 
     6 h to the end: 60% 
     When OD 600nm  reached about 10.0, the culture temperature was lowered to 25° C. and 4 g IPTG was added to begin induction culture of 4 h. Fermentation was halted when OD 600nm  reached about 60. The culture was then centrifuged to obtain target strains expressing the HPV16N30C-L1 protein (about 3 kg). 
     EXAMPLE 2 
     Preparation HPV16N30C-L1 with a Purity of about 70% 
     1 g strains were re-suspended in 10 ml lysis buffer (20 mM tris buffer pH 7.2, 300 mM NaCl). Strains were disrupted by passing through a APV homogenizer (Invensys Group) for five times at a pressure of 600 bar. The homogenate was centrifuged at 30,000 g (13,500 rpm in JA-14 rotor) for 15 min. The supernatant was subjected to SDS-PAGE on a 10% gel. At this stage, the HPV16N30C-L1 had a purity of about 10%. The supernatant was dialyzed by a Centrasette 5 Tangential Flow Filter (Pall Co.) running at a pressure of 0.5 psi, a flow rate of 500 ml/min, and a tangential flow rate of 200 mL/min, wherein the retention molecular weight was 30 kDa, the dialysate was 10 mM phosphate buffer pH 6.0, and the dialysis volume was three times as large as the volume of supernatant. After thorough dialysis, the mixture was centrifuged at 12,000 g (9500 rpm in JA-10 rotor (Beckman J25 high speed centrifuge)) for 20 min, and the precipitation was collected. The precipitation was re-suspended in 10 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.5 containing 10 mM DTT and 300 mM NaCl, wherein the volume of the buffer was 1/10 times as large as the volume of the supernatant. The mixture was stirred for 30 min and centrifuged at 30,000 g (13,500 rpm in JA-14 rotor (Beckman J25 high speed centrifuge)) for 20 min. The supernatant passes through a 0.22 μm filter membrane. The sample was further subjected to cation exchange chromatography. 30 μL of 6× loading buffer was added to 150 μL of the filtered supernatant, and the result solution was mixed. After heating in a water bath at 80° C. for 10 min, a 10 uL sample was subjected to SDS-PAGE on a 10% gel at 120V for 120 min. The electrophoretic bands were stained by Coomassie brilliant blue. The result was shown in  FIG. 1 . According to the analysis of SDS-PAGE, HPV16N30C-L1 protein was purified and enriched after the steps of precipitation and re-dissolution, with the purity increased from about 10% to about 70%. 
     EXAMPLE 3 
     Chromatography Purification of HPV16N30C-L1 
     Cation Exchange Chromatography of HPV16N30C-L1 
     Equipment: AKTA Explorer 100 preparative liquid chromatography system (GE Healthcare, i.e. the original Amershan Pharmacia Co.) 
     Chromatographic media: SP Sepharose 4 Fast Flow 
     Column Volume: 5.5 cm×20 cm 
     Buffer: 20 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 10 mM DTT 
     20 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 10 mM DTT, 2M NaCl 
     Flow Rate: 25 mL/min 
     Detector Wavelength: 280 nm 
     Sample: the supernatant in 10 mM phosphate buffer pH7.5, 10 mM DTT, 300 mM NaCl in Example 2 
     Elution protocol: eluting undesired proteins with 400 mM NaCl, eluting the protein of interest with 500 mM NaCl, collecting 500 mM NaCl elutate, and finally getting about 1000 mL purified HPV16-L1 sample. 
     Purification of HPV16N30C-L1 by MC (Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography) 
     Equipment: AKTA Explorer 100 preparative liquid chromatography system (GE Healthcare, i.e. the original Amershan Pharmacia Co.) 
     Chromatographic media: Butyl Sepharose 4 Fast Flow 
     Column Volume: 5.5 cm×20 cm 
     Buffer: 10 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 10 mM DTT, 2M NaCl 
     Elution Buffer: 10 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 10 mM DTT 
     Flow Rate: 20 mL/min 
     Detector Wavelength: 280 nm 
     Sample: the elutate from SP Sepharose 4 Fast Flow 
     Elution protocol: eluting undesired proteins with 1M NaCl, eluting the protein of interest with 800 mM NaCl and 500 mM NaCl. 
     The elutate was collected when eluting with 800 mM and 500 mM NaCl. About 1300 ml purified HPV16N30C-L1 sample was obtained. 150 μL elutate collected when eluting with 800 mM/500 mM NaCl was added to 30 μL 6× loading buffer, and then the result solution was mixed thoroughly. After heating the solution in a water bath at 80° C. for 10 min, a 10 uL sample was subjected to SDS-PAGE on a 10% gel at 120V for 120 min. The electrophoretic bands were stained by Coomassie brilliant blue. The result was shown in  FIG. 2 . The concentration of the protein of interest was about 0.5 mg/ml, and the purity was greater than 98% according to SDS-PAGE. 
     EXAMPLE 4 
     Assembly of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs 
     Equipment: Centrasette 5 Tangential Flow Filter (Pall Co.), retention MW 30 kDa. 
     Sample: 1500 mL HPV16N30C-L1 obtained in Example 3 
     Sample Concentration Sample was concentrated to 800 mL with the system tangential flow rate adjusted to 50 mL/min 
     Sample Renaturation: Sample buffer was exchanged with 10 L renaturation buffer (50 mM PB pH 6.0, 2 mM CaCl 2 , 2 mM MgCl 2 , 0.5M NaCl, 0.003% Tween-80) thoroughly. When running the Tangential Flow Filter, the pressure was 0.5 psi and the tangential flow rate was 10 mL/min. When exchange was finished, the sample buffer was replaced with storage buffer (20 L PBS: 20 mM PB pH 6.5, 0.5M NaCl). The exchange volume was 20 L. The running pressure was 0.5 psi and the tangential flow rate was 25 mL/min. When the liquid exchange was finished, the sample was aseptically filtrated with a Pall filter (0.20 μm). The HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs were obtained. 
     EXAMPLE 5 
     Determination of the Morphology and Immunogenicity of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs 
     Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs 
     The equipment was a JEOL 100 kV Transmission Electron Microscope (100,000× magnification). HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs were negatively stained with 2% phosphotungstic acid at pH 7.0, and fixed on a copper grid. Results were shown in  FIG. 3 . It could be seen that the VLPs obtained in Example 4 had a radius of approximately 25 nm, and were homogenous and in a hollow form. 
     Dynamic Light-Scattering Measurement of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs 
     DynaPro MS/X dynamic light-scattering instrument (including a temperature controller) (US Protein Solutions Co.) was used for light-scattering measurements. The regulation algorithm was used in the measurements. The sample was the one obtained in Example 4. The sample was passed through a 0.22 μm filter membrane prior to the measurement. Results were shown in  FIG. 4 . The result shows that HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs had a Hydrodynamic radius of 25.86 nm. 
     Establishment of Pseudovirion Neutralization Assay for HPV16 
     HPV can hardly be cultured in vitro, and the HPV host had a strong specificity. Thus, HPV can hardly be propagated in hosts other than human. That is, there was not an appropriate animal model for HPV. Therefore, in order to evaluate the immune productivity of HPV vaccine quickly, there was a need to establish a efficient model for in vitro neutralization assays. 
     In Vitro Infection Model of Pseudovirion: According to the characteristic that HPV VLP can package nucleic acids non-specifically, HPV pseudovirion was formed by expressing HPV L1 and L2 protein in cells, and by packaging viral DNA of episome or introducing reporter plasmids heterologously. Methods include expression systems based on recombinant viruses and cotransfection of multi-plasmids (see Yeager, M. D, Aste-Amezaga, M. et al (2000) Virology (278) 570-7). 
     The invention utilizes cotransfection of a multi-plasmid system. Some improvements were made as follows. An optimized calcium phosphate transfection method was established for the 293FT cell line, with a transfection efficiency of above 90%, which facilitate the production on a large scale. The resultant codon-optimized expression plasmid of HPV structural protein could express HPV L1 and L2 gene efficiently in mammalian cell lines, facilitating efficient assembly of pseudovirion. 
     Construction of HPV Pseudovirion: 
     P16L1h, p16L2h and pN31-EGFP (donated by Professor T. Schiller of NIH) contain genes for HPV16L1, HPV16L2, and GFP, respectively. These plasmids were purified using CsCl density gradient centrifugation as described in The Molecular Cloning Experiment Guide, (3rd edition). The purification procedure was as follows:
         Plasmids were used to transform  E. coli  DH5α;   Single colonies were transferred into 500 mL LB culture medium and incubated in a shaking flask at 37° C. for 16 h;   Culture medium was centrifuged at 9,000 g for 5 min and the stains were collected;   The following substances were successively added to bacteria in each 1000 mL LB: 40 mL solution I (50 mM glucose, 25 mM Tris-Cl pH 8.0, 10 mM EDTA pH 8.0) and 2 ml 1 μg/μL RNase A), 40 mL solution II (0.2M NaOH, 1% SDS), and 48 mL solution III (60 mL 5M potassium acetate, 11.5 mL acetic acid, and 28.5 mL deionized water);   After placing on ice for 10 min, the mixture was centrifuged at 15,000 g for 20 min at 4° C.;   The supernatant was mixed with 0.6 volume of isopropyl alcohol, then was centrifuged again at 15,000 g for 30 min at 4° C.;   The supernatant was decanted into waste and the precipitation was washed with 70% ethanol;   The precipitation was dissolved in TE and the content of DNA was determined;   CsCl was dissolved in the solution of DNA (1 g DNA per 1.01 g CsCl), and then 100 μL 10 mg/mL EB solution was also dissolved in it;   The mixture was centrifuged using a Beckman NVT65 centrifuge at 62,000 rpm for 10 hr at 20° C.;   Closed circle DNA section was collected using an injector pinhead;   EB was extracted with equivalent volume of Isoamyl alcohol repeatedly for four times;   Three volumes of deionized water and eight volumes of dry ethanol were added to one volume of DNA solution, and then the mixture was centrifuged at 20000 g for 30 min at 4° C.;   The precipitation was collected and washed with 75% ethanol, and then dissolved in 1 mL TE;   The concentration of the DNA solution was determined, then the solution was stored in small packages at −20° C.       

     The purified p16L1h, p16L2h and pN31-EGFP co-transfected 293FT cells (Invitrogen) cultured on a 10 cm cell culture plate by calcium phosphate method. The calcium phosphate method was described as follows. 40 μg p16L1h, 40 μg p16L2h, and 40 μg pN31-EGFP were separately added to the mixture of 1 mL HEPES solution (125 μM HEPES/50 mL deionized water, at pH7.3 and 4° C.) and 1 mL 0.5M CaCl 2  solution. After mixing, 2 mL 2×HeBS solution (0.28M NaCl (16.36 g), 0.05M HEPES (11.9 g), 1.5 mM Na 2 HPO 4  (0.213 g), dissolved in 1000 mL deionized water, at pH 6.96 and −70° C.) was added dropwise. After standing at room temperature for 1 min, the mixture was added to the 10 cm cell culture plate where the 293FT cells were cultured. The original culture medium was replaced with 10 ml complete medium (Invitrogen Co.) 6 hours later. 48 hours after transfection, the medium was decanted and the cells were washed twice with PBS. Then, the cells were collected and counted. Every 10 8  cells were suspended in 1 mL cytolytic solution (0.25% Brij58, 9.5 mM MgCl 2 ). After lysing, cell lysate was centrifugated at 5,000 g for 10 min and the supernatant was collected. The Pseudovirion solution was obtained after adding 5M NaCl to the supernatant to a final concentration of 850 mM, then was stored in small packages at −20° C. 
     293FT cells (Invitrogen) were spread on a 96-well cell culture plate (1.5×10 4  cells/well). Neutralization assay was performed five hours later. Serum samples were serially diluted with 10% DMEM half-by-half. 50 μL diluted samples were separately mixed with 50 μL Pseudovirion solutions diluted with 10% DMEM (moi=0.1). After incubating at 4° C. for 1 h, the mixture was added to the 96-well cell culture plate spread with 293FT cells. The mixture was then incubated for 72 h at 37° C. Neutralization titers of samples were estimated by observing fluorescence. Infection percentage of cells in each well was checked by flow cytometry (EPICS XL, American Beckman Coulter Co.). The exact titers of monoclonal antibodies or polyclonal antibodies were calculated. Infection percentage was the percentage of cells in the positive region minus the uninfected cells in the positive region.
 
Infection control percentage=(1−infection percentage of sample cell/infection percentage of negative cell)×100%
 
     Neutralization titer was defined as the highest dilution multiple by which the infection control percentage was just above 50%. Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies were considered as having neutralizing capacity if their infection control percentage was above 50% after 50 times dilutions. 
     Immune Protectivity of Animals Inoculated with HPV16 VLPs: 
     50% Effective Dose (ED 50 ) Assay in Mouse: HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs produced in Example 4 were adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide adjuvant, and then were diluted with vaccine diluents to four different concentrations at a ratio of 1:3 (i.e. 0.1 μg/mL, 0.033 μg/mL, 0.011 μg/mL and 0.004 μg/mL). In each experimental group, ten BALB/c mice were inoculated with 1 mL of the above vaccine by intraperitoneal injection. Serum was collected at the forth and fifth weeks after injection, and HPV neutralizing antibodies were evaluated by the EIA and pseudovirion neutralization assays. After the last serum collection, the mice were sacrificed. The control group includes ten BALB/c mice. 
     Cutoff value for EIA was average negative value plus 0.16 (if average negative value was below 0.05, 0.05 was used in the calculation). Before inoculation, all BALB/c mice show negative in the HPV neutralizing antibody assays, results were shown in Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 ED 50  result of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs in 
               
               
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                 Positive 
                 Positive 
                 Positive 
               
               
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                 number 
                 rate (%) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 0.100 
                 10 
                 10 
                 100.00 
                 10 
                 100.00 
               
               
                 0.033 
                 10 
                 10 
                 100.00 
                 10 
                 100.00 
               
               
                 0.011 
                 10 
                 6 
                 66.67 
                 6 
                 66.67 
               
               
                 0.004 
                 10 
                 2 
                 14.29 
                 2 
                 14.29 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     ED50 was calculated according to the Reed-Muench method. After inoculation, blood was collected for detecting ED 50  at the forth and fifth week. HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs had a ED 50  of 0.019 μg at the forth week and 0.011 μg at the fifth week. Therefore, immunization in these dosages could induce high levels of neutralizing antibodies. The efficacy of these dosages was far less than that of 0.1 μg. 
     Results in the pseudovirion neutralization assay could only be accepted when more than 20% of the cells in the negative control group and none of the cells in the positive control group fluoresce. It was considered as a positive result when less than 50% of the cells in the negative control group fluoresce. Results were shown in Table 2. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 ED 50  result of HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs in 
               
               
                 BALB/c Mice in Pseudovirion Neutralization Assay 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 4 weeks 
                 5 weeks 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Concentration 
                 number 
                 Positive 
                 Positive 
                 Positive 
                 Positive 
               
               
                 μg/mL 
                 of mice 
                 number 
                 rate (%) 
                 number 
                 rate (%) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 0.100 
                 10 
                 10 
                 100 
                 10 
                 100 
               
               
                 0.033 
                 10 
                 10 
                 100 
                 9 
                 92 
               
               
                 0.011 
                 10 
                 1 
                 10 
                 3 
                 27 
               
               
                 0.004 
                 10 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     ED50 was calculated according to the Reed-Muench method. After inoculation, blood was collected for detecting ED 50  at the forth and fifth week. HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs had a ED 50  of 0.019 μg at the forth week and 0.011 μg at the fifth week. Therefore, immunization in these dosages could induce high levels of neutralizing antibodies. The efficacy of these dosages was far less than that of 0.1 μg. 
     Female rabbits (general level), 6-8 weeks old, were purchased from the Disease Prevention and Control Center of Guangxi province, where they were raised. HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs prepared in Example 4, were mixed with equal amount of complete Freund&#39;s Adjuvant for the first immunization. For the booster, HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs were mixed with incomplete Freund&#39;s Adjuvant. Rabbits were immunized via muscle injection, with 100 μg per rabbit for the first immunization, and separately with 50 μg per rabbit for the booster at week 4, 10. After immunization, external vein blood was collected every week, and serum was separated and stored for detection. 
     Female goats (general level), 6-8 weeks old, were purchased from the Disease Prevention and Control Center of Guangxi province, where they were raised. HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs prepared in Example 4, were mixed with equal amount of complete Freund&#39;s adjuvant for the first immunization. For the booster, HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs were mixed with incomplete Freund&#39;s adjuvant. Goats were immunized via muscle injection, with 1 mg per goat for the first immunization, and with 0.5 mg per goat for the booster separately at weeks 4, 10 and 18. After immunization, external vein blood was collected, and serum was separated and stored for detection. 
     Neutralization titers of the anti-serums were evaluated using a pseudovirion-based neutralization cell model assay. As shown in  FIGS. 5 and 6 , the vaccine produced from HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs prepared in Example 4 had good immunogenicity, could induce neutralizing antibodies with a high titer in animals, and could be used as an effective vaccine for the prevention of HPV infection. 
     Immune Response of Rhesus Monkeys Inoculated With HPV16/18 Bivalent Vaccine 
     Female rhesus monkeys (General level), 2 years old, were purchased from the Disease Prevention and Control Center of Guangxi Province, where they were raised. HPV16N30C-L1 prepared in Example 4 were adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide adjuvants, and HPV18N65C-L1 VLPs prepared according to the method similar to that of Example 4 were also adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide adjuvants. Then, the two were mixed at a ratio of 2:1 by weight to produce a bivalent HPV16/18 vaccine. Each dose (0.5 ml) contained 40 μg HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs, 20 μg HPV18N65C-L1 VLPs and 0.6 mg aluminum hydroxide. The Rhesus monkeys were separately administrated with 5 μg, 10 μg and 20 μg HPV 16 by injection in deltoid of the upper-limb (on triplicate). All the candidate animals show the total IgG antibodies and neutralizing antibodies against HPV 16 were negative before immunization. Vaccine was administered at 0 and 4 weeks. The animals were raised for 9 weeks, and blood was collected every week. Blood samples were stored at 37° C. for 1.5 h, and then centrifuged at 10,000 rpm for 5 min. Serum was collected to assay titers of total IgG and neutralizing antibodies against HPV16 and HPV18. Similar assay methods were used for the two types of antibodies. 
     As shown in  FIG. 7  and  FIG. 8 , HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs according to the invention could induce high titers of total IgG and neutralizing antibodies, exceeding 20,000 at week 9 after the first immunization. HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs had good immunogenicity and could be used as an effective vaccine for the prevention of HPV16 infection. Also, HPV18N65C-L1 VLPs of the Bivalent Vaccine could induce high titers of total IgG and neutralizing antibodies against HPV18, exceeding 20,000 at week 9 after the first immunization, as shown in  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10 . It was shown that HPV18N65C-L1 VLPs had good immunogenicity and could also be used as an effective vaccine for the prevention of HPV18 infection. 
     The amino acid sequence of HPV18N65C-L1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 9 as follows. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
            
               
                 Met Arg Pro Ser Asp Asn Thr Val Tyr Leu Pro Pro Pro Ser Val Ala 
                   
               
               
                 1               5                   10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Val Val Asn Thr Asp Asp Tyr Val Thr Arg Thr Ser Ile Phe Tyr 
               
               
                             20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His Ala Gly Ser Ser Arg Leu Leu Thr Val Gly Asn Pro Tyr Phe Arg 
               
               
                         35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Pro Ala Gly Gly Gly Asn Lys Gln Asp Ile Pro Lys Val Ser Ala 
               
               
                     50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Gln Tyr Arg Val Phe Arg Val Gln Leu Pro Asp Pro Asn Lys Phe 
               
               
                 65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Pro Asp Thr Ser Ile Tyr Asn Pro Glu Thr Gln Arg Leu Val 
               
               
                                 85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Trp Ala Cys Ala Gly Val Glu Ile Gly Arg Gly Gln Pro Leu Gly Val 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Ser Gly His Pro Phe Tyr Asn Lys Leu Asp Asp Thr Glu Ser 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser His Ala Ala Thr Ser Asn Val Ser Glu Asp Val Arg Asp Asn Val 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Val Asp Tyr Lys Gln Thr Gln Leu Cys Ile Leu Gly Cys Ala Pro 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ile Gly Glu His Trp Ala Lys Gly Thr Ala Cys Lys Ser Arg Pro 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Ser Gln Gly Asp Cys Pro Pro Leu Glu Leu Lys Asn Thr Val Leu 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Asp Gly Asp Met Val Asp Thr Gly Tyr Gly Ala Met Asp Phe Ser 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Leu Gln Asp Thr Lys Cys Glu Val Pro Leu Asp Ile Cys Gln Ser 
               
               
                     210                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Cys Lys Tyr Pro Asp Tyr Leu Gln Met Ser Ala Asp Pro Tyr Gly 
               
               
                 225                 230                 235                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Ser Met Phe Phe Cys Leu Arg Arg Glu Gln Leu Phe Ala Arg His 
               
               
                                 245                 250                 255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Trp Asn Arg Ala Gly Thr Met Gly Asp Thr Val Pro Gln Ser Leu 
               
               
                             260                 265                 270 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Ile Lys Gly Thr Gly Met Arg Ala Ser Pro Gly Ser Cys Val Tyr 
               
               
                         275                 280                 285 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Gly Ser Ile Val Thr Ser Asp Ser Gln Leu Phe 
               
               
                     290                 295                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Lys Pro Tyr Trp Leu His Lys Ala Gln Gly His Asn Asn Gly Val 
               
               
                 305                 310                 315                 320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Trp His Asn Gln Leu Phe Val Thr Val Val Asp Thr Thr Arg Ser 
               
               
                                 325                 330                 335 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Asn Leu Thr Ile Cys Ala Ser Thr Gln Ser Pro Val Pro Gly Gln 
               
               
                             340                 345                 350 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Asp Ala Thr Lys Phe Lys Gln Tyr Ser Arg His Val Glu Glu Tyr 
               
               
                         355                 360                 365 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Leu Gln Phe Ile Phe Gln Leu Cys Thr Ile Thr Leu Thr Ala Asp 
               
               
                     370                 375                 380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Met Ser Tyr Ile His Ser Met Asn Ser Ser Ile Leu Glu Asp Trp 
               
               
                 385                 390                 395                 400 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Phe Gly Val Pro Pro Pro Pro Thr Thr Ser Leu Val Asp Thr Tyr 
               
               
                                 405                 410                 415 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Phe Val Gln Ser Val Ala Ile Ala Cys Gln Lys Asp Ala Ala Pro 
               
               
                             420                 425                 430 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Glu Asn Lys Asp Pro Tyr Asp Lys Leu Lys Phe Trp Asn Val Asp 
               
               
                         435                 440                 445 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Lys Glu Lys Phe Ser Leu Asp Leu Asp Gln Tyr Pro Leu Gly Arg 
               
               
                     450                 455                 460 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Phe Leu Val Gln Ala Gly Leu Arg Arg Lys Pro Thr Ile Gly Pro 
               
               
                 465                 470                 475                 480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Lys Arg Ser Ala Pro Ser Ala Thr Thr Ala Ser Lys Pro Ala Lys 
               
               
                                 485                 490                 495 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Val Arg Val Arg Ala Arg Lys 
               
               
                             500 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Immune Protectivity of Mice Inoculated with HPV6/11/16/18 Quadrivalent Vaccine 
     Four SPF BALB/c mice, 4-5 weeks old, were used. HPV6N5C-L1, HPV11N4C-L1 and HPV18N65C-L1 VLPs, prepared according to the method similar to that of Example 4, were mixed at a ratio of 1:2:2:1 (by weight), wherein the final concentrations of them were 40 μg/mL, 80 μg/mL, 80 μg/mL and 40 μg/mL, respectively. The vaccine was mixed with an equal amount of complete Freund&#39;s adjuvant for the first immunization, and was mixed with an equal amount of incomplete Freund&#39;s adjuvant for the booster. 
     Mice were immunized by muscle injection. The amount for the first immunization was 10 μg HPV6N5C-L1, 10 μg HPV18N65C-L1, 20 μg HPV11N4C-L1, and 20 μg HPV16N30C-L1 per mouse. The booster was administered every two weeks. The amount for the booster was 20 μg HPV6N5C-L1, 20 μg HPV18N65C-L1, 40 μg HPV11N4C-L1, and 40 μg HPV16N30C-L1 per mouse. 
     After immunization, external vein blood was collected every week and serum was separated. The titers of neutralizing antibodies against HPV6, HPV11, HPV16 and HPV18 in immunized mice were separately determined according to the method of Example 5. 
     Results were shown in  FIG. 11 , indicating that HPV6/11/16/18 quadrivalent vaccine, prepared by blending HPV6N5C-L1, HPV11N4C-L1, HPV16N30C-L1 and HPV18N65C-L1 VLPs prepared in Examples 1-4, had good immunogenicity, could induce neutralizing antibodies with a high titer against HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 16, and HPV 18 in animals, and could be used as an effective vaccine for the prevention of HPV6/HPV11/HPV16/HPV18 infection (in addition to the Freund&#39;s adjuvants used in the experiments, the vaccine could be prepared by blending the four HPV6N5C-L1, HPV11N4C-L1, HPV16N30C-L1 and HPV18N65C-L1 VLPs with aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate adjuvants available commercially or self-prepared). 
     The Amino Acid Sequence of HPV6N5C-L1 is showed in SEQ ID NO 10. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
            
               
                 Met Asp Ser Thr Val Tyr Val Pro Pro Pro Asn Pro Val Ser Lys Val 
                   
               
               
                 1               5                   10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ala Thr Asp Ala Tyr Val Thr Arg Thr Asn Ile Phe Tyr His Ala 
               
               
                             20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Ser Arg Leu Leu Ala Val Gly His Pro Tyr Phe Ser Ile Lys 
               
               
                         35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Ala Asn Lys Thr Val Val Pro Lys Val Ser Gly Tyr Gln Tyr Arg 
               
               
                     50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Phe Lys Val Val Leu Pro Asp Pro Asn Lys Phe Ala Leu Pro Asp 
               
               
                 65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Leu Phe Asp Pro Thr Thr Gln Arg Leu Val Trp Ala Cys Thr 
               
               
                                 85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Glu Val Gly Arg Gly Gln Pro Leu Gly Val Gly Val Ser G1y 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His Pro Phe Leu Asn Lys Tyr Asp Asp Val Glu Asn Ser Gly Ser Gly 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Asn Pro Gly Gln Asp Asn Arg Val Asn Val Gly Met Asp Tyr Lys 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Thr Gln Leu Cys Met Val Gly Cys Ala Pro Pro Leu Gly Glu His 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Trp Gly Lys Gly Lys Gln Cys Thr Asn Thr Pro Val Gln Ala Gly Asp 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Pro Pro Leu Glu Leu Ile Thr Ser Val Ile Gln Asp Gly Asp Met 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Asp Thr Gly Phe Gly Ala Met Asn Phe Ala Asp Leu Gln Thr Asn 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Ser Asp Val Pro Ile Asp Ile Cys Gly Thr Thr Cys Lys Tyr Pro 
               
               
                     210                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Tyr Leu Gln Met Ala Ala Asp Pro Tyr Gly Asp Arg Leu Phe Phe 
               
               
                 225                 230                 235                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Leu Arg Lys Glu Gln Met Phe Ala Arg His Phe Phe Asn Arg Ala 
               
               
                                 245                 250                255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Glu Val Gly Glu Pro Val Pro Asp Thr Leu Ile Ile Lys Gly Ser 
               
               
                             260                 265                 270 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Asn Arg Thr Ser Val Gly Ser Ser Ile Tyr Val Asn Thr Pro Ser 
               
               
                         275                 280                 285 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Leu Val Ser Ser Glu Ala Gln Leu Phe Asn Lys Pro Tyr Trp 
               
               
                     290                 295                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Gln Lys Ala Gln Gly His Asn Asn Gly Ile Cys Trp Gly Asn Gln 
               
               
                 305                 310                 315                 320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Phe Val Thr Val Val Asp Thr Thr Arg Ser Thr Asn Met Thr Leu 
               
               
                                 325                 330                 335 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ala Ser Val Thr Thr Ser Ser Thr Tyr Thr Asn Ser Asp Tyr Lys 
               
               
                             340                 345                 350 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Tyr Met Arg His Val Glu Glu Tyr Asp Leu Gln Phe Ile Phe Gln 
               
               
                         355                 360                 365 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Cys Ser Ile Thr Leu Ser Ala Glu Val Val Ala Tyr Ile His Thr 
               
               
                     370                 375                 380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Asn Pro Ser Val Leu Glu Asp Trp Asn Phe G1y Leu Ser Pro Pro 
               
               
                 385                 390                 395                 400 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Asn Gly Thr Leu Glu Asp Thr Tyr Arg Tyr Val Gln Ser Gln Ala 
               
               
                                 405                 410                 415 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Thr Cys Gln Lys Pro Thr Pro Glu Lys Gln Lys Pro Asp Pro Tyr 
               
               
                             420                 425                 430 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Asn Leu Ser Phe Trp Glu Val Asn Leu Lys Glu Lys Phe Ser Ser 
               
               
                         435                 440                 445 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Leu Asp Gln Tyr Pro Leu Gly Arg Lys Phe Leu Leu Gln Ser Gly 
               
               
                     450                 455                 460 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Arg Gly Arg Ser Ser Ile Arg Thr Gly Val Lys Arg Pro Ala Val 
               
               
                 465                 470                 475                 480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Lys Ala Ser Ala Ala Pro Lys Arg Lys Arg Ala Lys Thr Lys Arg 
               
               
                                 485                 490                 495 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The Amino Acid Sequence of HPV11N4C-L1 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 11: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
            
               
                 Met Ser Asp Ser Thr Val Tyr Val Pro Pro Pro Asn Pro Val Ser Lys 
                   
               
               
                 1               5                   10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Val Ala Thr Asp Ala Tyr Val Lys Arg Thr Asn Ile Phe Tyr His 
               
               
                             20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ser Ser Ser Arg Leu Leu Ala Val Gly His Pro Tyr Tyr Ser Ile 
               
               
                         35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys Val Asn Lys Thr Val Val Pro Lys Val Ser Gly Tyr Gln Tyr 
               
               
                     50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Val Phe Lys Val Val Leu Pro Asp Pro Asn Lys Phe Ala Leu Pro 
               
               
                 65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Ser Ser Leu Phe Asp Pro Thr Thr Gln Arg Leu Val Trp Ala Cys 
               
               
                                 85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Gly Leu Glu Val Gly Arg Gly Gln Pro Leu Gly Val Gly Val Ser 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly His Pro Leu Leu Asn Lys Tyr Asp Asp Val Glu Asn Ser Gly Gly 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Gly Gly Asn Pro Gly Gln Asp Asn Arg Val Asn Val Gly Met Asp 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Lys Gln Thr Gln Leu Cys Met Val Gly Cys Ala Pro Pro Leu Gly 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu His Trp Gly Lys Gly Thr Gln Cys Ser Asn Thr Ser Val Gln Asn 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Asp Cys Pro Pro Leu Glu Leu Ile Thr Ser Val Ile Gln Asp Gly 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Met Val Asp Thr Gly Phe Gly Ala Met Asn Phe Ala Asp Leu Gln 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Asn Lys Ser Asp Val Pro Leu Asp Ile Cys Gly Thr Val Cys Lys 
               
               
                     210                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Pro Asp Tyr Leu Gln Met Ala Ala Asp Pro Tyr Gly Asp Arg Leu 
               
               
                 225                 230                 235                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Phe Tyr Leu Arg Lys Glu Gln Met Phe Ala Arg His Phe Phe Asn 
               
               
                                 245                 250                 255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Ala Gly Thr Val Gly Glu Pro Val Pro Asp Asp Leu Leu Val Lys 
               
               
                             260                 265                 270 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gly Asn Asn Arg Ser Ser Val Ala Ser Ser Ile Tyr Val His Thr 
               
               
                         275                 280                 285 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Ser Gly Ser Leu Val Ser Ser Glu Ala Gln Leu Phe Asn Lys Pro 
               
               
                     290                 295                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Trp Leu Gln Lys Ala Gln Gly His Asn Asn Gly Ile Cys Trp Gly 
               
               
                 305                 310                 315                 320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn His Leu Phe Val Thr Val Val Asp Thr Thr Arg Ser Thr Asn Met 
               
               
                                 325                 330                 335 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Leu Cys Ala Ser Val Ser Lys Ser Ala Thr Tyr Thr Asn Ser Asp 
               
               
                             340                 345                 350 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Lys Glu Tyr Met Arg His Val Glu Glu Phe Asp Leu Gln Phe Ile 
               
               
                         355                 360                 365 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Gln Leu Cys Ser Ile Thr Leu Ser Ala Glu Val Met Ala Tyr Ile 
               
               
                     370                 375                 380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His Thr Met Asn Pro Ser Val Leu Glu Asp Trp Asn Phe Gly Leu Ser 
               
               
                 385                 390                 395                 400 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Pro Pro Asn Gly Thr Leu Glu Asp Thr Tyr Arg Tyr Val Gln Ser 
               
               
                                 405                 410                 415 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Ala Ile Thr Cys Gln Lys Pro Thr Pro Glu Lys Glu Lys Gln Asp 
               
               
                             420                 425                 430 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Tyr Lys Asp Met Ser Phe Trp Glu Val Asn Leu Lys Glu Lys Phe 
               
               
                         435                 440                 445 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Glu Leu Asp Gln Phe Pro Leu Gly Arg Lys Phe Leu Leu Gln 
               
               
                     450                 455                 460 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Gly Tyr Arg Gly Arg Thr Ser Ala Arg Thr Gly Ile Lys Arg Pro 
               
               
                 465                 470                 475                 480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Val Ser Lys Pro Ser Thr Ala Pro Lys Arg Lys Arg Thr Lys Thr 
               
               
                                 485                 490                 495 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The Amino Acid Sequence of HPV18N65C-L1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 9. 
     The experimental results show that the vaccine that was formed by HPV16N30C-L1 VLPs prepared in Example 4 (in addition to the Freund&#39;s adjuvants used in the experiments, aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate adjuvants available commercially or self-prepared could also be used) had good immunogenicity could induce neutralizing antibodies with a high titer in animals, and could be an effective vaccine useful for the prevention of HPV infection. 
     EXAMPLE 6 
     The truncated HPV16L1 proteins set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 were prepared according to the techniques used in examples 1-5. All these truncated proteins could be assembled into VLPs.