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Kazanji M, Heraud JM, Merien F, Pique C, de Thé G, Gessain A, Jacobson S. Chimeric peptide vaccine composed of B- and T-cell epitopes of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 induces humoral and cellular immune responses and reduces the proviral load in immunized squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). J Gen Virol 2006; 87:1331-1337. [PMID: 16603536 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81582-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A squirrel monkey model of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection was used to evaluate the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a chimeric peptide vaccine composed of a B-cell epitope from the envelope region (aa 175–218) and three HLA-A*0201-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes derived from Tax protein (Tri-Tax). These selected Tax peptides induced secretion of gamma interferon (IFN-γ) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from monkeys chronically infected with HTLV-1. After immunization, a high titre of antibodies and a high frequency of IFN-γ-producing cells were detected against the Env and the Tri-Tax immunogens, but not against the individual Tax peptides. This might indicate that epitope(s) distinct from those recognized by humans are recognized by responder monkeys. After challenge, it was shown by competitive PCR that partial protection against HTLV-1 infection could be raised in immunized animals. Further studies should be developed to determine the duration of this protection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mirdad Kazanji
- Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Rétrovirologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire de Rétrovirologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, French Guiana
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- Centre de Primatologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, French Guiana
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- CNRS UPR 9051 (UMR 7151), Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Viral Immunology Section, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Heraud JM, Mortreux F, Merien F, Contamin H, Mahieux R, Pouliquen JF, Wattel E, Gessain A, de Thé H, Bazarbachi A, Hermine O, Kazanji M. The efficacy of combined therapy of arsenic trioxide and alpha interferon in human T-cell leukemia virus type-1-infected squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Antiviral Res 2006; 70:132-9. [PMID: 16540180 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2005] [Revised: 01/12/2006] [Accepted: 02/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) has a poor prognosis owing to its intrinsic resistance to chemotherapy. Although zidovudine (AZT) and alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) give rise to some response and improve the prognosis of ATLL, alternative therapies are needed. Arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) has been shown to synergize with IFN-alpha in arresting cell growth and inducing apoptosis of ATLL cells in vitro. In this study, we evaluated the toxicity and the efficacy of this combined treatment in HTLV-1-infected squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) and HTLV-1 infected cell lines derived therefrom. We first show that treatment with As(2)O(3) and IFN-alpha can induce growth arrest in HTLV-1-transformed monkey T-cell lines in vitro. We then show that treatment of squirrel monkeys with As(2)O(3) in vivo is highly toxic at 0.9 or 0.3mg/day but not at 0.14mg/day for up to 2 weeks. Although the combination of As(2)O(3) and IFN-alpha did not affect significantly the HTLV-1 proviral load in infected monkeys, it reduced the absolute numbers of CD3(+), CD4(+) and CD8(+) cells during treatment, with a significant reduction in the total number of circulating HTLV-1 flower cells in the infected monkeys with chronic ATLL-like disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jean Michel Heraud
- Laboratoire de Rétrovirologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23, Avenue Pasteur, 97306 Cayenne, French Guiana
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Delebecque F, Pramberger K, Prévost MC, Brahic M, Tangy F. A chimeric human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 with the envelope glycoprotein of Moloney murine leukemia virus is infectious for murine cells. J Virol 2002; 76:7883-9. [PMID: 12097602 PMCID: PMC136376 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.15.7883-7889.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We constructed a chimeric human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) provirus in which the original envelope precursor sequence was replaced by that of ecotropic Moloney murine leukemia virus (Mo-MuLV). Chimeric particles produced by transient transfection of this chimeric provirus were infectious for murine cells, such as NIH 3T3 fibroblasts, lymphoid EL4 cells, and primary CD4(+) T lymphocytes, whereas HTLV-1 particles were not. The infectivity of chimeric particles increased 10 times when the R peptide located at the carboxy terminus of the MuLV envelope glycoprotein was deleted. Primary murine CD4(+) T lymphocytes, infected by the Delta R chimeric virus, released particles that could spread the infection to other naive murine lymphoid cells. This chimeric virus, with the Mo-MuLV envelope glycoprotein and the replication characteristics of HTLV-1, should be useful in studying the pathogenesis of HTLV-1 in a mouse model.
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Sun B, Nitta T, Shoda M, Tanaka M, Hanai S, Hoshino H, Miwa M. Cell-free human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 binds to, and efficiently enters mouse cells. Jpn J Cancer Res 2002; 93:760-6. [PMID: 12149141 PMCID: PMC5927073 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2002.tb01317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is an etiologic agent of adult T-cell leukemia / lymphoma and other HTLV-1-associated diseases. However, the interaction between HTLV-1 and T cells in the pathogenesis of these diseases is poorly understood. Mouse cells have been reported to be resistant to cell-free HTLV-1 infection. However, we recently reported that HTLV-1 DNA could be observed 24 h after cell-free HTLV-1 infection of mouse cell lines. To understand HTLV-1 replication in these cells in detail, we concentrated the virus produced from c77 feline kidney cell line and established an efficient infection system. The amounts of adsorption of HTLV-1 are larger in mouse T cell lines, EL4 and RLm1, than those in human T cell lines, Molt4 and HUT78, and are similar to that in human kidney cell line, 293T. Unexpectedly, however, the amounts of entry of HTLV-1 are about 10-fold larger in the two mouse cell lines than those in the three human cell lines employed. Moreover, viral DNA was detectable from 1 h in EL4 and RLm1 cells, but only from 2 - 3 h in 293T, Molt4 and HUT78 cells. However, the amount of viral DNA in EL4 cells became smaller than that in Molt4 cells. HTLV-1 expression could be detected until day 1 - 2 in RLm1 and EL4 cells, and until day 4 in Molt4 cells. Our results suggest that mouse cell experiments would give useful information to dissect the early steps of cell-free HTLV-1 infection.
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- Binlian Sun
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Oncology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
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Romero IA, Prevost MC, Perret E, Adamson P, Greenwood J, Couraud PO, Ozden S. Interactions between brain endothelial cells and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-infected lymphocytes: mechanisms of viral entry into the central nervous system. J Virol 2000; 74:6021-30. [PMID: 10846084 PMCID: PMC112099 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.13.6021-6030.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is associated with a variety of clinical manifestations, including tropical spastic paraparesis or HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). Viral detection in the central nervous system (CNS) of TSP/HAM patients demonstrates the ability of HTLV-1 to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). To investigate viral entry into the CNS, rat brain capillary endothelial cells were exposed to human lymphocytes chronically infected by HTLV-1 (MT2), to lymphocytes isolated from a seropositive patient, or to a control lymphoblastoid cell line (CEM). An enhanced adhesion to and migration through brain endothelial cells in vitro was observed with HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes. HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes also induced a twofold increase in the paracellular permeability of the endothelial monolayer. These effects were associated with an increased production of tumor necrosis factor alpha by HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes in the presence of brain endothelial cells. Ultrastructural analysis showed that contact between endothelial cells and HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes resulted in a massive and rapid budding of virions from lymphocytes, followed by their internalization into vesicles by brain endothelial cells and apparent release onto the basolateral side, suggesting that viral particles may cross the BBB using the transcytotic pathway. Our study also demonstrates that cell-cell fusion occurs between HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes and brain endothelial cells, with the latter being susceptible to transient HTLV-1 infection. These aspects may help us to understand the pathogenic mechanisms associated with neurological diseases induced by HTLV-1 infection.
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- I A Romero
- CNRS UPR 0415, Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, 75014 Paris, France.
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Kazanji M, Ureta-Vidal A, Ozden S, Tangy F, de Thoisy B, Fiette L, Talarmin A, Gessain A, de Thé G. Lymphoid organs as a major reservoir for human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 in experimentally infected squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus): provirus expression, persistence, and humoral and cellular immune responses. J Virol 2000; 74:4860-7. [PMID: 10775625 PMCID: PMC112009 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.10.4860-4867.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in various organs of serially sacrificed squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) in order to localize the reservoir of the virus and to evaluate the relationship between viral expression and the humoral or cellular immune response during infection. Six squirrel monkeys infected with HTLV-1 were sacrificed 6, 12, and 35 days and 3, 6, and 26 months after inoculation, and 20 organs and tissues were collected from each animal. PCR and reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) were performed with gag and tax primers. Proviral DNA was detected by PCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of monkeys sacrificed 6 days after inoculation and in PBMCs, spleens, and lymph nodes of monkeys sacrificed 12 and 35 days and 3, 6, and 26 months after inoculation. Furthermore, tax/rex mRNA was detected by RT-PCR in the PBMCs of two monkeys 8 to 12 days after inoculation and in the spleens and lymph nodes of the monkey sacrificed on day 12. In this animal, scattered HTLV-1 tax/rex mRNA-positive lymphocytes were detected by in situ hybridization in frozen sections of the spleen, around the germinal centers and close to the arterial capillaries. Anti-HTLV-1 cell-mediated immunity was evaluated at various times after inoculation. Anti-p40(Tax) and anti-Env cytolytic T-cell responses were detected 2 months after infection and remained detectable thereafter. When Tax peptides were used, this response appeared to be directed against various Tax epitopes. Our results indicate that squirrel monkeys represent a promising animal model for studying the early events of HTLV-1 infection and for evaluating candidate vaccines against HTLV-1.
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- M Kazanji
- Unité d'Oncologie Virale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Koya Y, Ohashi T, Kato H, Hanabuchi S, Tsukahara T, Takemura F, Etoh K, Matsuoka M, Fujii M, Kannagi M. Establishment of a seronegative human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carrier state in rats inoculated with a syngeneic HTLV-1-immortalized T-cell line preferentially expressing Tax. J Virol 1999; 73:6436-43. [PMID: 10400737 PMCID: PMC112724 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.8.6436-6443.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes T-cell malignancies in a small percentage of the population infected with the virus after a long carrier state. In the present study, we established a seronegative HTLV-1 carrier state in rats inoculated with a newly established HTLV-1-infected rat T cell line, FPM1. FPM1 originated from rat thymocytes cocultured with a human HTLV-1 producer, MT-2 cells, and expressed rat CD4, CD5, CD25, and HTLV-1 Tax. However, FPM1 scarcely expressed other major HTLV-1 structural proteins and failed to induce typical antibody responses against HTLV-1 in inoculated rats. In contrast, control rats inoculated with MT-2 cells generated significant levels of anti-HTLV-1 antibodies. HTLV-1 proviruses were detected in peripheral blood cells of syngeneic rats inoculated with FPM1 for more than 1 year. Analysis of the flanking region of HTLV-1 provirus integrated into host cells suggested that FPM1 cells remained in these animals over a relatively long period of time. However, a similar seronegative HTLV-1 carrier state was induced in the rats inoculated with mitomycin C-treated FPM1 cells and also in FPM1-inoculated allogeneic rats, suggesting that FPM1 could also transmit HTLV-1 into host cells in vivo. Our findings indicated that (i) HTLV-1-immortalized T cells which preferentially express HTLV-1 Tax persisted in vivo but failed to induce any diseases in immunocompetent syngeneic rats and that (ii) suboptimal levels of HTLV-1 for antibody responses allowed the establishment of persistent HTLV-1 infection.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Carrier State
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Deltaretrovirus Antigens/analysis
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Gene Products, env/analysis
- Gene Products, gag/analysis
- Gene Products, tax/biosynthesis
- HTLV-I Infections/blood
- HTLV-I Infections/immunology
- HTLV-I Infections/virology
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/immunology
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/physiology
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Proviruses
- RNA, Viral
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
- Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic/analysis
- Virus Integration
- Virus Latency
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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- Y Koya
- Department of Immunotherapeutics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Medical Research Division, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Sun B, Fang J, Yagami K, Kushida S, Tanaka M, Uchida K, Miwa M. Age-dependent paraparesis in WKA rats: evaluation of MHC k-haplotype and HTLV-1 infection. J Neurol Sci 1999; 167:16-21. [PMID: 10500256 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00128-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is shown to be closely associated with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Although the occurrence of HAM/TSP was reported to be associated with MHC class II, the mechanism is still unclear. The WKA(RT1k) strain of rats was reported to develop HAM/TSP-like paraparesis after HTLV-1 infection, and was suggested to be an animal model of HAM/TSP. We asked whether MHC k-haplotype is specifically involved in the pathogenesis of paraparesis of WKA(RT1k) rats. We injected the HTLV-1 producing human T cells (MT-2 cells) intravenously into WKA(RT1k) rats and MHC congenic WKA.1L(RT1l) rats which have MHC l-haplotype of LEW rats on the WKA background. Positive antibody response to HTLV-1 antigens and presence of provirus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells confirmed that MT-2 cell-injected rats were infected with HTLV-1. Two of 13 MT-2 cell-injected WKA(RT1k) rats and five of 13 MT-2 cell-injected WKA.1L(RT1l) rats developed HAM/TSP-like hindlimb paraparesis between 16 and 26 months old. Interestingly, three of 14 MT-2 cell-uninjected WKA(RT1k) rats and four of 13 MT-2 cell-uninjected WKA.1L(RT1l) rats showed similar paraparesis between 15 and 26 months old. MHC k-haplotype is not specific to the development of paraparesis in WKA(RT1k) rats. The role of aging, genetic background, HTLV-1 infection and other factors on the development of HAM/TSP-like paraparesis in rats are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- B Sun
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Oncology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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