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Candela F, Quarta E, Buttini F, Ancona A, Bettini R, Sonvico F. Recent Patents on Nasal Vaccines Containing Nanoadjuvants. Recent Adv Drug Deliv Formul 2022; 16:103-121. [PMID: 35450539 PMCID: PMC10184237 DOI: 10.2174/2667387816666220420124648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Vaccines are one of the greatest medical achievements of modern medicine. The nasal mucosa represents an effective route of vaccination for both mucosal immunity and peripheral, being at the same time an inductive and effector site of immunity. In this paper, the innovative and patented compositions and manufacturing procedures of nanomaterials have been studied using the peerreviewed research literature. Nanomaterials have several properties that make them unique as adjuvant for vaccines. Nanoadjuvants through the influence of antigen availability over time affect the immune response. Namely, the amount of antigen reaching the immune system or its release over prolonged periods of time can be effectively increased by nanoadjuvants. Mucosal vaccines are an interesting alternative for immunization of diseases in which pathogens access the body through these epithelia. Nanometric adjuvants are not only a viable approach to improve the efficacy of nasal vaccines but in most of the cases they represent the core of the intellectual property related to the innovative vaccine.
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- Francesco Candela
- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
- University Centre for Innovation in Health Products (Biopharmanet-TEC), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
- University Centre for Innovation in Health Products (Biopharmanet-TEC), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
- University Centre for Innovation in Health Products (Biopharmanet-TEC), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Seasonal influenza is a common and highly transmissible disease, characterized by frequent and unpredictable mutations occurring in the viral envelope glycoproteins. Owing to this high variability, annual reformulation and immunization are required and still, the vaccine is not effective enough when there is an antigenic mismatch with circulating strains. A solution could come from the construction of a universal vaccine that would be based on highly conserved antigens and would be effective against many strains: some universal vaccine developers focus on the Matrix 2 protein, whereas others use additional conserved proteins, such as the nucleoprotein and Matrix 1, or even a range of peptides from these proteins and others to induce cross-strain immunity. This article aims to highlight recent significant advances in the development of a universal vaccine against influenza and focuses mainly on studies using the epitope-based approach that have also entered the clinical trial stage; it includes a brief summary of current vaccines against influenza as well as the ongoing efforts to develop a universal vaccine.
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- Tamar Ben-Yedidia
- BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 14 Einstein Street, Ness Ziona, Israel
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Chen D, Edgtton K, Gould A, Guo H, Mather M, Haigh O, Cochrane M, Kattenbelt J, Thomson S, Tindle R. HBsAg-vectored vaccines simultaneously deliver CTL responses to protective epitopes from multiple viral pathogens. Virology 2010; 398:68-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2009] [Accepted: 11/24/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Wu H, Dennis VA, Pillai SR, Singh SR. RSV fusion (F) protein DNA vaccine provides partial protection against viral infection. Virus Res 2009; 145:39-47. [PMID: 19540885 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Revised: 06/08/2009] [Accepted: 06/09/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The present study was conducted to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a RSV F DNA vaccine incorporated with a mucosal adjuvant. Two DNA vaccine vectors (DRF-412 and DRF-412-P) were developed containing residues 412-524 of the RSV F gene. These antigenic regions were cloned into the phCMV1 DNA vaccine vector. One of the DNA vaccine vectors, DRF-412, contained the ctxA(2)B region of the cholera toxin gene as a mucosal adjuvant. The in vitro expressions of these DNA vectors were confirmed in Cos-7 cells by indirect immunofluorescence and Western blot analyses. In vivo expression of the cloned gene was further confirmed in mouse muscle tissue by immunohistological analysis. The active transcription of the RSV F gene in mouse muscle cells was confirmed by RT-PCR. The purified DRF-412 and DRF-412-P DNA vectors were used to immunize mice by intramuscular injections. Our results indicated that DRF-412 and DRF-412-P vaccine vectors were as effective as live RSV in inducing neutralization antibody, systemic Ab (IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b) responses, and mucosal antibody responses (Ig A). The Th1 (TNF-alpha, IL-12p70, IFN-gamma, IL-2) and Th2 (IL-10, IL-6) cytokine profiles were analyzed after stimulation of spleen cells from mice immunized with purified RF-412 protein. We observed that mice inoculated with vector DRF-412 induced a higher mixed Th1/Th2 cytokine immune response than DRF-412-P. Reverse transcriptase and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) revealed that mice immunized with the DRF-412 vector contained less viral RNA in lung tissue and the lung immunohistology study confirmed that mice immunized with DRF-412 had better protection than those immunized with the DRF-412-P vector. These results indicate that the RSV DRF-412 vaccine vector, which contains the cholera toxin subunit ctxA2B as a mucosal adjuvant may provide a better DNA vaccination strategy against RSV.
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- Hongzhuan Wu
- Center for NanoBiotechnology Research, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL 36101, USA
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Immunostimulatory complexes (ISCOMs) are particulate antigen delivery systems composed of antigen, cholesterol, phospholipid and saponin, while ISCOMATRIX is a particulate adjuvant comprising cholesterol, phospholipid and saponin but without antigen. The combination of an antigen with ISCOMATRIX is called an ISCOMATRIX vaccine. ISCOMs and ISCOMATRIX combine the advantages of a particulate carrier system with the presence of an in-built adjuvant (Quil A) and consequently have been found to be more immunogenic, while removing its haemolytic activity of the saponin, producing less toxicity. ISCOMs and ISCOMATRIX vaccines have now been shown to induce strong antigen-specific cellular or humoral immune responses to a broad range of antigens of viral, bacterial, parasite origin or tumor in a number of animal species including non-human primates and humans. These vaccines produced by well controlled and reproducible processes have also been evaluated in human clinical trials. In this review, we summarize the recent progress of ISCOMs and ISCOMATRIX, including preparation technology as well as their application in humans and veterinary vaccine designs with particular emphasis on the current understanding of the properties and features of ISCOMs and ISCOMATRIX vaccines to induce immune responses. The mechanisms of adjuvanticity are also discussed in the light of recent findings.
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- Hong-Xiang Sun
- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Etiology & Immunological Prevention of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Kaixuan Road 268, Hangzhou 310029, Zhejiang, China.
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Gu W, Cochrane M, Leggatt GR, Payne E, Choyce A, Zhou F, Tindle R, McMillan NA. Both treated and untreated tumors are eliminated by short hairpin RNA-based induction of target-specific immune responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:8314-9. [PMID: 19416823 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812085106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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RNA interference (RNAi) for cancer treatment relies on the ability to directly kill cancer cells via down-regulation of target genes, but issues of delivery and efficacy have limited clinical adoption. Furthermore, current studies using immune-deficient animal models disregard potential interactions with the adaptive immune system. It has previously been observed that certain viral antigens appear to be more rapidly presented to the immune system than normal proteins due to the production of defective ribosomal products by the virus. Given that RNAi could potentially result in the generation of truncated mRNAs, we wondered whether a similar mechanism of immune presentation of a target gene was possible. Here we show that RNAi-cleaved mRNAs can be translated into incomplete protein, and if cleavage was downstream of cytotoxic T cell epitopes, resulted in increased presentation of target protein and the generation of a tumor-protective immune response. We show that mice inoculated with tumor cells treated with such short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) were protected from subsequent challenge with untreated tumors. However, protection was only found if shRNAs were targeted downstream of the dominant cytotoxic T cell (CTL) epitope. Our work suggests that RNAi can alter immunity to targets and shows that not all tumor cells require direct RNAi exposure for treatment to be effective in vivo, pointing the way to a new class of RNAi-based therapy.
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Le TT, Gardner J, Hoang-Le D, Schmidt CW, MacDonald KP, Lambley E, Schroder WA, Ogbourne SM, Suhrbier A. Immunostimulatory cancer chemotherapy using local ingenol-3-angelate and synergy with immunotherapies. Vaccine 2009; 27:3053-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2008] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/15/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Maraskovsky E, Schnurr M, Wilson NS, Robson NC, Boyle J, Drane D. Development of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines using the ISCOMATRIX adjuvant. Immunol Cell Biol 2009; 87:371-6. [PMID: 19381160 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2009.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adjuvants are components that when added to subunit antigen (Ag) vaccines boost their immunogenicity and thus immune efficacy. However, there are few adjuvants that are approved for clinical use resulting in a critical need for the development of safe and effective adjuvants for use in both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. The paucity of appropriate adjuvants is more chronic for the development of therapeutic vaccines for cancer and chronic infectious disease, which need to induce cytotoxic T-cell responses via cross-presentation of the vaccine Ag by dendritic cells. The ISCOMATRIX adjuvant represents a unique adjuvant system that facilitates Ag delivery and presentation as well as immunomodulation to provide enhanced and accelerated immune responses. The immune responses generated are of broad specificity to the vaccine Ag, and include robust antibody responses of multiple subclasses as well as both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell responses. Here we discuss our understanding of the mechanisms of action by which ISCOMATRIX adjuvant may facilitate these integrated immune responses and touch on insights gained through its clinical experience.
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The great interest in mucosal vaccine delivery arises from the fact that mucosal surfaces represent the major site of entry for many pathogens. Among other mucosal sites, nasal delivery is especially attractive for immunization, as the nasal epithelium is characterized by relatively high permeability, low enzymatic activity and by the presence of an important number of immunocompetent cells. In addition to these advantageous characteristics, the nasal route could offer simplified and more cost-effective protocols for vaccination with improved patient compliance. The use of nanocarriers provides a suitable way for the nasal delivery of antigenic molecules. Besides improved protection and facilitated transport of the antigen, nanoparticulate delivery systems could also provide more effective antigen recognition by immune cells. These represent key factors in the optimal processing and presentation of the antigen, and therefore in the subsequent development of a suitable immune response. In this sense, the design of optimized vaccine nanocarriers offers a promising way for nasal mucosal vaccination.
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- Noemi Csaba
- Drug Formulation and Delivery Group, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Hoang-Le D, Smeenk L, Anraku I, Pijlman GP, Wang XJ, de Vrij J, Liu WJ, Le TT, Schroder WA, Khromykh AA, Suhrbier A. A Kunjin replicon vector encoding granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor for intra-tumoral gene therapy. Gene Ther 2008; 16:190-9. [PMID: 19092857 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2008.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We have recently developed a non-cytopathic RNA replicon-based viral vector system based on the flavivirus Kunjin. Here, we illustrate the utility of the Kunjin replicon system for gene therapy. Intra-tumoral injections of Kunjin replicon virus-like particles encoding granulocyte colony-stimulating factor were able to cure >50% of established subcutaneous CT26 colon carcinoma and B16-OVA melanomas. Regression of CT26 tumours correlated with the induction of anti-cancer CD8 T cells, and treatment of subcutaneous CT26 tumours also resulted in the regression of CT26 lung metastases. Only a few immune-based strategies are able to cure these aggressive tumours once they are of a reasonable size, illustrating the potential of this vector system for intra-tumoral gene therapy applications.
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- D Hoang-Le
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Skene CD, Doidge C, Sutton P. Evaluation of ISCOMATRIX™ and ISCOM™ vaccines for immunisation against Helicobacter pylori. Vaccine 2008; 26:3880-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2007] [Revised: 04/18/2008] [Accepted: 05/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Anraku I, Mokhonov VV, Rattanasena P, Mokhonova EI, Leung J, Pijlman G, Cara A, Schroder WA, Khromykh AA, Suhrbier A. Kunjin replicon-based simian immunodeficiency virus gag vaccines. Vaccine 2008; 26:3268-76. [PMID: 18462846 PMCID: PMC7115363 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2007] [Revised: 03/18/2008] [Accepted: 04/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An RNA-based, non-cytopathic replicon vector system, based on the flavivirus Kunjin, has shown considerable promise as a new vaccine delivery system. Here we describe the testing in mice of four different SIVmac239 gag vaccines delivered by Kunjin replicon virus-like-particles. The four vaccines encoded the wild type gag gene, an RNA-optimised gag gene, a codon-optimised gag gene and a modified gag-pol gene construct. The vaccines behaved quite differently for induction of effector memory and central memory responses, for mediation of protection, and with respect to insert stability, with the SIV gag-pol vaccine providing the optimal performance. These results illustrate that for an RNA-based vector the RNA sequence of the antigen can have profound and unforeseen consequences on vaccine behaviour.
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- Itaru Anraku
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Chang DC, Liu WJ, Anraku I, Clark DC, Pollitt CC, Suhrbier A, Hall RA, Khromykh AA. Single-round infectious particles enhance immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine against West Nile virus. Nat Biotechnol 2008; 26:571-7. [DOI: 10.1038/nbt1400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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DNA vaccination has suddenly become a favoured strategy for inducing immunity. The molecular precision offered by gene-based vaccines, together with the facility to include additional genes to direct and amplify immunity, has always been attractive. However, the apparent failure to translate operational success in preclinical models to the clinic, for reasons that are now rather obvious, reduced initial enthusiasm. Recently, novel delivery systems, especially electroporation, have overcome this translational block. Here, we assess the development, current performance and potential of DNA vaccines for the treatment of cancer.
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- Jason Rice
- Genetic Vaccine Group, Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton School of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton,SO16 6YD, UK
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Bundell CS, Jackaman C, Suhrbier A, Robinson BWS, Nelson DJ. Functional endogenous cytotoxic T lymphocytes are generated to multiple antigens co-expressed by progressing tumors; after intra-tumoral IL-2 therapy these effector cells eradicate established tumors. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2006; 55:933-47. [PMID: 16283304 PMCID: PMC11030810 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-005-0086-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tumors contain many antigens that may be recognized by the immune system. It is not known whether these antigens, and the epitopes within these antigens, can all be recognized by the anti-tumor immune response or if such responses are restricted to a few dominant epitopes. Effector function of endogenous cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) generated during tumor progression has previously been assessed by indirect, ex vivo assays, which often focused on a single antigen. Therefore, we evaluated the endogenous in vivo CTL response to multiple neo tumor antigens using murine Lewis lung carcinoma tumor cells transfected with ovalbumin or a polyepitope construct. Both express multiple MHC class I-restricted epitopes. Ovalbumin contains a known hierarchy of epitopes for given MHC molecules, whilst the polyepitope expresses a number of dominant epitopes. We show that as tumors progress, potent effector CTL are generated in vivo that are restricted to dominant epitopes; we did not see the responses to subdominant or cryptic epitopes. Our data show that the CTL recognizing tumor antigens vary in their lytic capacity, as the CTL responding to two of the four epitopes were particularly potent killers. The presence of these effector CTLs did not prevent tumor growth. However, intra-tumoral IL-2 treatment altered the potency, but not the hierarchy, of these CTL such that they mediated tumor regression. These results have implications for immunotherapy protocols.
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- Christine S. Bundell
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 4th Floor, G Block, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 4th Floor, G Block, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4029 Australia
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 4th Floor, G Block, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
- West Australian Institute for Medical Research, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 4th Floor, G Block, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
- Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute, Kent St., Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102 Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent St., Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102 Australia
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Yan J, Ling S, Liu H, Zhang H, Song X, Xiu B, Chen K, Wang G, Zhu C. Induction of strong cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses to hepatitis C virus with recombinant poly-epitope in BALB/c mice. Viral Immunol 2006; 19:64-73. [PMID: 16553551 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2006.19.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- J Yan
- Department of Vaccine Engineering, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Several vaccine strategies aim to generate cell-mediated immunity (CMI) against microorganisms or tumors. While epitope-based vaccines offer advantages, knowledge of specific epitopes and frequency of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) alleles is required. Here we show that using promiscuous overlapping synthetic peptides (OSP) as immunogens generated peptide-specific CMI in all vaccinated outbred mice and in different strains of inbred mice; CMI responses also recognized viral proteins. OSP immunogens also induced CMI ex vivo in dendritic cell/T-cell cocultures involving cells from individuals with different HLA haplotypes. Thus, broad CMI was induced by OSP in different experimental settings, using different immunogens, without identifying either epitopes or MHC backgrounds of the vaccinees.
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- Shisong Jiang
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Woo WP, Doan T, Herd KA, Netter HJ, Tindle RW. Hepatitis B surface antigen vector delivers protective cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses to disease-relevant foreign epitopes. J Virol 2006; 80:3975-84. [PMID: 16571814 PMCID: PMC1440427 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.8.3975-3984.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Although hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) per se is highly immunogenic, its use as a vector for the delivery of foreign cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes has met with little success because of constraints on HBsAg stability and secretion imposed by the insertion of foreign sequence into critical hydrophobic/amphipathic regions. Using a strategy entailing deletion of DNA encoding HBsAg-specific CTL epitopes and replacement with DNA encoding foreign CTL epitopes, we have derived chimeric HBsAg DNA immunogens which elicited effector and memory CTL responses in vitro, and pathogen- and tumor-protective responses in vivo, when the chimeric HBsAg DNAs were used to immunize mice. We further show that HBsAg DNA recombinant for both respiratory syncytial virus and human papillomavirus CTL epitopes elicited simultaneous responses to both pathogens. These data demonstrate the efficacy of HBsAg DNA as a vector for the delivery of disease-relevant protective CTL responses. They also suggest the applicability of the approach of deriving chimeric HBsAg DNA immunogens simultaneously encoding protective CTL epitopes for multiple diseases. The DNAs we tested formed chimeric HBsAg virus-like particles (VLPs). Thus, our results have implications for the development of vaccination strategies using either chimeric HBsAg DNA or VLP vaccines. HBsAg is the globally administered vaccine for hepatitis B virus infection, inviting its usage as a vector for the delivery of immunogens from other diseases.
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- Wai-Ping Woo
- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4029, Australia
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Sylvester-Hvid C, Nielsen M, Lamberth K, Røder G, Justesen S, Lundegaard C, Worning P, Thomadsen H, Lund O, Brunak S, Buus S. SARS CTL vaccine candidates; HLA supertype-, genome-wide scanning and biochemical validation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 63:395-400. [PMID: 15104671 PMCID: PMC7161580 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abstract: An effective Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) vaccine is likely to include components that can induce specific cytotoxic T‐lymphocyte (CTL) responses. The specificities of such responses are governed by human leukocyte antigen (HLA)‐restricted presentation of SARS‐derived peptide epitopes. Exact knowledge of how the immune system handles protein antigens would allow for the identification of such linear sequences directly from genomic/proteomic sequence information (Lauemoller et al., Rev Immunogenet 2001: 2: 477–91). The latter was recently established when a causative coronavirus (SARS‐CoV) was isolated and full‐length sequenced (Marra et al., Science 2003: 300: 1399–404). Here, we have combined advanced bioinformatics and high‐throughput immunology to perform an HLA supertype‐, genome‐wide scan for SARS‐specific CTL epitopes. The scan includes all nine human HLA supertypes in total covering >99% of all individuals of all major human populations (Sette & Sidney, Immunogenetics 1999: 50: 201–12). For each HLA supertype, we have selected the 15 top candidates for test in biochemical binding assays. At this time (approximately 6 months after the genome was established), we have tested the majority of the HLA supertypes and identified almost 100 potential vaccine candidates. These should be further validated in SARS survivors and used for vaccine formulation. We suggest that immunobioinformatics may become a fast and valuable tool in rational vaccine design.
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- C Sylvester-Hvid
- Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (IMMI), University of Copenhagen, Building 18.3, Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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The advantages associated with DNA vaccines include the speed with which they may be constructed and produced at large-scale, the ability to produce a broad spectrum of immune responses, and the ability for delivery using non-invasive means. In addition, DNA vaccines may be manipulated to express multiple antigens and may be tailored for the induction of appropriate immune responses. These advantages make DNA vaccination a promising approach for the development of vaccines for biodefence. In this review, the potential of DNA vaccines for biodefence is discussed.
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- Helen S Garmory
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JQ, UK.
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The immunostimulating complex or 'iscom' was first described 20 years ago as an antigen delivery system with powerful immunostimulating activity. Iscoms are cage-like structures, typically 40 nm in diameter, that are comprised of antigen, cholesterol, phospholipid and saponin. ISCOM-based vaccines have been shown to promote both antibody and cellular immune responses in a variety of experimental animal models. This review focuses on the evaluation of ISCOM-based vaccines in animals over the past 10 years, as well as examining the progress that has been achieved in the development of human vaccines based on ISCOM adjuvant technology.
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- Megan T Sanders
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Doan T, Herd K, Ramshaw I, Thomson S, Tindle RW. A polytope DNA vaccine elicits multiple effector and memory CTL responses and protects against human papillomavirus 16 E7-expressing tumour. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2005; 54:157-71. [PMID: 15480657 PMCID: PMC11034317 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-004-0544-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2004] [Accepted: 03/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Vaccine-induced CD8 T cells directed to tumour-specific antigens are recognised as important components of protective and therapeutic immunity against tumours. Where tumour antigens have pathogenic potential or where immunogenic epitopes are lost from tumours, development of subunit vaccines consisting of multiple individual epitopes is an attractive alternative to immunising with whole tumour antigen. In the present study we investigate the efficacy of two DNA-based multiepitope ('polytope') vaccines containing murine (H-2b) and human (HLA-A*0201)-restricted epitopes of the E7 oncoprotein of human papillomavirus type 16, in eliciting tumour-protective cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses. We show that the first of these polytopes elicited powerful effector CTL responses (measured by IFN-gamma ELISpot) and long-lived memory CTL responses (measured by functional CTL assay and tetramers) in immunised mice. The responses could be boosted by immunisation with a recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the polytope. Responses induced by immunisation with polytope DNA alone partially protected against infection with recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the polytope. Complete protection was afforded against challenge with an E7-expressing tumour, and reduced growth of nascent tumours was observed. A second polytope differing in the exact composition and order of CTL epitopes, and lacking an inserted endoplasmic reticulum targeting sequence and T-helper epitope, induced much poorer CTL responses and failed to protect against tumour challenge. These observations indicate the validity of a DNA polytope vaccine approach to human papillomavirus E7-associated carcinoma, and underscore the importance of design in polytope vaccine construction.
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- Tracy Doan
- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Clinical Medical Virology Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029 Australia
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- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Clinical Medical Virology Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029 Australia
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- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Clinical Medical Virology Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029 Australia
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Maraskovsky E, Sjölander S, Drane DP, Schnurr M, Le TTT, Mateo L, Luft T, Masterman KA, Tai TY, Chen Q, Green S, Sjölander A, Pearse MJ, Lemonnier FA, Chen W, Cebon J, Suhrbier A. NY-ESO-1 protein formulated in ISCOMATRIX adjuvant is a potent anticancer vaccine inducing both humoral and CD8+ t-cell-mediated immunity and protection against NY-ESO-1+ tumors. Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:2879-90. [PMID: 15102697 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-03-0245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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NY-ESO-1 is a 180 amino-acid human tumor antigen expressed by many different tumor types and belongs to the family of "cancer-testis" antigens. In humans, NY-ESO-1 is one of the most immunogenic tumor antigens and NY-ESO-1 peptides have been shown to induce NY-ESO-1-specific CD8(+) CTLs capable of altering the natural course of NY-ESO-1-expressing tumors in cancer patients. Here we describe the preclinical immunogenicity and efficacy of NY-ESO-1 protein formulated with the ISCOMATRIX adjuvant (NY-ESO-1 vaccine). In vitro, the NY-ESO-1 vaccine was readily taken up by human monocyte-derived dendritic cells, and on maturation, these human monocyte-derived dendritic cells efficiently cross-presented HLA-A2-restricted epitopes to NY-ESO-1-specific CD8(+) T cells. In addition, epitopes of NY-ESO-1 protein were also presented on MHC class II molecules to NY-ESO-1-specific CD4(+) T cells. The NY-ESO-1 vaccine induced strong NY-ESO-1-specific IFN-gamma and IgG2a responses in C57BL/6 mice. Furthermore, the NY-ESO-1 vaccine induced NY-ESO-1-specific CD8(+) CTLs in HLA-A2 transgenic mice that were capable of lysing human HLA-A2(+) NY-ESO-1(+) tumor cells. Finally, C57BL/6 mice, immunized with the NY-ESO-1 vaccine, were protected against challenge with a B16 melanoma cell line expressing NY-ESO-1. These data illustrate that the NY-ESO-1 vaccine represents a potent therapeutic anticancer vaccine.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Animals
- Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- CD4 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cancer Vaccines
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Disease Progression
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Epitopes/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- HLA-A2 Antigen/chemistry
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunoglobulin G/chemistry
- Immunohistochemistry
- Melanoma, Experimental
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Peptides/chemistry
- Phenotype
- Plasmids/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Time Factors
- Transfection
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- Eugene Maraskovsky
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Immunostimulating complex (ISCOM) vaccines are particulate antigen delivery vehicles composed of saponin, cholesterol, phospholipid and immunogen. Here we illustrate that ISCOM-based vaccines represent an attractive modality for the development of anti-cancer vaccines. Using murine models and a model cancer antigen, ISCOM vaccines were shown to induce potent CD8 T cell responses, to mediate protection in three different tumor models, to promote Th1-biased immunity, and to induce CD8 T cell responses in the absence of CD4+ T cell help. The former three activities were also found to be substantially improved when the vaccine antigen was associated with the ISCOM structure. Furthermore, the presence in vivo of pre-existing antibodies against the vaccine antigen did not inhibit CD8 T cell induction by the ISCOM vaccine. Although vaccination was effective against challenge with vaccine-antigen expressing tumors, no activity against neighboring vaccine-antigen negative tumor cells was observed, indicating that determinant spreading or bystander activity does not lead to significant anti-cancer activity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Neoplasm/blood
- Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cancer Vaccines/chemistry
- Cancer Vaccines/immunology
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/immunology
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/prevention & control
- Epitopes
- Female
- ISCOMs/chemistry
- ISCOMs/immunology
- Immunoglobulin G/immunology
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/prevention & control
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Ovalbumin/chemistry
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Time Factors
- Vaccination
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- Aleksandra Lenarczyk
- Cooperative Research Center for Vaccine Technology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland, Queensland 4029, Australia
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Karpenko LI, Nekrasova NA, Ilyichev AA, Lebedev LR, Ignatyev GM, Agafonov AP, Zaitsev BN, Belavin PA, Seregin SV, Danilyuk NK, Babkina IN, Bazhan SI. Comparative analysis using a mouse model of the immunogenicity of artificial VLP and attenuated Salmonella strain carrying a DNA-vaccine encoding HIV-1 polyepitope CTL-immunogen. Vaccine 2004; 22:1692-9. [PMID: 15068852 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Two systems have been examined for delivery of DNA-vaccine encoding a HIV-1 polyepitope CTL-immunogen (TCI). One is intended for i.m. injection and is in the form of an artificial virus like particle containing eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA-TCI encapsulated within a spermidine-polyglucin conjugate. The other is intended for mucosal immunization and is based on attenuated Salmonella typhimurium strain 7207, which can deliver pcDNA-TCI directly into professional antigen-presenting cells (APC). After immunization, the artificial VLP and recombinant Salmonella induced an enhanced HIV specific serum antibody, proliferative and CTL responses compared to those induced by naked pcDNA-TCI. The most significant responses were produced when pcDNA-TCI was delivered by Salmonella.
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- Larisa I Karpenko
- The Joint-Stock Company Vector Best, The State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, Novosibirsk Region, 630559 Koltsovo, Russia.
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Herd KA, Harvey T, Khromykh AA, Tindle RW. Recombinant Kunjin virus replicon vaccines induce protective T-cell immunity against human papillomavirus 16 E7-expressing tumour. Virology 2004; 319:237-48. [PMID: 14980484 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2003] [Revised: 08/28/2003] [Accepted: 10/23/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The persistence of the E7 oncoprotein in transformed cells in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical cancer provides a tumour-specific antigen to which immunotherapeutic strategies may be directed. Self-replicating RNA (replicon) vaccine vectors derived from the flavivirus Kunjin (KUN) have recently been reported to induce T-cell immunity. Here, we report that inclusion of a CTL epitope of HPV16 E7 protein into a polyepitope encoded by a KUN vector induced E7-directed T-cell responses and protected mice against challenge with an E7-expressing epithelial tumour. We found replicon RNA packaged into virus-like particles to be more effective than naked replicon RNA or plasmid DNA constructed to allow replicon RNA transcription in vivo. Protective immunity was induced although the E7 CTL epitope was subdominant in the context of other CTL epitopes in the polyepitope. The results demonstrate the efficacy of the KUN replicon vector system for inducing protective immunity directed towards a virally encoded human tumour-specific antigen, and for inducing multi-epitopic CTL responses.
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- Karen A Herd
- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, and Clinical Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Zhan X, Slobod KS, Surman S, Brown SA, Coleclough C, Hurwitz JL. Minor components of a multi-envelope HIV vaccine are recognized by type-specific T-helper cells. Vaccine 2004; 22:1206-13. [PMID: 15003649 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2003] [Revised: 09/18/2003] [Accepted: 09/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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HIV has thus far evaded control by vaccines, in part due to the high diversity among viral isolates. To effectively target HIV diversity, we propose that multi-envelope HIV vaccines should be designed. We hypothesize that minor components of complex envelope cocktail vaccines can be immunogenic and can thus elicit unique T-cell responses. To test our hypothesis, we first defined unique T-helper cell determinants on 1007 (clade B) and UG92005 (UG, clade D) gp140 envelope proteins delivered by DNA vaccination. Peptide-specific T-helper cell responses were then used as markers for type-specific immune activity. Results showed that type-specific responses could indeed be generated when an envelope protein was represented as only 1 part per 100 of the total vaccine. We also found that type-specific T-helper cell responses were elicited and sustained toward an envelope that appeared only once within a sequential prime/boost/boost regimen. Our results illustrate the flexibility and durability of immune responses toward individual components of mixed envelope vaccines and encourage the continued development of vaccine cocktails for the control of HIV.
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- Xiaoyan Zhan
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale St., Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Follenzi A, Battaglia M, Lombardo A, Annoni A, Roncarolo MG, Naldini L. Targeting lentiviral vector expression to hepatocytes limits transgene-specific immune response and establishes long-term expression of human antihemophilic factor IX in mice. Blood 2003; 103:3700-9. [PMID: 14701690 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-09-3217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Stable gene replacement by in vivo administration of lentiviral vectors (LVs) has therapeutic potential for metabolic disorders and other systemic diseases. We studied the expression of intracellular and secreted proteins by LVs in immunocompetent mice. Liver, spleen, and bone marrow cells were efficiently transduced. However, transgene expression, driven by a ubiquitous promoter, was limited by transgene-specific cellular and humoral immune responses, leading to the clearance of transduced cells. After green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene transfer, the liver showed infiltration of CD8(+) cytotoxic T cells, and GFP-specific CD8(+) T cells were isolated from the spleen. After human factor IX (hF.IX) gene transfer, anti-hF.IX antibodies were induced. These immune responses were not detected in mice injected with heat-inactivated or genome-lacking LVs or in GFP-transgenic mice, indicating that they were specifically triggered by transgene expression in vivo. Intriguingly, selective targeting of LV expression to hepatocytes limited the immune responses to the transgenes. By this approach, high levels of hF.IX, potentially in the therapeutic range, were reached and maintained long term in immunocompetent mice, without inducing antibody formation. These results prompt further studies in relevant animal models to explore the potential of in vivo LV administration for the gene therapy of hemophilias and other liver-based diseases.
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- Antonia Follenzi
- Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Therapy, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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The basic premise of the epitope-based approach to vaccine development is that, in certain cases, the responses induced by the natural immunogen are not optimal, and can be improved upon by isolation or optimization of specific components of the response. For example, immunodominance is a key factor limiting the type and breadth of adaptive immunity. Recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of immunodominance thus represent an opportunity to further develop the epitope-based approach.
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- Alessandro Sette
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California 92121, USA.
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Harvey TJ, Anraku I, Linedale R, Harrich D, Mackenzie J, Suhrbier A, Khromykh AA. Kunjin virus replicon vectors for human immunodeficiency virus vaccine development. J Virol 2003; 77:7796-803. [PMID: 12829819 PMCID: PMC161953 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.14.7796-7803.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have previously demonstrated the ability of the vaccine vectors based on replicon RNA of the Australian flavivirus Kunjin (KUN) to induce protective antiviral and anticancer CD8+ T-cell responses using murine polyepitope as a model immunogen (I. Anraku, T. J. Harvey, R. Linedale, J. Gardner, D. Harrich, A. Suhrbier, and A. A. Khromykh, J. Virol. 76:3791-3799, 2002). Here we showed that immunization of BALB/c mice with KUN replicons encoding HIV-1 Gag antigen resulted in induction of both Gag-specific antibody and protective Gag-specific CD8+ T-cell responses. Two immunizations with KUNgag replicons in the form of virus-like particles (VLPs) induced anti-Gag antibodies with titers of > or =1:10,000. Immunization with KUNgag replicons delivered as plasmid DNA, naked RNA, or VLPs induced potent Gag-specific CD8+ T-cell responses, with one immunization of KUNgag VLPs inducing 4.5-fold-more CD8+ T cells than the number induced after immunization with recombinant vaccinia virus carrying the gag gene (rVVgag). Two immunizations with KUNgag VLPs also provided significant protection against challenge with rVVgag. Importantly, KUN replicon VLP vaccinations induced long-lasting immune responses with CD8+ T cells able to secrete gamma interferon and to mediate protection 6 to 10 months after immunization. These results illustrate the potential value of the KUN replicon vectors for human immunodeficiency virus vaccine design.
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- Tracey J Harvey
- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4029 Australia
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Woodberry T, Gardner J, Elliott SL, Leyrer S, Purdie DM, Chaplin P, Suhrbier A. Prime boost vaccination strategies: CD8 T cell numbers, protection, and Th1 bias. J Immunol 2003; 170:2599-604. [PMID: 12594287 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.5.2599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vaccination strategies involving priming with DNA and boosting with a poxvirus vector have emerged as a preferred combination for the induction of protective CD8 T cell immunity. Using IFN-gamma ELISPOT and a series of DNA plasmid, peptide, and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine combinations, we demonstrate that the DNA/MVA combination was uniquely able to enhance IFN-gamma secretion by Ag-specific CD8 T cells. However, CD8 T cell populations induced by DNA/MVA vaccination failed to show an enhanced capability to mediate protection in an IFN-gamma-independent influenza challenge model. The DNA/MVA vaccine strategy was also not unique in its ability to induce high numbers of CD8 T cells, with optimal strategies simply requiring the use of vaccine modalities that individually induce high numbers of CD8 T cells. These experiments argue that rivals to DNA/poxvirus vaccination strategies for the induction of optimal protective CD8 T cell responses are likely to emerge.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Intranasal
- Animals
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology
- Female
- Genetic Vectors/immunology
- Humans
- Immunization, Secondary/methods
- Influenza A virus/growth & development
- Influenza A virus/immunology
- Influenza Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Influenza Vaccines/genetics
- Influenza Vaccines/immunology
- Influenza Vaccines/therapeutic use
- Influenza, Human/immunology
- Influenza, Human/prevention & control
- Influenza, Human/virology
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Count
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/pathology
- Th1 Cells/virology
- Vaccination/methods
- Vaccines, DNA/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, DNA/genetics
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
- Vaccines, DNA/therapeutic use
- Vaccinia virus/genetics
- Vaccinia virus/immunology
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- Tonia Woodberry
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Cooperative Research Center for Vaccine Technology, Australian Center for International & Tropical Health & Nutrition, Brisbane, Australia
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Gnjatic S, Atanackovic D, Matsuo M, Jäger E, Lee SY, Valmori D, Chen YT, Ritter G, Knuth A, Old LJ. Cross-presentation of HLA class I epitopes from exogenous NY-ESO-1 polypeptides by nonprofessional APCs. J Immunol 2003; 170:1191-6. [PMID: 12538675 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.3.1191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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NY-ESO-1, a germ cell Ag often detected in tumor tissues, frequently elicits Ab and CD8(+) T cell responses in cancer patients. Overlapping long peptides spanning the NY-ESO-1 sequence have been used to map HLA class I-restricted epitopes recognized by NY-ESO-1-specific CD8(+) T lymphocytes. To address the antigenicity of long peptides, we analyzed two synthetic 30-mer peptides from NY-ESO-1, polypeptides 80-109 and 145-174, for their capacity to be processed by APCs and to stimulate CD8(+) T cells. By incubating APCs with polypeptides at different temperatures or in the presence of protease inhibitors, we found that NY-ESO-1 polypeptides were rapidly internalized by B cells, T2 cells, or PBLs and submitted to cellular proteolytic action to yield nonamer epitopes presented by HLA class I. Polypeptides were also immunogenic in vitro and stimulated the expansion of CD8(+) T cells against naturally processed NY-ESO-1 epitopes in the context of three different HLA class I alleles. Polypeptides can thus serve as exogenous Ags that are cross-presented on HLA class I without requiring the action of professional APCs. These findings support innovative vaccination strategies using NY-ESO-1 polypeptides that would circumvent current limitations of HLA class I peptide vaccination, i.e., HLA eligibility criteria and knowledge of epitope, while allowing for facilitated immunogenicity in the presence of helper epitopes.
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- Sacha Gnjatic
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021,USA.
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Vaccines against a number of diseases, including HIV, Epstein Barr virus, malaria and several cancers, are believed to require the coinduction of multiple alphabeta CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses that are directed towards a number of different target antigens. The difficulties associated with making large recombinant vaccines that contain numerous antigens has led to the development of alphabeta CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte polyepitope or polytope vaccine approach, where multiple (usually 8-10 amino acids long) alphabeta CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes, derived from several antigens are conjoined into single artificial constructs. Such polytope constructs can be delivered using a number of different vaccine vector modalities with each epitope in the construct emerging as individually immunogenic.
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- Andreas Suhrbier
- Cooperative Research Center for Vaccine Technology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, University of Queensland, Australia.
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Anraku I, Harvey TJ, Linedale R, Gardner J, Harrich D, Suhrbier A, Khromykh AA. Kunjin virus replicon vaccine vectors induce protective CD8+ T-cell immunity. J Virol 2002; 76:3791-9. [PMID: 11907219 PMCID: PMC136104 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.8.3791-3799.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ability of self-replicating RNA (replicon) vaccine vectors derived from the Australian flavivirus Kunjin (KUN) to induce protective alphabeta CD8+ T-cell responses was examined. KUN replicons encoding a model immunogen were delivered by three different vaccine modalities: (i) as naked RNA transcribed in vitro, (ii) as plasmid DNA constructed to allow in vivo transcription of replicon RNA by cellular RNA polymerase II (DNA based), and (iii) as replicon RNA encapsidated into virus-like particles. A single immunization with any of these KUN replicon vaccines induced CD8+ T-cell responses at levels comparable to those induced by recombinant vaccinia virus encoding the same immunogen. Immunization with only 0.1 microg of DNA-based KUN replicons elicited CD8+ T-cell responses similar to those seen after immunization with 100 microg of a conventional DNA vaccine. Naked RNA immunization with KUN replicons also protected mice against challenges with recombinant vaccinia virus and B16 tumor cells. These results demonstrate the value of KUN replicon vectors for inducing protective antiviral and anticancer CD8+ T-cell responses.
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- Itaru Anraku
- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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