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Keele BF, Okoye AA, Fennessey CM, Varco-Merth B, Immonen TT, Kose E, Conchas A, Pinkevych M, Lipkey L, Newman L, Macairan A, Bosche M, Bosche WJ, Berkemeier B, Fast R, Hull M, Oswald K, Shoemaker R, Silipino L, Gorelick RJ, Duell D, Marenco A, Brantley W, Smedley J, Axthelm M, Davenport MP, Lifson JD, Picker LJ. Early antiretroviral therapy in SIV-infected rhesus macaques reveals a multiphasic, saturable dynamic accumulation of the rebound competent viral reservoir. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1012135. [PMID: 38593120 PMCID: PMC11003637 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
Abstract
The rebound competent viral reservoir (RCVR)-virus that persists during antiretroviral treatment (ART) and can reignite systemic infection when treatment is stopped-is the primary barrier to eradicating HIV. We used time to initiation of ART during primary infection of rhesus macaques (RMs) after intravenous challenge with barcoded SIVmac239 as a means to elucidate the dynamics of RCVR establishment in groups of RMs by creating a multi-log range of pre-ART viral loads and then assessed viral time-to-rebound and reactivation rates resulting from the discontinuation of ART after one year. RMs started on ART on days 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 or 12 post-infection showed a nearly 10-fold difference in pre-ART viral measurements for successive ART-initiation timepoints. Only 1 of 8 RMs initiating ART on days 3 and 4 rebounded after ART interruption despite measurable pre-ART plasma viremia. Rebounding plasma from the 1 rebounding RM contained only a single barcode lineage detected at day 50 post-ART. All RMs starting ART on days 5 and 6 rebounded between 14- and 50-days post-ART with 1-2 rebounding variants each. RMs starting ART on days 7, 9, and 12 had similar time-to-measurable plasma rebound kinetics despite multiple log differences in pre-ART plasma viral load (pVL), with all RMs rebounding between 7- and 16-days post-ART with 3-28 rebounding lineages. Calculated reactivation rates per pre-ART pVL were highest for RMs starting ART on days 5, 6, and 7 after which the rate of accumulation of the RCVR markedly decreased for RMs treated on days 9 and 12, consistent with multiphasic establishment and near saturation of the RCVR within 2 weeks post infection. Taken together, these data highlight the heterogeneity of the RCVR between RMs, the stochastic establishment of the very early RCVR, and the saturability of the RCVR prior to peak viral infection.
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- Brandon F. Keele
- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Infection Analytics Program, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Infection Analytics Program, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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Bochart RM, Armantrout K, Crank H, Tonelli R, Shriver-Munsch C, Swanson T, Fischer M, Wu H, Axthelm M, Sacha J, Smedley JV. Identification of Vancomycin Resistance in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in two macaque species and decolonization and long-term prevention of recolonization in Cynomolgus Macaques ( Macaca fascicularis). Front Immunol 2023; 14:1244637. [PMID: 37675101 PMCID: PMC10477669 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1244637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a S. aureus strain with resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, making it a global human and veterinary health concern. Specifically, immunosuppressed patients have a remarkably higher risk of clinical MRSA infections with significantly increased rates of prolonged clinical recovery, morbidity, and mortality. The current treatment of choice for MRSA is vancomycin. Importantly, we report the first known vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) carriers in a cohort of Mauritian cynomolgus macaques (CM) imported to the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), with a MRSA carrier rate of 76.9% (10/13 animals). All MRSA isolates also demonstrated resistance to vancomycin with prevalence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) at 30% (3/10 MRSA-positive CMs) and VRSA at 70% (7/10 MRSA-positive CMs). Additionally, we identified VRSA in a rhesus macaque (RM) housed within the same room as the VRSA-positive CMs and identified a MRSA/VISA carrier rate of 18.8% in RMs (3/16 positive for both MRSA and VISA) in unexposed recently assigned animals directly from the ONPRC RM breeding colony. Considering that the MRSA and VRSA/VISA-positive CMs future study aims included significant immunosuppression, MRSA/VRSA/VISA decolonization treatment and expanded "MRSA-free" practices were employed to maintain this status. We report the first controlled study using in-depth analyses with appropriate diagnostic serial testing to definitively show an MRSA decolonization therapy (90% success rate) and expanded barrier practice techniques to successfully prevent recolonization (100%) of a cohort of CMs MRSA-free (up to 529 days with a total of 4,806 MRSA-free NHP days).
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- Rachele M. Bochart
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, United States
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Ricciardi MJ, Rust LN, Pedreño-Lopez N, Yusova S, Biswas S, Webb GM, Gonzalez-Nieto L, Voigt TB, Louw JJ, Laurino FD, DiBello JR, Raué HP, Barber-Axthelm AM, Chun K, Uttke S, Raphael LMS, Yrizarry-Medina A, Rosen BC, Agnor R, Gao L, Labriola C, Axthelm M, Smedley J, Julander JG, Bonaldo MC, Walker LM, Messaoudi I, Slifka MK, Burton DR, Kallas EG, Sacha JB, Watkins DI, Burwitz BJ. Therapeutic neutralizing monoclonal antibody administration protects against lethal yellow fever virus infection. Sci Transl Med 2023; 15:eade5795. [PMID: 36989376 PMCID: PMC10617428 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ade5795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
Abstract
Yellow fever virus (YFV) is a reemerging global health threat, driven by several factors, including increased spread of the mosquito vector and rapid urbanization. Although a prophylactic vaccine exists, vaccine hesitancy, supply deficits, and distribution difficulties leave specific populations at risk of severe YFV disease, as evidenced by recent outbreaks in South America. To establish a treatment for patients with severe YFV infection, we tested 37 YFV-specific monoclonal antibodies isolated from vaccinated humans and identified two capable of potently neutralizing multiple pathogenic primary YFV isolates. Using both hamster and nonhuman primate models of lethal YFV infection, we demonstrate that a single administration of either of these two potently neutralizing antibodies during acute infection fully controlled viremia and prevented severe disease and death in treated animals. Given the potential severity of YFV-induced disease, our results show that these antibodies could be effective in saving lives and fill a much-needed void in managing YFV cases during outbreaks.
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- Michael J. Ricciardi
- Mabloc LLC, 725 21st St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- George Washington University, 2121 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- George Washington University, 2121 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Ctra. del Canyet SN, Badalona 08916, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Mabloc LLC, 725 21st St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- George Washington University, 2121 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- George Washington University, 2121 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Mabloc LLC, 725 21st St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Flavivírus, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Flavivírus, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Mabloc LLC, 725 21st St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Mabloc LLC, 725 21st St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Mabloc LLC, 725 21st St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Mabloc LLC, 725 21st St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- George Washington University, 2121 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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Wu H, Kumar M, Fray E, Siliciano R, Smedley J, Meyers G, Maziarz R, Burwitz B, Stanton J, Sacha J, Weber W, Waytashek C, Boyle C, Bateman K, Reed J, Hwang J, Shriver-Munsch C, Northrup M, Armantrout K, Price H, Robertson-LeVay M, Uttke S, Junell S, Moats C, Bochart R, Sciurba J, Bimber B, Sullivan M, Dozier B, MacAllister R, Hobbs T, Martin L, Siliciano J, Axthelm M. OP 6.7 – 00044 Long-term ART-free SIV Remission Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Mauritian Cynomolgus Macaques. J Virus Erad 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jve.2022.100252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Smedley JV, Bochart RM, Fischer M, Funderburgh H, Kelly V, Crank H, Armantrout K, Shiel O, Robertson-LeVay M, Sternberger N, Schmaling B, Roberts S, Sekiguchi V, Reusz M, Schwartz T, Meyer KA, Webb G, Gilbride RM, Dambrauskas N, Andrade D, Wood M, Labriola C, Axthelm M, Derby N, Varco-Merth B, Fukazawa Y, Hansen S, Sacha JB, Sodora DL, Sather DN. Optimization and use of near infrared imaging to guide lymph node collection in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). J Med Primatol 2022; 51:270-277. [PMID: 35841132 PMCID: PMC9474636 DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Background Identification of lymph nodes (LNs) draining a specific site or in obese macaques can be challenging. Methods Indocyanine Green (ICG) was administered intradermal (ID), intramuscular, in the oral mucosa, or subserosal in the colon followed by Near Infrared (NIR) imaging. Results After optimization to maximize LN identification, intradermal ICG was successful in identifying 50–100% of the axillary/inguinal LN at a site. Using NIR, collection of peripheral and mesenteric LNs in obese macaques was 100% successful after traditional methods failed. Additionally, guided collection of LNs draining the site of intraepithelial or intramuscular immunization demonstrated significantly increased numbers of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in germinal centers of draining compared to nondraining LNs. Conclusion These imaging techniques optimize our ability to evaluate immune changes within LNs over time, even in obese macaques. This approach allows for targeted serial biopsies that permit confidence that draining LNs are being harvested throughout the study.
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- Jeremy V Smedley
- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Infectious Disease Resource, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Surgical Services Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Surgical Services Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Surgical Services Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Surgical Services Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Surgical Services Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Surgical Services Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Surgical Services Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Experimental Pathology Unit, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Experimental Pathology Unit, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Iyer LRF, Verweij MC, Nair S, Morrow D, Mansouri M, Beechwood T, Meyer C, Chakravarty D, Uebelhoer L, Ventura A, Lauron EJ, Selseth A, Axthelm M, Lind EF, Saultz J, Douglas J, Korman A, Bhardwaj N, Tewari AK, Hansen SG, Malouli D, Picker LJ, Fruh K. Harnessing the unique immune biology of cytomegalovirus for cancer immunotherapy. The Journal of Immunology 2022. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.208.supp.66.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Pre-clinical models in non-human primates demonstrate that cytomegalovirus (CMV)-vectored vaccines are unique in their ability to elicit and indefinitely maintain high frequencies of polyfunctional effector memory T cells to heterologous pathogen antigens, including in animals that are already chronically CMV infected. By introducing defined genetic modifications into the CMV backbone it is possible to program CD8+ T cell responses that are either directed to MHC-I, MHC-II or the non-classical MHC-I molecule MHC-E. In progress clinical studies are evaluating CMV-based vaccine immunity in humans as potential vaccines against HIV. To see if the pre-clinical findings could be extended to cancer antigens we inserted known tumor associated antigens (TAA) or viral TAA into genetically modified rhesus CMV (RhCMV) and characterized the T cell response in rhesus macaques. We found T cell responses to all TAA that were comparable to pathogen antigen-specific responses in frequency, duration, phenotype, epitope density and MHC-restriction. Since many of these TAA are expressed in healthy tissue, this suggests that CMV-vectored cancer vaccines are well-suited to overcome immunological tolerance. As such, CMV-based vectors expressing TAAs could be a powerful new tool for cancer immunotherapy. We show that TAA-specific, MHC-E restricted CD8+ T cells from RhCMV/TAA-immunized RM are stimulated by TAA-expressing cancer tissues and cell lines, indicating that cancer cells can present TAA-derived peptides via MHC-E. Since MHC-E is often upregulated in cancer cells to engage the inhibitory NKG2A receptor on tumor-infiltrating T and NK cells, these results suggest that MHC-E could be used as a novel target for T cell-based immunotherapies.
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Hancock M, Hansen S, Malouli D, Marshall E, Hughes C, Randall KT, Morrow D, Ford J, Gilbride R, Selseth A, Trethewy RE, Bishop L, Oswald K, Shoemaker R, Berkemeier B, Bosche W, Hull M, Nekorchuk M, Busman-Sahay K, Estes J, Axthelm M, Smedley J, Shao D, Edlefsen P, Lifson J, Fruh K, Nelson J, Picker LJ. RhCMV/SIV tropism modulation programs unconventional CD8+ T cell priming and vaccine efficacy. The Journal of Immunology 2022. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.208.supp.64.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Strain 68-1 rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV) vectors expressing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) antigens demonstrate a vaccine efficacy where 50–60% of vaccinated rhesus macaques are protected from SIV challenge. Intriguingly, RhCMV/SIV vectors elicit CD8+ T cells recognizing epitopes presented by MHC-II and MHC-E instead of MHC-Ia. We are studying how these unconventional T cell responses are elicited and contribute to the efficacy against SIV challenge. Here we utilize host microRNA (miRNA)-mediated vector tropism restriction to show that MHC-II- and MHC-E-restricted responses are primed by directly infected, non-overlapping cell types in rhesus macaques. Targeting essential RhCMV genes with myeloid cell-selective miR-142-3p eliminated MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cell priming, yielding an exclusively MHC-II-restricted response, whereas endothelial cell-selective miR-126-3p targeting eliminated MHC-II-restricted CD8+ T cell priming, yielding an exclusively MHC-E-restricted response. Incorporation of both restriction elements reverts CD8+ T cell responses back to conventional MHC-Ia restriction. Using these otherwise isogenic vectors we show that although they demonstrate similar overall immunogenicity, only the vectors programmed to elicit MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cell responses provided protection against SIV challenge. The MHC-E-only RhCMV/SIV vaccine efficacy did not exceed that of the parental 68-1 RhCMV/SIV vectors (that elicits both MHC-II and MHC-E responses) indicating that while the MHC-II-restricted CD8+ T cell responses are neutral to overall vaccine efficacy, an additional component of 68-1 RhCMV/SIV-induced immunity contributes to overall vaccine efficacy.
This work was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) grants UM1 AI124377 and U19 AI128741 to LJP; the Oregon National Primate Research Center Core grant from the National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director (P51 OD011092); contracts from the National Cancer Institute (# HHSN261200800001E) to JDL; and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant OPP1107409.
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- Meaghan Hancock
- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 2AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
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- 2AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
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- 2AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
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- 2AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
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- 2AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 3Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr
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- 3Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr
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- 2AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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- 1Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
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Okoye AA, Fromentin R, Takata H, Brehm JH, Fukazawa Y, Randall B, Pardons M, Tai V, Tang J, Smedley J, Axthelm M, Lifson JD, Picker LJ, Favre D, Trautmann L, Chomont N. The ingenol-based protein kinase C agonist GSK445A is a potent inducer of HIV and SIV RNA transcription. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010245. [PMID: 35041707 PMCID: PMC8797195 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway by Protein Kinase C (PKC) agonists is a potent mechanism for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) latency disruption in vitro. However, significant toxicity risks and the lack of evidence supporting their activity in vivo have limited further evaluation of PKC agonists as HIV latency-reversing agents (LRA) in cure strategies. Here we evaluated whether GSK445A, a stabilized ingenol-B derivative, can induce HIV/simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) transcription and virus production in vitro and demonstrate pharmacological activity in nonhuman primates (NHP). CD4+ T cells from people living with HIV and from SIV+ rhesus macaques (RM) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) exposed in vitro to 25 nM of GSK445A produced cell-associated viral transcripts as well as viral particles at levels similar to those induced by PMA/Ionomycin, indicating that GSK445A can potently reverse HIV/SIV latency. Importantly, these concentrations of GSK445A did not impair the proliferation or survival of HIV-specific CD8+ T cells, but instead, increased their numbers and enhanced IFN-γ production in response to HIV peptides. In vivo, GSK445A tolerability was established in SIV-naïve RM at 15 μg/kg although tolerability was reduced in SIV-infected RM on ART. Increases in plasma viremia following GSK445A administration were suggestive of increased SIV transcription in vivo. Collectively, these results indicate that GSK445A is a potent HIV/SIV LRA in vitro and has a tolerable safety profile amenable for further evaluation in vivo in NHP models of HIV cure/remission. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is not a definitive cure for HIV infection, in part, because the virus is able to integrate its genetic material in the host cell and remain in a dormant but fully replication-competent form during ART. These latently-infected cells can persist for long periods of time and remain hidden from the host’s immune system. If ART is stopped, the virus can reactivate from this pool of infected cells and resume HIV replication and disease progression. As such, finding and eliminating cells with latent HIV infection is priority for HIV cure research. One approach is to use compounds referred to as latency-reversing agents, that can induce HIV reactivation during ART. The goal of this approach is to facilitate elimination of infected cells by the virus itself once it reactivates or by the host’s immune system, once virus induction renders the cells detectable by the immune system, while also preventing the virus from infecting new cells due to the continued presence of ART. In this study we report on the activity of a novel latency-reversing agent called GSK445A, a potent activator of the enzyme protein kinase C (PKC). We show that GSK445A can induce HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) latency reversal in vitro and has a tolerable saftey profile in nonhuman primates that should permit further testing of this PKC-agonist in strategies to cure HIV.
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- Afam A Okoye
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America.,Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Department of Microbiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- ViiV Healthcare, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America.,Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America.,Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Department of Microbiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- ViiV Healthcare, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- ViiV Healthcare, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America.,Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America.,Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America.,Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- UNC HIV Cure Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.,HIV Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Department of Microbiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Frueh K, Verweij M, Hansen S, Mansouri M, Nair S, Malouli D, Tewari AK, Uebelhoer L, Ventura A, Selseth A, Axthelm M, Bhardwaj N, Picker LJ. Targeting HLA-E for prostate cancer immunotherapy. The Journal of Immunology 2018. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.179.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Genetically modified strain 68-1 rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV)-derived vaccine vectors uniquely elicit CD8+ T cells recognizing peptides presented by non-polymorphic MHC-E instead of conventional MHC-I molecules. Since MHC-E (HLA-E in humans) is a ligand for inhibitory receptors on NK cells, the upregulation of MHC-E is a known immune evasion strategy for both cancers and intracellular pathogens. Indeed, using tissue arrays we observed that early stage prostate cancer tissues express high levels of HLA-E, as shown by immunohistochemistry, whereas healthy prostate samples were negative. To determine whether MHC-E-restricted T cells recognizing prostate antigens could be used to target prostate cancer we inserted rhesus prostatic acid phosphatase (rhPAP) into RhCMV. Upon inoculation of rhesus macaques (RM) we observed a T cell response comparable to heterologous antigens suggesting that CMV-based vectors excel at eliciting T cell responses to tumor antigens, including self-antigens. Furthermore, all CD8+ T cells recognized rhPAP either in the context of MHC-II or MHC-E, but not MHC-I. Importantly, MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells recognized PAP and MHC-E-expressing K562 cells suggesting that endogenous PAP-derived peptides can be loaded onto MHC-E. We further demonstrate that PAP and HLA-E-positive human prostate adenocarcinoma cells stimulated PAP-specific rhesus CD8+ T cells restricted by MHC-E. We conclude that prostate cancer cells load highly conserved HLA-E molecules with prostate antigen-derived peptides that can be targeted by HLA-E-restricted CD8+ T cells thus exploiting a previously unexplored immunological vulnerability.
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Haese N, Kreklywich C, Legasse A, Heise M, Axthelm M, Messoudi I, Streblow DN. Mast cells are present during the early stages of Chikungunya virus infection. The Journal of Immunology 2016. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.196.supp.80.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a positive-sense RNA, arthropod-borne Alphavirus. In recent years the largest recorded outbreak of CHIKV occurred in the Islands of the Indian Ocean and India. CHIKV has continued to spread causing millions of cases across more than 40 countries. Acute symptoms of infection include the abrupt onset of fever, rash, fatigue, headache, backache, and arthralgia, with arthralgia lasting up to several years in some individuals. Ongoing studies analyzing cohorts of CHIKV infected humans have led to a well-developed understanding of the clinical manifestations of CHIKV disease. What is unknown is the role different components of the immune response play in controlling CHIKV dissemination and disease development. In our current study we utilized a non-human primate (NHP) model of CHIKV infection to characterize the early stage of CHIKV infection. Adult male and female rhesus macaques (RM) were infected subcutaneously with CHIKV-LR. Analysis of vRNA loads in joint tissues of infected RM revealed that the highest viral loads were detectable at 2 dpi with at least a log decrease in vRNA levels by 7 dpi. T cells, B cells, PMNs, macrophages, and mast cells were visible in the joints of CHIKV infected RMs at 2 and 7 dpi. To our knowledge this is the first time mast cells have been identified in the tissue of CHIKV infected NHPs. Levels of key proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines were also increased from 3–7 dpi. The gene expression profile in joint tissues reveled an increase in the expression of genes involved in recruitment, activation, and maintenance of mast cells. These findings suggest that infiltration of immune cells including the newly identified mast cells from 2 to 7 dpi assist in controlling CHIKV infection.
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Cayabyab M, Rohne D, Pollakis G, Mische C, Messele T, Abebe A, Etemad-Moghadam B, Yang P, Henson S, Axthelm M, Goudsmit J, Letvin NL, Sodroski J. Rapid CD4+ T-lymphocyte depletion in rhesus monkeys infected with a simian-human immunodeficiency virus expressing the envelope glycoproteins of a primary dual-tropic Ethiopian Clade C HIV type 1 isolate. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2004; 20:27-40. [PMID: 15000696 DOI: 10.1089/088922204322749477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 10/26/2022] Open
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Simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) chimerae with the envelope glycoproteins of X4 or R5/X4 HIV-1 isolates from clade B can cause rapid and severe CD4(+) T cell depletion and AIDS-like illness in infected monkeys. We created a SHIV (SHIV-MCGP1.3) expressing the envelope glycoproteins of a primary R5/X4, clade C HIV-1 isolate. Infection of a rhesus monkey with SHIV-MCGP1.3 resulted in a low level of viremia and no significant alteration in CD4(+) T-lymphocyte counts. However, serial intravenous passage of the virus resulted in the emergence of SHIV-MCGP1.3 variants that replicated efficiently and caused profound CD4(+) T cell depletion during the acute phase of infection. The CD4(+) T cell counts in the infected monkeys gradually returned to normal, and the animals remained healthy. The ability to cause rapid and profound loss of CD4(+) T lymphocytes in vivo is a property shared by passaged, CXCR4-using SHIVs, irrespective of the clade of origin of the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins.
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- Mark Cayabyab
- Department of Cancer Immunology/AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Pathology, Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Hirsch VM, Campbell BJ, Bailes E, Goeken R, Brown C, Elkins WR, Axthelm M, Murphey-Corb M, Sharp PM. Characterization of a novel simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) from L'Hoest monkeys (Cercopithecus l'hoesti): implications for the origins of SIVmnd and other primate lentiviruses. J Virol 1999; 73:1036-45. [PMID: 9882304 PMCID: PMC103923 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.2.1036-1045.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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 human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) appear to have originated by cross-species transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) from asymptomatically infected African primates. Few of the SIVs characterized to date efficiently infect human primary lymphocytes. Interesting, two of the three identified to infect such cultures (SIVsm and SIVcpz) have appeared in human populations as genetically related HIVs. In the present study, we characterized a novel SIV isolate from an East African monkey of the Cercopithecus genus, the l'hoest monkey (C. l'hoesti), which we designated SIVlhoest. This SIV isolate efficiently infected both human and macaque lymphocytes and resulted in a persistent infection of macaques, characterized by high primary virus load and a progressive decline in circulating CD4 lymphocytes, consistent with progression to AIDS. Phylogenetic analyses showed that SIVlhoest is genetically distinct from other previously characterized primate lentiviruses but clusters in the same major lineage as SIV from mandrills (SIVmnd), a West African primate species. Given the geographic distance between the ranges of l'hoest monkeys and mandrills, this may indicate that SIVmnd arose through cross-species transmission from close relatives of l'hoest monkeys that are sympatric with mandrills. These observations lend support to the hypothesis that the primate lentiviruses originated and coevolved within monkeys of the Cercopithecus genus. Regarded in this light, lentivirus infections of primates not belonging to the Cercopithecus genus may have resulted from cross-species transmission in the not-too-distant past.
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- V M Hirsch
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
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Minshall RD, Stanczyk FZ, Miyagawa K, Uchida B, Axthelm M, Novy M, Hermsmeyer K. Ovarian steroid protection against coronary artery hyperreactivity in rhesus monkeys. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998; 83:649-59. [PMID: 9467588 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.2.4576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Our hypothesis was that estrogen and progesterone modulate coronary artery reactivity in rhesus monkeys. Adult ovariectomized (ovx) monkeys were treated for 1, 2, or 4 wk with physiological concentrations of 17 beta-estradiol (E2), natural progesterone (P), and/or therapeutic levels of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA). Steroid concentrations in venous blood, coronary artery estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) localization, and isolated vascular muscle cell (VMC) Ca2+ and protein kinase C responses to serotonin and U46619 (a thromboxane A2 mimetic) were measured. Ovx monkey VMC responses were hyperreactive, showing prolonged increases in intracellular Ca2+ and protein kinase C that correlated with exaggerated in vivo coronary artery vasoconstrictor responses. The hyperreactive Ca2+ responses were abolished by in vivo treatment with E2 and/or P. However, VMC from ovx monkeys treated with the combination of E2 and MPA or E2, P, and MPA remained hyperreactive to vasoconstrictor stimuli, suggesting that MPA negated the protective effects of E2. ER were detected primarily in interstitial and endothelial cells and a minor fraction of the VMC. PR were localized to coronary artery VMC and interstitial cell nuclei. In vivo treatment of ovx monkeys with E2 tended to up-regulate PR in VMC, but MPA appeared to down-regulate PR expression. These results suggest that E2 and P replacement decreases coronary artery reactivity through direct interactions with ER and PR in coronary artery VMC.
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- R D Minshall
- Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Portland, USA
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Malley A, Torres JV, Benjamini E, Pangares N, Axthelm M. Characterization of T cell epitopes on the envelope glycoprotein of simian retrovirus 1 and 2 (SRV-1 and SRV-2) in several mouse strains. Mol Immunol 1992; 29:999-1004. [PMID: 1378937 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(92)90139-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Various mouse strains were immunized with either SRV-1 or SRV-2 virus adsorbed on alum. Seven to 14 days later spleen cells were removed, and spleen cells were cultured with varying amounts of SRV-1 virus and SRV-2 virus, or varying amounts of selected SRV-1 and SRV-2 synthetic envelope peptides to determine their ability to initiate T cell proliferative responses. Our studies demonstrated that all mouse strains tested gave strong proliferative responses with SRV-2 virus. In contrast, SRV-1 virus induced T cell proliferative responses only in H-2k mouse strains. This apparent major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restriction of SRV-1 virus-induced T cell proliferation correlates with the increased pathogenicity of SRV-1 virus in rhesus monkeys. The SRV envelope peptide 233-249 which is shared by both SRV-1 and SRV-2 virus initiates strong proliferative responses in both SRV-1 and SRV-2 virus immunized mice. The SRV-2 envelope peptide 96-102 initiates significant proliferative responses in SRV-2 immunized mice, and constitutes both a T and B cell epitope. The SRV-2 envelope peptide 127-152 has a 70% homology with the C-terminal region of SRV-1 peptide 142-167. The ability of SRV-2 peptide 127-152 to initiate T cell proliferation in SRV-1 virus immunized mice and the failure of the SRV-1 peptide 142-162 to initiate proliferation suggests that the region encompassing residues 160-167 must represent a T cell epitope in mice immunized with SRV-1 virus.
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- A Malley
- Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton 97006
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Malley A, Werner L, Benjamini E, Leung C, Torres J, Pangares N, Shiigi S, Axthelm M. Characterization of T‐ and B‐cell epitopes of a simian retrovirus (SRV‐2) envelope protein. J Med Primatol 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1991.tb00515.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Malley
- Oregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- University of California Medical SchoolDavisCA
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- University of California Medical SchoolDavisCA
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- University of California Medical SchoolDavisCA
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- Oregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Oregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Oregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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Malley A, Werner L, Benjamini E, Leung CY, Torres J, Pangares N, Shiigi S, Axthelm M. Characterization of T- and B-cell epitopes of a simian retrovirus (SRV-2) envelope protein. J Med Primatol 1991; 20:177-81. [PMID: 1719205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Synthetic envelope peptides of a simian retrovirus (SRV-2) were used to define both T- and B-cell epitopes of the envelope protein. The SRV-2 peptide 100-106 specifically blocks rhesus anti-SRV-2 neutralizing antibody activity, and a peptide 100-106 keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugate induces a strong antipeptide antibody response. SRV-2 peptide 100-106 and 233-249 induces good T-cell proliferation of murine spleen cells immunized with the SRV-2 virus. Thus, SRV-2 envelope peptide 100-106 represents both a T- and B-cell epitope, and peptide 233-249 a T-cell epitope.
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- A Malley
- Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton 97006
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Shiigi S, Wilson B, Leo G, MacDonald N, Toyooka D, Hallick L, Karty R, Belozer ML, McNulty W, Wolff J, Bueren A, Howard C, Axthelm M. Serologic and Virologic Analysis of Type D Simian Retrovirus Infection in a Colony of Celebes Black Macaques (
Macaca nigra
). J Med Primatol 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1989.tb00220.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Stanley Shiigi
- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Department of MicriobiologyOregon Health Sciences UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Department of MicriobiologyOregon Health Sciences UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Department of MicriobiologyOregon Health Sciences UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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- Division of Primate MedicineOregon Regional Primate Research CenterBeavertonOR
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Malley A, Shiigi S, Benjamini E, Werner L, Leung CY, Kwang HS, Axthelm M, Hallick LM. Characterization of a synthetic envelope peptide of SRV-1 and SRV-2 virus that specifically binds rhesus anti-SRV-1 and anti-SRV-2 neutralizing antibodies. Adv Exp Med Biol 1989; 251:169-73. [PMID: 2481957 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-2046-4_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- A Malley
- Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton
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Oglesbee M, Jackwood D, Perrine K, Axthelm M, Krakowka S, Rice J. In vitro detection of canine distemper virus nucleic acid with a virus-specific cDNA probe by dot-blot and in situ hybridization. J Virol Methods 1986; 14:195-211. [PMID: 3539957 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(86)90022-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A cDNA library was prepared from canine distemper viral (CDV) messenger RNA (mRNA) derived from Vero cells lytically infected with the Onderstepoort strain (Ond) of CDV. A 300 base pair insert was identified which, by Northern blot analysis and Sanger sequence data, was shown to be specific to the nucleocapsid gene. The nucleocapsid (NC) clone was radiolabelled with 32P using nick translation and used to detect viral RNA in both dot-blot and in situ preparations of Vero cells lytically infected with Onderstepoort CDV (Ond-CDV) and immortalized mink lung cells persistently infected with racoon origin CDV (CCL64-RCDV). Dot-blot hybridization results paralleled immunofluorescent results in the lytically infected cells. In 18 persistently infected cell lines from the RCDV-CCL64 parental stock, 13 lines were positive and two were negative on both immunofluorescence and dot-blot hybridization analysis for CDV antigen and RNA, respectively. Viral nucleic acid was detected in these persistently infected cells, where as few as 1.9% of the members of a line were positive on immunofluorescence. A dot-blot autoradiographic signal was obtained in three lines which were negative for CDV antigen. CDV RNA was detected in both lytically and persistently infected cell lines by in situ hybridization, where decreasing probe length was important in increasing the sensitivity of this assay. Viral RNA was detected in over 90% of the lytically infected cells, where only 70% were positive for viral antigen by immunofluorescence.
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Mastro JM, Axthelm M, Mathes LE, Krakowka S, Ladiges W, Olsen RG. Repeated suppression of lymphocyte blastogenesis following vaccinations of CPV-immune dogs with modified-live CPV vaccines. Vet Microbiol 1986; 12:201-11. [PMID: 3776091 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(86)90049-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
A commercially available modified-live canine parvovirus (CPV) vaccine was evaluated for its immunosuppressive properties in eight random-bred dogs, all with circulatory antibody to CPV. Three of the eight dogs exhibited a significant decrease in lymphocyte blastogenesis after vaccine administration. In these dogs, this decrease in blastogenesis was of short duration and was consistently observed after repeated administrations of the vaccine. Neither gastroenteritis, fever nor leukopenia, signs indicative of virulent canine parvovirus infection, were detected in these animals. In addition, lymphocytes from these dogs lacked Ia antigen expression. This study demonstrated that the immunomodulating effects of ML-CPV is not observed in all animals yet is consistent in affected individuals.
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Krakowka S, Axthelm M, Austin NJ. Effects of cerebrospinal fluid sample collection on frequency and onset of acute fatal canine distemper-associated encephalomyelitis. Am J Vet Res 1982; 43:1678-80. [PMID: 7149418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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