Ad-gBCMVpoly : A novel chimeric vaccine strategy for human cytomegalovirus-associated diseases

In spite of numerous attempts at successful licensure, a human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) vaccine formulation remains elusive. To overcome the limitations of previous strategies, we have recently developed a novel chimeric vaccine which allows induction of both humoral and cellular immune response following a single vaccination. This vaccine includes the extracellular domain of HCMV-encoded glycoprotein-B (gB) covalently linked to multiple HLA class I- and class II-restricted T-cell epitopes from multiple HCMV antigens as a contiguous polypeptide in a replication-deficient adenoviral vector Ad5/F35 (referred to as Ad-gBCMVpoly). Immunisation with Ad-gBCMVpoly consistently generated strong gB-specific neutralizing antibody and a broad range of HCMV-specific pluripotent CD8(+) and CD4(+) T-cells. This immunity suppressed infection with recombinant vaccinia virus encoding HCMV antigens. Furthermore, in vitro stimulation with Ad-gBCMVpoly rapidly expanded multiple antigen-specific human CD8(+) and CD4(+) T-cells from healthy virus carriers. Here we discuss the advantages of the Ad-gBCMVpoly vaccine and its potential application in different clinical settings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46 Suppl 4

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 46 Suppl 4(2009) vom: 15. Dez., Seite S68-72

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhong, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Khanna, Rajiv [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigens, Viral
Cytomegalovirus Vaccines
Epitopes
Glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccines, Synthetic
Viral Envelope Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.02.2010

Date Revised 25.11.2009

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2009.07.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM190373962