hly coexpressing human interleukin-7 or -18 enhances antigen-specific T cell responses in mice

hly), which secretes the pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O (LLO) of Listeria monocytogenes. This vaccine shows superior protection against tuberculosis in preclinical models and is safe in humans. Here we describe two new vaccine strains which express human interleukin-7 (hIL)-7 or hIL-18 in the genetic background of BCG ΔureC::hly to modulate specific T cell immunity. Both strains exhibited an uncompromised in vitro growth pattern, while inducing a proinflammatory cytokine profile in human dendritic cells (DCs). Human DCs harbouring either strain efficiently promoted secretion of IL-2 by autologous T cells in a coculture system, suggesting superior immunogenicity. BALB/c mice vaccinated with BCG ΔureC::hly, BCG ΔureC::hly_hIL7 or BCG ΔureC::hly_hIL18 developed a more robust Th1 response than after vaccination with parental BCG. Both strains provided significantly better protection than BCG in a murine Mycobacterium tuberculosis challenge model but efficacy remained comparable to that afforded by BCG ΔureC::hly. We conclude that expression of hIL-7 or hIL-18 enhanced specific T cell responses but failed to improve protection over BCG ΔureC::hly in mice.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 8(2013), 11 vom: 21., Seite e78966

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rao, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Vogelzang, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Kaiser, Peggy [VerfasserIn]
Schuerer, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Kaufmann, Stefan H E [VerfasserIn]
Gengenbacher, Martin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

147205-72-9
Antigens, Bacterial
BCG Vaccine
CD40 Ligand
IL18 protein, human
IL7 protein, human
Interleukin-18
Interleukin-7
Journal Article
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.09.2014

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0078966

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM232688338