Immunogenicity of a Dendrimer B2T Peptide Harboring a T-Cell Epitope From FMDV Non-structural Protein 3D

Copyright © 2020 Cañas-Arranz, de León, Forner, Defaus, Bustos, Torres, Andreu, Blanco and Sobrino..

Synthetic dendrimer peptides are a promising strategy to develop new FMD vaccines. A dendrimer peptide, termed B2T-3A, which harbors two copies of the major FMDV antigenic B-cell site [VP1 (140-158)], covalently linked to a heterotypic T-cell from the non-structural protein 3A [3A (21-35)], has been shown to protect pigs against viral challenge. Interestingly, the modular design of this dendrimer peptide allows modifications aimed at improving its immunogenicity, such as the replacement of the T-cell epitope moiety. Here, we report that a dendrimer peptide, B2T-3D, harboring a T-cell epitope from FMDV 3D protein [3D (56-70)], when inoculated in pigs, elicited consistent levels of neutralizing antibodies and high frequencies of IFN-γ-producing cells upon in vitro recall with the homologous dendrimers, both responses being similar to those evoked by B2T-3A. Lymphocytes from B2T-3A-immunized pigs were in vitro-stimulated by T-3A peptide and to a lesser extent by B-peptide, while those from B2T-3D- immunized animals preferentially recognized the T-3D peptide, suggesting that this epitope is a potent inducer of IFN-γ producing-cells. These results extend the repertoire of T-cell epitopes efficiently recognized by swine lymphocytes and open the possibility of using T-3D to enhance the immunogenicity and the protection conferred by B2T-dendrimers.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

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Frontiers in veterinary science - 7(2020) vom: 18., Seite 498

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cañas-Arranz, Rodrigo [VerfasserIn]
de León, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Forner, Mar [VerfasserIn]
Defaus, Sira [VerfasserIn]
Bustos, María J [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Andreu, David [VerfasserIn]
Blanco, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Sobrino, Francisco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dendrimer peptides
FMDV
Journal Article
Swine
T-cell epitopes
Vaccines

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fvets.2020.00498

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NLM314243402