Directly injected lentiviral vector-based T cell vaccine protects mice against acute and chronic viral infection

Lentiviral vector-based dendritic cell vaccines induce protective T cell responses against viral infection and cancer in animal models. In this study, we tested whether preventative and therapeutic vaccination could be achieved by direct injection of antigen-expressing lentiviral vector, obviating the need for ex vivo transduction of dendritic cells. Injected lentiviral vector preferentially transduced splenic dendritic cells and resulted in long-term expression. Injection of a lentiviral vector encoding an MHC class I-restricted T cell epitope of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and CD40 ligand induced an antigen-specific cytolytic CD8+ T lymphocyte response that protected the mice from infection. The injection of chronically infected mice with a lentiviral vector encoding LCMV MHC class I and II T cell epitopes and a soluble programmed cell death 1 microbody rapidly cleared the virus. Vaccination by direct injection of lentiviral vector was more effective in sterile alpha motif and HD-domain containing protein 1-knockout (SAMHD1-knockout) mice, suggesting that lentiviral vectors containing Vpx, a lentiviral protein that increases the efficiency of dendritic cell transduction by inducing the degradation of SAMHD1, would be an effective strategy for the treatment of chronic disease in humans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

JCI insight - 7(2022), 18 vom: 22. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tada, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Norton, Thomas D [VerfasserIn]
Leibowitz, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Landau, Nathaniel R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

147205-72-9
CD40 Ligand
Dendritic cells
EC 3.1.5.-
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Immunology
Journal Article
SAM Domain and HD Domain-Containing Protein 1
T cells
Vaccines
Viral Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.09.2022

Date Revised 23.11.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/jci.insight.161598

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344914798