Cytokine-facilitated priming of CD8+T cell responses by DNA vaccination
Cytokine-facilitated priming of CD8+T cell responses by DNA vaccination
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DOI:
10.1007/s00109-002-0395-6
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发表时间:
2003-02-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Schirmbeck, R
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作者:
Kwissa, M;Kröger, A;Schirmbeck, R
Immune responses elicited by plasmid DNA vaccination can be enhanced and modulated by codelivery of cytokine-encoding plasmids. We studied whether priming of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses against hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by DNA vaccines injected either intramusculary or intradermally with the gene gun is enhanced by codelivery of cytokine-encoding plasmids. From a panel of tested cytokine plasmids only mouse IFNbeta, IL-15, and GM-CSF encoding plasmids showed an effect. Intradermal gene gun vaccination with 1 mug plasmid DNA encoding intracellular HBsAg (large LS) showed enhanced CTL priming when IFNbeta, IL15, or GM-CSF encoding plasmids were codelivered; this was not observed when a DNA vaccine encoding secreted HBsAg (small S) was injected. Intramuscular injection of low (5 mug) doses of a DNA vaccine encoding large HBsAg did not prime CTL when delivered without cytokines, with IFNbeta or IL15-encoding plasmids. However, codelivery with GM-CSF encoding plasmid DNA primed potent, specific CTL immunity detected either in a cytotoxic assay or by determining the frequency of L-d-restricted CD8(+) T cells specifically inducible to IFNgamma production. The codelivery of GM-CSF encoding plasmids with the DNA vaccine furthermore enhanced CTL priming to a subdominant, D-d-restricted epitope of HBsAg. The adjuvant effect of cytokine-encoding plasmids on CTL priming by DNA vaccines is thus complex and depends on: (a) the type of cytokine (or combination of cytokines) codelivered, (b) the type (intracellular vs. secreted) and dose (1-50 mug) of the DNA vaccine, (c) the method of DNA vaccine delivery ("naked" vs. particle-coated DNA), and (d) the (intra-muscular vs. intradermal) route of delivery of the DNA vaccine.