Genetic vaccination with Flt3-L and GM-CSF as adjuvants: Enhancement of cellular and humoral mmune responses that results in protective immunity in a murine model of hepatitis C virus infection

作     者：Jens Encke Jomo Bernardin Jasmin Geib Gocha Barbakadze Raymond Bujdoso Wolfgang Stremmel 

作者机构：Department of InternalMedicine IV University of Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld410 69120 Heidelberg Germany Department of Immunology University of Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 305 69120 Heidelberg Germany Department of InternalMedicine IV University of Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld410 69120 Heidelberg Germany Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine University of Cambridge Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 OES United Kingdom 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第12卷第44期

页      面：7118-7125页

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学科分类：1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100102[医学-免疫学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by a grant from the Medical Faculty at the University of Heidelberg (Forschungsfrderungsprogramm der Medizinischen Fakultt). Jens Encke is supported by grant En 338/4-1 and En 338/5-1 both from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft  Bonn  Germany 

主　　题：DNA-vaccination Dendritic cells Flt3-L granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor Hepatitis C virus 

摘      要：AIM： To investigate whether transfection of plasmid DNA encoding these cytokines enhances both humoral and cellular immune responses to hepatitis C virus （HCV） in a murine model. METHODS： We established a tumor model of HCV infection using syngenic mouse myeloma cells stably transfected with NS5. Co-vaccination of DNA encoding granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor （GM- CSF） and Flt-3 ligand together with a plasmid encoding for the HCV NS5 protein was carried out. Mice were sacrificed 14 d after the last immunization event with collection of spleen cells and serum to determine humoral and cellular immune responses. RESULTS： Co-vaccination of DNA encoding GM-CSF and Fit-3 ligand together with a plasmid encoding for the HCV NS5 protein induced increased antibody responses and CD4＋ T cell proliferation to this protein, Vaccination with DNA encoding GM-CSF and FIt-3L promoted protection against tumor formation and/or reduction in mice co- immunized with cytokine-encoding DNA constructs, This suggests this strategy is capable of generating cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity in vivo, Following inoculation with plasmid DNA encoding Flt-3L, no increase in spleen size or in dendritic cell （DC） and natural killer cell numbers was observed. This was in contrast to a dramatic increase of both cell types after administration of recombinant Flt3-L in vivo. This suggests that vaccination with plasmid DNA encoding cytokines that regulate DC generation and mobilization may not promote unwanted side effects, such as autoimmunity, splenic fibrosis or hematopoietic malignancies that may occur with administration of recombinant forms of these proteins. CONCLUSION： Our data support the view that plasmid DNA vaccination is a promising approach for HCV immunization, and may provide a general adjuvant vaccination strategy against malignancies and other pathogens.