An Improved Rearranged Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E7 Dna Vaccine Candidate (Hpv-16 E7sh) Induces an E7 Wildtype-specific T Cell Response.
From: Frauenklinik der FSU Jena, Abteilung Gynäkologische Molekularbiologie, D-07743 Jena, Germany. peter_oehlschlaeger@yahoo.de
Vaccine
- Publish Date: Apr 2006
- ISSN: 0264-410X
- Volume: 24
- Issue: 15
- Pages: 2880-93
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Ohlschläger Peter, Pes Michaela, Osen Wolfram, et al. An Improved Rearranged Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E7 Dna Vaccine Candidate (Hpv-16 E7sh) Induces an E7 Wildtype-specific T Cell Response.. Vaccine Apr 2006;24:2880-93
Abstract
A new and very promising approach in vaccine development is the application of naked DNA. In comparison to conventional vaccines it offers several advantages, especially if there is a need for the development of low cost vaccines. Infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (hr-HPVs) is the major risk factor for the development of cervical cancer (cc), the third most common cancer in women worldwide. The HPV E7 oncogene is constitutively expressed in HPV-infected cells and represents an excellent target for immune therapy of HPV-related disease. Therefore, we chose the HPV-16 E7 as model antigen in the development of a therapeutic DNA vaccine candidate. For safety reasons the use of a transforming gene like the HPV-16 E7 for DNA vaccination is not feasible in humans. In consequence we have generated an artificial (“shuffled”) HPV-16 E7-gene (HPV-16 E7SH), containing all putative cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTLs) epitopes and exhibiting high safety features. Here, we show the induction of a strong E7-wildtype (E7WT) directed cellular and humoral immune response including tumor protection and regression after in vivo immunization in the murine system. Moreover, the vaccine candidate demonstrated immunogenicity in humans, demonstrated by priming of antigen-specific T cells in vitro. Importantly, the artificial HPV-gene has completely lost its transforming properties as measured in soft agar transformation assays. These results may be of importance for the development of vaccines based on oncogenes or oncoproteins.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Cells, Cultured, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, Female, Humans, Interferon Type II, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neoplasms, Oncogene Proteins, Viral, Papillomaviridae, Papillomavirus Infections, Papillomavirus Vaccines, T-Lymphocytes, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Vaccines, DNA, Viral Vaccines
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