scholarly journals DNA Prime-Boost Vaccine Regimen To Increase Breadth, Magnitude, and Cytotoxicity of the Cellular Immune Responses to Subdominant Gag Epitopes of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus and HIV

2016 ◽  
Vol 197 (10) ◽  
pp. 3999-4013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xintao Hu ◽  
Antonio Valentin ◽  
Frances Dayton ◽  
Viraj Kulkarni ◽  
Candido Alicea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Vaccine Regimen ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Boost Vaccine ◽  
Cellular Immune

scholarly journals Induction of Cellular Immune Responses to Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Gag by Two Recombinant Negative-Strand RNA Virus Vectors

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (17) ◽  
pp. 9366-9375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yurie Nakaya ◽  
Takaaki Nakaya ◽  
Man-Seong Park ◽  
Jerome Cros ◽  
Jiro Imanishi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Vaccinia Virus ◽  
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Influenza Viruses ◽  
Gag Protein ◽  
Virus Vectors ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cellular Immune

ABSTRACT A recombinant Newcastle disease virus (rNDV) expressing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Gag protein (rNDV/SIVgag) was generated. The rNDV/SIVgag virus induced Gag-specific cellular immune responses in mice, leading to a specific anti-Gag antiviral immunity. This was evidenced by the inhibition of growth of recombinant vaccinia virus expressing an identical Gag antigen (rVac/SIVgag) but not of wild-type vaccinia virus in rNDV/SIVgag-immunized mice. Among intravenous, intraperitoneal, or intranasal immunization routes, intranasal administration induced the strongest protective response against challenge with rVac/SIVgag. We further demonstrated that these immune responses were greatly enhanced after booster immunization with recombinant influenza viruses expressing immunogenic portions of SIV Gag. The magnitude of the protective immune response correlated with the levels of cellular immune responses to Gag, which were still evident 9 weeks after immunization. These results suggest that rNDV and influenza virus vectors are suitable candidate vaccines against AIDS as well as against other infectious diseases.

scholarly journals Vaccine-Induced Cellular Immune Responses Reduce Plasma Viral Concentrations after Repeated Low-Dose Challenge with Pathogenic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239

2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (12) ◽  
pp. 5875-5885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy A. Wilson ◽  
Jason Reed ◽  
Gnankang S. Napoe ◽  
Shari Piaskowski ◽  
Andy Szymanski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Viral Replication ◽  
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Neutralizing Antibodies ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Chronic Phase ◽  
Set Point ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cellular Immune

ABSTRACT The goal of an AIDS vaccine regimen designed to induce cellular immune responses should be to reduce the viral set point and preserve memory CD4 lymphocytes. Here we investigated whether vaccine-induced cellular immunity in the absence of any Env-specific antibodies can control viral replication following multiple low-dose challenges with the highly pathogenic SIVmac239 isolate. Eight Mamu-A*01-positive Indian rhesus macaques were vaccinated with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) gag, tat, rev, and nef using a DNA prime-adenovirus boost strategy. Peak viremia (P = 0.007) and the chronic phase set point (P = 0.0192) were significantly decreased in the vaccinated cohort, out to 1 year postinfection. Loss of CD4+ memory populations was also ameliorated in vaccinated animals. Interestingly, only one of the eight vaccinees developed Env-specific neutralizing antibodies after infection. The control observed was significantly improved over that observed in animals vaccinated with SIV gag only. Vaccine-induced cellular immune responses can, therefore, exert a measure of control over replication of the AIDS virus in the complete absence of neutralizing antibody and give us hope that a vaccine designed to induce cellular immune responses might control viral replication.

scholarly journals Lentiviral Vector-Based Prime/Boost Vaccination against AIDS: Pilot Study Shows Protection against Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac251 Challenge in Macaques

2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (21) ◽  
pp. 10963-10974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Sophie Beignon ◽  
Karine Mollier ◽  
Christelle Liard ◽  
Frédéric Coutant ◽  
Sandie Munier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Lentiviral Vector ◽  
Lentiviral Vectors ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cellular Immune ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT AIDS vaccination has a pressing need for more potent vaccination vectors capable of eliciting strong, diversified, and long-lasting cellular immune responses against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Lentiviral vectors have demonstrated efficiency not only as gene delivery vehicles for gene therapy applications but also as vaccination tools. This is likely due to their ability to transduce nondividing cells, including dendritic cells, enabling sustained endogenous antigen presentation and thus the induction of high proportions of specific cytotoxic T cells and long-lasting memory T cells. We show in a first proof-of-concept pilot study that a prime/boost vaccination strategy using lentiviral vectors pseudotyped with a glycoprotein G from two non-cross-reactive vesicular stomatitis virus serotypes elicited robust and broad cellular immune responses against the vector-encoded antigen, simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) GAG, in cynomolgus macaques. Vaccination conferred strong protection against a massive intrarectal challenge with SIVmac251, as evidenced both by the reduction of viremia at the peak of acute infection (a mean of over 2 log10 fold reduction) and by the full preservation of the CD28+ CD95+ memory CD4+ T cells during the acute phase, a strong correlate of protection against pathogenesis. Although vaccinees continued to display lower viremia than control macaques during the early chronic phase, these differences were not statistically significant by day 50 postchallenge. A not-optimized SIV GAG antigen was chosen to show the strong potential of the lentiviral vector system for vaccination. Given that a stronger protection can be anticipated from a modern HIV-1 antigen design, gene transfer vectors derived from HIV-1 appear as promising candidates for vaccination against HIV-1 infection.

scholarly journals Improved Protection of Rhesus Macaques against Intrarectal Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac251 Challenge by a Replication-Competent Ad5hr-SIVenv/rev and Ad5hr-SIVgag Recombinant Priming/gp120 Boosting Regimen

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (15) ◽  
pp. 8354-8365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Joel Pinczewski ◽  
Victor R. Gómez-Román ◽  
David Venzon ◽  
V. S. Kalyanaraman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Rhesus Macaques ◽  
Acute Infection ◽  
Neutralizing Antibody ◽  
Antibody Activity ◽  
Viral Loads ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cellular Immune

ABSTRACT In this study we investigated the ability of a replication-competent Ad5hr-SIVenv/rev and Ad5hr-SIVgag recombinant priming/gp120 boosting regimen to induce protective immunity in rhesus macaques against pathogenic simian immunodeficiency virusmac251. Immunization of macaques by two sequential administrations of the same recombinants by the same route resulted in boosting and persistence of SIV-specific cellular immune responses for 42 weeks past the initial immunization. Anti-SIV gp120 immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA antibodies were induced in secretory fluids, and all macaques exhibited serum neutralizing antibody activity. After intrarectal SIVmac251 challenge, all of the macaques became infected. However, relative protection, as assessed by statistically significant lower SIV viral loads in plasma at both acute infection and set point, was observed in 8 out of 12 immunized non-Mamu-A∗01 animals. Elevated mean cellular immune responses to Gag and Env, neutralizing antibody activity, and IgG and IgA binding antibody levels were observed in the eight protected macaques. Statistically significant correlations with protective outcome were observed for cellular immune responses to SIV Env and Gag and for SIV gp120-specific IgG antibodies in nasal and vaginal fluids. Two macaques that exhibited the greatest and most persistent viremia control also exhibited strong CD8+ T-cell antiviral activity. The results suggest that a spectrum of immune responses may be necessary for adequate control of viral replication and disease progression and highlight a potential role for nonneutralizing antibodies at mucosal sites.

scholarly journals Focus and breadth of cellular immune responses elicited by a heterologous insert prime-boost vaccine regimen in rhesus monkeys

Vaccine ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Kaufman ◽  
Fusheng Li ◽  
Ashley N. Cruz ◽  
Steven G. Self ◽  
Dan H. Barouch
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Vaccine Regimen ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Boost Vaccine ◽  
Cellular Immune

scholarly journals Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239 Infection of Major Histocompatibility Complex-Identical Cynomolgus Macaques from Mauritius

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 349-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger W. Wiseman ◽  
Jason A. Wojcechowskyj ◽  
Justin M. Greene ◽  
Alex J. Blasky ◽  
Tobias Gopon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Histocompatibility Complex ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Major Histocompatibility ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Histocompatibility Complex ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cynomolgus Macaques ◽  
Feral Animals ◽  
Cellular Immune

ABSTRACT Nonhuman primates are widely used to study correlates of protective immunity in AIDS research. Successful cellular immune responses have been difficult to identify because heterogeneity within macaque major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes results in quantitative and qualitative differences in immune responses. Here we use microsatellite analysis to show that simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-susceptible cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius have extremely simple MHC genetics, with six common haplotypes accounting for two-thirds of the MHC haplotypes in feral animals. Remarkably, 39% of Mauritian cynomolgus macaques carry at least one complete copy of the most frequent MHC haplotype, and 8% of these animals are homozygous. In stark contrast, entire MHC haplotypes are rarely conserved in unrelated Indian rhesus macaques. After intrarectal infection with highly pathogenic SIVmac239 virus, a pair of MHC-identical Mauritian cynomolgus macaques mounted concordant cellular immune responses comparable to those previously reported for a pair of monozygotic twins infected with the same strain of human immunodeficiency virus. Our identification of relatively abundant SIV-susceptible, MHC-identical macaques will facilitate research into protective cellular immunity.

scholarly journals Effect of CD8+ Lymphocyte Depletion on Virus Containment after Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac251 Challenge of Live Attenuated SIVmac239Δ3-Vaccinated Rhesus Macaques

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (13) ◽  
pp. 8131-8141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörn E. Schmitz ◽  
R. Paul Johnson ◽  
Harold M. McClure ◽  
Kelledy H. Manson ◽  
Michael S. Wyand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Rhesus Macaques ◽  
Intravenous Route ◽  
Partial Control ◽  
Challenge Virus ◽  
Lymphocyte Depletion ◽  
Cellular Immune Responses ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cellular Immune

ABSTRACT Although live attenuated vaccines can provide potent protection against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and simian-human immunodeficiency virus challenges, the specific immune responses that confer this protection have not been determined. To test whether cellular immune responses mediated by CD8+ lymphocytes contribute to this vaccine-induced protection, we depleted rhesus macaques vaccinated with the live attenuated virus SIVmac239Δ3 of CD8+ lymphocytes and then challenged them with SIVmac251 by the intravenous route. While vaccination did not prevent infection with the pathogenic challenge virus, the postchallenge levels of virus in the plasmas of vaccinated control animals were significantly lower than those for unvaccinated animals. The depletion of CD8+ lymphocytes at the time of challenge resulted in virus levels in the plasma that were intermediate between those of the vaccinated and unvaccinated controls, suggesting that CD8+ cell-mediated immune responses contributed to protection. Interestingly, at the time of challenge, animals expressing the Mamu-A*01 major histocompatibility complex class I allele showed significantly higher frequencies of SIV-specific CD8+ T-cell responses and lower neutralizing antibody titers than those in Mamu-A*01 − animals. Consistent with these findings, the depletion of CD8+ lymphocytes abrogated vaccine-induced protection, as judged by the peak postchallenge viremia, to a greater extent in Mamu-A*01 + than in Mamu-A*01 − animals. The partial control of postchallenge viremia after CD8+ lymphocyte depletion suggests that both humoral and cellular immune responses induced by live attenuated SIV vaccines can contribute to protection against a pathogenic challenge and that the relative contribution of each of these responses to protection may be genetically determined.

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