Garulli Bruno, Di Mario Giuseppina, Sciaraffia Ester, Kawaoka Yoshihiro, Castrucci Maria R
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy.
J Biomed Biotechnol. 2011;2011:497364. doi: 10.1155/2011/497364. Epub 2011 Oct 5.
Recombinant influenza viruses that bear the single immunodominant CD8+ T cell epitope OVA(257-264) or the CD4+ T cell epitope OVA₃₂₃₋₃₃₉ of the model antigen ovalbumin (OVA) have been useful tools in immunology. Here, we generated a recombinant influenza virus, WSN-OVA(I/II), that bears both OVA-specific CD8+ and CD4+ epitopes on its hemagglutinin molecule. Live and heat-inactivated WSN-OVA(I/II) viruses were efficiently presented by dendritic cells in vitro to OT-I TCR transgenic CD8+ T cells and OT-II TCR transgenic CD4+ T cells. In vivo, WSN-OVA(I/II) virus was attenuated in virulence, highly immunogenic, and protected mice from B16-OVA tumor challenge in a prophylactic model of vaccination. Thus, WSN-OVA(I/II) virus represents an additional tool, along with OVA TCR transgenic mice, for further studies on T cell responses and may be of value in vaccine design.
携带模型抗原卵清蛋白(OVA)的单一免疫显性CD8⁺T细胞表位OVA(257 - 264)或CD4⁺T细胞表位OVA₃₂₃₋₃₃₉的重组流感病毒,已成为免疫学中的有用工具。在此,我们构建了一种重组流感病毒WSN - OVA(I/II),其血凝素分子上同时带有OVA特异性CD8⁺和CD4⁺表位。活的和热灭活的WSN - OVA(I/II)病毒在体外能被树突状细胞有效地呈递给OT - I TCR转基因CD8⁺T细胞和OT - II TCR转基因CD4⁺T细胞。在体内,WSN - OVA(I/II)病毒毒力减弱、免疫原性高,并且在预防性疫苗接种模型中能保护小鼠免受B16 - OVA肿瘤攻击。因此,WSN - OVA(I/II)病毒与OVA TCR转基因小鼠一样,是用于进一步研究T细胞反应的额外工具,并且可能在疫苗设计中有价值。