基于 3 型人乳头瘤病毒的疫苗候选物的设计和免疫验证:在非人类灵长类动物中测试治疗性 HPV 疫苗的基础。
Design and Immunological Validation of Papillomavirus Type 3 Based Vaccine Candidates in Outbred Mice: Basis for Future Testing of a Therapeutic Papillomavirus Vaccine in NHPs.
机构信息
Institute of Medical Microbiology & Hygiene, Molecular Microbiology (Virology), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Centre for Medical Parasitology, the Panum Institute, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
出版信息
Front Immunol. 2021 Oct 28;12:761214. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.761214. eCollection 2021.
Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are causative for cervical neoplasia and carcinomas. Despite the availability of prophylactic vaccines, morbidity and mortality induced by HPV are still too high. Thus, an efficient therapy, such as a therapeutic vaccine, is urgently required. Herein, we describe the development and validation of papillomavirus type 3 (MfPV3) antigens delivered nucleic-acid and adenoviral vectors in outbred mouse models. Ten artificially fused polypeptides comprising early viral regulatory proteins were designed and optionally linked to the T cell adjuvant MHC-II-associated invariant chain. Transfected HEK293 cells and A549 cells transduced with recombinant adenoviruses expressing the same panel of artificial antigens proved proper and comparable expression, respectively. Immunization of outbred CD1 and OF1 mice led to CD8 and CD4 T cell responses against MfPV3 antigens after DNA- and adenoviral vector delivery. Moreover, cytotoxicity of vaccine-induced CD8 T cells was demonstrated in BALB/c mice by quantifying specific killing of transferred peptide-pulsed syngeneic target cells. The use of the invariant chain as T cell adjuvant enhanced the T cell responses regarding cytotoxicity and analysis suggested an accelerated turnover of the antigens as causative. Notably, the fusion-polypeptide elicited the same level of T-cell responses as administration of the antigens individually, suggesting no loss of immunogenicity by fusing multiple proteins in one vaccine construct. These data support further development of the vaccine candidates in a follow up efficacy study in persistently infected monkeys to assess their potential to eliminate pre-malignant papillomavirus infections, eventually instructing the design of an analogous therapeutic HPV vaccine.
持续性人乳头瘤病毒(HPV)感染是导致宫颈癌前病变和癌症的原因。尽管有预防性疫苗,但 HPV 引起的发病率和死亡率仍然过高。因此,迫切需要一种有效的治疗方法,如治疗性疫苗。本文描述了在近交系小鼠模型中开发和验证基于核酸和腺病毒载体的 3 型乳头瘤病毒(MfPV3)抗原的情况。设计了 10 种人工融合多肽,包含早期病毒调节蛋白,并可选择与 T 细胞佐剂 MHC-II 相关的不变链连接。转染的 HEK293 细胞和用表达相同人工抗原的重组腺病毒转导的 A549 细胞分别证明了适当和可比的表达。在近交系 CD1 和 OF1 小鼠中进行免疫接种后,在 DNA 和腺病毒载体递送后,针对 MfPV3 抗原产生了 CD8 和 CD4 T 细胞反应。此外,通过定量测定转导的肽脉冲同基因靶细胞的特异性杀伤,在 BALB/c 小鼠中证明了疫苗诱导的 CD8 T 细胞的细胞毒性。使用不变链作为 T 细胞佐剂增强了细胞毒性方面的 T 细胞反应,分析表明抗原的快速更新是导致这种情况的原因。值得注意的是,融合多肽引发的 T 细胞反应水平与单独给予抗原相同,这表明在一个疫苗构建体中融合多种蛋白质不会丧失免疫原性。这些数据支持在持续性感染 猴子中进行后续疗效研究,以评估其消除前恶性 HPV 感染的潜力,并最终指导类似治疗性 HPV 疫苗的设计。