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Prophylactic DNA vaccine for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: HCV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte induction and protection from HCV-recombinant vaccinia infection in an HLA-A2.1 transgenic mouse model.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Arichi, T. Saito, Toshiki Major, Marian E. Belyakov, Igor M. Shirai, Mutsunori Engelhard, Victor H. Feinstone, Stephen M. Berzofsky, Jay A. |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Abstract | DNA vaccines express antigens intracellularly and effectively induce cellular immune responses. Because only chimpanzees can be used to model human hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, we developed a small-animal model using HLA-A2.1-transgenic mice to test induction of HLA-A2.1-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) and protection against recombinant vaccinia expressing HCV-core. A plasmid encoding the HCV-core antigen induced CD8(+) CTLs specific for three conserved endogenously expressed core peptides presented by human HLA-A2.1. When challenged, DNA-immunized mice showed a substantial (5-12 log(10)) reduction in vaccinia virus titer compared with mock-immunized controls. This protection, lasting at least 14 mo, was shown to be mediated by CD8(+) cells. Thus, a DNA vaccine expressing HCV-core is a potential candidate for a prophylactic vaccine for HLA-A2.1(+) humans. |
| Starting Page | 297 |
| Ending Page | 302 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.97.1.297 |
| PubMed reference number | 10618412 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 97 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.pnas.org/content/97/1/297.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.97.1.297 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |