[Effect of tumor necrosis factor DNA on immune response to DNA immunization against herpes simplex virus].

Autor: Klimova RR; Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, 123098 Russia., Kozlov AIu, Shingarova LN, Nekrasova OV, Boldyreva EF, Guseva TS, Parshina OV, Malinovskaia VV, Novikov VV, Kushch AA
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Molekuliarnaia biologiia [Mol Biol (Mosk)] 2004 Mar-Apr; Vol. 38 (2), pp. 333-42.
Abstrakt: A study was made of the adjuvant effect of the mouse tumor necrosis factor alpha (mTNF alpha) on DNA immunization against the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1). The HSV1 gD gene (pDNAgD) served as an immunogen; mTNF alpha or its gene cloned in an eukaryotic expression vector (pDNAmTNF) were used to modulate the immune response. Double immunization with pDNAgD led to a sixfold increase in the in vitro T-cell response, a high (1:2000) titer of anti-HSV1 antibodies (including virus-neutralizing antibodies), an increase in IgG2a/IgG1 (suggesting a shift of the immune response to the Th1 type), and no change in CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio. A single injection of mTNF alpha along with inactivated HSV1 allowed a twice higher antibody titer and a fourfold higher T-cell response as compared with immunization with HSV1 alone. Double immunization with both pDNAgD and pDNAmTNF increased the titer of anti-HSV1 antibodies and the T-cell response by factors of 8 and 1.5, respectively, as compared with immunization with pDNAgD alone. However, the protective effect was significantly lower with the two plasmids than with pDNAgD (73 vs. 100%). Thus, DNA immunization with pDNAgD induced both B- and T-cell responses and completely protected mice from a lethal doze of HSV1. The adjuvant properties of mTNF alpha and pDNAmTNF need further investigation.
Databáze: MEDLINE