Viral Delivery of IL-7 Is a Potent Immunotherapy Stimulating Innate and Adaptive Immunity and Confers Survival in Sepsis Models.

Autor:	Lélu K; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Dubois C; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Evlachev A; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Crausaz M; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Baldazza M; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Kehrer N; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Brandely R; Department of Vectorology, Transgene SA, Illkirch-Graffenstraden, France., Schlesinger Y; Department of Vectorology, Transgene SA, Illkirch-Graffenstraden, France., Silvestre N; Department of Vectorology, Transgene SA, Illkirch-Graffenstraden, France., Marchand JB; Department of Vectorology, Transgene SA, Illkirch-Graffenstraden, France., Bastien B; Department of Medical Affairs, Transgene SA, Illkirch-Graffenstraden, France., Leung-Theung-Long S; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Unsinger J; Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.; Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and.; Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO., Martin P; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France., Inchauspé G; Department of Infectious Diseases, Transgene SA, Lyon, France; inchauspe@transgene.fr.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) [J Immunol] 2022 Jul 01; Vol. 209 (1), pp. 99-117. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 06.
DOI:	10.4049/jimmunol.2101145
Abstrakt:	Persistence of an immunosuppressive state plays a role in septic patient morbidity and late mortality. Both innate and adaptive pathways are impaired, pointing toward the need for immune interventions targeting both arms of the immune system. We developed a virotherapy using the nonpropagative modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA), which harbors the intrinsic capacity to stimulate innate immunity, to deliver IL-7, a potent activator of adaptive immunity. The rMVA-human IL-7 (hIL-7)-Fc encoding the hIL-7 fused to the human IgG2-Fc was engineered and shown to express a dimeric, glycosylated, and biologically active cytokine. Following a single i.v. injection in naive mice, the MVA-hIL-7-Fc increased the number of total and activated B, T, and NK cells but also myeloid subpopulations (Ly6C high , Ly6C int , and Ly6C neg cells) in both lung and spleen. It triggered differentiation of T cells in central memory, effector memory, and acute effector phenotypes and enhanced polyfunctionality of T cells, notably the number of IFN-γ-producing cells. The MVA vector contributed significantly to immune cell activation, particularly of NK cells. The MVA-hIL-7-Fc conferred a significant survival advantage in the cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) and Candida albicans sepsis models. It significantly increased cell numbers and activation in both spleen and lung of CLP mice. Comparatively, in naive and CLP mice, the rhIL-7-Fc soluble counterpart overall induced less vigorous, shorter lasting, and narrower immune activities than did the MVA-hIL-7-Fc and favored TNF-α-producing cells. The MVA-hIL-7-Fc represents a novel class of immunotherapeutic with clinical potential for treatment of septic patients. (Copyright © 2022 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.)
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