Strength and medium-term impact of HisAK70 immunization in dogs: Vaccine safety and biomarkers of effectiveness for ex vivo Leishmania infantum infection

Autor: Abel Martínez-Rodrigo, P. Arias, Javier Carrión, Javier Fernández-Cotrina, Silvia Belinchón-Lorenzo, Ricardo de la Fuente, Gustavo Domínguez-Bernal, José A. Orden, Alicia Mas
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 65:137-143
ISSN: 0147-9571
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2019.05.009
Popis: HisAK70 candidates have successfully been tested in cutaneous (CL) and visceral leishmaniosis (VL) mouse models. Here, we analyse different biomarkers in dog trials after a heterologous immunization strategy with a HisAK70 candidate (plasmid DNA plus adoptive transfer of peripheral blood-derived dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with the same pathoantigen and CpG ODN as an adjuvant) to explore the antileishmanial activity in an ex vivo canine co-culture system in the presence of Leishmania infantum parasites. In the canine model, the heterologous HisAK70 vaccine could decrease the infection index in the DC-T cell co-culture system by up to 54% after 30 days and reach almost 67% after 100 days post-immunization, respectively, compared to those obtained in the control group of dogs. The observed security and potential to fight ex vivo L. infantum infection highlight a HisAK70 heterologous immunization strategy as a promising alternative to evaluate its effectiveness against canine VL.
Databáze: OpenAIRE