Abstract
We developed a CTL vaccine vector by modification of the RPS-Vax system, a mucosal vaccine vector derived from a poliovirus Sabin 1 strain, and generated an oral CTL vaccine against HIV-1. A DNA fragment encoding a cytoplasmic transduction peptide (CTP) was integrated into the RPS-Vax system to generate RPS-CTP, a CTL vaccine vector. An HIV-1 p24 cDNA fragment was introduced into the RPS-CTP vector system and a recombinant poliovirus (rec-PV) named vRPS-CTP/p24 was produced. vRPS-CTP/p24 was genetically stable and efficiently induced Th1 immunity and p24-specific CTLs in immunized poliovirus receptor-transgenic (PVR-Tg) mice. In challenge experiments, PVR-Tg mice that were pre-immunized orally with vRPS-CTP/p24 were resistant to challenge with a lethal dose of p24-expressing recombinant vaccinia virus (rMVA-p24). These results suggested that the RPS-CTP vector system had potential for developing oral CTL vaccines against infectious diseases.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 16768 |
Pages (from-to) | 4827-4836 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Vaccine |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 38 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 11 2015 |
Keywords
- HIV-1 p24
- Oral CTL vaccine
- P24-specific CTL
- Poliovirus Sabin 1 vector
- RPS-CTP CTL vector
- Recombinant poliovirus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- General Immunology and Microbiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Molecular Medicine
- General Veterinary