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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 78, 期 6, 页码 2770-2779出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.6.2770-2779.2004
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI054951, AI53811, AI47025, AI54951, R21 AI053811, AI37182] Funding Source: Medline
Vaccinia virus (VV) has been effectively utilized as a live vaccine against smallpox as well as a vector for vaccine development and immunotherapy. Increasingly there is a need for a new generation of highly attenuated and efficacious VV vaccines, especially in light of the AIDS pandemic and the threat of global bioterrorism. We therefore developed recombinant VV (rVV) vaccines that are significantly attenuated and yet elicit potent Immoral and cell-mediated immune responses. B13R (SPI-2) and B22R (SPI-1) are two W immunomodulating genes with sequence homology to serine protease inhibitors (serpins) that possess antiapoptotic and anti-inflammatory properties. We constructed and characterized rVVs that have the B13R or B22R gene insertionally inactivated (vDeltaB13R and vDeltaB22R) and coexpress the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (v50DeltaB13R and v50DeltaB22R). Virulence studies with immunocompromised BALB/cBy nude mice indicated that B13R or B22R gene deletion decreases viral replication and significantly extends time of survival. Viral pathogenesis studies in immunocompetent CB6F(1) mice further demonstrated that B13R or B22R gene inactivation diminishes VV virulence, as measured by decreased levels of weight loss and limited viral spread. Finally, rVVs with B13R and B22R deleted elicited potent humoral, T-helper, and cytotoxic T-cell immune responses, revealing that the observed attenuation did not reduce immunogenicity. Therefore, inactivation of immunomodulating genes such as B13R or B22R represents a general method for enhancing the safety of rVV vaccines while maintaining a high level of immunogenicity. Such rVVs could serve as effective vectors for vaccine development and immunotherapy.
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