期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 42, 期 2, 页码 330-340出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142064
关键词
Cancer immunotherapy; Immunomonitoring; Melanoma; Th1; Virus-like particles
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资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation
Among synthetic vaccines, virus-like particles (VLPs) are used for their ability to induce strong humoral responses. Very little is reported on VLP-based-vaccine-induced CD4+ T-cell responses, despite the requirement of helper T cells for antibody isotype switching. Further knowledge on helper T cells is also needed for optimization of CD8+ T-cell vaccination. Here, we analysed human CD4+ T-cell responses to vaccination with MelQbG10, which is a Q beta-VLP covalently linked to a long peptide derived from the melanoma self-antigen Melan-A. In all analysed patients, we found strong antibody responses of mainly IgG1 and IgG3 isotypes, and concomitant Th1-biased CD4+ T-cell responses specific for Q beta. Although less strong, comparable B- and CD4+ T-cell responses were also found specific for the Melan-A cargo peptide. Further optimization is required to shift the response more towards the cargo peptide. Nevertheless, the data demonstrate the high potential of VLPs for inducing humoral and cellular immune responses by mounting powerful CD4+ T-cell help.
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