title: Recombinant Listeria monocytogenes as a live vaccine vehicle for the induction of protective anti-viral cell-mediated immunity.
abstract: Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a Gram-positive bacterium that is able to enter host cells, escape from the endocytic vesicle, multiply within the cytoplasm, and spread directly from cell to cell without encountering the extracellular milieu. The ability of LM to gain access to the host cell cytosol allows proteins secreted by the bacterium to efficiently enter the pathway for major histocompatibility complex class I antigen processing and presentation. We have established a genetic system for expression and secretion of foreign antigens by recombinant strains, based on stable site-specific integration of expression cassettes into the LM genome. The ability of LM recombinants to induce protective immunity against a heterologous pathogen was demonstrated with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). LM strains expressing the entire LCMV nucleoprotein or an H-2Ld-restricted nucleoprotein epitope (aa 118-126) were constructed. Immunization of mice with LM vaccine strains conferred protection against challenge with virulent strains of LCMV that otherwise establish chronic infection in naive adult mice. In vivo depletion of CD8+ T cells from vaccinated mice abrogated their ability to clear viral infection, showing that protective anti-viral immunity was due to CD8+ T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Slifka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matloubian
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D004337:Drug Carriers; D005260:Female; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000235:genetics; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004337:Drug Carriers; D014764:Viral Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines