title: Induction of HIV-1-specific T-helper responses and type 1 cytokine secretion following therapeutic vaccination of macaques with a recombinant fowlpoxvirus co-expressing interferon-gamma.
abstract: Preventive and/or therapeutic vaccines against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) are urgently required. Induction of cellular immunity is favoured since these responses correlate with control of HIV-1. Recombinant fowlpoxvirus (FPV) vaccines encoding both HIV-1 gag/pol and interferon-gamma (FPV gag/pol-IFNgamma) were hypothesised to enhance HIV-specific cellular immunity and were further evaluated in macaques previously infected with HIV-1. A novel assay to detect IFNgamma secretion following HIV antigen stimulation of whole blood was developed to further assess the safety and immunogenicity of the FPV gag/pol-IFNgamma vaccine. Immunisation with FPV gag/pol-IFNgamma safely enhanced HIV-specific IFNgamma secretion following ex vivo stimulation of whole blood, greater than that observed following FPV gag/pol vaccination not co-expressing IFNgamma. Both HIV-specific IFNgamma-spot-forming cells by ELISPOT and CD69 expression by CD4+ lymphocytes were also enhanced following FPV gag/pol-IFNgamma vaccination. Hence, the FPV-HIV vaccine co-expressing IFNgamma stimulated HIV-specific T cell responses in macaques, and should be further evaluated as a therapeutic or preventive HIV vaccine.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Pathogenesis Research Unit, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Ramshaw
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kent
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000276:immunology* / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000097:blood; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000097:blood; D005587:Fowlpox virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015750:Genes, gag; D015751:Genes, pol; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008254:Macaca nemestrina; D012449:Safety; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000633:toxicity; D000099192:CD69 Antigens
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D000099192:CD69 Antigens