title: A peptide containing a novel FPGN CD40-binding sequence enhances adenoviral infection of murine and human dendritic cells.
abstract: CD40 is a receptor with numerous functions in the activation of antigen presenting cells (APCs), particularly dendritic cells (DC). Using phage display technology, we identified linear peptides containing a novel FPGN/S consensus sequence that enhances the binding of phage to a purified murine CD40-immunoglobulin (Ig) fusion protein (CD40-Ig), but not to Ig alone. To examine the ability the FPGN/S peptides to enhance adenoviral infection of CD40-positive cells, we used bifunctional peptides consisting of an FPGN-containing peptide covalently linked to an adenoviral knob-binding peptide (KBP). One of these, FPGN2-KBP, was able to enhance adenoviral infection of both murine and human DCs in a dose-dependent manner. FPGN2-KBP also improved infection of murine B cell blasts, a murine B lymphoma cell line (L10A), and immortalized human B cells. To demonstrate that enhancement of adenoviral infection depended on the presence of CD40, we analyzed infection of the breast cancer line, SKBR3, that does not express CD40 or the adenovirus cellular receptor, CAR. Infection of SKBR3 cells was enhanced by FPGN2-KBP following transient transfection with a plasmid vector that expresses murine CD40, but not when the cells were mock-transfected. In conclusion, we have isolated a peptide that binds to murine CD40, and promotes the uptake of adenoviruses into CD40-expressing cells of both murine and human origin, suggesting that it may have potential applications for antigen delivery to CD40-positive antigen-presenting cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Julie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Johanna R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Abend
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty-Sett
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dewhurst
authors.forename: Linda E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Whetter
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D019013:CD40 Antigens; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins