title: Recombinant adenovirus vector vaccine induces stronger cytotoxic T-cell responses than recombinant vaccinia virus vector, plasmid DNA, or a combination of these.
abstract: The efficiency of prime-boost vaccinations on the induction of T-cell responses to Sin Nombre virus nucleocapsid protein expressed by recombinant vaccinia virus, replication-deficient adenovirus, and plasmid DNA in mice was quantitated by the number of epitope-specific interferon-gamma-producing T cells and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activity induced. In prime-boost immunizations, all combinations that included the recombinant adenovirus induced a much higher number of epitope-specific interferon-gamma-producing T cells than did other combinations. A single immunization of the recombinant adenovirus was able to induce similarly high levels of epitope-specific interferon-gamma-producing cells, despite the fact that the recombinant adenovirus produces less amount of the Sin Nombre virus nucleocapsid protein.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hayasaka
authors.forename: Francis A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Ennis
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terajima
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D010957:Plasmids; D029261:Sin Nombre virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014765:Viral Vaccines; D007371:Interferon-gamma