title: A pseudotype vesicular stomatitis virus containing Hantaan virus envelope glycoproteins G1 and G2 as an alternative to hantavirus vaccine in mice.
abstract: We examined whether a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) pseudotype bearing the hantavirus envelope glycoproteins (GPs) G1 and G2 (VSVdeltaG*HTN) could be used as a safe and effective alternative to native hantavirus. Mice were immunized with purified particles of VSVdeltaG*HTN. After the second immunization, all mice produced anti-GP antibody as detected in ELISA and a neutralization test. After the third immunization, the mice were challenged with Hantaan virus. Neither anti-NP antibody production nor Hantaan virus-specific CD8 T-cell reactions were detected in these mice. The present study demonstrated the potential of using a pseudotype VSV system as a tool for developing a hantavirus vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Animal Experimentation, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
authors.forename: Byoung-Hee
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines; C104008:glycoprotein G1, Hantavirus; C090197:glycoprotein G2, Hantavirus; D007371:Interferon-gamma