title: Equivalent stimulation of naive and memory CD8 T cells by DNA vaccination: a dendritic cell-dependent process.
abstract: CD8 T-cell priming following DNA vaccination has been shown to confer protection against infections and tumors. These vaccines, however, have been disappointing in their ability to boost memory responses in prime-boost settings. We recently found that migratory dendritic cell (DC) subsets inefficiently stimulate memory CD8 T cells, raising the possibility that the poor boosting capacity of DNA encoded antigens might relate to their presentation by subsets of DCs that are only capable of efficiently stimulating naive T cells. Here, we show that DCs are required for T-cell priming in vivo following intradermal immunization with DNA-encoded antigens and that epidermal Langerhans cells are relatively unimportant. We then provide evidence that naive and memory CD8 T cells respond equally to DNA-encoded antigen. These findings show that immunization to DNA-encoded antigens is strongly DC-dependent and that the failure to boost memory T-cell immunity efficiently is not a consequence of a differential capacity of this form of antigen to stimulate naive or memory T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. sbedoui@unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Sammy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bedoui
authors.forename: Gayle M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Heath
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D007156:Immunologic Memory / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D019444:Vaccines, DNA