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Editor, Senior Moderator
Eur J Immunol. 2014 Nov 20. doi: 10.1002/eji.201445080. [Epub ahead of print]
Vaccine molecules targeting Xcr1 on cross-presenting DCs induce protective CD8+ T-cell responses against influenza virus.
Fossum E1, Gr?deland G, Terhorst D, Tveita AA, Vikse E, Mjaaland S, Henri S, Malissen B, Bogen B.
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Abstract
Targeting antigens to cross-presenting dendritic cells (DCs) is a promising method for enhancing CD8+ T-cell responses. However, expression patterns of surface receptors often vary between species, making it difficult to relate observations in mice to other animals. Recent studies have indicated that the chemokine receptor Xcr1 is selectively expressed on cross-presenting murine CD8α+ DCs, and that the expression is conserved on homologous DC subsets in humans (CD141+ DCs), sheep (CD26+ DCs) and macaques (CADM1+ DCs). We therefore tested if targeting antigens to Xcr1 on cross-presenting DCs using antigen fused to Xcl1, the only known ligand for Xcr1, could enhance immune responses. Bivalent Xcl1 fused to model antigens specifically bound CD8α+ DCs and increased proliferation of antigen specific T cells. DNA vaccines encoding dimeric Xcl1-hemagglutinin (HA) fusion proteins induced cytotoxic CD8+ T-cell responses, and mediated full protection against a lethal challenge with influenza A virus. In addition to enhanced CD8+ T-cell responses, targeting of antigen to Xcr1 induced CD4+ Th1 responses and highly selective production of IgG2a antibodies. In conclusion, targeting of dimeric fusion vaccine molecules to CD8α+ DCs using Xcl1 represents a novel and promising method for induction of protective CD8+ T-cell responses. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
CD8+ T-cell responses; Vaccine; Xcr1; dendritic cells; influenza
PMID:
25410055
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25410055
Vaccine molecules targeting Xcr1 on cross-presenting DCs induce protective CD8+ T-cell responses against influenza virus.
Fossum E1, Gr?deland G, Terhorst D, Tveita AA, Vikse E, Mjaaland S, Henri S, Malissen B, Bogen B.
Author information
Abstract
Targeting antigens to cross-presenting dendritic cells (DCs) is a promising method for enhancing CD8+ T-cell responses. However, expression patterns of surface receptors often vary between species, making it difficult to relate observations in mice to other animals. Recent studies have indicated that the chemokine receptor Xcr1 is selectively expressed on cross-presenting murine CD8α+ DCs, and that the expression is conserved on homologous DC subsets in humans (CD141+ DCs), sheep (CD26+ DCs) and macaques (CADM1+ DCs). We therefore tested if targeting antigens to Xcr1 on cross-presenting DCs using antigen fused to Xcl1, the only known ligand for Xcr1, could enhance immune responses. Bivalent Xcl1 fused to model antigens specifically bound CD8α+ DCs and increased proliferation of antigen specific T cells. DNA vaccines encoding dimeric Xcl1-hemagglutinin (HA) fusion proteins induced cytotoxic CD8+ T-cell responses, and mediated full protection against a lethal challenge with influenza A virus. In addition to enhanced CD8+ T-cell responses, targeting of antigen to Xcr1 induced CD4+ Th1 responses and highly selective production of IgG2a antibodies. In conclusion, targeting of dimeric fusion vaccine molecules to CD8α+ DCs using Xcl1 represents a novel and promising method for induction of protective CD8+ T-cell responses. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
CD8+ T-cell responses; Vaccine; Xcr1; dendritic cells; influenza
PMID:
25410055
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25410055