Manipulation of immunodominant dengue virus E protein epitopes reduces potential antibody-dependent enhancement

Virology Journal

Gwong-Jen J Chang¹  Wayne D Crill¹  Holly R Hughes¹ 

[1] Arboviral Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, USA

关键词: Immune refocusing;    Cross-reactive antibody;    Dengue hemorrhagic fever;    Antibody-dependent enhancement;    Vaccine;    Dengue virus;   

Others  :  1154495
DOI  :  10.1186/1743-422X-9-115

 received in 2011-12-16, accepted in 2012-05-25,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Dengue viruses (DENV) are the most important arboviruses of humans and cause significant disease. Infection with DENV elicits antibody responses to the envelope glycoprotein, predominantly against immunodominant, cross-reactive, weakly-neutralizing epitopes. These weakly-neutralizing antibodies are implicated in enhancing infection via Fcγ receptor bearing cells and can lead to increased viral loads that are associated with severe disease. Here we describe results from the development and testing of cross-reactivity reduced DENV-2 DNA vaccine candidates that contain substitutions in immunodominant B cell epitopes of the fusion peptide and domain III of the envelope protein.

Results

Cross-reactivity reduced and wild-type vaccine candidates were similarly immunogenic in outbred mice and elicited high levels of neutralizing antibody, however mice immunized with cross-reactivity reduced vaccines produced significantly reduced levels of immunodominant cross-reactive antibodies. Sera from mice immunized with wild-type, fusion peptide-, or domain III- substitution containing vaccines enhanced heterologous DENV infection in vitro, unlike sera from mice immunized with a vaccine containing a combination of both fusion peptide and domain III substitutions. Passive transfer of immune sera from mice immunized with fusion peptide and domain III substitutions also reduced the development of severe DENV disease in AG129 mice when compared to mice receiving wild type immune sera.

Conclusions

Reducing cross-reactivity in the envelope glycoprotein of DENV may be an approach to improve the quality of the anti-DENV immune response.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Hughes et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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