Coexpression of HIV-1 gag gene and hIL-2 gene in recombinant vaccinia viruses andits immunological study with HIV-1 DNA vaccine / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Abstract Objective:To obtain recombinant vaccinia viruses expressed HIV-lcn subtype B gag and gag-hIL-2 chimera gene,evaluate theimmune effects in experimental mice by immunization with HIV-1 DNA vaccine,observe the immune adjuvant effect of IL-2.Metbods HIV0-1gag and gag-hIL-2 chimera gene were inserted downstream of the combined promotor of pJ38 vector respectively and recombinant vaccinia virus-es were selected by plaque essay. Expression products were examined by SDS-PAGE and Western blot.Immune response of immunized Balb/cmice was evaluated by lymphocyte transformation test,CTL quantity change of T lymphocyte of CD4+、CD8+ and the level of serum antibody.Re-sultsRecombinant vaccinia viruses vJ38gag and vJ38gag-IL-2 were obtained and the expression were confirmed by SDS-PAGE and Western-blot. Recombinant vaccinia viruses show good immune effect when immuned with HIV-1 DNA vaccine.The best strategy for immunization is therVV-primed and HIV-1 DNA vaccine-boosted group and threer times of immunization were suggested to get effective results compared withvJ38gag an incressed immune response was induced by vJ38gag-IL-2. Conclusion: HIV-1 Gag protein and IL-2 protein can be expressed invJ38gag and vJ38gag-IL-2 respectively. IL-2 show good effect to ha sued as immune adjuvant.