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Cancer Res ; 61(21): 7861-7, 2001 Nov 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11691804

ABSTRACT

The etiological role of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in cervical and other cancers suggests that therapeutic vaccines directed against requisite viral antigens may eradicate tumors or their precursors. A Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) alphavirus vector delivering the HPV16 E7 RNA was evaluated for antitumor efficacy using a murine E7+ tumor model. Vaccination with VEE replicon particles expressing E7 (E7-VRP) induced class I-restricted CD8+ T-cell responses as determined by IFN-gamma enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT), tetramer, and cytotoxicity assays. E7-VRP vaccination prevented tumor development in all of the mice and effectively eliminated 7-day established tumors in 67% of tumor-bearing mice. The induction of protective T-cell responses was dependent on CD8+, but not CD4+ T cells. Long-lasting T-cell memory responses developed in E7-VRP-vaccinated mice as determined by complete protection from tumor challenge 3 months after the final vaccination. These promising results highlight the potent CD8+ T-cell-mediated antitumor effects elicited by VEE replicon-based vectors and support their further development toward clinical testing against cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or carcinoma.


Subject(s)
Cancer Vaccines/genetics , Cancer Vaccines/immunology , Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine/genetics , Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy , Oncogene Proteins, Viral/genetics , Oncogene Proteins, Viral/immunology , RNA, Viral/genetics , Replicon/genetics , Animals , Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine/immunology , Female , Genetic Therapy/methods , Genetic Vectors/genetics , Immunologic Memory/immunology , Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis , Interferon-gamma/immunology , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics , Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology , Papillomavirus E7 Proteins , RNA, Viral/administration & dosage , Replicon/immunology , T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology , Vaccines, Synthetic/genetics , Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
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Virology ; 289(2): 180-5, 2001 Oct 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11689040

ABSTRACT

We test the hypothesis that the translation machinery in cells infected by influenza A virus efficiently translates only mRNAs that possess the influenza viral 5' untranslated region (5'-UTR) by introducing mRNAs directly into the cytoplasm of infected cells. This strategy avoids effects due to the inhibition of the nuclear export of cellular mRNAs mediated by the viral NS1 protein. In one approach, we transfect in vitro synthesized mRNAs into infected cells and demonstrate that these mRNAs are efficiently translated whether or not they possess the influenza viral 5'-UTR. In the second approach, an mRNA is synthesized endogenously in the cytoplasm of influenza A virus infected cells by a constitutively expressed T7 RNA polymerase. Although this mRNA is uncapped and lacks the influenza viral 5'-UTR sequence, it is efficiently translated in infected cells via an internal ribosome entry site. We conclude that the translation machinery in influenza A virus infected cells is capable of efficiently translating all mRNAs and that the switch from cellular to virus-specific protein synthesis that occurs during infection results from other processes.


Subject(s)
Influenza A virus/physiology , Protein Biosynthesis , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , 5' Untranslated Regions/physiology , Cytoplasm/metabolism , Cytoplasm/virology , DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism , HeLa Cells , Humans , Influenza A virus/genetics , RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis , Transfection , Viral Proteins
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J Virol ; 72(7): 5769-80, 1998 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9621036

ABSTRACT

The vaccinia virus A32 open reading frame was predicted to encode a protein with a nucleoside triphosphate-binding motif and a mass of 34 kDa. To investigate the role of this protein, we constructed a mutant in which the original A32 gene was replaced by an inducible copy. The recombinant virus, vA32i, has a conditional lethal phenotype: infectious virus formation was dependent on isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). Under nonpermissive conditions, the mutant synthesized early- and late-stage viral proteins, as well as viral DNA that was processed into unit-length genomes. Electron microscopy of cells infected in the absence of IPTG revealed normal-appearing crescents and immature virus particles but very few with nucleoids. Instead of brick-shaped mature particles with defined core structures, there were numerous electron-dense, spherical particles. Some of these spherical particles were wrapped with cisternal membranes, analogous to intracellular and extracellular enveloped virions. Mutant viral particles, purified by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, had low infectivity and transcriptional activity, and the majority were spherical and lacked DNA. Nevertheless, the particle preparation contained representative membrane proteins, cleaved and uncleaved core proteins, the viral RNA polymerase, the early transcription factor and several enzymes, suggesting that incorporation of these components is not strictly coupled to DNA packaging.


Subject(s)
Genes, Viral , Vaccinia virus/physiology , Virus Assembly , DNA, Viral/analysis , DNA, Viral/metabolism , HeLa Cells , Humans , Mutation , Repressor Proteins/physiology , Transcription, Genetic , Vaccinia virus/genetics , Viral Proteins/analysis , Viral Proteins/metabolism , Virion/physiology
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J Virol ; 68(9): 6052-6, 1994 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8057480

ABSTRACT

A functional preinitiation transcription complex was formed by incubating vaccinia virus early transcription factor VETF and RAP94+ RNA polymerase with an early promoter template immobilized on paramagnetic particles. A preferred order of assembly, VETF followed by RNA polymerase, was demonstrated by stepwise addition experiments. ATP was unnecessary for preinitiation transcription complex formation, but divalent cations were required specifically for the association of RNA polymerase.


Subject(s)
Transcription Factors/metabolism , Transcription, Genetic , Vaccinia virus/genetics , Viral Proteins/metabolism , Base Sequence , Cations, Divalent , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Viral , Molecular Sequence Data , Promoter Regions, Genetic , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Viral/genetics , Templates, Genetic
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