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  • Title: Both antigen optimization and lysosomal targeting are required for enhanced anti-tumour protective immunity in a human papillomavirus E7-expressing animal tumour model.
    Author: Kim MS, Sin JI.
    Journal: Immunology; 2005 Oct; 116(2):255-66. PubMed ID: 16162274.
    Abstract:
    DNA immunization is a new approach for cancer immune therapy. In this study, we constructed human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E7 expression vector cassettes and then compared the abilities of these constructs to induce antitumour protection. Lysosome-targeted E7 antigens, and to a lesser degree signal sequence-conjugated and transmembrane region sequence-conjugated E7 antigens in a DNA form, displayed tumour protection significantly higher than wild-type E7 antigens. This enhanced tumour protection was mediated by CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), as determined by in vivo T-cell depletion and in vitro interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production. Subsequent co-injection with interleukin-12-expressing cDNA showed insignificantly enhanced antitumour protection. However, E7 codon optimization plus lysosomal targeting resulted in a dramatic enhancement in antitumour protection both prophylactically and therapeutically through augmentation of the E7-specific CTL population, compared to either one of them alone. However, wild-type or codonoptimized E7 antigens without intracellular targeting displayed no protection against tumour challenge. Thus, these data suggest that antigen codon optimization plus lysosomal targeting strategy could be important in crafting more efficacious E7 DNA vaccines for tumour protection.
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