PMID- 26373843 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160824 LR - 20151030 IS - 1745-7270 (Electronic) IS - 1672-9145 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 11 DP - 2015 Nov TI - Dendritic cell-based vaccination with lentiviral vectors encoding ubiquitinated hepatitis B core antigen enhances hepatitis B virus-specific immune responses in vivo. PG - 870-9 LID - 10.1093/abbs/gmv093 [doi] AB - The activity of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) plays a predominant role in the clearance of HBV. Dendritic cells (DCs) are key antigen-presenting cells and play an important role in the initiation of immune responses. We previously verified that lentiviral vector encoding ubiquitinated hepatitis B core antigen (LV-Ub-HBcAg) effectively transduced DCs to induce maturation, and the mature DCs efficiently induced T cell polarization to Th1 and generated HBcAg-specific CTLs ex vivo. In this study, HBV-specific immune responses of LV-Ub-HBcAg in BALB/c mice (H-2Kd) were evaluated. It was shown that direct injection of LV-Ub-HBcAg increased the production of cytokines IL-2 and IFN-gamma, elicited strong antibody responses, and remarkably generated a high percentage of IFN-gamma+CD8+ T cells with HBV-specific CTL responses in BALB/c mice. In addition, direct injection of LV-Ub-HBcAg induced potent anti-HBV immune responses, similar to those elicited by in vitro-transduced DCs. In conclusion, the DC-based therapeutic vaccine LV-Ub-HBcAg elicited specific antibody immune responses and induced robust specific CTL activity in vivo. CI - (c) The Author 2015. Published by ABBS Editorial Office in association with Oxford University Press on behalf of the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. FAU - Dai, Shenglan AU - Dai S AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China. FAU - Zhuo, Meng AU - Zhuo M AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China. FAU - Song, Linlin AU - Song L AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China. FAU - Chen, Xiaohua AU - Chen X AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China. FAU - Yu, Yongsheng AU - Yu Y AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China. FAU - Tang, Zhenghao AU - Tang Z AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China tzhhao@163.com zangguoqin@126.com. FAU - Zang, Guoqing AU - Zang G AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China tzhhao@163.com zangguoqin@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150915 PL - China TA - Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) JT - Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica JID - 101206716 RN - 0 (Hepatitis B Core Antigens) RN - 0 (Hepatitis B Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Genetic Vectors/administration & dosage MH - Hepatitis B Core Antigens/*chemistry/genetics/*immunology MH - Hepatitis B Vaccines/genetics/*immunology MH - Lentivirus/genetics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - cytotoxic T lymphocyte OT - dendritic cell (DC) OT - hepatitis B virus (HBV) OT - lentiviral vector (LV) OT - ubiquitin EDAT- 2015/09/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/25 06:00 CRDT- 2015/09/17 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/06/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/25 06:00 [medline] AID - gmv093 [pii] AID - 10.1093/abbs/gmv093 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2015 Nov;47(11):870-9. doi: 10.1093/abbs/gmv093. Epub 2015 Sep 15.