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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7861-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Cancer Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Oncogene Proteins, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Papillomavirus E7 Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Replicon, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:11691804-Vaccines, Synthetic
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Eradication of established tumors by vaccination with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus replicon particles delivering human papillomavirus 16 E7 RNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University-Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't