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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Listeria monocytogenes spends most of its intracellular life cycle in the cytosol of the infected eucaryotic cells. Within this cellular compartment originates the endogenous pathway of antigen processing and presentation. We thus assumed that recombinant L. monocytogenes expressing an heterologous protein, the nucleoprotein of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), should be able to induce antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in vivo. The LCMV nucleoprotein gene was inserted in phase with the sequence coding for the putative signal sequence of the hemolysin of L. monocytogenes in order to target its secretion into the cytosol of the infected cell. The ability of this recombinant bacterium to induce LCMV-reactive CD8+ T cells was then monitored in BALB/c mice. The immune status of the immunized BALB/c mice was studied on the seventh day after a single i.v. injection of a sublethal dose of the recombinant bacteria: (i) cytotoxic CD8+ T cells were detected in liver; (ii) using in vitro re-stimulation with PMA and ionomycin, secondary cytotoxic CD8+ T cells were detected in spleen; (iii) an early inflammatory reaction dependent on the presence of CD8+ T cells occurred in the footpad after intraplantar inoculation of live LCMV; and (iv) mice were protected against an otherwise lethal intracerebral LCMV challenge; the protection was accompanied by elimination of the virus. When the immune status of the immunized hosts was monitored for a longer period post-immunization, the balance between immune protection and immunopathology described for the anti-LCMV immune responses was observed; two phases of protection were detected, flanking a transitory phase of exacerbation of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis disease (weeks 2-5).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0953-8178
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
797-805
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Injections, Intraventricular, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Nucleoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:7547706-Vaccines, Attenuated
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Attenuated Listeria monocytogenes as a live vector for induction of CD8+ T cells in vivo: a study with the nucleoprotein of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité d'Immunophysiologie cellulaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't