Absence of vaccine-enhanced RSV disease and changes in pulmonary dendritic cells with adenovirus-based RSV vaccine

Virol J. 2011 Jul 29:8:375. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-375.

Abstract

The development of a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been hampered by the risk for vaccine-enhanced RSV pulmonary disease induced by immunization with formalin-inactivated RSV (FIRSV). This study focuses on the evaluation of vaccine-enhanced pulmonary disease following immunization with AdF.RGD, an integrin-targeted adenovirus vector that expresses the RSV F protein and includes an RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) motif. Immunization of BALB/c mice with AdF.RGD, resulted in anti-RSV protective immunity and induced increased RSV-specific IFN-γ T cell responses compared to FIRSV. RSV infection 5 wk after immunization with FIRSV induced pulmonary inflammatory responses in the lung, that was not observed with AdF.RGD. Additionally, In the FIRSV-immunized mice following infection with RSV, pulmonary DC increased and Tregs decreased. This suggests that distinct responses of pulmonary DC and Tregs are a features of vaccine-enhanced RSV disease and that immunization with an RGD-modified Ad vaccine does not trigger vaccine-enhanced disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae / genetics
  • Animals
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology*
  • Drug Carriers
  • Female
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Interferon-gamma / metabolism
  • Lung / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / immunology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines / adverse effects*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines / genetics
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / adverse effects
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / genetics
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology
  • Viral Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Fusion Proteins / immunology*

Substances

  • Drug Carriers
  • F protein, human respiratory syncytial virus
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • Viral Fusion Proteins
  • Interferon-gamma