Priming of CD8+ T-cell responses after DNA immunization is impaired in TLR9- and MyD88-deficient mice.

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Authors

  • Maxim Pavlenko
  • Christoph Leder
  • Sonia Moreno
  • Victor Levitsky
  • Pavel Pisa

The plasmid DNA vaccine not only provides expression of the antigen in vivo, but also activates cells of the innate immune system via unmethylated CpG-containing DNA sequences that are recognized by Toll like receptor 9 (TLR9). The requirement of such immunostimulatory activity for induction of CD8+ T-cell responses after DNA immunization is still controversial. In the present study we assessed induction of CD8+ T-cell responses against an immunodominant H-2D b-restricted epitope of human prostate-specific antigen in C57Bl/6 (wild-type), TLR9- and MyD88-deficient mice. A single DNA immunization resulted in efficient priming of CD8+ T responses in wild-type mice but not in TLR9- or MyD88-deficient mice. However, priming of CD8+ T cell responses was observed in TLR9-deficient but not in MyD88-deficient mice after multiple DNA immunizations. Moreover, induction of CD8+ T cell responses in TLR9-deficient mice was dependent on the presence of endotoxin contamination in plasmid DNA preparations. Collectively, these results demonstrate that TLR9-dependent immunostimulatory activity of plasmid DNA is essential for priming of CD8+ T-cell responses and that other bacterial compounds present in plasmid DNA preparations and acting via MyD88-dependent pathway could provide alternative signals necessary for priming of CD8+ T cells.

Original languageEnglish
JournalVaccine
Volume25
Issue number34
Pages (from-to)6341-6347
Number of pages7
ISSN0264-410X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21.08.2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by the Cancer Society in Stockholm, the Karolinska Institutes Fund, the Swedish Cancer Society, the EU 6-FP ALLOSTEM (LSHB-CT-2004-502219) and U.S. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PC030958).

    Research areas

  • Chemistry - Prostate-specific antigen DNA vaccine, CTL response, TLR9, MyD88

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