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Immune responses and protection obtained with rotavirus VP6 DNA vaccines given by intramuscular injection
1Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Abstract:
Intramuscular (i.m.) injection of murine VP6 DNA vaccines raised high titers of rotavirus-specific serum IgG and IgA antibodies in BALB/c mice. A Th1-like antibody response was generated based on the ratio of serum IgG2a to IgG1 antibodies. Rotavirus-specific serum IgA but not fecal IgA was detected in mice prior to rotavirus challenge. Partial protection against rotavirus challenge was achieved as measured by reduction of rotavirus antigen shedding in feces. A similar level of protection was found with a bovine rotavirus VP6 DNA vaccine against a murine rotavirus challenge, suggesting that heterologous protection can be obtained by immunizing with VP6 DNA vaccines. We did not directly test for cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity, but in vivo depletion of CD8+ T cells in mice immunized with a murine VP6 DNA vaccine did not significantly change the duration of virus shedding or the pattern of protection obtained. This finding suggested that CD8+ CTL activity was not essential for the partial protection we obtained by i.m. immunization of mice with VP6 DNA vaccines.
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