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Zhang Z, Wu X, Longo N, Zhang B, Zhu J, NISC C, Mullikin JC, Wu L, Nabel GJ, Connors M, Kwong PD, Mascola JR, Shapiro L. Deep sequencing with longitudinal sampling of a VRC01-like-antibody response in a chronically infected individual. Retrovirology 2012; 9. [PMCID: PMC3441451 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-o36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Z Zhang
- Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Sastry M, Xu L, Bhattacharya S, Nabel GJ, Bewley CA, Kwong PD. NMR spectroscopy of HIV-1 gp120 outer domain. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3441272 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-p20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- M Sastry
- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Kwon Y, Georgiev I, O'Dell S, Shi W, Chuang G, Yang Y, Zhang B, Zhu J, Nabel GJ, Mascola JR, Kwong PD. Structure-guided modification and optimization of antibody VRC07. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3442027 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-o34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Y Kwon
- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Kensington, MD, USA
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Chuang G, Boyington JC, Nabel GJ, Kwong PD, Georgiev I. Transforming epitope-specific gp120 monomer-based probes into immunogens with N-linked glycan masking. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3441592 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-p318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Rudicell RS, Georgiev I, Yang Z, O'Dell S, Kwon Y, Zhu J, Wu X, Kwong PD, Mascola JR, Nabel GJ. Partial germline reversions can increase VRC07 potency and breadth. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3441513 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-p101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Liao L, Bonsignori M, Hwang K, Moody AM, Park R, Crawford S, Chen H, Jeffries TL, Cooper M, Lu X, De R, Karasavvas N, Rerks-Ngarm S, Nitayaphan S, Kaewkungwal J, Tovanabutra S, Pitisuttithum P, Tartaglia J, Sinangil F, Kim J, Michael NL, Tomaras GD, Yang Z, Dai K, Pancera M, Nabel GJ, Mascola JR, Kwong PD, Pinter A, Zolla-Pazner S, Alam MS, Haynes BF. Design of an HIV Env antigen that binds with high affinity to antibodies against linear, conformational and broadly neutralizing epitopes within V1/V2. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3441578 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-o31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Dai K, Boyington JC, Shi W, Schmidt SD, Georgiev I, Lingwood D, Kwong PD, Mascola JR, Yang Z, Nabel GJ. Hyperglycosylated resurfaced stabilized GP120 core as an immunogen elicits antibodies targeted at the CD4-binding site. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3441875 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-p23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Joyce M, Zhang B, Zhou T, Moquin S, Wu X, Louder M, Zhang Z, Georgiev I, Zhu J, Shapiro L, Mascola JR, Nabel GJ, Kwong PD. Characteristics of HIV-1 gp120 molecules that bind ancestor, intermediate and mature forms of VRC01-like antibodies. Retrovirology 2012. [PMCID: PMC3442057 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-p68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Ledgerwood JE, Costner P, Desai N, Holman L, Enama ME, Yamshchikov G, Mulangu S, Hu Z, Andrews CA, Sheets RA, Koup RA, Roederer M, Bailer R, Mascola JR, Pau MG, Sullivan NJ, Goudsmit J, Nabel GJ, Graham BS. A replication defective recombinant Ad5 vaccine expressing Ebola virus GP is safe and immunogenic in healthy adults. Vaccine 2010; 29:304-13. [PMID: 21034824 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2010] [Revised: 09/17/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ebola virus causes irregular outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic fever in equatorial Africa. Case mortality remains high; there is no effective treatment and outbreaks are sporadic and unpredictable. Studies of Ebola virus vaccine platforms in non-human primates have established that the induction of protective immunity is possible and safety and human immunogenicity has been demonstrated in a previous Phase I clinical trial of a 1st generation Ebola DNA vaccine. We now report the safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 (rAd5) vaccine encoding the envelope glycoprotein (GP) from the Zaire and Sudan Ebola virus species, in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, dose escalation, Phase I human study. Thirty-one healthy adults received vaccine at 2×10(9) (n=12), or 2×10(10) (n=11) viral particles or placebo (n=8) as an intramuscular injection. Antibody responses were assessed by ELISA and neutralizing assays; and T cell responses were assessed by ELISpot and intracellular cytokine staining assays. This recombinant Ebola virus vaccine was safe and subjects developed antigen specific humoral and cellular immune responses.
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- J E Ledgerwood
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3017, United States.
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Zhou T, Yang Z, Xu L, Hessell AJ, Burton DR, Nabel GJ, Kwong PD. P04-38. Crystal structure of gp120 in complex with the CD4-binding-site antibody b13 suggests precise targeting is needed for neutralization. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767969 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-p66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Fischer W, Apetrei C, Hahn BH, Letvin NL, Nabel GJ, Korber BT. P20-21 LB. Gene-to-gene differences in evolutionary rate between HIV-1 and natural SIV from sooty mangabeys: implications for vaccine tests in non-human primates. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767943 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-p425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Ledgerwood JE, Novik L, Enama ME, Gordon IJ, Holman LA, Nason MC, Bailer RT, Roederer M, Koup RA, Mascola JR, Nabel GJ, Graham BS. P14-10. Comparable immunogenicity of VRC DNA and rAd5 HIV-1 vaccines delivered by intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal routes in healthy adults (VRC 011). Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767690 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-p198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Flatz LR, Kong W, Ko S, Roychoudhuri R, Wang L, Xu L, Yang Z, Honda M, Pinschewer DD, Nabel GJ. P19-37. Replication-defective lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus vectors boost cellular and humoral immunity after DNA or adenovirus vector priming. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767867 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-p357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pegu A, Boyington JC, Kong W, Shi W, Kwong PD, Nabel GJ. P13-01. Crystal structure and function of a monoclonal antibody against primate CD4 that blocks HIV/SIV infection. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767674 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-p183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Pegu A, Migone T, Freimuth W, Donaldson M, Foulds K, Roederer M, Nabel GJ. P13-07 LB. A human blocking antibody to CCR5 partially protects against lentiviral infection in non-human primates. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767918 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-p402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Vaccine development and licensure for new viral diseases is a complex enterprise. In the past, pathogenic viruses might have been simply attenuated or inactivated to generate an effective vaccine. Such vaccines had an enormous impact on the spread of common viral diseases and have resulted in extraordinary improvements in personal and public health. However, as the frequency of epidemic disease has receded, public tolerance for adverse effects has diminished. Today, the perceived risk‐to‐benefit ratio for an individual must be lower than ever if a new vaccine is to be acceptable to the public. Even when objective data indicate that adverse events are rare and efficacy is nearly 100%, some vaccines have been anecdotally linked to prevalent disease conditions in popular opinion, creating a perception of harm and evading scientific rebuttal. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2009); 86 3, 234–236. doi:10.1038/clpt.2009.128
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- B S Graham
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (HPAI) viruses, specifically H5N1 strains, cause widespread morbidity and mortality in domestic and wild bird populations, and recent outbreaks have resulted in severe economic losses. Although still largely confined to birds, more than 300 human cases resulting in deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization. These sporadic human cases result from direct transmission from infected birds; however, a sustained outbreak of HPAI H5N1 increases the potential for the emergence of a human pandemic strain. One approach to the containment of HPAI H5N1 is the development of vaccines for use in poultry. Currently, the majority of avian influenza vaccines for poultry are traditional whole-virus vaccines produced in eggs. Although highly efficacious, these vaccines are hindered by long production times, inflexibility in quickly altering antigenic composition, and limited breadth of protection. Newer vaccines with more efficient manufacturing processes, enhanced efficacy, and cross-protection against multiple strains would improve preparedness. Reverse genetics technology has provided one such method, and emerging gene-based vaccines offer another approach that reduces dependence on egg-based production and human exposure to pathogenic viruses. Gene-based vaccines also provide rapid manufacturing, enhanced precision and versatility, and the capacity to protect against a broad range of viral subtypes. Vectors for these vaccines include replication-defective viruses, bacterial vectors, and DNA. Here we review the features of gene-based vaccination that may facilitate the control of HPAI H5N1 in poultry, and highlight the development of a hemagglutinin-based multivalent DNA vaccine that confers protection in mice and chickens.
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- S S Rao
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Woffendin C, Ranga U, Nabel GJ. Development of molecular genetic interventions for HIV infection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 13:Unit 13.6. [PMID: 18428255 DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg1306s12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This unit includes a set of protocols for the ex vivo transfer of genes into CD4+ T cells, to be used in the initial evaluation of genes protecting against HIV infection in gene therapy protocols. The describes isolating and expanding CD4+ T cells from the patient. The cells are then transduced by either retroviral transduction or particle-mediated gene transfer and reinfused into the patient. To monitor the effectiveness of gene transfer, genomic DNA is prepared from the patient's cells. Detection of vector DNA by PCR analysis of the patient's genomic DNA following gene transfer is also described in detail.
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- C Woffendin
- University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Nabel GJ. Rational Design of AIDS Vaccines. Retrovirology 2005. [DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-2-s1-s28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Nabel GJ. Cancer gene therapy: present status and future directions. Ernst Schering Res Found Workshop 2004:81-8. [PMID: 12894452 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05352-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- G J Nabel
- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3005, USA.
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- G J Nabel
- Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3005, USA.
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Clinical investigation in humans and experimental lentivirus infection in nonhuman primates have advanced our understanding of immune responses that control HIV-1 disease. Recently, immunization approaches in macaques have shown that the immune response can control viremia and improve clinical outcome. When such vaccine strategies are formulated to be similarly immunogenic in humans, they could form the basis for the development of candidate AIDS vaccines that would prevent infection, suppress progression to disease or reduce HIV-1 transmission in humans.
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- J R Mascola
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Akyürek LM, Nallamshetty S, Aoki K, San H, Yang ZY, Nabel GJ, Nabel EG. Coexpression of guanylate kinase with thymidine kinase enhances prodrug cell killing in vitro and suppresses vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in vivo. Mol Ther 2001; 3:779-86. [PMID: 11356082 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2001.0315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) phosphorylates the prodrugs ganciclovir (GCV) and acyclovir (ACV), leading to disruption of DNA synthesis and inhibition of cell proliferation. HSV-TK vectors have been successfully employed in cardiovascular and cancer gene therapy. Activation of GCV and ACV, after an initial phosphorylation step by the viral thymidine kinase, is carried out by guanylate kinase. We reasoned that coexpression of guanylate kinase (GK) with HSV-TK would augment phosphorylation of GCV or ACV, leading to increased cell killing. To test this hypothesis, a vector expressing TK with GK (TKciteGK) was developed and tested on vascular smooth muscle cells (vsmcs) in vitro and in vivo. Compared to HSV-TK vectors, killing of vascular cells transduced with TKciteGK and exposed to GCV was significantly increased (P = 0.03). The TKciteGK construct was evaluated with three promoters: CMV, EF1alpha, and SM22alpha. TKciteGK expression driven by a CMV promoter induced cell killing more effectively than SM22alpha or EF1alpha promoters in primary vsmcs. Based upon these in vitro findings, TKciteGK vectors with a CMV promoter were tested in two animal models of cardiovascular disease: balloon angioplasty and stent deployment in pig arteries. Following vascular injury, expression of CMV-TKciteGK with GCV significantly reduced vsmc proliferation and intimal lesion formation compared to control vectors with GCV. In the angioplasty model, there was an 80% reduction in intima-to-media area ratio (P = 0.0002). These findings were paralleled in a stent model with 66% reduction in intimal lesions (P = 0.006). Coexpression of GK with TK increases cell killing and permits administration of GCV at lower doses. These modifications in TKciteGK vectors and GCV showed enhanced efficacy at lower prodrug doses, leading to improved safety for cardiovascular gene therapy.
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- L M Akyürek
- Vascular Biology Branch, NHLBI/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Foreman KE, Friborg J, Chandran B, Katano H, Sata T, Mercader M, Nabel GJ, Nickoloff BJ. Injection of human herpesvirus-8 in human skin engrafted on SCID mice induces Kaposi's sarcoma-like lesions. J Dermatol Sci 2001; 26:182-93. [PMID: 11390203 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(01)00087-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) or human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) has been implicated in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and several B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases. Serologic and molecular genetic association data has implicated HHV-8 as the causal agent of KS, but its role in the development of KS lesions is not understood. To examine the etiology of KS, HHV-8 was injected into normal human skin transplanted onto SCID mice. Injection of HHV-8 induced lesion formation that is morphologically and phenotypically consistent with KS, including the presence of angiogenesis and spindle-shaped cells latently infected with HHV-8. These findings suggest that HHV-8 is indeed the etiologic agent of KS, and that the virus plays an important role in initiation of this disease.
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- K E Foreman
- Department of Pathology and Skin Cancer Research Laboratories, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Medical Center, Room 301, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153-5385, USA
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Duckers HJ, Boehm M, True AL, Yet SF, San H, Park JL, Clinton Webb R, Lee ME, Nabel GJ, Nabel EG. Heme oxygenase-1 protects against vascular constriction and proliferation. Nat Med 2001; 7:693-8. [PMID: 11385506 DOI: 10.1038/89068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 414] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Heme oxygenase (HO-1, encoded by Hmox1) is an inducible protein activated in systemic inflammatory conditions by oxidant stress. Vascular injury is characterized by a local reparative process with inflammatory components, indicating a potential protective role for HO-1 in arterial wound repair. Here we report that HO-1 directly reduces vasoconstriction and inhibits cell proliferation during vascular injury. Expression of HO-1 in arteries stimulated vascular relaxation, mediated by guanylate cyclase and cGMP, independent of nitric oxide. The unexpected effects of HO-1 on vascular smooth muscle cell growth were mediated by cell-cycle arrest involving p21Cip1. HO-1 reduced the proliferative response to vascular injury in vivo; expression of HO-1 in pig arteries inhibited lesion formation and Hmox1-/- mice produced hyperplastic arteries compared with controls. Induction of the HO-1 pathway moderates the severity of vascular injury by at least two adaptive mechanisms independent of nitric oxide, and is a potential therapeutic target for diseases of the vasculature.
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- H J Duckers
- Vascular Biology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Huang Y, Kong WP, Nabel GJ. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific immunity after genetic immunization is enhanced by modification of Gag and Pol expression. J Virol 2001; 75:4947-51. [PMID: 11312370 PMCID: PMC114253 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.10.4947-4951.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Immunity to human immunodeficiency virus virion-like structures or a polyprotein has been examined after DNA immunization with Rev-independent expression vectors. A Gag-Pol fusion protein stimulated cytotoxic T lymphocyte and antibody responses to Gag and Pol, while a Gag-Pol pseudoparticle did not elicit substantial Pol responses. This fusion protein may be useful for AIDS vaccines.
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- Y Huang
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Among the devastating consequences of AIDS has been its epidemic spread in the developing world. The disease has caused unprecedented suffering, debilitation, loss of life and disruption of family, social and economic stability. Because of the considerable expense and logistical difficulty in providing antiviral drugs to populations infected with the human immunodeficiency virus throughout the world, the biomedical community is looking towards vaccines to help solve this compelling problem.
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- G J Nabel
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-3005, USA.
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Aoki K, Kurooka M, Chen JJ, Petryniak J, Nabel EG, Nabel GJ. Extracellular matrix interacts with soluble CD95L: retention and enhancement of cytotoxicity. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:333-7. [PMID: 11276204 DOI: 10.1038/86336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fas ligand (CD95L) is synthesized both on the cell surface membrane and in a soluble form. Although CD95L contributes to immune privilege in the cornea and testis, the functions of these alternatively processed proteins are not well understood. Some reports suggest that the cytotoxicity of soluble CD95L is insignificant, whereas others show potent responses in vivo, including hepatocyte apoptosis that causes liver failure. We show here that extracellular matrix proteins interact with soluble CD95L and potentiate its pro-apoptotic activity. The cytotoxicity of supernatants from CD95L-expressing cells was increased by incubation on tissue culture plates coated with these matrix proteins; this effect was mediated by trimeric soluble CD95L. With the use of immunoprecipitation, it was found that CD95L binds directly to fibronectin. In addition, immunohistochemical analysis of the cornea revealed that soluble CD95L binds primarily to extracellular matrix. The retention of soluble CD95L on extracellular matrices is likely to play an important role in the development of peripheral tolerance in immune-privileged sites.
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- K Aoki
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3005, USA
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Nabel GJ. The Gordon Wilson Lecture: viruses and human disease. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 2001; 112:79-88. [PMID: 11413785 PMCID: PMC2194412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In many ways, Ebola virus infection provides a model for understanding the toxicity of viruses and their causal role in human disease. The highly aggressive course of Ebola virus infection provides a model for understanding the molecular mechanisms of viral cytotoxicity. In addition, the use of animal models and definition of immune correlates, which lead to protection, may provide lessons that are applicable to other viral infections. Perhaps the greatest challenge facing biomedical science today is the containment of the human immunodeficiency virus, the causative agent of AIDS. In many ways the critical obstacles to the development of a vaccine for HIV are similar to those observed with Ebola virus infection. Because the reservoir of infection is not known and human-to-human spread has been documented, vaccines may provide the best opportunity to contain and limit the spread of infection worldwide. Similar to Ebola virus, there are few convincing examples of immune resistance of HIV infection. In addition, it has been difficult to identify broadly neutralizing antibodies that can prevent infection in vitro or in vivo. In defining immune correlates, relevant animal models, and mechanisms of cytotoxicity, it is hoped that similar efforts may lead to effective vaccines for other infectious diseases. In this way, Ebola virus infection provides a useful paradigm for understanding the genetic determinants of viral disease and in facilitating the development of treatments and prevention of viral infections.
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- G J Nabel
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, MSC-3005, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Productive viral infection requires coordinate regulation of viral and cellular gene expression. Viruses of different classes have evolved different mechanisms to conform to, adapt to and exploit programs of cellular gene expression. Many viral gene products influence and respond to cellular signals that control differentiation and proliferation Transcriptional coactivators are central to the regulation of the expression of genes controlling these events. p300 and CBP are closely related coactivators that regulate the transcription of specific genes, modify chromatin structure and influence cell cycle progression. In this review, the different molecular interactions of proteins encoded by DNA tumor viruses and lentiviruses with these transcriptional coactivators and related cellular proteins are summarized.
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- M O Hottiger
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, The University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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Outbreaks of haemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus are associated with high mortality rates that are a distinguishing feature of this human pathogen. The highest lethality is associated with the Zaire subtype, one of four strains identified to date. Its rapid progression allows little opportunity to develop natural immunity, and there is currently no effective anti-viral therapy. Therefore, vaccination offers a promising intervention to prevent infection and limit spread. Here we describe a highly effective vaccine strategy for Ebola virus infection in non-human primates. A combination of DNA immunization and boosting with adenoviral vectors that encode viral proteins generated cellular and humoral immunity in cynomolgus macaques. Challenge with a lethal dose of the highly pathogenic, wild-type, 1976 Mayinga strain of Ebola Zaire virus resulted in uniform infection in controls, who progressed to a moribund state and death in less than one week. In contrast, all vaccinated animals were asymptomatic for more than six months, with no detectable virus after the initial challenge. These findings demonstrate that it is possible to develop a preventive vaccine against Ebola virus infection in primates.
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- N J Sullivan
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Sun Y, Kolligs FT, Hottiger MO, Mosavin R, Fearon ER, Nabel GJ. Regulation of beta -catenin transformation by the p300 transcriptional coactivator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:12613-8. [PMID: 11050151 PMCID: PMC18812 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.220158597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The beta-catenin protein plays a critical role in embryonic development and mature tissue homeostasis through its effects on E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion and Wnt-dependent signal transduction. In colon and other cancers, mutations of beta-catenin or the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor appear to stabilize beta-catenin and enhance its interaction with T cell factor (TCF) or lymphoid enhancer factor (Lef) transcription factors. At present, a complete picture of the means by which beta-catenin's interactions with TCF/Lef proteins contribute to neoplastic transformation is lacking. We report that the transcriptional coactivator p300 interacts with beta-catenin in vitro and in vivo and is critical for beta-catenin-mediated neoplastic transformation. p300 synergistically activates beta-catenin/TCF transcription, and their biochemical association requires the CH1 domain of p300 and a region of beta-catenin that includes its NH(2)-terminal transactivation domain and the first two armadillo repeats. Lowering of cellular p300 levels by using a ribozyme directed against p300 reduced TCF transcriptional activity and inhibited the neoplastic growth properties of a beta-catenin-transformed rat epithelial cell line and a human colon carcinoma line with a beta-catenin mutation. These findings demonstrate a critical role for p300 in beta-catenin/TCF transcription and in cancers arising from defects in beta-catenin regulation.
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- Y Sun
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3005, USA
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Akyürek LM, Yang ZY, Aoki K, San H, Nabel GJ, Parmacek MS, Nabel EG. SM22alpha promoter targets gene expression to vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro and in vivo. Mol Med 2000; 6:983-91. [PMID: 11147575 PMCID: PMC1949920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gene transfer into vascular smooth muscle cells (vsmcs) holds promise for studying the pathogenesis of arterial disorders. However, a potential limitation of vectors with heterologous promoters is organ toxicity resulting from unrestricted transgene expression. Vascular smooth muscle cell-specific gene expression could increase the safety of vectors for vascular diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS To develop vectors that target gene expression to vsmcs, we constructed vectors encoding human placental alkaline phosphatase (hpAP) and chloramphenicol transferase (CAT) driven by a 441-bp region of the murine SM22alpha promoter (AdSM22alpha-hpAP). RESULTS Transfection of AdSM22alpha-hpAP into vascular and nonvascular cells resulted in the expression of alkaline phosphatase (AP) in primary arterial and venous smcs, but not in primary endothelial cells or National Institutes of Health (NIH) 3T3 cells. Expression of AP was observed on 32.5 +/- 1.4% of primary pig vsmcs-infected AdSM22alpha-hpAP at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 500; whereas, infection with AdCMV-hpAP resulted in 100 +/- 0.0% expression at a MOI of 250. In vitro, expression from the heterologous cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter was approximately 10(3)-fold higher in vsmcs, compared with the SM22alpha promoter. Following introduction of AdSM22alpha-hpAP vectors into balloon-injured pig arteries, AP recombinant protein was detected in neointimal (2.23 +/- 1.14%) and medial (0.56 +/- 0.21%) smcs, but not in endothelial or adventitial cells. In contrast, AdCMV-hpAP vectors led to AP expression in intimal endothelial and smcs cells (39.14 +/- 10.09%) and medial smcs (2.84 +/- 1.05%). AP expression was not observed in endothelial or vsmcs following transfection with the control vector, adenoviral vector lacking E1 (AddeltaE1). CONCLUSIONS The SM22alpha promoter programs recombinant gene expression exclusively to vascular smcs in vitro and in vivo. Although expression levels are lower than with heterologous promoters, these vectors may provide a safe and effective tool for gene therapy of vascular diseases.
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- L M Akyürek
- Vascular Biology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-3005, USA
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Yang ZY, Duckers HJ, Sullivan NJ, Sanchez A, Nabel EG, Nabel GJ. Identification of the Ebola virus glycoprotein as the main viral determinant of vascular cell cytotoxicity and injury. Nat Med 2000; 6:886-9. [PMID: 10932225 DOI: 10.1038/78645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Here we defined the main viral determinant of Ebola virus pathogenicity; synthesis of the virion glycoprotein (GP) of Ebola virus Zaire induced cytotoxic effects in human endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo. This effect mapped to a serine-threonine-rich, mucin-like domain of this type I transmembrane glycoprotein, one of seven gene products of the virus. Gene transfer of GP into explanted human or porcine blood vessels caused massive endothelial cell loss within 48 hours that led to a substantial increase in vascular permeability. Deletion of the mucin-like region of GP abolished these effects without affecting protein expression or function. GP derived from the Reston strain of virus, which causes disease in nonhuman primates but not in man, did not disrupt the vasculature of human blood vessels. In contrast, the Zaire GP induced endothelial cell disruption and cytotoxicity in both nonhuman primate and human blood vessels, and the mucin domain was required for this effect. These findings indicate that GP, through its mucin domain, is the viral determinant of Ebola pathogenicity and likely contributes to hemorrhage during infection.
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- Z Y Yang
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3005, USA
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Aoki K, Akyürek LM, San H, Leung K, Parmacek MS, Nabel EG, Nabel GJ. Restricted expression of an adenoviral vector encoding Fas ligand (CD95L) enhances safety for cancer gene therapy. Mol Ther 2000; 1:555-65. [PMID: 10933980 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2000.0076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Gene transfer of Fas ligand (CD95L) using adenoviral vectors has been shown to generate apoptotic responses and potent inflammatory reactions that can be used to induce the regression of malignancies in vivo, but these vectors also cause significant hepatotoxicity that may limit their clinical utility. Here we describe an adenoviral vector encoding CD95L with restricted gene expression that reduces its toxicity in vivo. Preclinical efficacy and gene expression studies of lineage-restricted CD95L adenoviral vectors were performed. To enhance its cytotoxicity and reduce potential systemic effects, a noncleavable CD95L was made by deleting a segment containing the cleavage site (CD95L deltaQP). Higher CD95L expression of this mutant was observed on the tumor cell surface, together with a reduction in the release of soluble CD95L. This CD95L cleavage mutant was then expressed under control of a smooth muscle-specific promoter, SM22apha, and analyzed for its ability to suppress the growth of tumors of smooth muscle origin in vivo. Growth of human leiomyosarcomas but not gliomas was inhibited after ADV gene transfer into tumor-bearing immunodeficient mice. In contrast to viral promoters, in which mortality was uniformly seen after injection of 10(12) particles, no significant hepatic injury or systemic toxicity was observed in mice, and the maximum tolerated dose was increased > or = 10- to 100-fold. These findings suggest that restricted specificity of adenoviral CD95L gene expression enhances the safety of this approach for cancer gene therapy.
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- K Aoki
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3005, USA
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Tanner FC, Boehm M, Akyürek LM, San H, Yang ZY, Tashiro J, Nabel GJ, Nabel EG. Differential effects of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p27(Kip1), p21(Cip1), and p16(Ink4) on vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. Circulation 2000; 101:2022-5. [PMID: 10790340 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.17.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs) have different patterns of expression in vascular diseases. The Kip/Cip CKIs, p27(Kip1) and p21(Cip1), are upregulated during arterial repair and negatively regulate the growth of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). In contrast, the Ink CKI, p16(Ink4), is not expressed in vascular lesions. We hypothesized that a variation in the inactivation of cdk2 and cdk4 during the G(1) phase of the cell cycle by p27(Kip1), p21(Cip1), and p16(Ink4) leads to different effects on VSMC growth in vitro and in vivo. METHODS AND RESULTS The expression of p27(Kip1) and p21(Cip1) in serum-stimulated VSMCs inactivated cdk2 and cdk4, leading to G(1) growth arrest. p16(Ink4) inhibited cdk4, but not cdk2, kinase activity, producing partial inhibition of VSMC growth in vitro. In an in vivo model of vascular injury, overexpression of p27(Kip1) reduced intimal VSMC proliferation by 52% (P<0.01) and the intima/media area ratio by 51% (P<0.005) after vascular injury and gene transfer to pig arteries, when compared with control arteries. p16(Ink4) was a weak inhibitor of intimal VSMC proliferation in injured arteries (P=NS), and it did not significantly reduce intima/media area ratios (P=NS), which is consistent with its minor effects on VSMC growth in vitro. CONCLUSIONS p27(Kip1) and p21(Cip1) are potent inhibitors of VSMC growth compared with p16(Ink4) because of their different molecular mechanisms of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibition in the G(1) phase of the cell cycle. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the pathophysiology of vascular proliferative diseases and for the development of molecular therapies.
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- F C Tanner
- Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Rosenberg SA, Blaese RM, Brenner MK, Deisseroth AB, Ledley FD, Lotze MT, Wilson JM, Nabel GJ, Cornetta K, Economou JS, Freeman SM, Riddell SR, Brenner M, Oldfield E, Gansbacher B, Dunbar C, Walker RE, Schuening FG, Roth JA, Crystal RG, Welsh MJ, Culver K, Heslop HE, Simons J, Wilmott RW, Boucher RC, Siegler HF, Barranger JA, Karlsson S, Kohn D, Galpin JE, Raffel C, Hesdorffer C, Ilan J, Cassileth P, O'Shaughnessy J, Kun LE, Das TK, Wong-Staal F, Sobol RE, Haubrich R, Sznol M, Rubin J, Sorcher EJ, Rosenblatt J, Walker R, Brigham K, Vogelzang N, Hersh E, Eck SL. Human gene marker/therapy clinical protocols. Hum Gene Ther 2000; 11:919-79. [PMID: 10779168 DOI: 10.1089/10430340050015536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Aruga E, Tanigawa K, Aruga A, Arai H, Smith JW, Nickoloff BJ, Nabel GJ, Chang AE. CD95-mediated tumor recognition by CD4+ effector cells in a murine mammary model. J Immunother 2000; 23:225-34. [PMID: 10746549 DOI: 10.1097/00002371-200003000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The authors examined cellular mechanisms involved in anti-tumor reactivity induced by the murine MT-9G1 mammary tumor line, which was transduced to secrete granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Compared with the parental MT-901 tumor, MT-9G1 subcutaneous tumors elicited an influx of CD4+ cells and dendritic cells. Secondary in vitro activation of tumor-draining lymph node cells with anti-CD3 and interleukin-2 resulted in effector cells that can mediate regression of established pulmonary metastases after adoptive transfer. In vivo depletion of T-cell subsets showed that tumor regression required CD4+ tumor-draining lymph node cells rather than CD8+ cells. The activated CD4+ cells expressed CD95L and mediated lysis of CD95+ MT-901 tumor cells, which were major histocompatibility complex class II negative. The CD4+ cells also released GM-CSF in response to tumor stimulation. A Fas fusion protein inhibited tumor lysis and GM-CSF release by the CD4+ cells. These studies document an alternate pathway by which CD4+ immune cells may recognize major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient tumors in which CD95L-bearing T cells induced an anti-tumor response mediated via CD95L:CD95.
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- National Cancer Center Hospital East, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Immunology, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
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Kindzelskii AL, Yang Z, Nabel GJ, Todd RF, Petty HR. Ebola virus secretory glycoprotein (sGP) diminishes Fc gamma RIIIB-to-CR3 proximity on neutrophils. J Immunol 2000; 164:953-8. [PMID: 10623844 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.2.953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that Ebola virus' secretory glycoprotein (sGP) binds to Fc gamma RIIIB (CD16b) and inhibits L-selectin shedding. In this study, we test the hypothesis that sGP interferes with the physical linkage between CR3 and Fc gamma RIIIB. Neutrophils were stained with rhodamine-conjugated anti-CD16b mAb (which does not inhibit sGP binding) and fluorescein-conjugated anti-CR3 mAb reagents and then incubated in media with or without sGP. Physical proximity between fluorochrome-labeled CR3 and Fc gamma RIIIB on individual cells was measured by resonance energy transfer (RET) imaging, quantitative RET microfluorometry, and single-cell imaging spectrophotometry. Cells incubated with control supernatants displayed a significant RET signal, indicative of physical proximity (<7 nm) between CR3 and Fc gamma RIIIB. In contrast, cells exposed to sGP showed a significant reduction in the CR3-Fc gamma RIIIB RET signal using these methods. Interestingly, colocalization and cocapping of CR3 and Fc gamma RIIIB were not affected, suggesting that the proximity of these two receptors is reduced without triggering dissociation. Thus, sGP alters the physical linkage between Fc gamma RIIIB and CR3.
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- A L Kindzelskii
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), or human herpesvirus 8, has been implicated in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and several B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases. Most cells in lesions derived from these malignancies are latently infected, and different viral gene products have been identified in association with lytic or latent infection by KSHV. The latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA), encoded by open reading frame 73 of the KSHV genome, is a highly immunogenic protein that is expressed predominantly during viral latency, in most KS spindle cells and in cell lines established from body-cavity-based lymphomas. Antibodies to LANA can be detected in a high percentage of HIV-infected individuals who subsequently develop KS, although its role in disease pathogenesis is not completely understood. p53 is a potent transcriptional regulator of cell growth whose induction leads either to cell-cycle arrest or apoptosis. Loss of p53 function correlates with cell transformation and oncogenesis, and several viral oncoproteins interact with p53 and modulate its biological activity. Here we show that LANA interacts with the tumour suppressor protein p53 and represses its transcriptional activity. This viral gene product further inhibits the ability of p53 to induce cell death. We propose that LANA contributes to viral persistence and oncogenesis in KS through its ability to promote cell survival by altering p53 function.
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- J Friborg
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Rosenberg SA, Blaese RM, Brenner MK, Deisseroth AB, Ledley FD, Lotze MT, Wilson JM, Nabel GJ, Cornetta K, Economou JS, Freeman SM, Riddell SR, Oldfield E, Gansbacher B, Dunbar C, Walker RE, Schuening FG, Roth JA, Crystal RG, Welsh MJ, Culver K, Heslop HE, Simons J, Wilmott RW, Habib NA. Human gene marker/therapy clinical protocols. Hum Gene Ther 1999; 10:3067-123. [PMID: 10609664 DOI: 10.1089/10430349950016465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Direct intralesional injection of DNA encoding interferon-alpha2 (IFN-alpha2) was used in an effort to sustain local protein delivery for the treatment of human basal cell carcinoma (BCC). A novel model to study this malignancy was established by transplantation of human BCC tissue on to immunodeficient mice with a relatively high rate of engraftment and stable phenotype for superficial BCC (20 of 25; 80%). Gene transfer was significantly increased by using DNA liposome complexes (lipoplexes). Recombinant gene expression was detected predominantly in the epidermis and, to a lesser extent, in the dermis. Gene transfer of IFN-alpha2 using this method resulted in sustained production of IFN-alpha2 protein and increased expression of a known IFN-inducible gene, the class II major histocompatibility (MHC) antigen, and induced BCC regression, presumably through a non-immune mechanism. Intralesional injection of DNA lipoplexes encoding IFN-alpha protein may therefore be applicable to the treatment of cutaneous BCC.
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- M O Hottiger
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Felzien LK, Farrell S, Betts JC, Mosavin R, Nabel GJ. Specificity of cyclin E-Cdk2, TFIIB, and E1A interactions with a common domain of the p300 coactivator. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:4241-6. [PMID: 10330164 PMCID: PMC104383 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.6.4241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The p300 and CREB binding protein (CBP) transcriptional coactivators interact with a variety of transcription factors and regulate their activity. Among the interactions that have been described, the COOH-terminal region of p300 binds to cyclin E-cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (cyclin E-Cdk2) and TFIIB, as well as to the E1A gene products of adenovirus. Inhibition of Cdk activity by Cdk inhibitors, such as p21 or p27, potentiates NF-kappaB activity and provides a mechanism to coordinate cell cycle progression with the transcription of genes expressed during growth arrest. In this report, we analyze the specific domains of p300 required for the binding of p300 to cyclin E-Cdk2, TFIIB, and E1A and the ability of these proteins to interact with p300, alone or in combination. 12S E1A, an inhibitor of p300-dependent transcription, reduces the binding of TFIIB, but not that of cyclin E-Cdk2, to p300. In contrast, 13S E1A, a pleiotropic transcriptional activator, does not inhibit TFIIB binding to p300, although it enhances the interaction of cyclin E-Cdk2 with p300. Modification of cyclin E-Cdk2 is most likely required for association with p300 since the interaction is observed only with cyclin E-Cdk2 purified from mammalian cells. Domain swap studies show that the cyclin homology domain of TFIIB is involved in interactions with p300, although the homologous region from cyclin E does not mediate this interaction. These findings suggest that p300 or CBP function is regulated by interactions of various proteins with a common coactivator domain.
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- L K Felzien
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650, USA
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Koseki T, Inohara N, Chen S, Carrio R, Merino J, Hottiger MO, Nabel GJ, Núñez G. CIPER, a novel NF kappaB-activating protein containing a caspase recruitment domain with homology to Herpesvirus-2 protein E10. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:9955-61. [PMID: 10187770 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.15.9955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have identified and characterized CIPER, a novel protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (CARD) in its N terminus and a C-terminal region rich in serine and threonine residues. The CARD of CIPER showed striking similarity to E10, a product of the equine herpesvirus-2. CIPER formed homodimers via its CARD and interacted with viral E10 but not with several apoptosis regulators containing CARDs including ARC, RAIDD, RICK, caspase-2, caspase-9, or Apaf-1. Expression of CIPER induced NF-kappaB activation, which was inhibited by dominant-negative NIK and a nonphosphorylable IkappaB-alpha mutant but not by dominant-negative RIP. Mutational analysis revealed that the N-terminal region of CIPER containing the CARD was sufficient and necessary for NF-kappaB-inducing activity. Point mutations in highly conserved residues in the CARD of CIPER disrupted the ability of CIPER to activate NF-kappaB and to form homodimers, indicating that the CARD is essential for NF-kappaB activation and dimerization. We propose that CIPER acts in a NIK-dependent pathway of NF-kappaB activation.
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- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Aoki K, Barker C, Danthinne X, Imperiale MJ, Nabel GJ. Efficient generation of recombinant adenoviral vectors by Cre-lox recombination in vitro. Mol Med 1999; 5:224-31. [PMID: 10448644 PMCID: PMC2230325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although recombinant adenovirus vectors are attractive for use in gene expression studies and therapeutic applications, the construction of these vectors remains relatively time-consuming. We report here a strategy that simplifies the production of adenoviruses using the Cre-loxP system. MATERIALS AND METHODS Full-length recombinant adenovirus DNA was generated in vitro by Cre-mediated recombination between loxP sites in a linearized shuttle plasmid containing a transgene and adenovirus genomic DNA. RESULTS After transfection of Cre-treated DNA into 293 cells, replication-defective viral vectors were rapidly obtained without detectable wild-type virus. CONCLUSION This system facilitates the development of recombinant adenoviral vectors for basic and clinical research.
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- K Aoki
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Ann Arbor 48109-0650, USA
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