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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.87.2010.tde-25022011-142208
Document
Author
Full name
Mariana de Oliveira Diniz
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2010
Supervisor
Committee
Ferreira, Luis Carlos de Souza (President)
Boscardin, Silvia Beatriz
Miyaji, Eliane Namie
Rosa, Daniela Santoro
Sato, Maria Notomi
Title in Portuguese
Avaliação das respostas imunológicas e protetora de uma vacina de DNA contra tumores induzidos por HPV-16.
Keywords in Portuguese
Camundongos
Células cultivadas de tumor
DNA viral
Glicoproteínas
Vacinas virais
Abstract in Portuguese
No presente trabalho, desenvolvemos uma estratégia vacinal baseada em vacinas de DNA que codificam proteínas do HPV-16, o tipo viral de maior relevância epidemiológica, fusionadas à glicoproteína D (gD) do vírus herpes simplex tipo 1 (HSV-1). A vacina que contêm o gene da E7 de HPV-16 fusionada à gD de HSV-1 (pgDE7), administrada em regime vacinal de quatro doses, foi capaz de gerar significativa ativação de células T CD8+ E7-específicas e apresentar 40% de efeito protetor anti-tumoral terapêutico em camundongos desafiados com células transformadas que expressam as proteínas E6 e E7 do HPV-16 (células TC-1). A partir das evidências geradas, desenvolvemos um novo vetor vacinal que codifica as proteínas E7, E6 e E5 do HPV-16 (pgD-E7E6E5). Em ensaios em modelo murino, apenas uma dose da vacina foi capaz de gerar ativação de células T CD8+ específicas e 70% dos camundongos previamente desafiados com células TC-1 e inoculados com 3 doses da vacina mantiveram-se livres de tumores. Como tentativa de potencializar o efeito protetor terapêutico encontrado, adotamos duas medidas: a co-administração de plasmídeos que codificam citocinas e a otimização de códons da sequência gênica que codifica a proteína quimérica. A combinação das vacinas pgDE7 ou pgD-E7E6E5 com plasmídeos que carregam os genes das citocinas IL-2, IL-12 ou GM-CSF foi capaz de aumentar a proteção terapêutica para 100% em regime vacinal de dose única. A adequação da sequência antigênica ao sistema de expressão humano, aumentou em cerca de 5 vezes o potencial terapêutico do vetor vacinal pgDE7. Em conjunto, os dados apresentados nesta tese demonstram a evolução do desenvolvimento de uma estratégia vacinal contra tumores induzidos por HPV-16 e encorajam seu potencial para uso em futuros ensaios clínicos.
Title in English
Immune responses and anti-tumor therapeutic effects generated by a DNA vaccine against HPV-16-induced tumors.
Keywords in English
Cultured tumor cells
Glycoproteins
Mice
Viral DNA
Viral vaccines
Abstract in English
The development of immunotherapeutic strategies against human papillomavirus (HPV) is a priority for the control of HPV-induced lesions and cervical cancer. In this study, we developed DNA vaccines encoding HPV-16 proteins fused to glycoprotein D (gD) of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) as an approach to control HPV-16 induced tumors. The vaccine encoding HPV-16 E7 fused to HSV-1 gD (pgDE7), when administered in a four doses vaccine regimen, was able to generate significant activation of E7-specific CD8+ T cells and showed 40% of therapeutic anti-tumor effect in mice previously challenged with tumor cells expressing HPV-16 E6 and E7 proteins (TC-1 cells). Following these evidences, we developed a new vaccine vector encoding HPV-16 E7, E6, E5 proteins fused to HSV-1 gD (pgD-E7E6E5). Only one vaccine dose generated antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses and three doses conferred 70% protection to mice previously challenged with TC-1 cells. As an attempt to enhance the observed therapeutic anti-tumor effects, we tested two approaches: co-administration of cytokine-expressing plasmids and codon optimization of the gene encoding the chimeric protein. The combination of the vaccines pgDE7 or pgD-E7E6E5 with plasmids encoding the cytokines IL-2, IL-12 or GM-CSF increased the therapeutic protection to 100% of the vaccinated animals following a single dose. The gene sequence adaptation increased by a factor of 5 the therapeutic potential of the pgDE7 vaccine. In summary, the data presented in this thesis demonstrated the development of a vaccine strategy against HPV-16 induced tumors and reinforces its potential use in future clinical trials.
 
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2011-08-11
 
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