Induction of virus‐specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in vivo by liposome‐entrapped mRNA

The induction of anti‐influenza cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in vivo by immunizing mice with liposomes containing messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding the influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP) is described. NP mRNA, obtained by in vitro transcription, was encapsulated into simple cholesterol/phosphatidylchol...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of immunology 1993-07, Vol.23 (7), p.1719-1722
Hauptverfasser: Martinon, Frédéric, Krishnan, Sivadasan, Lenzen, Gerlinde, Magné, Rémy, Gomard, Elisabeth, Guillet, Jean‐Gérard, Lévy, Jean‐Paul, Meulien, Pierre
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Zusammenfassung:The induction of anti‐influenza cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in vivo by immunizing mice with liposomes containing messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding the influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP) is described. NP mRNA, obtained by in vitro transcription, was encapsulated into simple cholesterol/phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine liposomes by the detergent removal technique. The dependance of the route of mRNA‐liposomes delivery on CTL induction was studied. The CTL induced were identical to those obtained in vivo with infectious virus in terms of specificity, lysing both peptide‐sensitized and virus‐infected targets. Furthermore, with the same mRNA‐liposome preparation, virus‐specific CTL responses could be also elicited in mice of three different haplotypes each of them known to present a distinct NP peptide in an MHC‐restricted fashion. The relevance of these results in the context of vaccine development is discussed.
ISSN:0014-2980
1521-4141
DOI:10.1002/eji.1830230749