Viral mucosal vaccines]

Reviews published reports on the development of mucosal antiviral vaccines administered through the mucous membranes and inducing systemic and local immunity. Describes methods ensuring the optimal conditions for penetration of mucosal vaccines in mucosal cells and discusses the possibility of local immunity induction in the vagina and rectum after intranasal administration of vaccine. Presents data on the development and trials of mucosal vaccines against some virus infections.     

Viral vaccines: achievements and challenges

In this review the present state of vaccination as a means to control viral diseases is discussed, and the needs and directions for future investigations are considered. The history of viral vaccines already in use is surveyed for guidance in what steps and background knowledge of the viral agents and the host responses to infection were necessary to their successful development. The steps requisite for demonstrating efficacy and safety of a viral vaccine also are summarized, and the features of the target populations to be protected are noted as they affect the final requirement for a successful vaccine: that it be administered in proper dosage and potency to those who need it. General remarks on the proper use of current vaccines are followed by an overview of various developments toward prospective vaccines, along with the predicted time-frames for their coming into general use. Vaccines considered include vaccines to be administered locally at the portal of entry, subunit vaccines, viruses attenuated by genetic manipulation, use of viral vectors, vaccines developed by means of recombinant DNA, synthetic peptides, and anti-idiotype vaccines, as well as new vaccines being developed by more conventional methods.     

DNA tumor vaccines

A new generation of vaccines are being developed to induce immune responses that fight off infectious agents, or erradicate cancerous cells. These new vaccines are based on a plasmid vector, which in transfected mammalian cells cause constitutive high-level expression of the target antigen. Expression of the target antigen, in turn, can induce a full-range of immunologic responses, including cell-mediated killing, cell-mediated cytokine release and the production of antigen-specific antibodies. Through molecular techniques, these nucleic acid vaccines can be enhanced to increase target antigen expression and facilitate antigen presentation. Additionally, genetic adjuvants expressed simultaneously with the target antigens can induce the immune responses to disease-associated antigens. The ease with which these genetic vaccines can be generated and the potency of their ability to generate immune-mediated responses make them highly effective, which creates hope for developing effective treatment and prevention of various diseases, most notably cancer.     

Synthetic peptides as vaccines.

The use of synthetic peptides as an alternative approach to vaccination is currently being pursued. This is particularly true for viral and parasitic diseases in which no vaccines are yet available, most notably the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.     

Whole tumor antigen vaccines

Although cancer vaccines with defined antigens are commonly used, the use of whole tumor cell preparations in tumor immunotherapy is a very promising approach and can obviate some important limitations in vaccine development. Whole tumor cells are a good source of TAAs and can induce simultaneous CTLs and CD4⁺ T helper cell activation. We review current approaches to prepare whole tumor cell vaccines, including traditional methods of freeze–thaw lysates, tumor cells treated with ultraviolet irradiation, and RNA electroporation, along with more recent methods to increase tumor cell immunogenicity with HOCl oxidation or infection with replication-incompetent herpes simplex virus.     

Cytokine-secreting tumor cell vaccines

Modification of the tumor microenvironment with gene transfer techniques stimulates two immune mechanisms that effectuate tumor destruction. One involves improved tumor-antigen presentation for the development of specific cellular and humoral immunity. The second involves compromise of the tumor vasculature by soluble factors and leukocytes.     

Immunological effects of BCG as an adjuvant in autologous tumor vaccines

The role of Bacillus Colmette-Guérin (BCG) as an adjuvant in autologous tumor vaccines was examined. In nine patients with renal cell cancer, irradiated tumor cells alone (wild-type, WT) or with BCG were inoculated intradermally into contralateral thighs. Seven to 10 days later, the draining vaccine-primed lymph nodes (WT-VPLN and BCG-VPLN) were excised. BCG increased the number of harvested VPLN cells by 10-fold (mean +/- SE = 61.8 +/- 20.6/x10(-7)/patient). BCG-VPLN had significantly greater percentages of CD3(+) and CD4(+) T cells compared to WT-VPLN. Both groups of VPLN cells were activated in vitro with anti-CD3 or anti-CD3/CD28 mAbs followed by expansion in IL-2. Anti-CD3/CD28 activation resulted in greater expansion of CD4(+) T cells compared to anti-CD3. After activation, VPLN cells were stimulated with irradiated autologous tumor targets and cytokines (IFN-gamma, GM-CSF, IL-10) released into the supernatants were measured 24 h later. Anti-CD3/CD28-activated BCG-VPLN cells were found to have a greater release of IFN-gamma compared with that of WT-VPLN cells, which was not observed significantly with IL-10 or GM-CSF. BCG resulted in increased VPLN cell yield as well as enhanced type 1 (IFN-gamma release) immune responses of VPLN cells to autologous tumor without upregulating type 2 (IL-10 release) responses. Anti-CD3/CD28 was superior to anti-CD3 activation in this cellular response.     

肿瘤疫苗的研究现状

肿瘤在体内的排斥/控制主要依赖于肿瘤抗原特异性T淋巴细胞.T淋巴细胞通过TCR与肿瘤细胞表面表达的HLA-抗原肽复合物的相互作用来识别其靶分子.与特异性HLA-抗原肽复合物有价值的相互作用诱导了淋巴细胞克隆的扩增以及一系列的免疫反应.目前,从理论上已经提出了以整个肿瘤细胞,或纯化的肿瘤抗原作为疫苗(包括整个蛋白质分子和抗原肽及纯化的DNA分子)来提高免疫系统对肿瘤的识别和排斥.本文从免疫系统对肿瘤细胞的识别、疫苗诱导的体内抗肿瘤免疫的假设机制、疫苗接种所诱导的抗肿瘤反应以及临床结果几个方面,对当前肿瘤疫苗的研究现状作一简要综述,并对肿瘤疫苗研究中尚待解决的问题作了简单的归纳.     

肿瘤基因疫苗的研究进展

肿瘤基因疫苗是肿瘤主动特异性免疫治疗的核心.本文就肿瘤基因疫苗的构建、靶基因的选择以及免疫效应等方面的研究进展作一综述.     

Dendritic cell based tumor vaccines

Dendritic cells (DC) constitute a unique system of cells that induce, sustain and regulate immune responses. Distributed as sentinels throughout the body, DC are poised to capture antigen (Ag), migrate to draining lymphoid organs, and, after a process of maturation, select Ag-specific lymphocytes to which they present the processed Ag, thereby inducing immune responses. DC present Ag to CD4(+) T cells which in turn regulate multiple effectors, including CD8(+) cytotoxic T cells, B cells, NK cells, macrophages and eosinophils, all of which contribute to the protective immune responses. Several key features of the DC system may be highlighted: (1) the existence of different DC subsets that share biological functions, yet display unique ones such as polarization of T cell responses towards Type 1 or Type 2 or regulation of B cell responses; (2) the functional specialization of DC according to their differentiation/maturation stages; and (3) the plasticity of DC which is determined by the microenvironment (e.g. cytokines) and may manifest as (i) the final differentiation into either DC (enhanced antigen presentation) or macrophage (enhanced antigen degradation); (ii) the induction of immunity or tolerance; and (iii) the polarization of T cell responses. Because of these unique properties, DC represent both vectors and targets for immunological intervention in numerous diseases and are optimal candidates for vaccination protocols both in cancer and infectious diseases.     

Overview of tumor cell-based vaccines

Whole-cell tumor vaccines have been investigated for more than 20 years for their efficacy in both preclinical models and in clinical trials in humans. There are clear advantages of whole-cell/polyepitope vaccination over those types of immunotherapy that target specific epitopes. Multiple and unknown antigens may be targeted to both the innate and adaptive immune system, and this may be further augmented by genetic modification of the vaccine cells to provide cytokines and costimulation. In this review, we give an overview of the field including the preclinical and clinical advances using unmodified and modified tumor-cell vaccines.     

Viral vector vaccines make memory T cells against malaria

Vaccines that comprise attenuated viral vectors encoding antigens from target pathogens generate potent T-cell responses. One such pathogen is malaria, and in particular the liver stage of its life cycle. Immunogenicity and efficacy studies in animals and humans have revealed the generation of memory T cells of both the central and effector phenotypes, depending on the viral vectors used in the malaria vaccination regime (viral species and serotype, combination and sequence for prime-boost) and suggest a divergence in their protective role. Being able to influence the memory T-cell make-up in a rational manner may allow us to develop more efficacious vaccines.     

Use of defined TLR ligands as adjuvants within human vaccines

Our improved understanding of how innate immune responses can be initiated and how they can shape adaptive B- and T-cell responses is having a significant impact on vaccine development by directing the development of defined adjuvants. Experience with first generation vaccines, as well as rapid advances in developing defined vaccines containing Toll-like receptor ligands (TLRLs), indicate that an expanded number of safe and effective vaccines containing such molecules will be available in the future. In this review, we outline current knowledge regarding TLRs, detailing the different cell types that express TLRs, the various signaling pathways TLRs utilize, and the currently known TLRLs. We then discuss the current status of TLRLs within vaccine development programs, including the importance of appropriate formulation, and how recent developments can be used to better define the mechanisms of action of vaccines. Finally, we introduce the possibility of using TLRLs, either in combination or with non-TLRLs, to synergistically potentiate vaccine-induced responses to provide not only prophylactic, but therapeutic protection against infectious diseases and cancer.     

树突状细胞肿瘤疫苗的研究进展

在抗肿瘤免疫应答中,关键的一步是抗原呈递细胞将肿瘤抗原呈递给T淋巴细胞。树突状细胞是专职抗原呈递细胞,它能够有效的将肿瘤抗原呈递给T细胞,引发机体产生抗肿瘤的免疫应答。因此,利用树突状细胞制备肿瘤疫苗可望提供一种有效的肿瘤免疫治疗方法。目前,体外实验、动物实验和初期的临床实验都已经证明了树突状细胞肿瘤疫苗的抗肿瘤作用。本文主要介绍树突状细胞的生物学特征和树突状细胞肿瘤疫苗在肿瘤免疫治疗中的研究进展。     

Adjuvants for human vaccines

Rational selection of individual adjuvants can often be made on the basis of innate molecular interactions of the foreign molecules with pattern recognition receptors such as Toll-like receptors. For example, monophosphoryl lipid A, a family of endotoxic TLR4 agonist molecules from bacteria, has recently been formulated with liposomes, oil emulsions, or aluminum salts for several vaccines. Combinations of antigens and adjuvants with particulate lipid or oil components may reveal unique properties of immune potency or efficacy, but these can sometimes be exhibited differently in rodents when compared to nonhuman primates or humans. New adjuvants, formulations, microinjection devices, and skin delivery techniques for transcutaneous immunization demonstrate that adjuvant systems can include combinations of strategies and delivery mechanisms for uniquely formulated antigens and adjuvants.     

Soluble cytokines can act as effective adjuvants in plasmid DNA vaccines targeting self tumor antigens

There are few vaccination strategies available for the reproducible generation of a cytotoxic T cell (CTL) response, particularly in the setting of immunizing against a tumor antigen. Plasmid-based DNA vaccination offers several advantages as compared to MHC class I peptide-based vaccines or DNA immunization using viral vectors. Plasmid-based DNA vaccines are easily produced, can potentially elicit both an MHC class I and class II response, and have little infectious potential. Plasmid-based vaccines, however, have been poorly immunogenic. The systemic immune response generated after plasmid vaccination relies on in vivo transfection of local antigen presenting cells (APC) and both direct presentation and "cross priming" of antigen by professional and non-professional APC. Therefore, methods to enhance the function of APC, such as simultaneous inoculation with plasmids encoding cytokine genes, has resulted in an enhancement of detectable immunity after vaccination. We questioned whether local application of soluble cytokines would be effective in enhancing the systemic immune response elicited after DNA vaccination. Using a self-tumor antigen model, we vaccinated rats with a plasmid-based rat neu intracellular domain (ICD) DNA construct and either no adjuvant, soluble GM-CSF, or IL-12. We demonstrate that the addition of soluble GM-CSF or IL-12 to rat neu ICD DNA vaccination elicits detectable neu specific T cell immunity; specifically the generation of CTL. Antibodies directed against rat neu were not elicited with this approach, indicating that the neu specific T cell immune response elicited with plasmid DNA was skewed towards cell-mediated rather than humoral immunity.