HIV-1-specific cell-mediated immune responses induced by DNA vaccination were enhanced by mannan-coated liposomes and inhibited by anti-interferon-gamma antibody. |
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Authors: | S Toda N Ishii E Okada K I Kusakabe H Arai K Hamajima I Gorai K Nishioka and K Okuda |
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Institution: | Department of Bacteriology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The adjuvant effect of mannan-coated liposomes on human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) DNA vaccine and the mechanism of this enhancement were studied. Coating of cationic liposomes with mannan significantly enhanced the ability of this vaccine to induce an HIV-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response. HIV-specific cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) activity elicited by DNA vaccination was also significantly enhanced with the mannan-liposome cocktail. This mannan-liposome-mediated activity was greatly inhibited by in vivo injection of anti-interferon (IFN)-gamma antibody, which suggests that IFN-gamma plays an important role in this HIV-specific immune response. The results of both isotype-specific antibody and cytokine analysis revealed that mannan-liposome-mediated DNA vaccination enhances Th1-mediated immunity. |
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