Effects of Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antigen Insertion in Two 3′ Proximal Genome Positions of Bovine/Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 on Virus Replication and Immunogenicity
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- Roderick S. Tang
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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- Jeanne H. Schickli
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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- Mia MacPhail
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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- Fiona Fernandes
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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- Leenas Bicha
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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- Joshua Spaete
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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- Ron A. M. Fouchier
- Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
- Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Richard Spaete
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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- Aurelia A. Haller
- MedImmune Vaccines, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043
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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p>A live attenuated bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (PIV3), harboring the fusion (F) and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) genes of human PIV3, was used as a virus vector to express surface glycoproteins derived from two human pathogens, human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV and hMPV are both paramyxoviruses that cause respiratory disease in young children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. RSV has been known for decades to cause acute lower respiratory tract infections in young children, which often result in hospitalization, while hMPV has only been recently identified as a novel human respiratory pathogen. In this study, the ability of bovine/human PIV3 to express three different foreign transmembrane surface glycoproteins and to induce a protective immune response was evaluated. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of paramyxoviruses binds to a single site at the 3′ end of the viral RNA genome to initiate transcription of viral genes. The genome position of the viral gene determines its level of gene expression. The promoter-proximal gene is transcribed with the highest frequency, and each downstream gene is transcribed less often due to attenuation of transcription at each gene junction. This feature of paramyxoviruses was exploited using the PIV3 vector by inserting the foreign viral genes at the 3′ terminus, at position 1 or 2, of the viral RNA genome. These locations were expected to yield high levels of foreign viral protein expression stimulating a protective immune response. The immunogenicity and protection results obtained with a hamster model showed that bovine/human PIV3 can be employed to generate bivalent PIV3/RSV or PIV3/hMPV vaccine candidates that will be further evaluated for safety and efficacy in primates.</jats:p>
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- Journal of Virology
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Journal of Virology 77 (20), 10819-10828, 2003-10-15
American Society for Microbiology
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- CRID
- 1361137044817000192
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- NII論文ID
- 30020798652
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- ISSN
- 10985514
- 0022538X
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