HSV-1 amplicon vectors as genetic vaccines

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1144:99-115. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0428-0_7.

Abstract

HSV-1 amplicon vectors have been used as platforms for the generation of genetic vaccines against both DNA and RNA viruses. Mice vaccinated with such vectors encoding structural proteins from both foot-and-mouth disease virus and rotavirus were partially protected from challenge with wild-type virus (D'Antuono et al. Vaccine 28: 7363-7372, 2010; Laimbacher et al. Mol Ther 20: 1810-1820, 2012), indicating that HSV-1 amplicon vectors are attractive tools for the development of complex and safe genetic vaccines. This chapter describes the use of HSV-1 amplicon vectors that encode individual or multiple viral structural proteins from a polycistronic transgene cassette in mammalian cells. More precisely, amplicon vectors that encode multiple structural viral proteins support the in situ production of viruslike particles (VLPs) in vector-infected cells. The expression of the viral genes is confirmed by Western blot and immune fluorescence analysis, and the generation of VLPs in vector-infected cells is demonstrated by electron microscopy.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease / immunology
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease / prevention & control
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease / therapy
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / genetics
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / immunology
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / genetics*
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Molecular Biology / methods*
  • Rotavirus / genetics
  • Rotavirus / immunology*
  • Rotavirus / pathogenicity
  • Rotavirus Infections / immunology
  • Rotavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Rotavirus Infections / therapy
  • Vero Cells
  • Viral Structural Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Viral Structural Proteins / immunology
  • Viral Vaccines / genetics*
  • Viral Vaccines / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Viral Structural Proteins
  • Viral Vaccines