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    Kurihara, Kyoko; Takahara, Yusuke; Nomura, Takushi; Ishii, Hiroshi; Iwamoto, Nami; Takahashi, Naofumi; Inoue, Makoto; Iida, Akihiro; Hara, Hiroto; Shu, Tsugumine; Hasegawa, Mamoru; Moriya, Chikaya; Matano, Tetsuro

    Microbes and infection, 11/2012, Letnik: 14, Številka: 13
    Journal Article

    Induction of durable cellular immune responses by vaccination is an important strategy for the control of persistent pathogen infection. Viral vectors are promising vaccine tools for eliciting antigen-specific T-cell responses. Repeated vaccination may contribute to durable memory T-cell induction, but anti-vector antibodies could be an obstacle to its efficacy. We previously developed a Sendai virus (SeV) vector vaccine and showed the potential of this vector for efficient T-cell induction in macaques. Here, we examined whether repeated SeV vector vaccination with short intervals can enhance antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell responses. Four rhesus macaques possessing the MHC-I haplotype 90-120-Ia were immunized three times with intervals of three weeks. For the vaccination, we used replication-defective F-deleted SeV vectors inducing CD8+ T-cell responses specific for simian immunodeficiency virus Gag206–216 and Gag241–249, which are dominant epitopes restricted by 90-120-Ia-derived MHC-I molecules. All four animals showed higher Gag206–216-specific and Gag241–249-specific CD8+ T-cell responses after the third vaccination than those after the first vaccination, indicating enhancement of antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell responses by the second/third SeV vector vaccination even with short intervals. These results suggest that repeated SeV vector vaccination can contribute to induction of efficient and durable T-cell responses.