Influence of chimeric human-bovine fibers on adenoviral uptake by liver cells and the antiviral immune response

Gene Ther. 2010 Jul;17(7):880-91. doi: 10.1038/gt.2010.37. Epub 2010 Apr 15.

Abstract

Human adenoviruses (HAdV) are widely used for in vitro and in vivo gene transfer. Viral hepatotropism, inflammatory responses and neutralization by pre-existing antibodies (NAbs) are obstacles for clinical applications of HAdV vectors. Although the multifactorial events leading to innate HAdV toxicity are far from being elucidated, there is a consensus that the majority of intravenously injected-HAdV vectors is sequestered by Kuppfer cells, probably independently of coagulation factors. In this study, we show that the adenoviral-associated humoral and innate cytokine immune responses are significantly reduced when HAdV-5 vector carrying human bovine chimeric fibers (HAdV-5-F2/BAdV-4) is intravenously injected into mice. Fiber pseudotyping modified its interaction with blood coagulation factors, as FIX and FX no longer mediate the infection of liver cells by HAdV-5-F2/BAdV-4. As a consequence, at early time points post-infection, several cytokines and chemokines (IFN-gamma, IL-6, IP-10, MCP-1, RANTES and MP1beta) were found to be present at lower levels in the plasma of mice that had been intravenously injected with HAdV-5-F2/BAdV-4 compared with mice injected with the parental vector HAdV-5. Moreover, genetic modification of the fiber allowed HAdV-5-F2/BAdV-4 to partially escape neutralization by NAbs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae / genetics*
  • Adenoviridae / immunology
  • Adenoviridae / pathogenicity
  • Adenoviruses, Human / genetics*
  • Adenoviruses, Human / immunology
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Blood Coagulation Factors / metabolism
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line
  • Chemokines / analysis
  • Chimera*
  • Cytokines / analysis
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Genome, Viral
  • Hepatocytes / virology*
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate*
  • Inflammation / virology
  • Mice
  • Transduction, Genetic

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Chemokines
  • Cytokines