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ArticleJournal of virological methods2009

Gene optimization leads to robust expression of human respiratory syncytial virus nucleoprotein and phosphoprotein in human cells and induction of humoral immunity in mice.

Fernando M Simabuco, Rodrigo E Tamura, Cassiano Carromeu, Luis E Farinha-Arcieri, Armando M Ventura

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fernando M SimabucoDepartamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rodrigo E Tamura
Cassiano Carromeu
Luis E Farinha-Arcieri
Armando M Ventura
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the major pathogen leading to respiratory disease in infants and neonates worldwide. An effective vaccine has not yet been developed against this virus, despite considerable efforts in basic and clinical research. HRSV replication is independent of the nuclear RNA processing constraints, since the virus genes are adapted to the cytoplasmic transcription, a process performed by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. This study shows that meaningful nuclear RNA polymerase II dependent expression of the HRSV nucleoprotein (N) and phosphoprotein (P) proteins can only be achieved with the optimization of their genes, and that the intracellular localization of N and P proteins changes when they are expressed out of the virus replication context. Immunization tests performed in mice resulted in the induction of humoral immunity using the optimized genes. This result was not observed for the non-optimized genes. In conclusion, optimization is a valuable tool for improving expression of HRSV genes in DNA vaccines.

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AnimalsAntibodies, ViralFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNucleoproteinsPhosphoproteinsRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesViral ProteinsAntibodies, ViralNucleoproteinsPhosphoproteinsRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesViral Proteins

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PMID19428575
PMCPMC7119700
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