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ArticlePloS one2014

Use of an in vivo FTA assay to assess the magnitude, functional avidity and epitope variant cross-reactivity of T cell responses following HIV-1 recombinant poxvirus vaccination.

Danushka K Wijesundara, Charani Ranasinghe, Ronald J Jackson, Brett A Lidbury, Christopher R Parish, Benjamin J C Quah

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danushka K WijesundaraMolecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Charani RanasingheMolecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Ronald J JacksonMolecular Mucosal Vaccine Immunology Group, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Brett A LidburyAlternatives to Animals through Bioinformatics Group, Dept Genome Biology, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Christopher R ParishCancer and Vascular Biology Group, Dept Immunology, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Benjamin J C QuahCancer and Vascular Biology Group, Dept Immunology, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Qualitative characteristics of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells (CTLs) are important in measuring the effectiveness of CTLs in controlling HIV-1 infections. Indeed, in recent studies patients who are naturally resistant to HIV-1 infections have been shown to possess CTLs that are of high functional avidity and have a high capacity to recognize HIV epitope variants, when compared to HIV-1 infection progressors. When developing efficacious vaccines, assays that can effectively measure CTL quality specifically in vivo are becoming increasingly important. Here we report the use of a recently developed high-throughput multi-parameter technique, known as the fluorescent target array (FTA) assay, to simultaneously measure CTL killing magnitude, functional avidity and epitope variant cross-reactivity in real time in vivo. In the current study we have applied the FTA assay as a screening tool to assess a large cohort of over 20 different HIV-1 poxvirus vaccination strategies in mice. This screen revealed that heterologous poxvirus prime-boost vaccination regimes (i.e., recombinant fowlpox (FPV)-HIV prime followed by a recombinant vaccinia virus (VV)-HIV booster) were the most effective in generating high quality CTL responses in vivo. In conclusion, we have demonstrated how the FTA assay can be utilized as a cost effective screening tool (by reducing the required number of animals by >100 fold), to evaluate a large range of HIV-1 vaccination strategies in terms of CTL avidity and variant cross-reactivity in an in vivo setting.

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AIDS VaccinesAnimalsCross ReactionsEpitopesFluorescenceHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansImmunization, SecondaryMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicroarray AnalysisPoxviridaePoxviridae InfectionsAIDS VaccinesEpitopesVaccines, DNA

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PMID25170620
PMCPMC4149432
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