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NPJ Vaccines ; 6(1): 20, 2021 Jan 29.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33514743

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The mosquito-borne Zika virus is an emerging pathogen from the Flavivirus genus for which there are no approved antivirals or vaccines. Using the clinically validated PDK-53 dengue virus vaccine strain as a backbone, we created a chimeric dengue/Zika virus, VacDZ, as a live attenuated vaccine candidate against Zika virus. VacDZ demonstrates key markers of attenuation: small plaque phenotype, temperature sensitivity, attenuation of neurovirulence in suckling mice, and attenuation of pathogenicity in interferon deficient adult AG129 mice. VacDZ may be administered as a traditional live virus vaccine, or as a DNA-launched vaccine that produces live VacDZ in vivo after delivery. Both vaccine formulations induce a protective immune response against Zika virus in AG129 mice, which includes neutralising antibodies and a strong Th1 response. This study demonstrates that VacDZ is a safe and effective vaccine candidate against Zika virus.

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Science ; 370(6521)2020 12 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33093214

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Immune sensor proteins are critical to the function of the human innate immune system. The full repertoire of cognate triggers for human immune sensors is not fully understood. Here, we report that human NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 1 (NLRP1) is activated by 3C proteases (3Cpros) of enteroviruses, such as human rhinovirus (HRV). 3Cpros directly cleave human NLRP1 at a single site between Glu130 and Gly131 This cleavage triggers N-glycine-mediated degradation of the autoinhibitory NLRP1 N-terminal fragment via the cullinZER1/ZYG11B complex, which liberates the activating C-terminal fragment. Infection of primary human airway epithelial cells by live human HRV triggers NLRP1-dependent inflammasome activation and interleukin-18 secretion. Our findings establish 3Cpros as a pathogen-derived trigger for the human NLRP1 inflammasome and suggest that NLRP1 may contribute to inflammatory diseases of the airway.


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Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/metabolismo , Proteínas Reguladoras de la Apoptosis/metabolismo , Cisteína Endopeptidasas/metabolismo , Inmunidad Innata , Inflamasomas/metabolismo , Mucosa Respiratoria/virología , Rhinovirus/enzimología , Proteínas Virales/metabolismo , Proteasas Virales 3C , Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/química , Proteínas Reguladoras de la Apoptosis/química , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas Cullin/metabolismo , Glutamina/química , Glutamina/metabolismo , Glicina/química , Glicina/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Células HeLa , Humanos , Interleucina-18/metabolismo , Proteínas NLR , Proteolisis
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