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Modification of promoter spacer length in vaccinia virus as a strategy to control the antigen expression Free

Abstract

Vaccinia viruses (VACVs) with distinct early promoters have been developed to enhance antigen expression and improve antigen-specific CD8 T-cell responses. It has not been demonstrated how the length of the spacer between the coding region of the gene and its regulatory early promoter motif influences antigen expression, and whether the timing of gene expression can modify the antigen-specific CD4 T-cell response. We generated several recombinant VACVs based on the attenuated modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) strain, which express GFP or the LACK antigen under the control of an optimized promoter, using different spacer lengths. Longer spacer length increased GFP and LACK early expression, which correlated with an enhanced LACK-specific memory CD4 and CD8 T-cell response. These results show the importance of promoter spacer length for early antigen expression by VACV and provide alternative strategies for the design of poxvirus-based vaccines.

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Modification of promoter spacer length in vaccinia virus as a strategy to control the antigen expression
J. Gen. Virol. 96, 2360 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.000183
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