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IL-23 Induces Stronger Sustained CTL and Th1 Immune Responses Than IL-12 in Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Protein 2 DNA Immunization
- Title
- IL-23 Induces Stronger Sustained CTL and Th1 Immune Responses Than IL-12 in Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Protein 2 DNA Immunization
- Authors
- Ha S.-J.; Kim D.-J.; Baek K.-H.; Yun Y.-D.; Sung Y.-C.
- Ewha Authors
- 윤영대
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 윤영대
- Issue Date
- 2004
- Journal Title
- Journal of Immunology
- ISSN
- 0022-1767
- Citation
- Journal of Immunology vol. 172, no. 1, pp. 525 - 531
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- IL-23 is a heterodimeric cytokine consisting of p19 and the p40 subunit of IL-12. IL-23 has been shown to possess IL-12-like biological activities, but is different in its capacity to stimulate memory T cells in vitro. In this study, we investigated whether IL-23 could influence envelope protein 2 (E2)-specific cell-mediated immunity induced by immunization of hepatitis C virus E2 DNA. We found that IL-23 induced long-lasting Th1 and CTL immune responses to E2, which are much stronger than IL-12-mediated immune responses. Interestingly, IL-23N220L, an N-glycosylation mutant showing reduced expression of excess p40 without changing the level of IL-23, exhibited a higher ratio of IFN-γ- to IL-4-producing CD4 + T cell frequency than did wild-type IL-23, suggesting a negative regulatory effect of p40 on Th1-prone immune response induced by IL-23. These data suggest that IL-23, particularly IL-23N220L, would be an effective adjuvant of DNA vaccine for the induction of durable Ag-specific T cell immunity.
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