Engineered expression of the Coxsackie B and adenovirus receptor (CAR) in human dendritic cells enhances recombinant adenovirus-mediated gene transfer

Stockwin, Luke H., Matzow, Torkjel, Georgopoulos, Nikolaos T., Stanbridge, Lindsay J., Jones, Samantha V., Martin, Iain G., Blair-Zajdel, Maria E. and Blair, G. Eric (2002) Engineered expression of the Coxsackie B and adenovirus receptor (CAR) in human dendritic cells enhances recombinant adenovirus-mediated gene transfer. Journal of Immunological Methods, 259 (1-2). pp. 205-215. ISSN 0022-1759

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Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are key antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that act as central modulators of cellular immune responses. Genetic modification of DCs has considerable therapeutic potential in the treatment of a wide spectrum of diseases, including cancer and persistent viral infection. In this report, we show that pre-treatment of DCs with a recombinant adenovirus encoding the major adenovirus receptor, Coxsackie B and adenovirus receptor (CAR), significantly increased the uptake of recombinant adenoviruses (Ads) by primary immature monocyte-derived DCs. This could be correlated with CAR mRNA and surface protein expression. Transduction of DCs by recombinant adenoviruses did not significantly alter cellular viability. Therefore, we propose that pre-treatment of DCs with Ad5-CAR is one strategy to increase the susceptibility of DCs to transduction by recombinant Ads.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Schools:	School of Applied Sciences
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Depositing User:	Cherry Edmunds
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2009 16:51
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2009 16:51
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/6475

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