Decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.

Vaccines have been recently developed to treat various diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer's disease in addition to infectious diseases. However, before use in the clinical setting, vaccines targeting self-antigens must be demonstrated to be effective and safe, evoking a...

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Autores principales: Futoshi Nakagami, Hiroshi Koriyama, Hironori Nakagami, Mariana Kiomy Osako, Munehisa Shimamura, Mariko Kyutoku, Takashi Miyake, Tomohiro Katsuya, Hiromi Rakugi, Ryuichi Morishita
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cdcd8e024d3e4ac6869e79224ddf17f62021-11-18T07:51:41ZDecrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0060493https://doaj.org/article/cdcd8e024d3e4ac6869e79224ddf17f62013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23544146/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Vaccines have been recently developed to treat various diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer's disease in addition to infectious diseases. However, before use in the clinical setting, vaccines targeting self-antigens must be demonstrated to be effective and safe, evoking an adequate humoral immune response from B cells while avoiding T cell activation in response to self. Although the vaccine targeting angiotensin II (Ang II) is efficient in rodents and humans, little is known regarding the immunological activation and safety of the vaccine. In this study, we evaluated the efficiency and safety of an Ang II peptide vaccine in mice. Immunization with Ang II conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) successfully induced the production of anti-Ang II antibody, which blocked Ang II signaling in human aortic smooth muscle cells. However, Ang II itself did not activate T cells, as assessed by the proliferation and lymphokine production of T cells in immunized mice, whereas KLH activated T cells. In an Ang II-infused model, the non-immunized mice showed high blood pressure (BP), whereas the immunized mice (Ang II-KLH) showed a significant decrease in systolic BP, accompanied by significant reductions in cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Importantly, anti-Ang II antibody titer was not elevated even after the administration of large amounts of Ang II, indicating that Ang II itself boosted antibody production, most likely due to less activation of T cells. In addition, no accumulation of inflammatory cells was observed in immunized mice, because endogenous Ang II would not activate T cells after immunization with Ang II-KLH. Taken together, these data indicate that vaccines targeting Ang II might be effective to decrease high BP and prevent cardiovascular complications without severe side effects.Futoshi NakagamiHiroshi KoriyamaHironori NakagamiMariana Kiomy OsakoMunehisa ShimamuraMariko KyutokuTakashi MiyakeTomohiro KatsuyaHiromi RakugiRyuichi MorishitaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 3, p e60493 (2013)
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Futoshi Nakagami
Hiroshi Koriyama
Hironori Nakagami
Mariana Kiomy Osako
Munehisa Shimamura
Mariko Kyutoku
Takashi Miyake
Tomohiro Katsuya
Hiromi Rakugi
Ryuichi Morishita
Decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.
description Vaccines have been recently developed to treat various diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer's disease in addition to infectious diseases. However, before use in the clinical setting, vaccines targeting self-antigens must be demonstrated to be effective and safe, evoking an adequate humoral immune response from B cells while avoiding T cell activation in response to self. Although the vaccine targeting angiotensin II (Ang II) is efficient in rodents and humans, little is known regarding the immunological activation and safety of the vaccine. In this study, we evaluated the efficiency and safety of an Ang II peptide vaccine in mice. Immunization with Ang II conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) successfully induced the production of anti-Ang II antibody, which blocked Ang II signaling in human aortic smooth muscle cells. However, Ang II itself did not activate T cells, as assessed by the proliferation and lymphokine production of T cells in immunized mice, whereas KLH activated T cells. In an Ang II-infused model, the non-immunized mice showed high blood pressure (BP), whereas the immunized mice (Ang II-KLH) showed a significant decrease in systolic BP, accompanied by significant reductions in cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Importantly, anti-Ang II antibody titer was not elevated even after the administration of large amounts of Ang II, indicating that Ang II itself boosted antibody production, most likely due to less activation of T cells. In addition, no accumulation of inflammatory cells was observed in immunized mice, because endogenous Ang II would not activate T cells after immunization with Ang II-KLH. Taken together, these data indicate that vaccines targeting Ang II might be effective to decrease high BP and prevent cardiovascular complications without severe side effects.
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author Futoshi Nakagami
Hiroshi Koriyama
Hironori Nakagami
Mariana Kiomy Osako
Munehisa Shimamura
Mariko Kyutoku
Takashi Miyake
Tomohiro Katsuya
Hiromi Rakugi
Ryuichi Morishita
author_facet Futoshi Nakagami
Hiroshi Koriyama
Hironori Nakagami
Mariana Kiomy Osako
Munehisa Shimamura
Mariko Kyutoku
Takashi Miyake
Tomohiro Katsuya
Hiromi Rakugi
Ryuichi Morishita
author_sort Futoshi Nakagami
title Decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.
title_short Decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.
title_full Decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.
title_fullStr Decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.
title_full_unstemmed Decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin II vaccine in mice.
title_sort decrease in blood pressure and regression of cardiovascular complications by angiotensin ii vaccine in mice.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/cdcd8e024d3e4ac6869e79224ddf17f6
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