Innate signature induced in human mDCs by dengue vaccine candidates. Homo sapiens

Sanofi Pasteur is developing a tetravalent YFV 17D vaccine-based chimeric dengue vaccine (TV CYD), which is currently in clinical phase 3 development. DNA microarrays were used to assess the innate gene signature in human mDCs infected with the four CYDs alone or in combination, with a wild type dengue serotype 3 virus, or with a classically attenuated serotype 3 virus (VDV3) shown to be reactogenic in humans. We observed a very reproducible signature for each of the 4 CYDs, involving stimulation of Type I IFN genes and associated genes, together with genes encoding chemokines and other mediators involved in the initiation of adaptive responses. In contrast, the wt DEN3 virus induced a predominantly inflammatory profile, while VDV3 appeared to induce a blunted response, which may have contributed to its clinical outcome. Overall design: All oligochip experiments were performed in dye swap. For each experiment, the gene expression profile of infected cells was compared with the corresponding profile of uninfected cells. 2 biologicals replicates were performed for each virus.