Institut Pasteur

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Institute of Microbiology of the Ascr, V.v.i.

Institute of Physiology of the Ascr, V.v.i.

Catherine Fayolle

Claude Leclerc

Peter Sebo

Marek Basler

Radim Osicka

Adriana Osickova

Jiri Masin

Jan Krusek

Daniel Ladant

Nicole Guiso

Cecile Bauche

Cécile Bauche

Pierre Guermonprez

Nadia Khelef

Mohammed El-Azami El-Idrissi

The invention relates to a novel use of aadenylcyclase toxin in the manufacturing of vectors for targeting in vivo a molecule of interest, specifically to CD11b expressing cells. The invention also relates to an immunogenic composition that primes immune responses, to pharmaceutical compositions and to a new vector for molecule delivery to CD11b expressing cells.

Vectors for molecule delivery to CD11b expressing cells

The invention relates to mutant CyaA/E570Q+K860 polypeptides suitable for use as proteinaceous vectors for delivering one or more molecules of interest into a cell, in particular into a cell expressing the CD11b receptor. The invention further relates to polypeptide derivatives suitable for eliciting an immune response in a host. The invention is more particularly directed to polypeptides derived from an adenylate cyclase protein (CyaA) either under the form of a toxin or of a toxoid, which are mutant polypeptides. The mutant polypeptides are capable of retaining the binding activity of native CyaA to a target cell and preferably of also retaining the translocating activity of native CyaA through its N-terminal domain into target cells and furthermore have a pore-forming activity which is reduced or suppressed as compared to that of the native CyaA toxin.

Mutant CyaA polypeptides and polypeptide derivatives suitable for the delivery of immunogenic molecules into a cell

A polypeptide comprises a mutatedCyaA (SEQ ID NO:1),CyaA (SEQ ID NO:7),CyaA (SEQ ID NO:8), orCyaA (SEQ ID NO:9), or a fragment thereof lacking all or part of the N-terminal catalytic domain of the CyaA, or a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NOS: 1, 7, 8, or 9. The glutamic acid residue at position 570 of SEQ ID NO: 1, 7, 8 or at position 569 of SEQ ID NO:9 has been substituted by a conservative amino acid residue. The lysine residue at position 860 of SEQ ID NO: 1, 7, 8 or at position 859 of SEQ ID NO:9 has been substituted by a conservative amino acid residue. The polypeptide retains the binding activity of native CyaA to CD11b expressing cell, and has a pore-forming activity which is reduced or suppressed as compared to that of the native CyaA toxin.

The invention relates to mutant CyaA/E570Q+K860 polypeptides suitable for use as proteinaceous vectors for delivering one or more molecules of interest into a cell, in particular into a cell expressing the CD11b receptor. The invention further relates to polypeptide derivatives suitable for eliciting an immune response in a host. The invention is more particularly directed to polypeptides derived from an adenylate cyclase protein (CyaA) either under the form of a toxin or of a toxoid, which are mutant polypeptides. Said mutant polypeptides are capable of retaining the binding activity of native CyaA to a target cell and preferably of also retaining the translocating activity of native CyaA through its N-terminal domain into target cells and furthermore have a pore-forming activity which is reduced or suppressed as compared to that of the native CyaA toxin.

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Epinay sur Orge, France

Catherine Fayolle