scholarly journals Superior Protective Immunity against Murine Listeriosis by Combined Vaccination with CpG DNA and Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

2009 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
pp. 5501-5508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Berchtold ◽  
Klaus Panthel ◽  
Stefan Jellbauer ◽  
Brigitte Köhn ◽  
Elisabeth Roider ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Preexisting antivector immunity can severely compromise the ability of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium live vaccines to induce protective CD8 T-cell frequencies after type III secretion system-mediated heterologous protein translocation in orally immunized mice. To circumvent this problem, we injected CpG DNA admixed to the immunodominant p60217-225 peptide from Listeria monocytogenes subcutaneously into BALB/c mice and coadministered a p60-translocating Salmonella strain by the orogastric route. The distribution of tetramer-positive p60217-225-specific effector and memory CD8 T cells was analyzed by costaining of lymphocytes with CD62L and CD127. In contrast to the single oral application of recombinant Salmonella or single immunization with CpG and p60, in the spleens from mice immunized with a combination of both vaccine types a significantly higher level of p60-specific CD8 T cells with a predominance of the effector memory T-cell subset was detected. In vivo protection studies revealed that this CD8 T-cell population conferred sterile protective immunity against a lethal infection with L. monocytogenes. However, p60-specific central memory CD8 T cells induced by single vaccination with CpG and p60 were not able confer effective protection against rapidly replicating intracellular Listeria. In conclusion, we provide compelling evidence that the combination of Salmonella type III-mediated antigen delivery and CpG immunization is an attractive novel vaccination strategy to modulate CD8 differentiation patterns toward distinct antigen-specific T-cell subsets with favorable protective capacities.

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 989
Author(s):  
Zhijuan Qiu ◽  
Timothy H. Chu ◽  
Brian S. Sheridan

CD8 tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells primarily reside in nonlymphoid tissues without recirculating and provide front-line protective immunity against infections and cancers. CD8 TRM cells can be generally divided into CD69+ CD103− TRM cells (referred to as CD103− TRM cells) and CD69+ CD103+ TRM cells (referred to as CD103+ TRM cells). TGF-β plays a critical role in the development and maintenance of CD103+ CD8 TRM cells. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of tissue-specific activation of TGF-β mediated by integrins and how it contributes to CD103+ CD8 TRM cell development and maintenance. Furthermore, we discuss the underlying mechanisms utilized by TGF-β to regulate the development and maintenance of CD103+ CD8 TRM cells. Overall, this review highlights the importance of TGF-β in regulating this unique subset of memory CD8 T cells that may shed light on improving vaccine design to target this population.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woojong Lee ◽  
Autumn Larsen ◽  
Brock Kingstad-Bakke ◽  
Chandranaik B. Marinaik ◽  
M. Suresh

Development of T-cell-based subunit protein vaccines against diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria, remains a challenge for immunologists. Here, we have identified a nano-emulsion adjuvant Adjuplex (ADJ), which enhanced dendritic cell (DC) cross-presentation and elicited effective memory T cell-based immunity to Listeria monocytogenes (LM). We further evaluated whether cross-presentation induced by ADJ, can be combined with the immunomodulatory effects of TLR agonists (CpG or glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant [GLA]) to evoke systemic CD8 T cell-based immunity to LM. Mechanistically, vaccination with ADJ, alone or in combination with CpG or GLA augmented activation and antigen uptake by CD103+ migratory and CD8α+ resident DCs and up-regulated CD69 expression on B and T lymphocytes in vaccine-draining lymph nodes. By engaging basic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor 3-dependent cross-presenting DCs, ADJ potently elicited effector CD8 T cells that differentiated into granzyme B-expressing CD27LO effector-like memory CD8 T cells, which provided effective immunity to LM in spleen and liver. CpG or GLA alone did not elicit effector-like memory CD8 T cells and induced moderate protection in spleen, but not in the liver. Surprisingly, combining CpG or GLA with ADJ reduced the number of ADJ-induced memory CD8 T cells and compromised protective immunity to LM, especially in the liver. Taken together, data presented in this manuscript provides a glimpse of protective CD8 T cell memory differentiation induced by a nano-emulsion adjuvant and demonstrates the unexpected negative effects of TLR signaling on the magnitude of CD8 T cell memory and protective immunity to LM, a model intracellular pathogen.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woojong Lee ◽  
Autumn Larsen ◽  
Brock Kingstad-Bakke ◽  
M. Suresh

AbstractDevelopment of T-cell-based subunit protein vaccines against diseases, such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria remains a challenge for immunologists. Here, we have evaluated whether cross-presentation induced by nanoemulsion adjuvant Adjuplex (ADJ), can be combined with the immunomodulatory effects of TLR agonists (CpG or glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant [GLA]) to evoke protective systemic CD8 T cell-based immunity to Listeria monocytogenes (LM). Vaccination with ADJ, alone or in combination with CpG or GLA augmented activation and antigen uptake by migratory and resident dendritic cells and up-regulated CD69 expression on B and T lymphocytes in draining lymph nodes. By virtue of its ability to engage BATF3-dependent cross-presenting DCs, ADJ potently elicited effector CD8 T cells that differentiated into a distinct subset of granzyme B-expressing CD27LO effector-like memory CD8 T cells, which provided highly effective immunity to LM in spleen and liver. CpG or GLA alone did not elicit effector-like memory CD8 T cells and induced moderate protection in spleen, but not in the liver. Surprisingly, combining CpG or GLA with ADJ limited the magnitude of ADJ-induced CD8 T cell memory and compromised protective immunity to LM, especially in the liver. Taken together, data presented in this manuscript provides a glimpse of protective CD8 T cell memory differentiation induced by a nano-emulsion adjuvant and demonstrates the unexpected negative effects of TLR signaling on the magnitude of CD8 T cell memory and protective immunity to listeriosis.ImportanceTo date, the most effective vaccines primarily provide protection by eliciting neutralizing antibodies, while development of T-cell-based subunit vaccines against infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria, remains a challenge for immunologists. Axiomatically, engagement of multiple innate immune receptors early in the response might be key to programming effective immunity. Hence, there is an impetus to develop combination adjuvants that engage multiple innate signaling pathways and additionally promote cross-presentation to stimulate CD8 T-cell immunity. Here, we show that a nano-emulsion adjuvant ADJ alone elicits effector-like memory CD8 T cells and provides highly effective immunity to listeriosis; combining ADJ with TLR agonists, including CpG and GLA, compromised T cell immunity to LM. In summary, this study provided fundamental insights into the effects of combining innate immune signaling with nano-emulsion adjuvants on memory T cell differentiation and protective immunity. These findings are expected to have implications in the use of combination adjuvants to develop subunit vaccines that engender systemic CD8 T-cell immunity to intracellular pathogens.


2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 1050-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Vidric ◽  
Anna Tafuri Bladt ◽  
Umberto Dianzani ◽  
Tania H. Watts

ABSTRACT Inducible costimulator (ICOS) is expressed on activated T cells and plays a key role in sustaining and enhancing the effector function of CD4 T cells. Given the function of this molecule in sustaining T-cell responses, we reasoned that ICOS might play an important role in a prolonged infection model, such as Salmonella infection of mice. To test this hypothesis, wild-type (WT) and ICOS-deficient (ICOS−/−) mice were infected systemically with a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain expressing the chicken ovalbumin gene (Salmonella-OVA). ICOS−/− mice exhibited greater splenomegaly than WT mice and showed delayed bacterial clearance. The acquired immune response in this model was slow to develop. Maximal T-cell responses to Salmonella-OVA were detected at 3 weeks postinfection in both WT and ICOS−/− mice. CD4 T-cell-dependent gamma interferon production and a class switch to immunoglobulin G2a were severely reduced in ICOS−/− mice. ICOS−/− mice also exhibited a substantial defect in antigen-specific CD8 T-cell responses. In vitro, the effect of anti-ICOS on CD8 T-cell division was greater when CD8 T cells rather than CD4 T cells expressed ICOS, suggesting that the in vivo effects of ICOS on CD8 T cells could be direct. Taken together, these studies show that ICOS plays a critical role in control of Salmonella infection in mice, with effects on antibody, Th1, and CD8 T-cell responses.


2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 934-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Cornberg ◽  
Brian S. Sheridan ◽  
Frances M. Saccoccio ◽  
Michael A. Brehm ◽  
Liisa K. Selin

ABSTRACT Live vaccinia virus (VV) vaccination has been highly successful in eradicating smallpox. However, the mechanisms of immunity involved in mediating this protective effect are still poorly understood, and the roles of CD8 T-cell responses in primary and secondary VV infections are not clearly identified. By applying the concept of molecular mimicry to identify potential CD8 T-cell epitopes that stimulate cross-reactive T cells specific to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and VV, we identified after screening only 115 peptides two VV-specific immunogenic epitopes that mediated protective immunity against VV. An immunodominant epitope, VV-e7r130, did not generate cross-reactive T-cell responses to LCMV, and a subdominant epitope, VV-a11r198, did generate cross-reactive responses to LCMV. Infection with VV induced strong epitope-specific responses which were stable into long-term memory and peaked at the time virus was cleared, consistent with CD8 T cells assisting in the control of VV. Two different approaches, direct adoptive transfer of VV-e7r-specific CD8 T cells and prior immunization with a VV-e7r-expressing ubiquitinated minigene, demonstrated that memory CD8 T cells alone could play a significant role in protective immunity against VV. These studies suggest that exploiting cross-reactive responses between viruses may be a useful tool to complement existing technology in predicting immunogenic epitopes to large viruses, such as VV, leading to a better understanding of the role CD8 T cells play during these viral infections.


2017 ◽  
Vol 214 (6) ◽  
pp. 1593-1606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossam A. Abdelsamed ◽  
Ardiana Moustaki ◽  
Yiping Fan ◽  
Pranay Dogra ◽  
Hazem E. Ghoneim ◽  
...  

Antigen-independent homeostasis of memory CD8 T cells is vital for sustaining long-lived T cell–mediated immunity. In this study, we report that maintenance of human memory CD8 T cell effector potential during in vitro and in vivo homeostatic proliferation is coupled to preservation of acquired DNA methylation programs. Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing of primary human naive, short-lived effector memory (TEM), and longer-lived central memory (TCM) and stem cell memory (TSCM) CD8 T cells identified effector molecules with demethylated promoters and poised for expression. Effector-loci demethylation was heritably preserved during IL-7– and IL-15–mediated in vitro cell proliferation. Conversely, cytokine-driven proliferation of TCM and TSCM memory cells resulted in phenotypic conversion into TEM cells and was coupled to increased methylation of the CCR7 and Tcf7 loci. Furthermore, haploidentical donor memory CD8 T cells undergoing in vivo proliferation in lymphodepleted recipients also maintained their effector-associated demethylated status but acquired TEM-associated programs. These data demonstrate that effector-associated epigenetic programs are preserved during cytokine-driven subset interconversion of human memory CD8 T cells.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason P. Gigley ◽  
Rajarshi Bhadra ◽  
Imtiaz A. Khan

CD8 T cells are essential for control ofToxoplasma gondiiinfection. Once activated they undergo differentiation into short-lived effector and memory precursor effector cells. As effector cells, CD8 T cells exert immune pressure on the parasite via production of inflammatory cytokines and through their cytolytic activity. Once immune control has been established, the parasite encysts and develops into chronic infection regulated by the memory CD8 T-cell population. Several signals are needed for this process to be initiated and for development of fully differentiated memory CD8 T cells. With newly developed tools including CD8 T-cell tetramers and TCR transgenic mice, dissecting the biology behindT. gondii-specific CD8 T-cell responses can now be more effectively addressed. In this paper, we discuss what is known about the signals required for effectiveT. gondii-specific CD8 T-cell development, their differentiation, and effector function.


2006 ◽  
Vol 203 (10) ◽  
pp. 2281-2292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantinos Petrovas ◽  
Joseph P. Casazza ◽  
Jason M. Brenchley ◽  
David A. Price ◽  
Emma Gostick ◽  
...  

Here, we report on the expression of programmed death (PD)-1 on human virus-specific CD8+ T cells and the effect of manipulating signaling through PD-1 on the survival, proliferation, and cytokine function of these cells. PD-1 expression was found to be low on naive CD8+ T cells and increased on memory CD8+ T cells according to antigen specificity. Memory CD8+ T cells specific for poorly controlled chronic persistent virus (HIV) more frequently expressed PD-1 than memory CD8+ T cells specific for well-controlled persistent virus (cytomegalovirus) or acute (vaccinia) viruses. PD-1 expression was independent of maturational markers on memory CD8+ T cells and was not directly associated with an inability to produce cytokines. Importantly, the level of PD-1 surface expression was the primary determinant of apoptosis sensitivity of virus-specific CD8+ T cells. Manipulation of PD-1 led to changes in the ability of the cells to survive and expand, which, over several days, affected the number of cells expressing cytokines. Therefore, PD-1 is a major regulator of apoptosis that can impact the frequency of antiviral T cells in chronic infections such as HIV, and could be manipulated to improve HIV-specific CD8+ T cell numbers, but possibly not all functions in vivo.


2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (21) ◽  
pp. 5145-5159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anju Singh ◽  
Anna Jatzek ◽  
Erin Hemmila Plisch ◽  
Rajini Srinivasan ◽  
John Svaren ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Induction of potent T-cell memory is the goal of vaccinations, but the molecular mechanisms that regulate the formation of memory CD8 T cells are not well understood. Despite the recognition that controls of cellular proliferation and apoptosis govern the number of memory T cells, the cell cycle regulatory mechanisms that control these key cellular processes in CD8 T cells during an immune response are poorly defined. Here, we have identified the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 as a critical regulator of the CD8 T-cell homeostasis at all phases of the T-cell response to an acute viral infection in mice. By acting as a timer for cell cycle exit, p27Kip1 curtailed the programmed expansion of interleukin-2-producing memory precursors and markedly limited the magnitude and quality of CD8 T-cell memory. In the absence of p27Kip1, CD8 T cells showed superior recall responses shortly after vaccination with recombinant Listeria monocytogenes. Additionally, we show that p27Kip1 constrains proliferative renewal of memory CD8 T cells, especially of the effector memory subset. These findings provide critical insights into the cell cycle regulation of CD8 T-cell homeostasis and suggest that modulation of p27Kip1 could bolster vaccine-induced T-cell memory and protective immunity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 213 (7) ◽  
pp. 1319-1329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin R. Renkema ◽  
June-Yong Lee ◽  
You Jeong Lee ◽  
Sara E. Hamilton ◽  
Kristin A. Hogquist ◽  
...  

Previous studies have revealed that a population of innate memory CD8+ T cells is generated in response to IL-4, first appearing in the thymus and bearing high expression levels of Eomesodermin (Eomes) but not T-bet. However, the antigen specificity and functional properties of these cells is poorly defined. In this study, we show that IL-4 regulates not only the frequency and function of innate memory CD8+ T cells, but also regulates Eomes expression levels and functional reactivity of naive CD8+ T cells. Lack of IL-4 responsiveness attenuates the capacity of CD8+ T cells to mount a robust response to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection, with both quantitative and qualitative effects on effector and memory antigen-specific CD8+ T cells. Unexpectedly, we found that, although numerically rare, memory phenotype CD8+ T cells in IL-4Rα–deficient mice exhibited enhanced reactivity after in vitro and in vivo stimulation. Importantly, our data revealed that these effects of IL-4 exposure occur before, not during, infection. Together, these data show that IL-4 influences the entire peripheral CD8+ T cell pool, influencing expression of T-box transcription factors, functional reactivity, and the capacity to respond to infection. These findings indicate that IL-4, a canonical Th2 cell cytokine, can sometimes promote rather than impair Th1 cell–type immune responses.


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