In situ vaccination with local radiation and intratumoral immunocytokine to elicit a tumor-specific memory B-cell response.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 69-69
Author(s):  
Claire Baniel ◽  
Jacquelyn A Hank ◽  
Emily I. Guy ◽  
Stephen D Gillies ◽  
Alan J. Korman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
B Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Humoral Response ◽  
T Cell Response ◽  
Complete Regression ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
Before And After ◽  
B Cell Response

69 Background: In a murine melanoma (MEL) model, we reported an in situ vaccination response to combined radiation (RT) and intra-tumor (IT) injection of anti-GD2 hu14.18-IL2 immunocytokine (IC). This treatment resulted in 71% complete regression of 5-week (~ 200mm3) tumors, a memory T cell response, and augmented response to systemic anti-CTLA-4 antibody (mAb) checkpoint blockade. We hypothesized that mice rendered disease-free (DF) by RT, IT-IC, and anti-CTLA-4 mAb might also exhibit a memory B cell response. Methods: C57BL/6 mice were implanted with 2x106 syngeneic, GD2+ B78 MEL cells and tumors developed for 5 weeks. Mice were treated with 12 Gy RT to this tumor followed by 5 daily IT injections of hu14.18-IL2 d6-10 after RT and IP injection of anti-CTLA-4 d3, 6, and 9 after RT. DF mice and naïve controls were challenged by subcutaneous implantation with 2x106 B78 MEL cells. Peripheral blood was collected from mice before and after B78 challenge and serum was evaluated for presence of tumor-specific mAbs using flow cytometry and ELISA. Results: Seventy-three percent of mice were rendered DF by treatment with RT, IT-hu14.18-IL2, and anti-CTLA-4. All of these (13/13) rejected a rechallange B78 implantation > 1 year later (range d378 – 511), whereas no naïve mice rejected B78 implantation (0/66). IgG from serum of DF mice bound selectively to B78 and parental GD2- B16 MEL cells and the level of this mAb response appeared to increase modestly d14 after B78 challenge. In naïve mice, a modest increase in tumor-specific mAb was identified between non-tumor implanted mice and d35 post-implantation mice (bearing tumors > 200mm3), however this level remained ~ 5 fold below that observed in DF mice prior to B78 rechallenge. In contrast, no appreciable mAb response was observed for unrelated syngeneic GD2+ Panc02 pancreatic tumor cells in serum of DF or naïve mice. Conclusions: We report an endogenous anti-tumor IgG humoral response in DF mice > 1 year after treatment with RT, IT-IC, and anti-CTLA-4 mAb, concurrent with demonstration of long lasting immune protection from re-challenge. Studies are underway to determine whether this response is involved in the therapeutic efficacy of this in situ vaccination regimen.

scholarly journals Specific memory B cell response in humans upon infection with highly pathogenic H7N7 avian influenza virus

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Westerhuis ◽  
Hinke ten Hulscher ◽  
Ronald Jacobi ◽  
Josine van Beek ◽  
Marion Koopmans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Virus ◽  
Avian Influenza ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Avian Influenza Virus ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
B Cell Response

scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific memory B cells express higher levels of T-bet and FcRL5 after non-severe COVID-19 as compared to severe disease

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0261656
Author(s):  
Raphael A. Reyes ◽  
Kathleen Clarke ◽  
S. Jake Gonzales ◽  
Angelene M. Cantwell ◽  
Rolando Garza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
B Cells ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Symptom Onset ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Memory B Cells ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
Specific Igg ◽  
B Cell Response

SARS-CoV-2 infection elicits a robust B cell response, resulting in the generation of long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells. Here, we aimed to determine the effect of COVID-19 severity on the memory B cell response and characterize changes in the memory B cell compartment between recovery and five months post-symptom onset. Using high-parameter spectral flow cytometry, we analyzed the phenotype of memory B cells with reactivity against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or the spike receptor binding domain (RBD) in recovered individuals who had been hospitalized with non-severe (n = 8) or severe (n = 5) COVID-19. One month after symptom onset, a substantial proportion of spike-specific IgG+ B cells showed an activated phenotype. In individuals who experienced non-severe disease, spike-specific IgG+ B cells showed increased expression of markers associated with durable B cell memory, including T-bet and FcRL5, as compared to individuals who experienced severe disease. While the frequency of T-bet+ spike-specific IgG+ B cells differed between the two groups, these cells predominantly showed an activated switched memory B cell phenotype in both groups. Five months post-symptom onset, the majority of spike-specific memory B cells had a resting phenotype and the percentage of spike-specific T-bet+ IgG+ memory B cells decreased to baseline levels. Collectively, our results highlight subtle differences in the B cells response after non-severe and severe COVID-19 and suggest that the memory B cell response elicited during non-severe COVID-19 may be of higher quality than the response after severe disease.

Rapid T Cell Response to Vaccination Can Occur without Antibody Response in Children Post HSCT.

Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 2235-2235
Author(s):  
W. Nicholas Haining ◽  
J. Evans ◽  
N. Seth ◽  
G. Callaway ◽  
K. Wucherpfennig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
T Cell Response ◽  
T Cell Memory ◽  
Cell Immunity ◽  
Before And After ◽  
B Cell Response

Abstract Vaccination is widely used to improve pathogen-specific immunity in patients post HSCT, but it is not known whether patients can mount an effective T cell response to vaccine antigens (vAg). Moreover the relationship between T and B cell response to vAg has not been studied. We hypothesized that a sufficiently sensitive assay of T cell response to vAg would allow vaccination to be used as a tool to measure immune recovery post HSCT and improve vaccine design. We therefore: (1) developed a flow-cytometry-based approach to quantify and characterize T cells specific for vAg; (2) validated it by measuring T cell immunity to influenza A in normal donors; and (3) characterized the T and B cell response to influenza vaccination in pediatric HSCT patients. PBMC were labeled with CFSE and stimulated in vitro with whole influenza Ag. Ag-specific T cells were sensitively detected by their proliferation (loss of CFSE fluorescence) and simultaneous expression of the activation marker HLA-DR. Proliferating/active T cells could be readily detected after stimulation with influenza A Ag in healthy adult (n=4) and pediatric (n=19) donors but were absent in control conditions. Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cell proliferation was detected in all donors but one, and in children as young as 6mo. Staining with MHC I- and MHC II-tetramers confirmed that the proliferating/active population contained T cells specific for immunodominant CD8+ and CD4+ epitopes, demonstrating that vAg were processed and presented to epitope-specific T cells. To characterize the phenotype of influenza-specific T cell memory, we separated memory and naive CD4+ cells prior to antigen-stimulation. Antigen-experienced (CD45RA−/CCR7−) but not naive (CD45RA+/CCR7+) T cells proliferated to vAg confirming that the assay detected pre-existing influenza-A-specific T cell memory. We next assessed Influenza-A-specific T cell immunity before and after influenza vaccination in five pediatric HSCT recipients (mean age 10.6y, range 5–15y; mean time from transplant 13m, range 3–21m). Prior to vaccination the CD4 proliferation to influenza-A was a mean of 3.3% (range 0.04–11%). Following vaccination CD4 proliferation increased significantly in all patients (mean 19.0%, range 6.9%–31.8%, p=0.02). This increase was specific as proliferation to control Ag was unchanged. Influenza-A CD8+ proliferation also increased in 3 of 5 patients but was not statistically significant for the group consistent with the limited efficacy of soluble vAg in inducing CD8+ T cell response. All patients had detectable influenza-A-specific IgG levels prior to vaccination but despite a T cell response to vaccination in all patients, none had a significant increase in IgG level following vaccination. Only one patient had an IgM response; this patient also had the highest influenza-A-specific CD4 proliferation before and after immunization suggesting that there may be a threshold of T cell response required for a B cell response. Using a novel assay we demonstrate that a T cell response to vaccination can occur without an accompanying B cell response. This assay provides a more sensitive measure of immunity to vaccination and allows vaccine response to be used as a benchmark of strategies to accelerate post-HSCT T cell reconstitution.

scholarly journals Rapid isolation and immune profiling of SARS-CoV-2 specific memory B cell in convalescent COVID-19 patients via LIBRA-seq

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing He ◽  
Shuning Liu ◽  
Yuanyuan Wang ◽  
Mengxin Xu ◽  
Wei Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
B Cells ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Antigen Specificity ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
B Cell Response

AbstractB cell response plays a critical role against SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, little is known about the diversity and frequency of the paired SARS-CoV-2 antigen-specific BCR repertoire after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing and VDJ sequencing using the memory and plasma B cells isolated from five convalescent COVID-19 patients, and analyzed the spectrum and transcriptional heterogeneity of antibody immune responses. Via linking BCR to antigen specificity through sequencing (LIBRA-seq), we identified a distinct activated memory B cell subgroup (CD11chighCD95high) had a higher proportion of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-labeled cells compared with memory B cells. Our results revealed the diversity of paired BCR repertoire and the non-stochastic pairing of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-specific immunoglobulin heavy and light chains after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The public antibody clonotypes were shared by distinct convalescent individuals. Moreover, several antibodies isolated by LIBRA-seq showed high binding affinity against SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) or nucleoprotein (NP) via ELISA assay. Two RBD-reactive antibodies C14646P3S and C2767P3S isolated by LIBRA-seq exhibited high neutralizing activities against both pseudotyped and authentic SARS-CoV-2 viruses in vitro. Our study provides fundamental insights into B cell response following SARS-CoV-2 infection at the single-cell level.

scholarly journals Publisher Correction: Specific memory B cell response in humans upon infection with highly pathogenic H7N7 avian influenza virus

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Westerhuis ◽  
Hinke ten Hulscher ◽  
Ronald Jacobi ◽  
Josine van Beek ◽  
Marion Koopmans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Virus ◽  
Avian Influenza ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Avian Influenza Virus ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
B Cell Response

scholarly journals The PRRSV-Specific Memory B Cell Response Is Long-Lived in Blood and Is Boosted During Live Virus Re-exposure

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Rahe ◽  
Cheryl M. T. Dvorak ◽  
Abby Patterson ◽  
Michael Roof ◽  
Michael P. Murtaugh
Keyword(s):  
B Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Live Virus ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
B Cell Response

scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific memory B cells express markers of durable immunity after non-severe COVID-19 but not after severe disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael Reyes ◽  
Kathleen Clarke ◽  
S. Jake Gonzales ◽  
Angelene M. Cantwell ◽  
Rolando Garza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
B Cells ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Symptom Onset ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Memory B Cells ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
Specific Igg ◽  
B Cell Response

SARS-CoV-2 infection elicits a robust B cell response, resulting in the generation of long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells. Here, we aimed to determine the effect of COVID-19 severity on the memory B cell response and characterize changes in the memory B cell compartment between recovery and five months post-symptom onset. Using high-parameter spectral flow cytometry, we analyzed the phenotype of memory B cells with reactivity against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or the spike receptor binding domain (RBD) in recovered individuals who had been hospitalized with non-severe (n=8) or severe (n=5) COVID-19. One month after symptom onset, a substantial proportion of spike-specific IgG+ B cells showed an activated phenotype. In individuals who experienced non-severe disease, spike-specific IgG+ B cells showed increased expression of markers associated with durable B cell memory, including T-bet, FcRL5, and CD11c, which was not observed after severe disease. Five months post-symptom onset, the majority of spike-specific memory B cells had a resting phenotype and the percentage of spike-specific T-bet+ IgG+ memory B cells decreased to baseline levels. Collectively, our results suggest that the memory B cell response elicited during non-severe COVID-19 may be of higher quality than the response after severe disease.

Inhibition of human antigen-specific memory B cell response in vitro by a diphtheria toxin-related interleukin 2 fusion protein

1991 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan P. Grailer ◽  
Jean C. Nichols ◽  
Terry B. Strom ◽  
Hans W. Sollinger ◽  
William J. Burlingham
Keyword(s):  
Fusion Protein ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Diphtheria Toxin ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Specific Memory ◽  
B Cell Response

scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 infection severity is linked to superior humoral immunity against the spike

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna J. Guthmiller ◽  
Olivia Stovicek ◽  
Jiaolong Wang ◽  
Siriruk Changrob ◽  
Lei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibody Response ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Cell Response ◽  
Nucleocapsid Protein ◽  
Antigen Specificity ◽  
Memory B Cell ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
B Cell Response

ABSTRACTSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently causing a global pandemic. The antigen specificity and kinetics of the antibody response mounted against this novel virus are not understood in detail. Here, we report that subjects with a more severe SARS-CoV-2 infection exhibit a larger antibody response against the spike and nucleocapsid protein and epitope spreading to subdominant viral antigens, such as open reading frame 8 and non-structural proteins. Subjects with a greater antibody response mounted a larger memory B cell response against the spike, but not the nucleocapsid protein. Additionally, we revealed that antibodies against the spike are still capable of binding the D614G spike mutant and cross-react with the SARS-CoV-1 receptor binding domain. Together, this study reveals that subjects with a more severe SARS-CoV-2 infection exhibit a greater overall antibody response to the spike and nucleocapsid protein and a larger memory B cell response against the spike.

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