Modulation of the CD4+ T cell response after acellular pertussis vaccination in the presence of TLR4 ligation

Autor: Brummelman, Jolanda, Helm, Kina, Hamstra, Hendrik-Jan, van der Ley, Peter, Boog, Claire J P, Han, Wanda G H, van Els, Cécile A C M, LS Immunologie, dI&I RA-I&I I&I, Infection & Immunity, Risk Assessment
Přispěvatelé: LS Immunologie, dI&I RA-I&I I&I, Infection & Immunity, Risk Assessment
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Vaccine, 33(12), 1483. Elsevier
ISSN: 0264-410X
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.063
Popis: Whole cell pertussis (wP) vaccines are gradually being replaced by aluminum salt-adjuvanted acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines. These promote CD4(+) T cell responses with a non-protective Th2 component, while protective immune mechanisms to B. pertussis may rather involve long-lived Th1/Th17 type CD4(+) T cells. Here we asked whether addition of a non-toxic meningococcal LPS derivative, LpxL1, as adjuvant can favorably modulate the aP-induced pertussis-specific CD4(+) T cell response in mice. To assess the effect of TLR4 ligation, Th type, quantity, and memory potential of pertussis-specific CD4(+) T cells were determined at the single-cell level after aP and aP+LpxL1 vaccination using intracellular cytokine staining and MHC class II tetramers. Adding LpxL1 to the aP vaccine weakened the Th2 component and strengthened the Th1/Th17 component of the specific CD4(+) T cell response. Notably, LpxL1 addition also induced higher frequencies of tetramer positive CD4(+) T cells in draining lymph nodes or blood, depending on the phase after vaccination. Moreover, there was a net profit in the number of CD4(+) T cells with a central memory phenotype, preferred for long-term immunity. Thus, adding a TLR4 ligand as adjuvant to a current aP vaccine was associated with a more favorable pertussis-specific CD4(+) T cell response.
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