Critical role of TLR7 signaling in the priming of cross-protective Cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses by a whole inactivated influenza virus vaccine

Budimir, Natalija, de Haan, Aalzen, Meijerhof, Tjarko, Waijer, Simke, Boon, Louis, Gostick, Emma, Price, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9416-2737, Wilschut, Jan and Huckriede, Anke 2013. Critical role of TLR7 signaling in the priming of cross-protective Cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses by a whole inactivated influenza virus vaccine. PLoS ONE 8 (5) , e63163. 10.1371/journal.pone.0063163

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Abstract

Current influenza vaccines fail to induce protection against antigenically distinct virus strains. Accordingly, there is a need for the development of cross-protective vaccines. Previously, we and others have shown that vaccination with whole inactivated virus (WIV) induces cross-protective cellular immunity in mice. To probe the mechanistic basis for this finding, we investigated the role of TLR7, a receptor for single-stranded RNA, in induction of cross-protection. Vaccination of TLR72/ 2 mice with influenza WIV failed to protect against a lethal heterosubtypic challenge; in contrast, wild-type mice were fully protected. The lack of protection in TLR72/2 mice was associated with high viral load and a relative paucity of influenzaspecific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses. Dendritic cells (DCs) from TLR72/2 mice were unable to crosspresent WIV-derived antigen to influenza-specific CTLs in vitro. Similarly, TLR72/2 DCs failed to mature and become activated in response to WIV, as determined by the assessment of surface marker expression and cytokine production. Plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) derived from wild-type mice responded directly to WIV while purified conventional DCs (cDCs) did not respond to WIV in isolation, but were responsive in mixed pDC/cDC cultures. Depletion of pDCs prior to and during WIV immunization resulted in reduced numbers of influenza-specific CTLs and impaired protection from heterosubtypic challenge. Thus, TLR7 plays a critical role in the induction of cross-protective immunity upon vaccination with WIV. The initial target cells for WIV appear to be pDCs which by direct or indirect mechanisms promote activation of robust CTL responses against conserved influenza epitopes.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
ISSN:	1932-6203
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 April 2016
Date of Acceptance:	28 March 2013
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 08:33
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/88531

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