Pramod Shinde, Lisa Willemsen, Michael Anderson, Minori Aoki, Saonli Basu, Julie G Burel, Peng Cheng, Souradipto Ghosh Dastidar, Aidan Dunleavy, Tal Einav, Jamie Forschmiedt, Slim Fourati, Javier Garcia, William Gibson, Jason A Greenbaum, Leying Guan, Weikang Guan, Jeremy P Gygi, Brendan Ha, Joe Hou, Jason Hsiao, Yunda Huang, Rick Jansen, Bhargob Kakoty, Zhiyu Kang, James J Kobie, Mari Kojima, Anna Konstorum, Jiyeun Lee, Sloan A Lewis, Aixin Li, Eric F Lock, Jarjapu Mahita, Marcus Mendes, Hailong Meng, Aidan Neher, Somayeh Nili, Shelby Orfield, James Overton, Nidhi Pai, Cokie Parker, Brian Qian, Mikkel Rasmussen, Joaquin Reyna, Eve Richardson, Sandra Safo, Josey Sorenson, Aparna Srinivasan, Nicky Thrupp, Rashmi Tippalagama, Raphael Trevizani, Steffen Ventz, Jiuzhou Wang, Cheng-Chang Wu, Ferhat Ay, Barry Grant, Steven H Kleinstein, Bjoern Peters
{"title":"Putting computational models of immunity to the test - an invited challenge to predict B. pertussis vaccination outcomes","authors":"Pramod Shinde, Lisa Willemsen, Michael Anderson, Minori Aoki, Saonli Basu, Julie G Burel, Peng Cheng, Souradipto Ghosh Dastidar, Aidan Dunleavy, Tal Einav, Jamie Forschmiedt, Slim Fourati, Javier Garcia, William Gibson, Jason A Greenbaum, Leying Guan, Weikang Guan, Jeremy P Gygi, Brendan Ha, Joe Hou, Jason Hsiao, Yunda Huang, Rick Jansen, Bhargob Kakoty, Zhiyu Kang, James J Kobie, Mari Kojima, Anna Konstorum, Jiyeun Lee, Sloan A Lewis, Aixin Li, Eric F Lock, Jarjapu Mahita, Marcus Mendes, Hailong Meng, Aidan Neher, Somayeh Nili, Shelby Orfield, James Overton, Nidhi Pai, Cokie Parker, Brian Qian, Mikkel Rasmussen, Joaquin Reyna, Eve Richardson, Sandra Safo, Josey Sorenson, Aparna Srinivasan, Nicky Thrupp, Rashmi Tippalagama, Raphael Trevizani, Steffen Ventz, Jiuzhou Wang, Cheng-Chang Wu, Ferhat Ay, Barry Grant, Steven H Kleinstein, Bjoern Peters","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.04.611290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.04.611290","url":null,"abstract":"Systems vaccinology studies have been used to build computational models that predict individual vaccine responses and identify the factors contributing to differences in outcome. Comparing such models is challenging due to variability in study designs. To address this, we established a community resource to compare models predicting B. pertussis booster responses and generate experimental data for the explicit purpose of model evaluation. We here describe our second computational prediction challenge using this resource, where we benchmarked 49 algorithms from 53 scientists. We found that the most successful models stood out in their handling of nonlinearities, reducing large feature sets to representative subsets, and advanced data preprocessing. In contrast, we found that models adopted from literature that were developed to predict vaccine antibody responses in other settings performed poorly, reinforcing the need for purpose-built models. Overall, this demonstrates the value of purpose-generated datasets for rigorous and open model evaluations to identify features that improve the reliability and applicability of computational models in vaccine response prediction.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sean M Thomas, Laurisa M Ankley, Kayla N Conner, Alexander W Rapp, Abigail P McGee, Francois LeSage, Christopher D Tanner, Taryn E Vielma, Eleanor C Scheeres, Joshua J Obar, Andrew J Olive
{"title":"TGFβ primes alveolar-like macrophages to induce type I IFN following TLR2 activation","authors":"Sean M Thomas, Laurisa M Ankley, Kayla N Conner, Alexander W Rapp, Abigail P McGee, Francois LeSage, Christopher D Tanner, Taryn E Vielma, Eleanor C Scheeres, Joshua J Obar, Andrew J Olive","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.04.611226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.04.611226","url":null,"abstract":"Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are key mediators of lung function and are potential targets for therapies during respiratory infections. TGFβ is an important regulator of AM differentiation and maintenance, but how TGFβ directly modulates the innate immune responses of AMs remains unclear. This shortcoming prevents effective targeting of AMs to improve lung function in health and disease. Here we leveraged an optimized ex vivo AM model system, fetal-liver derived alveolar-like macrophages (FLAMs), to dissect the role of TGFβ in AMs. Using transcriptional analysis, we first globally defined how TGFβ regulates gene expression of resting FLAMs. We found that TGFβ maintains the baseline metabolic state of AMs by driving lipid metabolism through oxidative phosphorylation and restricting inflammation. To better understand inflammatory regulation in FLAMs, we next directly tested how TGFβ alters the response to TLR2 agonists. While both TGFβ (+) and TGFβ (-) FLAMs robustly responded to TLR2 agonists, we found an unexpected activation of type I interferon (IFN) responses in FLAMs and primary AMs in a TGFβ-dependent manner. Surprisingly, mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein and the interferon regulator factors 3 and 7 were required for IFN production by TLR2 agonists. Together, these data suggest that TGFβ modulates AM metabolic networks and innate immune signaling cascades to control inflammatory pathways in AMs.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Getahun Abate, Krystal A Meza, Chase Colbert, Christopher S Eickhoff
{"title":"Immunity against Mycobacterium avium induced by DAR-901 and BCG","authors":"Getahun Abate, Krystal A Meza, Chase Colbert, Christopher S Eickhoff","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.03.611096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.03.611096","url":null,"abstract":"The prevalence of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing in Europe and North America. Most pulmonary NTM are caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). The treatment of pulmonary MAC is suboptimal with failure rates ranging from 30% to 40% and there is a need to develop new vaccines. In this study, we tested the ability of two whole cell vaccines, DAR-901 (heat killed M. obuense) and BCG (live attenuated M. bovis), to induce MAC cross-reactive immunity by first immunizing BALB/c mice and then performing IFN-gamma ELISPOT assay after overnight stimulation of splenocytes with live MAC. To study the ability of these vaccines to protect against MAC infection, BALB/c mice were vaccinated with DAR-901 (intradermal) or BCG (subcutaneous or intranasal) and challenged with aerosolized MAC 4 weeks later. Some mice vaccinated with BCG were treated with clarithromycin via gavage. Lung CFU in immunized mice and unvaccinated controls were quantified 4 weeks after infection. Our results showed that i) DAR-901 induced cross-reactive immunity to MAC and the level of MAC cross-reactive immunity was similar to the level of immunity induced by BCG, ii) DAR-901 and BCG protect against aerosol MAC, iii) mucosal BCG vaccination provided the best protection against MAC challenge, and iv) BCG vaccination did not interfere with anti-MAC activities of clarithromycin.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin L Allsup, Supriya J Gharpure, Bryan D Bryson
{"title":"Proximity labeling defines the phagosome lumen proteome of murine and primary human macrophages","authors":"Benjamin L Allsup, Supriya J Gharpure, Bryan D Bryson","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.04.611277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.04.611277","url":null,"abstract":"Proteomic analyses of the phagosome has significantly improved our understanding of the proteins which contribute to critical phagosome functions such as apoptotic cell clearance and microbial killing. However, previous methods of isolating phagosomes for proteomic analysis have relied on cell fractionation with some intrinsic limitations. Here, we present an alternative and modular proximity-labeling based strategy for mass spectrometry proteomic analysis of the phagosome lumen, termed PhagoID. We optimize proximity labeling in the phagosome and apply PhagoID to immortalized murine macrophages as well as primary human macrophages. Analysis of proteins detected by PhagoID in murine macrophages demonstrate that PhagoID corroborates previous proteomic studies, but also nominates novel proteins with unexpected residence at the phagosome for further study. A direct comparison between the proteins detected by PhagoID between mouse and human macrophages further reveals that human macrophage phagosomes have an increased abundance of proteins involved in the oxidative burst and antigen presentation. Our study develops and benchmarks a new approach to measure the protein composition of the phagosome and validates a subset of these findings, ultimately using PhagoID to grant further insight into the core constituent proteins and species differences at the phagosome lumen.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paired C-type lectin receptors mediate specific recognition of divergent oomycete pathogens in C. elegans.","authors":"Kenneth Liu, Manish Grover, Franziska Trusch, Christina Vagena-Pantoula, Domenica Ippolito, Michalis Barkoulas","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.05.611528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.05.611528","url":null,"abstract":"Innate immune responses can be initiated through the detection of pathogen or damage-associated molecular patterns by host receptors that are often present on the surface of immune cells. While certain invertebrates like Caenorhabditis elegans lack professional immune cells, they still respond to infection in a pathogen-specific manner. It has been debated for years whether homologues of the canonical pathogen recognition receptors are also functioning in the nematode. Here we show that C-type lectin receptors mediate species-specific recognition of divergent oomycetes in C. elegans. A CLEC-27/CLEC-35 pair is essential for recognition of the oomycete Myzocytiopsis humicola, while a CLEC-26/CLEC-36 pair is required for detection of Haptoglossa zoospora. Both clec pairs are transcriptionally regulated through a shared promoter by the conserved PRD-like homeodomain transcription factor CEH-37/OTX2 and act in sensory neurons and the anterior intestine to trigger a protective immune response in the epidermis. This system enables redundant tissue sensing of oomycete threats through canonical CLEC receptors and host defense via cross-tissue communication.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan Westfall, Maria E Gentile, Tayla M Olsen, Danielle Karo-Atar, Andrei Bogza, Franziska Roestel, Ryan Pardy, Giordano Mandato, Ghislaine Fontes, DeBroski Herbert, Heather J Melichar, Valerie Abadie, Martin Richer, Donald C Vinh, Joshua FE Koenig, Oliver J Harrison, Maziar J Divangahi, Sebastian Weis, Alex Gregorieff, Irah L King
{"title":"A type 1 immune-stromal cell network mediates disease tolerance and barrier protection against intestinal infection","authors":"Susan Westfall, Maria E Gentile, Tayla M Olsen, Danielle Karo-Atar, Andrei Bogza, Franziska Roestel, Ryan Pardy, Giordano Mandato, Ghislaine Fontes, DeBroski Herbert, Heather J Melichar, Valerie Abadie, Martin Richer, Donald C Vinh, Joshua FE Koenig, Oliver J Harrison, Maziar J Divangahi, Sebastian Weis, Alex Gregorieff, Irah L King","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.04.611190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.04.611190","url":null,"abstract":"Type 1 immunity mediates host defense through pathogen elimination, but whether this pathway also impacts tissue function is unknown. Here we demonstrate that rapid induction of IFNg signaling coordinates a multi-cellular response that is critical to limit tissue damage and maintain gut motility following infection of mice with a tissue-invasive helminth. IFNg production is initiated by antigen-independent activation of lamina propria CD8+ T cells following MyD88-dependent recognition of the microbiota during helminth-induced barrier invasion. IFNg acted directly on intestinal stromal cells to recruit neutrophils that limited parasite-induced tissue injury. IFNg sensing also limited the expansion of smooth muscle actin-expressing cells to prevent pathological gut dysmotility. Importantly, this tissue-protective response had limited impact on parasite burden, indicating that IFNg supports a disease tolerance defense strategy. Our results have important implications for managing the pathophysiological sequelae of post-infectious gut dysfunction and chronic inflammatory diseases associated with stromal remodelling.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James T Gordy, Jean J Zheng, Amanda R Maxwell, Alannah D Taylor, Styliani Karanika, Rowan E Bates, Heemee Ton, Jacob Meza, Yangchen Li, Jiaqi Zhang, Petros C Karakousis, Richard B Markham
{"title":"MIP3α-RelMtb intranasal DNA vaccination induces reactive T-cell infiltration into the lungs in mice and macaques","authors":"James T Gordy, Jean J Zheng, Amanda R Maxwell, Alannah D Taylor, Styliani Karanika, Rowan E Bates, Heemee Ton, Jacob Meza, Yangchen Li, Jiaqi Zhang, Petros C Karakousis, Richard B Markham","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.04.611263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.04.611263","url":null,"abstract":"Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is the leading cause of mortality due to a single infectious organism. While generally curable, TB requires a lengthy and complex antibiotic regimen, due in large part to bacteria that can shift to a persistent state in the presence of antibiotic pressure. RelMtb is the primary enzyme regulating the stringent response, which contributes to the metabolic shift of Mtb to a persistent state. Targeting RelMtb with a vaccine to eliminate persistent bacteria through the induction of RelMtb-specific T-cell immunity in combination with antibiotics to kill dividing bacteria has shown promise in model systems. In a mouse model of Mtb infection, a vaccine created by genetically fusing relMtb to the chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein 3α (MIP3α), a ligand for the CC chemokine receptor type 6 (CCR6) present on immature dendritic cells, has been shown to enhance T-cell responses and accelerate eradication of infection in mouse models compared to a vaccine lacking the chemokine component. In this study, immunogenicity studies in the mouse and rhesus macaque models provide evidence that intranasal administrations of the DNA form of the MipRel vaccine led to enhanced lung infiltration of T cells after a series of immunizations. Furthermore, despite similar T-cell immunity seen in PBMCs between MipRel and Rel vaccinations, lung and bronchoalveolar lavage cell samples are more enriched for cytokine-secreting T cells in MipRel groups compared to Rel groups. We conclude that intranasal immunization with a MIP-3α fusion vaccine represents a novel strategy for use of a simple DNA vaccine formulation to elicit T-cell immune responses within the respiratory tract. That this formulation is immunogenic in a non-human primate model historically viewed as poorly responsive to DNA vaccines indicates the potential for clinical application in the treatment of Mtb infection, with possible application to other respiratory pathogens. Future studies will further characterize the protective effect of this vaccination platform.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khyati Girdhar, Keiichiro Mine, Jeffrey M DaCosta, Mark A Atkinson, Johnny Ludvigsson, Emrah Altindis
{"title":"Sex-Specific Cytokine, Chemokine, and Growth Factor Signatures in T1D Patients and Progressors","authors":"Khyati Girdhar, Keiichiro Mine, Jeffrey M DaCosta, Mark A Atkinson, Johnny Ludvigsson, Emrah Altindis","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.05.611513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.05.611513","url":null,"abstract":"While studies have reported altered levels of cytokines in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients, the results are inconsistent, likely because of variable factors. This study tests the hypothesis that there are sex-based differences in cytokine levels in T1D, prior to and after disease onset. We analyzed 48 blood cytokine, chemokine, and growth factor levels using a multiplex assay. We found only two cytokines, M-CSF and IL-6, with significant differences between T1D patients (n=25) versus controls overall (n=25). However, we identified notable alterations when comparing sex-age-matched controls and T1D samples. Inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1a), Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-13), and chemokines (MIP-1α, RANTES, MIP-3) were lower in female T1D patients compared to female controls, but not in males. IL-22 was lower in female T1D patients compared to female controls, while it was higher in male T1D patients compared to male controls. In contrast, growth factors (EGF, PDGF-AB/BB) were higher in male T1D patients compared to male controls. In T1D progressors (children who developed the disease years after the sample collection, n=16-21), GROa was lower compared to controls in both sexes. Our findings underscore the importance of understanding sex-specific differences in T1D pathogenesis and their implications for developing personalized treatments.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"264 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob Bridge, Matthew J Johnson, Jihyun Kim, Sophia Wenthe, Joshua Krueger, Bryce Wick, Mitchell Kluesner, Andrew T Crane, Jason Bell, Joseph G Skeate, Branden S Moriarity, Beau R Webber
{"title":"Efficient multiplex non-viral engineering and expansion of polyclonal γδ CAR-T cells for immunotherapy","authors":"Jacob Bridge, Matthew J Johnson, Jihyun Kim, Sophia Wenthe, Joshua Krueger, Bryce Wick, Mitchell Kluesner, Andrew T Crane, Jason Bell, Joseph G Skeate, Branden S Moriarity, Beau R Webber","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.03.611042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.03.611042","url":null,"abstract":"Gamma delta (γδ) T cells are defined by their unique ability to recognize a limited repertoire of non-peptide, non-MHC-associated antigens on transformed and pathogen-infected cells. In addition to their lack of alloreactivity, γδ T cells exhibit properties distinct from other lymphocyte subsets, prompting significant interest in their development as an off-the-shelf cellular immunotherapeutic. However, their low abundance in circulation, heterogeneity, limited methods for ex vivo expansion, and under-developed methodologies for genetic modification have hindered basic study and clinical application of γδ T cells. Here, we implement a feeder-free, scalable approach for ex vivo manufacture of polyclonal, non-virally modified, gene edited chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-γδ T cells in support of therapeutic application. Engineered CAR-γδ T cells demonstrate high function in vitro and and in vivo. Longitudinal in vivo pharmacokinetic profiling of adoptively transferred polyclonal CAR-γδ T cells uncover subset-specific responses to IL-15 cytokine armoring and multiplex base editing. Our results present a robust platform for genetic modification of polyclonal CAR-γδ T cells and present unique opportunities to further define synergy and the contribution of discrete, engineered CAR-γδ T cell subsets to therapeutic efficacy in vivo.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Styliani Karanika, Tianyin Wang, Addis Yilma, Jennie Ruelas Castillo, James T. Gordy, Hannah Bailey, Darla Quijada, Kaitlyn Fessler, Rokeya Tasneen, Elisa M. Rouse Salcido, Harley Harris, Rowan E. Bates, Heeme Ton, Jacob Meza, Yangchen Li, Alannah D. Taylor, Jean J. Zhenq, Jiaqi Zhang, J David Peske, Theodoros Karantanos, Amanda R. Maxwell, Eric Nuermberger, Richard B. Markham, Petros C. Karakousis
{"title":"Therapeutic DNA Vaccine Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Persisters Shortens Curative Tuberculosis Treatment","authors":"Styliani Karanika, Tianyin Wang, Addis Yilma, Jennie Ruelas Castillo, James T. Gordy, Hannah Bailey, Darla Quijada, Kaitlyn Fessler, Rokeya Tasneen, Elisa M. Rouse Salcido, Harley Harris, Rowan E. Bates, Heeme Ton, Jacob Meza, Yangchen Li, Alannah D. Taylor, Jean J. Zhenq, Jiaqi Zhang, J David Peske, Theodoros Karantanos, Amanda R. Maxwell, Eric Nuermberger, Richard B. Markham, Petros C. Karakousis","doi":"10.1101/2024.09.03.611055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.03.611055","url":null,"abstract":"Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the leading infectious causes of death worldwide. There is no available licensed therapeutic vaccine that shortens active tuberculosis (TB) disease drug treatment and prevents relapse, despite the World Health Organization's calls. Here, we show that an intranasal DNA vaccine containing a fusion of the stringent response relMtb gene with the gene encoding the immature dendritic cell-targeting chemokine, MIP-3α/CCL20, shortens the duration of curative TB treatment in immunocompetent mice. Compared to the first-line regimen for drug-susceptible TB alone, our novel adjunctive vaccine induced greater RelMtb-specific T-cell responses associated with optimal TB control in spleen, blood, lungs, mediastinal lymph nodes, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. These responses were sustained, if not augmented, over time. It also triggered more effective dendritic cell recruitment, activation, and colocalization with T cells, implying enhanced crosstalk between innate and adaptive immunity. Moreover, it potentiated a 6-month TB drug-resistant regimen, rendering it effective across treatment regimens, and also showed promising results in CD4+ knockout mice, perhaps due to enhanced Rel-specific CD8+ T-cell responses. Notably, our novel fusion vaccine was also immunogenic in nonhuman primates, the gold standard animal model for TB vaccine studies, eliciting antigen-specific T-cell responses in blood and BAL fluid analogous to those observed in protected mice. Our findings have critical implications for therapeutic TB vaccine clinical development in immunocompetent and immunocompromised populations and may serve as a model for defining immunological correlates of therapeutic vaccine-induced protection.","PeriodicalId":501182,"journal":{"name":"bioRxiv - Immunology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142211319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}