Investigating the role for IL-21 in rabies virus vaccine-induced immunity.
Investigating the role for IL-21 in rabies virus vaccine-induced immunity.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0002129
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
McGettigan JP
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作者:
Dorfmeier CL;Tzvetkov EP;Gatt A;McGettigan JP
Over two-thirds of the world's population lives in regions where rabies is endemic, resulting in over 15 million people receiving multi-dose post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and over 55,000 deaths per year globally. A major goal in rabies virus (RABV) research is to develop a single-dose PEP that would simplify vaccination protocols, reduce costs associated with RABV prevention, and save lives. Protection against RABV infections requires virus neutralizing antibodies; however, factors influencing the development of protective RABV-specific B cell responses remain to be elucidated. Here we used a mouse model of IL-21 receptor-deficiency (IL-21R−/−) to characterize the role for IL-21 in RABV vaccine-induced immunity. IL-21R−/− mice immunized with a low dose of a live recombinant RABV-based vaccine (rRABV) produced only low levels of primary or secondary anti-RABV antibody response while wild-type mice developed potent anti-RABV antibodies. Furthermore, IL-21R−/− mice immunized with low-dose rRABV were only minimally protected against pathogenic RABV challenge, while all wild-type mice survived challenge, indicating that IL-21R signaling is required for antibody production in response to low-dose RABV-based vaccination. IL-21R−/− mice immunized with a higher dose of vaccine produced suboptimal anti-RABV primary antibody responses, but showed potent secondary antibodies and protection similar to wild-type mice upon challenge with pathogenic RABV, indicating that IL-21 is dispensable for secondary antibody responses to live RABV-based vaccines when a primary response develops. Furthermore, we show that IL-21 is dispensable for the generation of Tfh cells and memory B cells in the draining lymph nodes of immunized mice but is required for the detection of optimal GC B cells or plasma cells in the lymph node or bone marrow, respectively, in a vaccine dose-dependent manner. Collectively, our preliminary data show that IL-21 is critical for the development of optimal vaccine-induced primary but not secondary antibody responses against RABV infections. Over two-thirds of the world's population lives in regions where rabies is endemic, resulting in over 15 million people receiving post-exposure treatment. A person, disproportionately a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes and the cost of rabies prevention exceeds $1 billion US dollars per year. The development of a single-dose human rabies vaccine would greatly reduce the burden of rabies globally by lowering the cost associated with rabies vaccination and saving lives. Understanding how B cells develop to produce protective virus neutralizing antibodies would greatly help to achieve the goal of developing a single-dose vaccine. In this report, we show that IL-21 is critical for the induction of primary vaccine-induced anti-RABV G antibody titers and that the effects of IL-21 are highly dependent on the dose of vaccine administered. In our model of rabies immunogenicity and protection, the lack of IL-21 receptor influenced the detection of B cells in germinal centers in lymph nodes or of plasma cells in bone marrow after immunization with low or high doses of vaccine, respectively. Overall, these preliminary results indicate that IL-21 has the potential to influence B cell development and functions in the context of rabies vaccine-induced immunity and protection.
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影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Jackson, Alan C.
通讯作者:
Jackson, Alan C.
DOI:
10.1084/jem.20102065
发表时间:
2011-07-04
期刊:
The Journal of experimental medicine
影响因子:
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作者:
Lee SK;Rigby RJ;Zotos D;Tsai LM;Kawamoto S;Marshall JL;Ramiscal RR;Chan TD;Gatto D;Brink R;Yu D;Fagarasan S;Tarlinton DM;Cunningham AF;Vinuesa CG
通讯作者:
Vinuesa CG
DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.1001703
发表时间:
2010-11-15
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
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作者:
King IL;Mohrs K;Mohrs M
通讯作者:
Mohrs M
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Holm, C;Nyvold, CG;Hokland, M
通讯作者:
Hokland, M
影响因子:
2.2
作者:
BUNSCHOTEN H;DIETZSCHOLD B;OSTERHAUS A
通讯作者:
OSTERHAUS A