应用基于价态的免疫选择来产生广泛交叉反应性的抗流感血凝素抗体。
Applying valency-based immuno-selection to generate broadly cross-reactive antibodies against influenza hemagglutinins.
机构信息
K.G. Jebsen Centre for Influenza Vaccine Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Institute of Immunology (IMM), University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
出版信息
Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 12;15(1):850. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44889-w.
Conserved epitopes shared between virus subtypes are often subdominant, making it difficult to induce broadly reactive antibodies by immunization. Here, we generate a plasmid DNA mix vaccine that encodes protein heterodimers with sixteen different influenza A virus hemagglutinins (HA) representing all HA subtypes except H1 (group 1) and H7 (group 2). Each single heterodimer expresses two different HA subtypes and is targeted to MHC class II on antigen presenting cells (APC). Female mice immunized with the plasmid mix produce antibodies not only against the 16 HA subtypes, but also against non-included H1 and H7. We demonstrate that individual antibody molecules cross-react between different HAs. Furthermore, the mix vaccine induces T cell responses to conserved HA epitopes. Immunized mice are partially protected against H1 viruses. The results show that application of valency-based immuno-selection to diversified antigens can be used to direct antibody responses towards conserved (subdominant) epitopes on viral antigens.
病毒亚型之间共享的保守表位通常是次要的,因此通过免疫接种很难诱导广泛反应性的抗体。在这里,我们生成了一种质粒 DNA 混合疫苗,该疫苗编码具有十六种不同甲型流感病毒血凝素(HA)的蛋白异源二聚体,代表除 H1(第 1 组)和 H7(第 2 组)之外的所有 HA 亚型。每个单一的异源二聚体表达两种不同的 HA 亚型,并针对主要组织相容性复合体 II (MHC II)在抗原呈递细胞(APC)上靶向。用质粒混合物免疫的雌性小鼠不仅产生针对 16 种 HA 亚型的抗体,还产生针对未包含的 H1 和 H7 的抗体。我们证明了单个抗体分子在不同的 HA 之间发生交叉反应。此外,混合疫苗诱导针对保守 HA 表位的 T 细胞反应。免疫接种的小鼠对 H1 病毒有部分保护作用。结果表明,基于价的免疫选择应用于多样化的抗原可以用于将抗体反应引导至病毒抗原上的保守(次要)表位。