Vaccine Strategy That Enhancesthe Protective Efficacy of Systemic Immunization by Establishing LungResident Memory CD8 T Cells Against Influenza Infection
- Author:
Hyun-Jung KONG
1
;
Youngwon CHOI
;
Eun-Ah KIM
;
Jun CHANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Immune Network 2023;23(4):e32-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Most influenza vaccines currently in use target the highly variable hemagglutinin protein to induce neutralizing antibodies and therefore require yearly reformulation. T cell-based universal influenza vaccines focus on eliciting broadly cross-reactive T-cell responses, especially the tissue-resident memory T cell (TRM ) population in the respiratory tract, providing superior protection to circulating memory T cells. This study demonstrated that intramuscular (i.m.) administration of the adenovirus-based vaccine expressing influenza virus nucleoprotein (rAd/NP) elicited weak CD8 TRM responses in the lungs and airways, and yielded poor protection against lethal influenza virus challenge. However, a novel “prime-and-deploy” strategy that combines i.m. vaccination of rAd/NP with subsequent intranasal administration of an empty adenovector induced strong NP-specific CD8+ TRM cells and provided complete protection against influenza virus challenge. Overall, our results demonstrate that this “prime-and-deploy” vaccination strategy is potentially applicable to the development of universal influenza vaccines.
