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Sci Immunol ; 9(92): eadj9285, 2024 Sep 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38335268

ABSTRACT

Human infection challenge permits in-depth, early, and pre-symptomatic characterization of the immune response, enabling the identification of factors that are important for viral clearance. Here, we performed intranasal inoculation of 34 young adult, seronegative volunteers with a pre-Alpha severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strain. Of these participants, 18 (53%) became infected and showed an interferon-dominated mediator response with divergent kinetics between nasal and systemic sites. Peripheral CD4+ and CD8+ T cell activation and proliferation were early and robust but showed distinct kinetic and phenotypic profiles; antigen-specific T cells were largely CD38+Ki67+ and displayed central and effector memory phenotypes. Both mucosal and systemic antibodies became detectable around day 10, but nasal antibodies plateaued after day 14 while circulating antibodies continued to rise. Intensively granular measurements in nasal mucosa and blood allowed modeling of immune responses to primary SARS-CoV-2 infection that revealed CD8+ T cell responses and early mucosal IgA responses strongly associated with viral control, indicating that these mechanisms should be targeted for transmission-reducing intervention.


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COVID-19 , Humans , SARS-CoV-2 , Vaccination , CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes , Nasal Mucosa
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PLoS One ; 6(10): e24886, 2011.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22053177

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Merozoite Surface Protein 1 is expressed on the surface of malaria merozoites and is important for invasion of the malaria parasite into erythrocytes. MSP1-specific CD4 T cell responses and antibody can confer protective immunity in experimental models of malaria. In this study we explore the contributions of cathepsins D and E, two aspartic proteinases previously implicated in antigen processing, to generating MSP1 CD4 T-cell epitopes for presentation. The absence of cathepsin D, a late endosome/lysosomal enzyme, is associated with a reduced presentation of MSP1 both following in vitro processing of the epitope MSP1 from infected erythrocytes by bone marrow-derived dendritic cells, and following in vivo processing by splenic CD11c+ dendritic cells. By contrast, processing and presentation of the soluble recombinant protein fragment of MSP1 is unaffected by the absence of cathepsin D, but is inhibited when both cathepsin D and E are absent. The role of different proteinases in generating the CD4 T cell repertoire, therefore, depends on the context in which an antigen is introduced to the immune system.


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Antigen Presentation/immunology , Antigens, Protozoan/chemistry , Antigens, Protozoan/immunology , Cathepsin D/metabolism , Malaria/immunology , Merozoite Surface Protein 1/chemistry , Merozoite Surface Protein 1/immunology , Animals , Antibody Formation/drug effects , Antibody Formation/immunology , Antigen Presentation/drug effects , Bone Marrow Cells/cytology , Bone Marrow Cells/drug effects , Bone Marrow Cells/immunology , Cathepsin D/deficiency , Chimera/immunology , Dendritic Cells/drug effects , Dendritic Cells/immunology , Erythrocytes/drug effects , Erythrocytes/parasitology , Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology , Immunoglobulin G/immunology , Malaria/parasitology , Merozoites/drug effects , Merozoites/immunology , Mice , Parasitemia/immunology , Parasitemia/parasitology , Phenotype , Plasmodium chabaudi/drug effects , Plasmodium chabaudi/immunology , Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology , Spleen/drug effects , Spleen/immunology , Spleen/parasitology
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