A research team has gained new insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity utilizing single-cell RNA sequencing and metabolic profiling techniques. Though numerous vaccines induce and amplify T cells, a critical part of the body's adaptive immune system, there is still an information gap regarding what determines the magnitude, diversity and persistence of that response.
This study, published in Nature Communications utilized samples from a Phase 1 clinical trial for TAK-003, a live-attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine.
Dengue virus, present in four distinct serotypes, infects up to 280-500 million individuals yearly around the world. Though many recover quickly from dengue infection, approximately 500,000 develop severe dengue disease, a condition with an approximately 2.5% mortality rate. Dengue is of particular concern for deploying Service Members, and the development of effective countermeasures to prevent dengue infection is a priority for the Department of Defense.
In cases where a patient experiences dengue infection from one serotype and is then re-infected with a distinct dengue serotype, the likelihood of developing severe disease increases significantly. This complicates development of a dengue vaccine, which needs to induce a protective response against all four serotypes and ensure that severe dengue is not induced as a result of the vaccine. A robust T cell response is considered a vital part of immunity to dengue and other viral diseases.
The TAK-003 vaccine, developed to protect against all four serotypes, has been shown to be safe and immunogenic in small animal models and non-human primates. In this study, techniques such as single-cell transcriptomic analysis, or the analysis of the RNA present within a cell, combined with more standard means of cellular immune monitoring shed significant light into the regulation, gene expression and metabolic pathways of T cells. Particularly notable was the discovery of a marker, transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1), to identify the differentiation potential of CD8+ cells, suggesting that T cell immunity is dependent on the availability of specific metabolites.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11634-7
The mechanism of dengue vaccine-induced T cell immunity
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