TY - JOUR
T1 - Route of self-amplifying mRNA vaccination modulates the establishment of pulmonary resident memory CD8 and CD4 T cells
AU - Künzli, Marco
AU - O’Flanagan, Stephen D.
AU - LaRue, Madeleine
AU - Talukder, Poulami
AU - Dileepan, Thamotharampillai
AU - Stolley, J. Michael
AU - Soerens, Andrew G.
AU - Quarnstrom, Clare F.
AU - Wijeyesinghe, Sathi
AU - Ye, Yanqi
AU - McPartlan, Justine S.
AU - Mitchell, Jason S.
AU - Mandl, Christian W.
AU - Vile, Richard
AU - Jenkins, Marc K.
AU - Ahmed, Rafi
AU - Vezys, Vaiva
AU - Chahal, Jasdave S.
AU - Masopust, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Respiratory tract resident memory T cells (TRM), typically generated by local vaccination or infection, can accelerate control of pulmonary infections that evade neutralizing antibody. It is unknown whether mRNA vaccination establishes respiratory TRM. We generated a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine encoding the influenza A virus nucleoprotein that is encapsulated in modified dendron–based nanoparticles. Here, we report how routes of immunization in mice, including contralateral versus ipsilateral intramuscular boosts, or intravenous and intranasal routes, influenced influenza-specific cell–mediated and humoral immunity. Parabiotic surgeries revealed that intramuscular immunization was sufficient to establish CD8 TRM in the lung and draining lymph nodes. Contralateral, compared with ipsilateral, intramuscular boosting broadened the distribution of lymph node TRM and T follicular helper cells but slightly diminished resulting levels of serum antibody. Intranasal mRNA delivery established modest circulating CD8 and CD4 T cell memory but augmented distribution to the respiratory mucosa. Combining intramuscular immunizations with an intranasal mRNA boost achieved high levels of both circulating T cell memory and lung TRM. Thus, routes of mRNA vaccination influence humoral and cell-mediated immunity, and intramuscular prime-boosting establishes lung TRM that can be further expanded by an additional intranasal immunization.
AB - Respiratory tract resident memory T cells (TRM), typically generated by local vaccination or infection, can accelerate control of pulmonary infections that evade neutralizing antibody. It is unknown whether mRNA vaccination establishes respiratory TRM. We generated a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine encoding the influenza A virus nucleoprotein that is encapsulated in modified dendron–based nanoparticles. Here, we report how routes of immunization in mice, including contralateral versus ipsilateral intramuscular boosts, or intravenous and intranasal routes, influenced influenza-specific cell–mediated and humoral immunity. Parabiotic surgeries revealed that intramuscular immunization was sufficient to establish CD8 TRM in the lung and draining lymph nodes. Contralateral, compared with ipsilateral, intramuscular boosting broadened the distribution of lymph node TRM and T follicular helper cells but slightly diminished resulting levels of serum antibody. Intranasal mRNA delivery established modest circulating CD8 and CD4 T cell memory but augmented distribution to the respiratory mucosa. Combining intramuscular immunizations with an intranasal mRNA boost achieved high levels of both circulating T cell memory and lung TRM. Thus, routes of mRNA vaccination influence humoral and cell-mediated immunity, and intramuscular prime-boosting establishes lung TRM that can be further expanded by an additional intranasal immunization.
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U2 - 10.1126/SCIIMMUNOL.ADD3075
DO - 10.1126/SCIIMMUNOL.ADD3075
M3 - Article
C2 - 36459542
AN - SCOPUS:85143336126
SN - 2470-9468
VL - 7
JO - Science Immunology
JF - Science Immunology
IS - 78
M1 - eadd3075
ER -