https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/637159
標題: | TLR9 and STING agonists cooperatively boost the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 RBD vaccine through an increased germinal center B cell response and reshaped T helper responses | 作者: | Yang, Jing-Xing Tseng, Jen-Chih Tien, Chih-Feng Lee, Chia-Yin Liu, Yi-Ling Lin, Jhe-Jhih Tsai, Pei-Ju Liao, Hung-Chun Liu, Shih-Jen Su, Yu-Wen LI-CHUNG HSU Chen, Jen-Kun Huang, Ming-Hsi Yu, Guann-Yi Chuang, Tsung-Hsien |
關鍵字: | Adjuvant; CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide; Cyclic dinucleotide; SARS-CoV-2; Stimulator of interferon genes; Toll-like receptor; Vaccine. | 公開日期: | 2023 | 卷: | 19 | 期: | 9 | 起(迄)頁: | 2897 | 來源出版物: | International journal of biological sciences | 摘要: | Vaccines are a powerful medical intervention for preventing epidemic diseases. Efficient inactivated or protein vaccines typically rely on an effective adjuvant to elicit an immune response and boost vaccine activity. In this study, we investigated the adjuvant activities of combinations of Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) and stimulator of interferon genes (STING) agonists in a SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain protein vaccine. Adjuvants formulated with a TLR9 agonist, CpG-2722, with various cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) that are STING agonists increased germinal center B cell response and elicited humoral immune responses in immunized mice. An adjuvant containing CpG-2722 and 2'3'-c-di-AM(PS)2 effectively boosted the immune response to both intramuscularly and intranasally administrated vaccines. Vaccines adjuvanted with CpG-2722 or 2'3'-c-di-AM(PS)2 alone were capable of inducing an immune response, but a cooperative adjuvant effect was observed when both were combined. CpG-2722 induced antigen-dependent T helper (Th)1 and Th17 responses, while 2'3'-c-di-AM(PS)2 induced a Th2 response. The combination of CpG-2722 and 2'3'-c-di-AM(PS)2 generated a distinct antigen-dependent Th response profile characterized by higher Th1 and Th17, but lower Th2 responses. In dendritic cells, CpG-2722 and 2'3'-c-di-AM(PS)2 showed a cooperative effect on inducing expression of molecules critical for T cell activation. CpG-2722 and 2'3'-c-di-AM(PS)2 have distinct cytokine inducing profiles in different cell populations. The combination of these two agonists enhanced the expression of cytokines for Th1 and Th17 responses and suppressed the expression of cytokines for Th2 response in these cells. Thus, the antigen-dependent Th responses observed in the animals immunized with different vaccines were shaped by the antigen-independent cytokine-inducing profiles of their adjuvant. The expanded targeting cell populations, the increased germinal center B cell response, and reshaped T helper responses are the molecular bases for the cooperative adjuvant effect of the combination of TLR9 and STING agonists. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/637159 | ISSN: | 14492288 | DOI: | 10.7150/ijbs.81210 |
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