PO and ID BCG vaccination in humans induce distinct mucosal and systemic immune responses and CD4 + T cell transcriptomal molecular signatures

D. F. Hoft, M. Xia, G. L. Zhang, A. Blazevic, J. Tennant, C. Kaplan, G. Matuschak, T. J. Dube, H. Hill, L. S. Schlesinger, P. L. Andersen, V. Brusic

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Abstract

Protective efficacy of Bacillus Calmette-Gué rin (BCG) may be affected by the methods and routes of vaccine administration. We have studied the safety and immunogenicity of oral (PO) and/or intradermal (ID) administration of BCG in healthy human subjects. No major safety concerns were detected in the 68 healthy adults vaccinated with PO and/or ID BCG. Although both PO and ID BCG could induce systemic Th1 responses capable of IFN-γ production, ID BCG more strongly induced systemic Th1 responses. In contrast, stronger mucosal responses (TB-specific secretory IgA and bronchoalveolar lavage T cells) were induced by PO BCG vaccination. To generate preliminary data comparing the early gene signatures induced by mucosal and systemic BCG vaccination, CD4+ memory T cells were isolated from subsets of BCG vaccinated subjects pre- (Day 0) and post-vaccination (Days 7 and 56), rested or stimulated with BCG infected dendritic cells, and then studied by Illumina BeadArray transcriptomal analysis. Notably, distinct gene expression profiles were identified both on Day 7 and Day 56 comparing the PO and IDBCGvaccinated groups by GSEA analysis. Future correlation analyses between specific gene expression patterns and distinct mucosal and systemic immune responses induced will be highly informative for TB vaccine development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)486-495
Number of pages10
JournalMucosal Immunology
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2018
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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