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Local Th17/IgA immunity correlate with protection against intranasal infection with Streptococcus pyogenes.

Authors :
Mortensen R
Christensen D
Hansen LB
Christensen JP
Andersen P
Dietrich J
Source :
PloS one [PLoS One] 2017 Apr 17; Vol. 12 (4), pp. e0175707. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Apr 17 (Print Publication: 2017).
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS) is responsible for a wide array of infections. Respiratory transmission via droplets is the most common mode of transmission but it may also infect the host via other routes such as lesions in the skin. To advance the development of a future vaccine against GAS, it is therefore important to investigate how protective immunity is related to the route of vaccine administration. To explore this, we examined whether a parenterally administered anti-GAS vaccine could protect against an intranasal GAS infection or if this would require locally primed immunity. We foundd that a parenteral CAF01 adjuvanted GAS vaccine offered no protection against intranasal infection despite inducing strong systemic Th1/Th17/IgG immunity that efficiently protected against an intraperitoneal GAS infection. However, the same vaccine administered via the intranasal route was able to induce protection against repeated intranasal GAS infections in a murine challenge model. The lack of intranasal protection induced by the parenteral vaccine correlated with a reduced mucosal recall response at the site of infection. Taken together, our results demonstrate that locally primed immunity is important for the defense against intranasal infection with Streptococcus pyogenes.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1932-6203
Volume :
12
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
PloS one
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
28414746
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175707