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- Title
Immune Signature of Enhanced Functional Avidity CD8<sup>+</sup> T Cells in vivo Induced by Vaccinia Vectored Vaccine.
- Authors
Hu, Zhidong; Zhu, Lingyan; Wang, Jing; Wan, Yanmin; Yuan, Songhua; Chen, Jian; Ding, Xiangqing; Qiu, Chenli; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Qiu, Chao; Xu, Jianqing
- Abstract
Functional avidity of T cells is a critical determinant for clearing viral infection and eliminating tumor. Understanding how functional avidity is maintained in T cells is imperative for immunotherapy. However, studies systematically characterize T cell with high functional avidity induced in vivo are still lacking. Previously, we and others found vaccinia vectored vaccine (VACV) induced antigen-specific CD8+ T cells with relatively high functional avidity to those from DNA vaccine. Herein, we used functional, immune phenotyping and transcriptomic studies to define the immune signature of these CD8+ T cells with high functional avidity. Antigen-specific CD8+ T cells induced by VACV executed superior in vivo killing activity and displayed a distinct transcriptional profile, whereas no significantly differences were found in composition of memory sub-populations and cytokine poly-functionality. Transcriptional analyses revealed unique features of VACV induced CD8+ T cells in several biological processes, including transport, cell cycle, cell communication and metabolic processes. In summary, we characterize CD8+ T cells of high functional avidity induced in vivo by VACV, which not only improves our understanding of adaptive T cell immunity in VACV vaccination, but also provides clues to modulate functional avidity of CD8+ T cells for T cell based immunotherapy.
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2017, p41558
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep41558