Project description:Introduction: Systems vaccinology is a novel approach to predict immune response in vaccines. We have used a systems biology approach to identify early gene ‘signatures’ that predicted viral load control after analytical therapy interruption (ATI) in HIV-1 infected patients vaccinated with a dendritic cell-based (DC) HIV-1 vaccine. Methods: Frozen post-vaccination PBMC samples from participants of a previously published DC vaccine (DCV2) clinical trial were used for the study. mRNA and miRNA were extracted and gene expression was determined by microarray method. Differential gene expression analysis was performed on both mRNA and miRNA between responders (> 1 log10 copies/mL drop of VL after 12 weeks of ATI) and non-responders (<= 1 log10 copies/mL drop in VL at week 12 of ATI). Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was carried out with the hallmark gene sets of the Broad Institute on the mRNA data. After the stand-alone analyses of mRNA and miRNA we performed an additional GSEA with gene sets defined by the genes regulated by significantly differentially expressed miRNAs. Statistical analysis was done using R and the GSEA software of the Broad Institute. Results: There were 15 responders and 20 non-responders. No differentially expressed mRNAs were observed between responders and non-responders. As compared with non-responders, responders showed an up-regulation of gene sets corresponding to TNF- alpha signaling via the NFkB pathway, inflammatory response, coagulation, the complement system, Il6 and Il2 JAK-STAT signaling, or reactive oxygen-species pathways were up-regulated, and a down-regulation of gene sets corresponding to E2F targets, oxidative phosphorylation, or interferon alpha response. We found 9 differentially expressed miRNAs between responders and non-responders: miR-32-3p, miR-185-3p, miR-223-3p, miR-500b-3p, miR-550a-3p, miR-1183, miR-1184, miR-4455, and miR-8063. Twelve Broad hallmark gene sets that were significantly deregulated in the GSEA showed significant overlap with genes regulated by one or more of these miRNAs, 10 of them with genes regulated by miR-223-3p. We also observed that the expression of genes regulated by miR-223-3p, miR-1183 and miR-8063 was significantly down-regulated in responders as compared with non-responders. Conclusions: Deregulation of certain gene sets related to inflammatory processes seems fundamental in viral control during ATI. miR-223-3p may be one of the miRNAs that fine tune part of these processes.

Project description:Many modern vaccines use defined adjuvants to stimulate the innate immune system and shape the adaptive immune response. The exact nature of these innate signals and whether immune differentiation can originate within the periphery is not known. In the present study we used an ovine lymphatic cannulation model to characterise the cellular and transcriptomic profile of the afferent lymph following injection of a liposomal vaccine formulation incorporating diphtheria toxoid and the innate stimulator poly (I:C) over a 78 h period. The response to this vaccine featured an early activation of broad proinflammatory pathways (e.g. TLR signalling and inflammasome pathways) and the transient recruitment of granulocytes into the lymph. At 24hrs a more monocytic cellular profile arose coinciding with a transition to a specific antiviral response characterised by the up-regulation of genes associated with the receptors typical for the viral mimic, poly (I:C) (e.g. TLR3, RIG-I and MDA5). At the latest time points the up-regulation of IL-17A and IL-17F suggested that Th17 cells may participate in the earliest adaptive response to this vaccine. Together these data provide the most comprehensive picture of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that link the periphery to the draining lymph node following vaccination and indicate that the immune response is capable of specialising within the periphery. This study employed an ovine model of pseudoafferent lymphatic cannulation (see de Veer et al. 2010, Vaccine) to characterise the innate immune response within the afferent lymph to vaccination with liposomes+poly (I:C)+ diptheria toxoid. The sheep used in this study had both their pre-femoral lymph nodes removed at 1 year of age. Approximately 1 year after the lymph node removal, a second surgery was performed to insert a 0.96_0.58mm heparin-coated polyvinyl chloride cannula into the pseudoafferent (previous efferent) lymphatic duct of both sides. At least seven days were allowed for healing to occur after surgery before vaccinations were administered and experimental lymph samples were collected. Handling of animals and experimental procedures were all approved by the Monash University Animal Ethics Committee in accordance with the relevant licensing agreement. Vaccinations were injected subcutaneously in the area drained by the prefemoral lymph node. Afferent lymphatic samples were collected prior to vaccination as a control (PRE) and at 4-6, 26-28, 51-53 and 76-78 hours post vaccination with liposomes+poly (I:C)+ diptheria toxoid. Lymphocytes were removed from the afferent lymph using immunomagnetic separation. Next-generation sequencing was performed on RNA derived from the remaining innate immune cells. Samples from three sheep were used at all time points except 4-6 and 26-28 hours, where only two samples yielded sufficient RNA for sequencing.

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HIV Virion Capturing Liposomes for Therapeutic Vaccination.

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