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.
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.
Project description:We have completed the high quality reference genome for domestic sheep (Oar v3.1) and performed a detailed survey of gene expression across different tissues. RNA-seq data of 7 tissue types from the reference female Texel and skin tissue from a Gansu alpine fine wool sheep were sequenced.
Project description:To fully quantify differences in the lymph composition and associated dendritic cells antigenic load, from different anatomical districts and in physiological and pathological conditions, we collected the afferent lymph draining to the cervical and mesenteric lymph nodes in healthy mice. Most of the proteome present in the mesenteric afferent lymph, showed a profile of proteins involved in different metabolic pathways associated with lipoproteintransport, and lipid metabolism, such as adipocyte-type fatty acid binding protein, Apolipoproteins A, B, C and E, and phospholipid transfer proteins, consistent with the known role of the mesenteric lymph in chylomicron transport. Network analysis on the mesenteric afferent lymph unique/enriched proteome highlighted pathways associated with lipase and hydrolase activity, lipoproteins remodeling, fat digestion and absorption, triglyceride catabolism and gut-associated immune cells and cytokines responses. Among the proteome shared across tissue a brain-specific or highly enriched proteome including glia maturation factor, nerve growth factor, mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor, alpha-crystallin, brain-specific isoform of glycogen phosphorylase, and proteins associated with voltage-dependent channels, were uniquely observed in the lymph harvested from the afferent lymphatics entering the deep cervical nodes. Network analysis on the afferent cervical unique/enriched proteome highlighted pathways associated with neurotransmitter release cycle, synaptic transmission, neuronal development, mitochondrial activity, and an overall CNS proteome.
Project description:We have completed the high quality reference genome for domestic sheep (Oar v3.1). Early-stage Illumina GA sequence platform sequenced less reads in high GC content regions than in other regions. To read through higher GC content regions, we generated 2 Gb MeDIP-seq data for filling gaps in sheep reference genome assembly.
Project description:We have completed the high quality reference genome for domestic sheep (Oar v3.1) and performed a detailed survey of gene expression across different tissues. RNA-seq data of 7 tissue types from the reference female Texel and skin tissue from a Gansu alpine fine wool sheep were sequenced. Here is the part of the RNA-seq data sequenced in BGI, including 7 tissue types from the reference female Texel and skin type from a Gansu alpine fine wool sheep.