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Direct intranodal tonsil vaccination with modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine protects macaques from highly pathogenic SIVmac251.

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Mattathil, JG; Volz, A; Onabajo, OO; Maynard, S; Bixler, SL; Shen, XX; Vargas-Inchaustegui, D; Robert-Guroff, M; Lebranche, C; Tomaras, G ...
Published in: Nat Commun
March 7, 2023

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a mucosally transmitted virus that causes immunodeficiency and AIDS. Developing efficacious vaccines to prevent infection is essential to control the epidemic. Protecting the vaginal and rectal mucosa, the primary routes of HIV entry has been a challenge given the significant compartmentalization between the mucosal and peripheral immune systems. We hypothesized that direct intranodal vaccination of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) such as the readily accessible palatine tonsils could overcome this compartmentalization. Here we show that rhesus macaques primed with plasmid DNA encoding SIVmac251-env and gag genes followed by an intranodal tonsil MALT boost with MVA encoding the same genes protects from a repeated low dose intrarectal challenge with highly pathogenic SIVmac251; 43% (3/7) of vaccinated macaques remained uninfected after 9 challenges as compared to the unvaccinated control (0/6) animals. One vaccinated animal remained free of infection even after 22 challenges. Vaccination was associated with a ~2 log decrease in acute viremia that inversely correlated with anamnestic immune responses. Our results suggest that a combination of systemic and intranodal tonsil MALT vaccination could induce robust adaptive and innate immune responses leading to protection from mucosal infection with highly pathogenic HIV and rapidly control viral breakthroughs.

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Nat Commun

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2041-1723

Publication Date

March 7, 2023

Volume

14

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1264

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Vaccinia virus
  • Vaccinia
  • Vaccination
  • Palatine Tonsil
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
  • Humans
  • HIV Infections
  • Female
  • Animals
 

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Mattathil, J. G., Volz, A., Onabajo, O. O., Maynard, S., Bixler, S. L., Shen, X. X., … Mattapallil, J. J. (2023). Direct intranodal tonsil vaccination with modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine protects macaques from highly pathogenic SIVmac251. Nat Commun, 14(1), 1264. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36907-0
Mattathil, Jeffy G., Asisa Volz, Olusegun O. Onabajo, Sean Maynard, Sandra L. Bixler, Xiaoying X. Shen, Diego Vargas-Inchaustegui, et al. “Direct intranodal tonsil vaccination with modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine protects macaques from highly pathogenic SIVmac251.Nat Commun 14, no. 1 (March 7, 2023): 1264. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36907-0.
Mattathil JG, Volz A, Onabajo OO, Maynard S, Bixler SL, Shen XX, et al. Direct intranodal tonsil vaccination with modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine protects macaques from highly pathogenic SIVmac251. Nat Commun. 2023 Mar 7;14(1):1264.
Mattathil, Jeffy G., et al. “Direct intranodal tonsil vaccination with modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine protects macaques from highly pathogenic SIVmac251.Nat Commun, vol. 14, no. 1, Mar. 2023, p. 1264. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36907-0.
Mattathil JG, Volz A, Onabajo OO, Maynard S, Bixler SL, Shen XX, Vargas-Inchaustegui D, Robert-Guroff M, Lebranche C, Tomaras G, Montefiori D, Sutter G, Mattapallil JJ. Direct intranodal tonsil vaccination with modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine protects macaques from highly pathogenic SIVmac251. Nat Commun. 2023 Mar 7;14(1):1264.

Published In

Nat Commun

DOI

EISSN

2041-1723

Publication Date

March 7, 2023

Volume

14

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1264

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Vaccinia virus
  • Vaccinia
  • Vaccination
  • Palatine Tonsil
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
  • Humans
  • HIV Infections
  • Female
  • Animals