Mobilizing monocytes to cross-present circulating viral antigen in chronic infection

Adam J. Gehring, Muzlifah Haniffa, Patrick T. Kennedy, Zi Zong Ho, Carolina Boni, Amanda Shin, Nasirah Banu, Adeline Chia, Seng Gee Lim, Carlo Ferrari, Florent Ginhoux, Antonio Bertoletti

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Résumé

Selection of antigens for therapeutic vaccination against chronic viral infections is complicated by pathogen genetic variations. We tested whether antigens present during persistent viral infections could provide a personalized antigenic reservoir for therapeutic T cell expansion in humans. We focused our study on the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg), which is present in microgram quantities in the serum of chronic HBV patients. We demonstrated by quantitative fluorescent microscopy that, out of 6 professional APC populations in the circulation, only CD14 monocytes (MNs) retained an HBsAg depot. Using TCR-redirected CD8+ T cells specific for MHC-I-restricted HBV epitopes, we showed that, despite being constantly exposed to antigen, ex vivo-isolated APCs did not constitutively activate HBV-specific CD8+ T cells. However, differentiation of HBsAg+ CD14 MNs from chronic patients to MN-derived DCs (moDCs) induced cross-presentation of the intracellular reservoir of viral antigen. We exploited this mechanism to cross-present circulating viral antigen and showed that moDCs from chronically infected patients stimulated expansion of autologous HBV-specific T cells. Thus, these data demonstrate that circulating viral antigen produced during chronic infection can serve as a personalized antigenic reservoir to activate virus-specific T cells.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)3766-3776
Nombre de pages11
journalJournal of Clinical Investigation
Volume123
Numéro de publication9
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 3 sept. 2013
Modification externeOui

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