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Nat Immunol ; 25(8): 1422-1431, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38961274

RESUMO

The differentiation of naive and memory B cells into antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) is a key feature of adaptive immunity. The requirement for phosphoinositide 3-kinase-delta (PI3Kδ) to support B cell biology has been investigated intensively; however, specific functions of the related phosphoinositide 3-kinase-gamma (PI3Kγ) complex in B lineage cells have not. In the present study, we report that PI3Kγ promotes robust antibody responses induced by T cell-dependent antigens. The inborn error of immunity caused by human deficiency in PI3Kγ results in broad humoral defects, prompting our investigation of roles for this kinase in antibody responses. Using mouse immunization models, we found that PI3Kγ functions cell intrinsically within activated B cells in a kinase activity-dependent manner to transduce signals required for the transcriptional program supporting differentiation of ASCs. Furthermore, ASC fate choice coincides with upregulation of PIK3CG expression and is impaired in the context of PI3Kγ disruption in naive B cells on in vitro CD40-/cytokine-driven activation, in memory B cells on toll-like receptor activation, or in human tonsillar organoids. Taken together, our study uncovers a fundamental role for PI3Kγ in supporting humoral immunity by integrating signals instructing commitment to the ASC fate.


Assuntos
Formação de Anticorpos , Linfócitos B , Diferenciação Celular , Classe Ib de Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinase , Animais , Classe Ib de Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinase/metabolismo , Classe Ib de Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinase/imunologia , Camundongos , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Humanos , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Camundongos Knockout , Células Produtoras de Anticorpos/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Transdução de Sinais/imunologia , Células B de Memória/imunologia , Células B de Memória/metabolismo
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Cell Rep ; 43(5): 114171, 2024 May 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38717904

RESUMO

Influenza A virus subtype H2N2, which caused the 1957 influenza pandemic, remains a global threat. A recent phase 1 clinical trial investigating a ferritin nanoparticle vaccine displaying H2 hemagglutinin (HA) in H2-naive and H2-exposed adults enabled us to perform comprehensive structural and biochemical characterization of immune memory on the breadth and diversity of the polyclonal serum antibody response elicited. We temporally map the epitopes targeted by serum antibodies after vaccine prime and boost, revealing that previous H2 exposure results in higher responses to the variable HA head domain. In contrast, initial responses in H2-naive participants are dominated by antibodies targeting conserved epitopes. We use cryoelectron microscopy and monoclonal B cell isolation to describe the molecular details of cross-reactive antibodies targeting conserved epitopes on the HA head, including the receptor-binding site and a new site of vulnerability deemed the medial junction. Our findings accentuate the impact of pre-existing influenza exposure on serum antibody responses post-vaccination.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Antivirais , Memória Imunológica , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H2N2 , Vacinas contra Influenza , Vacinação , Humanos , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Vacinas contra Influenza/imunologia , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H2N2/imunologia , Influenza Humana/imunologia , Influenza Humana/prevenção & controle , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Hemaglutininação de Vírus da Influenza/imunologia , Epitopos/imunologia , Adulto , Linfócitos B/imunologia
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bioRxiv ; 2023 Aug 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37781590

RESUMO

Influenza A virus subtype H2N2, which caused the 1957 influenza pandemic, remains a global threat. A recent phase I clinical trial investigating a ferritin nanoparticle displaying H2 hemagglutinin in H2-naïve and H2-exposed adults. Therefore, we could perform comprehensive structural and biochemical characterization of immune memory on the breadth and diversity of the polyclonal serum antibody response elicited after H2 vaccination. We temporally map the epitopes targeted by serum antibodies after first and second vaccinations and show previous H2 exposure results in higher responses to the variable head domain of hemagglutinin while initial responses in H2-naïve participants are dominated by antibodies targeting conserved epitopes. We use cryo-EM and monoclonal B cell isolation to describe the molecular details of cross-reactive antibodies targeting conserved epitopes on the hemagglutinin head including the receptor binding site and a new site of vulnerability deemed the medial junction. Our findings accentuate the impact of pre-existing influenza exposure on serum antibody responses.

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Sci Transl Med ; 15(692): eade4976, 2023 04 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37075126

RESUMO

Current yearly seasonal influenza vaccines primarily induce an antibody response directed against the immunodominant but continually diversifying hemagglutinin (HA) head region. These antibody responses provide protection against the vaccinating strain but little cross-protection against other influenza strains or subtypes. To focus the immune response on subdominant but more conserved epitopes on the HA stem that might protect against a broad range of influenza strains, we developed a stabilized H1 stem immunogen lacking the immunodominant head displayed on a ferritin nanoparticle (H1ssF). Here, we evaluated the B cell response to H1ssF in healthy adults ages 18 to 70 in a phase 1 clinical trial (NCT03814720). We observed both a strong plasmablast response and sustained elicitation of cross-reactive HA stem-specific memory B cells after vaccination with H1ssF in individuals of all ages. The B cell response was focused on two conserved epitopes on the H1 stem, with a highly restricted immunoglobulin repertoire unique to each epitope. On average, two-thirds of the B cell and serological antibody response recognized a central epitope on the H1 stem and exhibited broad neutralization across group 1 influenza virus subtypes. The remaining third recognized an epitope near the viral membrane anchor and was largely limited to H1 strains. Together, we demonstrate that an H1 HA immunogen lacking the immunodominant HA head produces a robust and broadly neutralizing HA stem-directed B cell response.


Assuntos
Vacinas contra Influenza , Influenza Humana , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto Jovem , Anticorpos Neutralizantes , Anticorpos Antivirais , Epitopos , Glicoproteínas de Hemaglutininação de Vírus da Influenza , Hemaglutininas
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Nat Med ; 28(2): 373-382, 2022 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35115707

RESUMO

Conserved epitopes on the influenza hemagglutinin (HA) stem are an attractive target for universal vaccine strategies as they elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies. Such antibody responses to stem-specific epitopes have been extensively characterized for HA subtypes H1 and H5 in humans. H2N2 influenza virus circulated 50 years ago and represents a pandemic threat due to the lack of widespread immunity, but, unlike H1 and H5, the H2 HA stem contains Phe45HA2 predicted to sterically clash with HA stem-binding antibodies characterized to date. To understand the effect of Phe45HA2, we compared the HA stem-specific B cell response in post hoc analyses of two phase 1 clinical trials, one testing vaccination with an H2 ferritin nanoparticle immunogen ( NCT03186781 ) and one with an inactivated H5N1 vaccine ( NCT01086657 ). In H2-naive individuals, the magnitude of the B cell response was equivalent, but H2-elicited HA stem-binding B cells displayed greater cross-reactivity than those elicited by H5. However, in individuals with childhood H2 exposure, H5-elicited HA stem-binding B cells also displayed high cross-reactivity, suggesting recall of memory B cells formed 50 years ago. Overall, we propose that a one-residue difference on an HA immunogen can alter establishment and expansion of broadly neutralizing memory B cells. These data have implications for stem-based universal influenza vaccination strategies.


Assuntos
Virus da Influenza A Subtipo H5N1 , Vacinas contra Influenza , Influenza Humana , Anticorpos Neutralizantes , Anticorpos Antivirais , Criança , Ensaios Clínicos Fase I como Assunto , Epitopos , Glicoproteínas de Hemaglutininação de Vírus da Influenza , Hemaglutininas , Humanos , Vacinação
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J Mol Biol ; 432(7): 1841-1855, 2020 03 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31953146

RESUMO

Specialized translation initiation is a novel form of regulation of protein synthesis, whereby RNA structures within the 5'-UTR regulate translation rates of specific mRNAs. Similar to internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs), specialized translation initiation requires the recruitment of eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3), but also requires cap recognition by eIF3d, a new 5'-m7GTP recognizing protein. How these RNA structures mediate eIF3 recruitment to affect translation of specific mRNAs remains unclear. Here, we report the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structure of a stem-loop within the c-JUN 5' UTR recognized by eIF3 and essential for specialized translation initiation of this well-known oncogene. The structure exhibits similarity to eIF3 recognizing motifs found in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-like IRESs, suggesting mechanistic similarities. This work establishes the RNA structural features involved in c-JUN specialized translation initiation and provides a basis to search for small molecule inhibitors of aberrant expression of the proto-oncogenic c-JUN.


Assuntos
Regiões 5' não Traduzidas , Fator de Iniciação 3 em Eucariotos/metabolismo , Sítios Internos de Entrada Ribossomal , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Biossíntese de Proteínas , RNA/química , Ribossomos/metabolismo , Fator de Iniciação 3 em Eucariotos/genética , Hepacivirus/química , Hepacivirus/genética , Humanos , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/genética , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Iniciação Traducional da Cadeia Peptídica , Ligação Proteica , RNA/genética , RNA/metabolismo , Ribossomos/genética
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