Mechanisms of innate and adaptive immunity to the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine

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Despite the success of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, the immunological mechanisms that underlie its efficacy are poorly understood. Here we analyzed the innate and adaptive responses to BNT162b2 in mice, and show that immunization stimulated potent antibody and antigen-specific T cell responses, as well as strikingly enhanced innate responses after secondary immunization, which was concurrent with enhanced serum interferon (IFN)-γ levels 1 d following secondary immunization. Notably, we found that natural killer cells and CD8+ T cells in the draining lymph nodes are the major producers of this circulating IFN-γ. Analysis of knockout mice revealed that induction of antibody and T cell responses to BNT162b2 was not dependent on signaling via Toll-like receptors 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 nor inflammasome activation, nor the necroptosis or pyroptosis cell death pathways. Rather, the CD8+ T cell response induced by BNT162b2 was dependent on type I interferon-dependent MDA5 signaling. These results provide insights into the molecular mechanisms by which the BNT162b2 vaccine stimulates immune responses.

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CommentIn: Nat Immunol. 2022 Apr;23(4):474-476. - PMID 35354958

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Nature immunology - 23(2022), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 543-555

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Chunfeng [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Audrey [VerfasserIn]
Grigoryan, Lilit [VerfasserIn]
Arunachalam, Prabhu S [VerfasserIn]
Scott, Madeleine K D [VerfasserIn]
Trisal, Meera [VerfasserIn]
Wimmers, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Sanyal, Mrinmoy [VerfasserIn]
Weidenbacher, Payton A [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Yupeng [VerfasserIn]
Adamska, Julia Z [VerfasserIn]
Valore, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanli [VerfasserIn]
Verma, Rohit [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Noah [VerfasserIn]
Dunham, Diane [VerfasserIn]
O'Hara, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Park, Helen [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Gitlin, Alexander D [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Khatri, Purvesh [VerfasserIn]
Nadeau, Kari C [VerfasserIn]
Pulendran, Bali [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BNT162 Vaccine
Journal Article
MRNA Vaccines
N38TVC63NU
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccines
Vaccines, Synthetic

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Date Completed 08.04.2022

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Nat Immunol. 2022 Apr;23(4):474-476. - PMID 35354958

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41590-022-01163-9

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NLM33819438X