B-cell immunity and vaccine induced antibody protection reveal the inefficacy of current vaccination schedule in infants with perinatal HIV-infection in Mozambique, Africa

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BACKGROUND: Despite antiretroviral treatment (ART), immune dysfunction persists in children with perinatal HIV infection (HEI). Here we investigated the impact of HIV status on maternal antibody (Ab) passage, long-term vaccine induced immunity and B-cell maturation.

METHODS: 46 HIV Exposed Uninfected (HEU), 43 HEI, and 15 HIV unexposed uninfected (HUU) infants were vaccinated with 3 doses of DTaP-HepB-Hib-PCV10-OP at 2, 3, and 4 months at Matola Provincial Hospital, Maputo, Mozambique. Tetanus toxoid specific (TT) IgG, HIV Ab and B-cell phenotype characteristics were evaluated at entry, pre-ART, 5, 10, and 18 months in this longitudinal cohort study.

FINDINGS: Baseline (maternal) plasma TT Ab levels were significantly lower in HEI compared to both HEU and HUU and a faster decay of TT Ab was observed in HEI compared to HEU with significantly lower TT Ab levels at 10 and 18 months of age. TT unprotected (UP) (≤0.1 IU/mL) HEI showed higher HIV-RNA at entry and higher longitudinal HIV viremia (Area Under the Curve) compared to TT protected (P) HEI. A distinct HIV-Ab profile was found at entry in HEI compared to HEU. B-cell phenotype showed a B-cell perturbation in HEI vs HEU infants at entry (mean age 40.8 days) with lower transitional CD10+CD19+ B-cells and IgD+CD27- naive B-cells and an overall higher frequency of IgD-CD27- double negative B-cell subsets in HEI.

INTERPRETATION: B-cell perturbation, presenting with higher double negative IgD-CD27- B-cells was observed in neonatal age and may play a major role in the B-cell exhaustion in HEI. The ability to maintain TT protective Ab titers over time is impaired in HEI with uncontrolled viral replication and the current vaccination schedule is insufficient to provide long-term protection against tetanus.

FUNDING: This work was supported by: NIH grant to SP (5R01AI127347-05); Children's Hospital Bambino Gesú (Ricerca corrente 2019) to NC, and Associazione Volontari Bambino Gesù to PP.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

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EBioMedicine - 93(2023) vom: 04. Juli, Seite 104666

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cotugno, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Pallikkuth, Suresh [VerfasserIn]
Sanna, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Dinh, Vinh [VerfasserIn]
de Armas, Lesley [VerfasserIn]
Rinaldi, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Sheldon [VerfasserIn]
Linardos, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Pascucci, Giuseppe Rubens [VerfasserIn]
Pahwa, Rajendra [VerfasserIn]
Sitoe, Nadia [VerfasserIn]
Vaz, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Lain, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]
Palma, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Pahwa, Savita [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antibodies
B-cell aging
Double negative B-cells
Journal Article
Memory B-Cells
Pediatric HIV
Tetanus responses
Vaccine induced immunity
Vaccines

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Date Completed 17.07.2023

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104666

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NLM359077404