B cell-intrinsic TLR7 signaling is required for neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 and pathogen-like COVID-19 vaccines

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Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) triggers antiviral immune responses through its capacity to recognize single-stranded RNA. TLR7 loss-of-function mutants are associated with life-threatening pneumonia in severe COVID-19 patients. Whereas TLR7-driven innate induction of type I IFN appears central to control SARS-CoV2 virus spreading during the first days of infection, the impact of TLR7-deficiency on adaptive B-cell immunity is less clear. In the present study, we examined the role of TLR7 in the adaptive B cells response to various pathogen-like antigens (PLAs). We used inactivated SARS-CoV2 and a PLA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate designed to mimic SARS-CoV2 with encapsulated bacterial ssRNA as TLR7 ligands and conjugated with the RBD of the SARS-CoV2 Spike protein. Upon repeated immunization with inactivated SARS-CoV2 or PLA COVID-19 vaccine, we show that Tlr7-deficiency abolished the germinal center (GC)-dependent production of RBD-specific class-switched IgG2b and IgG2c, and neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV2. We also provide evidence for a non-redundant role for B-cell-intrinsic TLR7 in the promotion of RBD-specific IgG2b/IgG2c and memory B cells. Together, these data demonstrate that the GC reaction and class-switch recombination to the Myd88-dependent IgG2b/IgG2c in response to SARS-CoV2 or PLAs is strictly dependent on cell-intrinsic activation of TLR7 in B cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

European journal of immunology - 53(2023), 10 vom: 20. Okt., Seite e2350437

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miquel, Charles-Henry [VerfasserIn]
Abbas, Flora [VerfasserIn]
Cenac, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Foret-Lucas, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Ducatez, Mariette [VerfasserIn]
Joly, Etienne [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Baidong [VerfasserIn]
Guéry, Jean-Charles [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptive B-cell immunity
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19 Vaccines
Germinal center
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Polyesters
RBD
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV2
TLR7
TLR7 protein, human
Toll-Like Receptor 7

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 23.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/eji.202350437

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359397840