BCG vaccination stimulates integrated organ immunity by feedback of the adaptive immune response to imprint prolonged innate antiviral resistance

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Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination can confer nonspecific protection against heterologous pathogens. However, the underlying mechanisms remain mysterious. We show that mice vaccinated intravenously with BCG exhibited reduced weight loss and/or improved viral clearance when challenged with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351) or PR8 influenza. Protection was first evident between 14 and 21 d post-vaccination and lasted ∼3 months. Notably, BCG induced a biphasic innate response and robust antigen-specific type 1 helper T cell (TH1 cell) responses in the lungs. MyD88 signaling was essential for innate and TH1 cell responses, and protection against SARS-CoV-2. Depletion of CD4+ T cells or interferon (IFN)-γ activity before infection obliterated innate activation and protection. Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics revealed CD4-dependent expression of IFN-stimulated genes in lung myeloid and epithelial cells. Notably, BCG also induced protection against weight loss after mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 BA.5, SARS-CoV and SHC014 coronavirus infections. Thus, BCG elicits integrated organ immunity, where CD4+ T cells feed back on tissue myeloid and epithelial cells to imprint prolonged and broad innate antiviral resistance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Nature immunology - 25(2024), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 41-53

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Audrey [VerfasserIn]
Floyd, Katharine [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Shengyang [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Zhuoqing [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Tze Kai [VerfasserIn]
Froggatt, Heather M [VerfasserIn]
Powers, John M [VerfasserIn]
Leist, Sarah R [VerfasserIn]
Gully, Kendra L [VerfasserIn]
Hubbard, Miranda L [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunfeng [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Harold [VerfasserIn]
Scoville, David [VerfasserIn]
Ruggiero, Alistaire D [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Pavenko, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Lujan, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Baric, Ralph S [VerfasserIn]
Nolan, Garry P [VerfasserIn]
Arunachalam, Prabhu S [VerfasserIn]
Suthar, Mehul S [VerfasserIn]
Pulendran, Bali [VerfasserIn]

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Antiviral Agents
BCG Vaccine
Journal Article

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Date Completed 04.01.2024

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41590-023-01700-0

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NLM365278882