Intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses and protection against SARS-CoV-2

Although vaccines have reduced COVID-19 disease burden, their efficacy in helminth infection endemic areas is not well characterized. We evaluated the impact of infection by Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri (Hpb), a murine intestinal hookworm, on the efficacy of an mRNA vaccine targeting the Wuhan-1 spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. Although immunization generated similar B cell responses in Hpb-infected and uninfected mice, polyfunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses were markedly reduced in Hpb-infected mice. Hpb-infected and mRNA vaccinated mice were protected against the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain WA1/2020, but control of lung infection was diminished against an Omicron variant compared to animals immunized without Hpb infection. Helminth mediated suppression of spike-specific CD8+ T cell responses occurred independently of STAT6 signaling, whereas blockade of IL-10 rescued vaccine-induced CD8+ T cell responses. In mice, intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine induced T cell responses via an IL-10 pathway and compromises protection against antigenically shifted SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2024) vom: 15. Jan.

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Englisch

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Desai, Pritesh [VerfasserIn]
Karl, Courtney E [VerfasserIn]
Ying, Baoling [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Chieh-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Salum, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Santana, Ana Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Caten, Felipe Ten [VerfasserIn]
Urban, Joseph F [VerfasserIn]
Elbashir, Sayda M [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Darin K [VerfasserIn]
Ribeiro, Susan P [VerfasserIn]
Thackray, Larissa B [VerfasserIn]
Sekaly, Rafick P [VerfasserIn]
Diamond, Michael S [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1101/2024.01.14.575588

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NLM367835371