Differentiation marker-negative CD4<sup>+</sup>T cells persist after yellow fever virus vaccination and contribute to durable memory

Abstract Factors that contribute to durable immunological memory remain incompletely understood. In our longitudinal analyses of CD4+T cell responses to the yellow fever virus (YFV) vaccine by peptide-MHC tetramers, we unexpectedly found naïve phenotype virus-specific CD4+T cells that persisted months to years after immunization. These Marker negative T cells (TMN) lacked CD95, CXCR3, CD11a, and CD49d surface protein expression, distinguishing them from previously discovered stem-cell memory T cells. Functionally, they resembled genuine naïve T cells uponin vitrostimulation. Single-cell TCR sequencing detected expanded clonotypes within the TMNsubset and identified a shared repertoire with memory and effector T cells. T cells expressing TMN-associated TCRs were rare before vaccination, suggesting their expansion following vaccination. Longitudinal tracking of YFV-specific responses over the subsequent years revealed superior stability of the TMNsubset and their association with the longevity of the overall population. The identification of these long-lived, antigen-experienced T cells may inform the design of durable T cell-based vaccines and engineered T cell therapies..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 16. März Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pan, Yi-Gen [VerfasserIn]
Bartolo, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Ruozhang [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Bijal [VerfasserIn]
Zarnitsyna, Veronika [VerfasserIn]
Su, Laura [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

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10.1101/2024.03.11.584523

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XBI042916941