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MyD88 Signaling Is Not Essential for Induction of Antigen-Specific B Cell Responses but Is Indispensable for Protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection following Oral Vaccination with Attenuated Salmonella Expressing PspA Antigen
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- Issue Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- American Association of Immunologists
- Citation
- J. Immunol. 181: 6447-6455
- Abstract
- TLRs directly induce innate host defense responses, but the mechanisms of TLR-mediated adaptive immunity remain subject to debate. In this study, we clarified a role of TLR-mediated innate immunity for induction of adaptive immunity by oral vaccination with a live recombinant attenuated Salmonella enteric serovar Typhimurium vaccine (RASV) strain expressing Streptococcus pneumoniae surface protein A (PspA) Ag. Of note, oral or intranasal vaccination with RASV expressing PspA resulted in identical or even significantly higher levels of PspA-specific IgG and IgA responses in the systemic and mucosal compartments of MyD88–/– mice of either BALB/c or C57BL/6 background when compared with those of wild-type mice. Although PspA-specific CD4+ T cell proliferation in the MyD88–/– mice was minimal, depletion of CD4+ T cells abolished PspA-specific IgG and IgA responses in the MyD88–/– mice of BALB/c background. Of the greatest interest, MyD88–/– mice that possessed high levels of PspA-specific IgG and IgA responses but minimal levels of CD4+ T cell responses died earlier than nonvaccinated and vaccinated wild-type mice following i.v. or intranasal challenge with virulent S. pneumoniae. Taken together, these results suggest that innate immunity activated by MyD88 signals might not be necessary for Ag-specific Ab induction in both systemic and mucosal sites but is critical for protection following oral vaccination with attenuated Salmonella expressing PspA.
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- 0022-1767
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- English
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