Delivery of antigen to nasal-associated lymphoid tissue microfold cells through secretory IgA targeting local dendritic cells confers protective immunity

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• 作者：Nicolas Rochereau ; PhD^a ; Vincent Pavot ; PhD^b ; Bernard Verrier ; PhD^b ; Fabienne Jospin^a ; Agathe Ensinas^a ; Christian Genin ; MD^a ; Blaise Corthé ; sy ; PhD^c ; Sté ; phane Paul ; PhD^a ; ^{stephane.paul@chu-st-etienne.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Nasal vaccine strategy ; secretory IgA ; reverse transcytosis ; microfold cells ; nasal-associated lymphoid tissue ; protection
• 刊名：Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：137
• 期：1
• 页码：214-222.e2
• 全文大小：2970 K

文摘

Transmission of mucosal pathogens relies on their ability to bind to the surfaces of epithelial cells, to cross this thin barrier, and to gain access to target cells and tissues, leading to systemic infection. This implies that pathogen-specific immunity at mucosal sites is critical for the control of infectious agents using these routes to enter the body. Although mucosal delivery would ensure the best onset of protective immunity, most of the candidate vaccines are administered through the parenteral route.

Objective

The present study evaluates the feasibility of delivering the chemically bound p24gag (referred to as p24 in the text) HIV antigen through secretory IgA (SIgA) in nasal mucosae in mice.

Results

We show that SIgA interacts specifically with mucosal microfold cells present in the nasal-associated lymphoid tissue. p24-SIgA complexes are quickly taken up in the nasal cavity and selectively engulfed by mucosal dendritic cell–specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3–grabbing nonintegrin–positive dendritic cells. Nasal immunization with p24-SIgA elicits both a strong humoral and cellular immune response against p24 at the systemic and mucosal levels. This ensures effective protection against intranasal challenge with recombinant vaccinia virus encoding p24.

Conclusion

This study represents the first example that underscores the remarkable potential of SIgA to serve as a carrier for a protein antigen in a mucosal vaccine approach targeting the nasal environment.