Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Article Title: Bolstering the Number and Function of HSV-1-Specific CD8 + T EM and T RM cells in Latently Infected Trigeminal Ganglia Reduces Recurrent Ocular Herpes Infection and Disease
doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700145
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Schedule of prime/pull therapeutic vaccination in HSV-1 infected HLA-A*0201 Tg mice. HLA-A*0201 Tg mice (6 – 8 weeks old, n = 30) were ocularly infected using 2 × 105 pfu HSV-1 (strain McKrae). 21-days post-infection, once the latency is well established, mice were divided in three groups (n = 10 each). Group 1 and group 2 were vaccinated with genome-wide derived ASYMP CD8+ T cell epitopes (UL9196–204, UL25572–580 and UL44400–408) along with PADRE CD4+ T helper epitope both mixed with CpG1826 adjuvant. Group 3 mice received adjuvant alone (Mock). Two weeks after the first peptide vaccination (i.e. day 35 post infection), eyes of all three groups of mice were exposed UV-B light to induce reactivation. The eyes of all groups were swabbed daily up to 5-days post UV-B exposure with moist, type 1 calcium alginate swabs. Animals were examined for signs of ocular disease by slit lamp for 30 days. The recurrent herpetic disease was scored according to a standard 0 to 4 scale: 0, no disease; 1, 25%; 2, 50%; 3, 75%; and 4, 100% disease. On day 41 post infection, Group 1 of vaccinated mice (n = 10) was left untreated (Vaccinated) while Group 2 of vaccinated mice (n = 10) received topical ocular application of AAV8-CamKII-mCXCL10-CamKIIa-eGFP neurotropic vector (vaccinated + CXCL10). Eye swabs were collected for five additional days. (B) Top panel shows an eye picture of a mouse vaccinated with ASYMP epitopes + PADRE, without CXCL10 treatment (Vaccinated). Middle panel shows an eye picture of a mouse vaccinated with ASYMP epitopes + PADRE + treatment with CXCL10 chemokine (Vaccinated + CXCL10). Bottom panel shows the eye picture of a mock-vaccinated mouse control (Mock). (C) Average disease scores, on the scale of 0 to 4, detected in all three groups of mice. (D) Virus titer detected in tears of all three groups of mice following UV-B induced reactivation. Five days after CXCL10 treatment (i.e. on day 46 post infection), mice from all groups were scarified and their TG extracted. The frequency, function and phenotype of HSV-specific CD8+ T cells were evaluated in trigeminal ganglia of mice from all 3 groups. (E) Representative FACS plot of the frequency of “ASYMP” UL9196–204 epitope-specific IFN-γ(+)CD8+ T cells; CD107a/b(+)CD8+ T cells; PD-1(+)CD8+ T cells and VISTA(+)CD8+ T cells detected in the TG of Vaccinated; Vaccinated+CXCL10; and Mock-Vaccinated mice. Average percentages (F) and average numbers (G) of “ASYMP” epitopes-specific IFN-γ(+)CD8+ T cells; CD107a/b(+)CD8+ T cells; PD-1(+)CD8+ T cells and VISTA(+)CD8+ T cells detected in the TG of Vaccinated; Vaccinated+CXCL10; and Mock-Vaccinated mice. The nominal P values indicated on panels (C), (D), (F) and (G) show statistical significance between vaccinated and mock-immunized mice. We have used the General Linear Model procedure and compared the least squares means using the Dunnett procedure for multiple comparisons.
Article Snippet: The following anti-mouse antibodies were used to characterize mouse CD8 + T CM , CD8 + T EM , and CD8 + T RM sub-populations: anti-mouse CD8 (clone 53-6.7) PE-Cy7, anti-mouse CD44 (clone IM7) APC-Cy7, anti-mouse CD11a (clone M17/4) FITC, anti-mouse CD103 (clone M290) APC, anti-mouse CD62L (clone MEL-14) A700, anti-mouse CCR7 (clone 4B12) A647, anti-mouse CD69 (clone H1.2F3) PE-Cy7, CD107 a (clone ID4B) FITC, CD107 b (clone M3/84) FITC (BD Pharmingen), anti-mouse IFN-γ (clone XMG1.2) PE-Cy7, (Biolegend).
Techniques: Infection, Genome Wide, Derivative Assay, Plasmid Preparation