Journal: Frontiers in immunology
Article Title: Analyses of human vaccine-specific circulating and bone marrow-resident B cell populations reveal benefit of delayed vaccine booster dosing with blood-stage malaria antigens.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1193079
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 1 Vaccine-specific plasma cell and memory IgG+ B cell responses. PBMC from pre-vaccination (Day 0) and post-final vaccination (FV) time points were analysed for B cell responses by flow cytometry; gating strategies are as described in Methods and Supplementary Figures 1 and 3. Frequencies of DBPRII-specific B cells – identified by probe staining – were compared between vaccine platforms (A, B) or protein/adjuvant dosing regimens (C, D) within both plasma cell (A, C) or memory IgG+ B cell (B, D) populations. Similarly, frequencies of RH5-specific B cells were compared between protein/adjuvant dosing regimens within plasma cells (E) and memory IgG+ B cells (F). IgM+, IgA+, activated and resting memory B cell responses are shown in Supplementary Figures 2 and 4. VV = ChAd63-MVA viral vectors [monthly and delayed dosing]; PA = PvDBPII protein/adjuvant [PA-M and PA-D]; PA-M = PvDBPII protein/adjuvant monthly dosing; PA-D = PvDBPII protein/adjuvant delayed booster dosing; PA-DB = PvDBPII protein/ adjuvant delayed booster dosing with extra booster; M = RH5.1/adjuvant monthly dosing; D = RH5.1/adjuvant delayed booster dosing. Post- vaccination comparisons were performed between DBPRII platforms (A, B) or RH5 dosing regimens (E, F) with Mann-Whitney U tests or between PvDBPII protein/adjuvant dosing regimens by Kruskal Wallis test with Dunn’s correction for multiple comparisons (C, D). Sample sizes for all assays were based on sample availability; each circle represents a single sample. (A, B) VV/PA: Day 0 = 8/5-6, FV+7 = 8/12, FV+14 = 8/12, FV+28 = 8/10. (C, D) PA-M/PA-D/PA-DB: Day 0 = 3-4/2/na, FV+7 = 4/8/5, FV+14 = 4/8/4, FV+28 = 4/6/5. (E, F) M/D: Day 0 = 5/1-4, FV+7 = 4-5/3-4, FV+14 = 4/6, FV+28 = 4/4. PA-D vaccinees returning in the PA-DB group are connected by lines. Bars represent medians. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.
Article Snippet: The antibody used was dependent on the isotype or subclass being assayed and were as follows: IgG-AP (A3187, Thermo Scientific), IgG1 Fc-AP (9054-04, Southern Biotech), IgG3 Hinge-AP (9210-04, Southern Biotech), IgG4 Fc-AP (9200-04, Southern Biotech), IgA-AP (2050-04, Southern Biotech), IgA1-AP (9130-04, Southern Biotech), and IgM-AP (2020-04, Southern Biotech).
Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Cytometry, Staining, Adjuvant, MANN-WHITNEY