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TLR4- and TRIF-dependent stimulation of B lymphocytes by peptide liposomes enables T cell-independent isotype switch in mice

Pihlgren, Maria
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Silva, Alberto B.
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Madani, Rime
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2013
Blood

Immunoglobulin class switching from IgM to IgG in response to peptides is generally T cell-dependent and vaccination in T cell-deficient individuals is inefficient. We show that a vaccine consisting of a dense array of peptides on liposomes induced peptide-specific IgG responses totally independent of T-cell help. Independency was confirmed in mice lacking T cells and in mice deficient for MHC class II, CD40L, and CD28. The IgG titers were high, long-lived, and comparable with titers obtained in wild-type animals, and the antibody response was associated with germinal center formation, expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase, and affinity maturation. The T cell-independent (TI) IgG response was strictly dependent on ligation of TLR4 receptors on B cells, and concomitant TLR4 and cognate B-cell receptor stimulation was required on a single-cell level. Surprisingly, the IgG class switch was mediated by TIR-domain-containing adapter inducing interferon-beta (TRIF), but not by MyD88. This study demonstrates that peptides can induce TI isotype switching when antigen and TLR ligand are assembled and appropriately presented directly to B lymphocytes. A TI vaccine could enable efficient prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination of patients with T-cell deficiencies and find application in diseases where induction of T-cell responses contraindicates vaccination, for example, in Alzheimer disease. (Blood. 2013; 121(1): 85-94)

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research article
DOI
10.1182/blood-2012-02-413831
Web of Science ID

WOS:000313130400015

Author(s)
Pihlgren, Maria
Silva, Alberto B.
Madani, Rime
Giriens, Valerie
Waeckerle-Men, Ying
Fettelschoss, Antonia
Hickman, David T.
Lopez-Deber, Maria Pilar
Ndao, Dorin Mlaki
Vukicevic, Marija
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Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Amer Soc Hematology

Published in
Blood
Volume

121

Issue

1

Start page

85

End page

94

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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March 28, 2013
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