Ian Shannon1, Chantelle L White2, Hongmei Yang3, Jennifer L Nayak1. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA. 2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA. 3. Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Early childhood influenza infections imprint influenza-specific immune memory, with most studies evaluating antibody specificity. In this study, we examined how infection versus inactivated influenza vaccination (IIV) establish pediatric CD4 T-cell mediated immunity to influenza and whether this poises the immune system to respond differently to IIV the following year. METHODS: We tracked influenza-specific CD4 T-cell responses in 16 H3N2 infected and 28 IIV immunized children following both initial exposure and after cohorts were revaccinated with IIV the following fall. PBMCs were stimulated with peptide pools encompassing the translated regions of the H3 HA and NP proteins and were then stained to assess CD4 T-cell specificity and function. RESULTS: Compared to IIV, infection primed a greater magnitude CD4 T-cell response specific for the infecting HA and NP proteins, with more robust NP-specific immunity persisting through year 2. Post infection, CD4 T cells preferentially produced combinations of cytokines that included interferon-γ. Interestingly, age-specific patterns in CD4 T-cell reactivity demonstrated the impact of multiple influenza exposures over time. CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that infection and vaccination differentially prime influenza-specific CD4 T-cell responses in early childhood, with these differences contributing to the lasting immunologic imprinting established following early influenza infection. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT02559505.
BACKGROUND: Early childhood influenza infections imprint influenza-specific immune memory, with most studies evaluating antibody specificity. In this study, we examined how infection versus inactivated influenza vaccination (IIV) establish pediatric CD4 T-cell mediated immunity to influenza and whether this poises the immune system to respond differently to IIV the following year. METHODS: We tracked influenza-specific CD4 T-cell responses in 16 H3N2 infected and 28 IIV immunized children following both initial exposure and after cohorts were revaccinated with IIV the following fall. PBMCs were stimulated with peptide pools encompassing the translated regions of the H3 HA and NP proteins and were then stained to assess CD4 T-cell specificity and function. RESULTS: Compared to IIV, infection primed a greater magnitude CD4 T-cell response specific for the infecting HA and NP proteins, with more robust NP-specific immunity persisting through year 2. Post infection, CD4 T cells preferentially produced combinations of cytokines that included interferon-γ. Interestingly, age-specific patterns in CD4 T-cell reactivity demonstrated the impact of multiple influenza exposures over time. CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that infection and vaccination differentially prime influenza-specific CD4 T-cell responses in early childhood, with these differences contributing to the lasting immunologic imprinting established following early influenza infection. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT02559505.
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