Raquel Giacomelli Cao1, Lisa Christian2,3, Zhaohui Xu1,4, Lisa Jaramillo1, Bennett Smith1, Erik A Karlsson5,6, Stacey Schultz-Cherry5, Asuncion Mejias1,7,4, Octavio Ramilo1,7,4. 1. Center for Vaccines and Immunity, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 2. Institute for Behavioral Medical Research, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 3. Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 4. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 5. Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. 6. Current affiliation: Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 7. Division of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Influenza immunization during pregnancy provides protection to the mother and the infant. Studies in adults and children with inactivated influenza vaccine have identified changes in immune gene expression that were correlated with antibody responses. The current study was performed to define baseline blood transcriptional profiles and changes induced by inactivated influenza vaccine in pregnant women and to identify correlates with antibody responses. METHODS: Pregnant women were immunized with inactivated influenza vaccine during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons. Blood samples were collected on day 0 (before vaccination) and on days 1 and 7 after vaccination for transcriptional profile analyses, and on days 0 and 30, along with delivery and cord blood samples, to measure antibody titers. RESULTS: Transcriptional analysis demonstrated overexpression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) on day 1 and of plasma cell genes on day 7. Prevaccination ISG expression and ISGs overexpressed on day 1 were significantly correlated with increased H3N2, B Yamagata, and B Victoria antibody titers. Plasma cell gene expression on day 7 was correlated with increased B Yamagata and B Victoria antibody titers. Compared with women who were vaccinated during the previous influenza season, those who were not showed more frequent significant correlations between ISGs and antibody titers. CONCLUSIONS: Influenza vaccination in pregnant women resulted in enhanced expression of ISGs and plasma cell genes correlated with antibody responses. Brief summary: This study identified gene expression profiles of interferon-stimulated genes and plasma cells before vaccination and early after vaccination that were correlated with antibody responses in pregnant women vaccinated for influenza.
BACKGROUND: Influenza immunization during pregnancy provides protection to the mother and the infant. Studies in adults and children with inactivated influenza vaccine have identified changes in immune gene expression that were correlated with antibody responses. The current study was performed to define baseline blood transcriptional profiles and changes induced by inactivated influenza vaccine in pregnant women and to identify correlates with antibody responses. METHODS: Pregnant women were immunized with inactivated influenza vaccine during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons. Blood samples were collected on day 0 (before vaccination) and on days 1 and 7 after vaccination for transcriptional profile analyses, and on days 0 and 30, along with delivery and cord blood samples, to measure antibody titers. RESULTS: Transcriptional analysis demonstrated overexpression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) on day 1 and of plasma cell genes on day 7. Prevaccination ISG expression and ISGs overexpressed on day 1 were significantly correlated with increased H3N2, B Yamagata, and B Victoria antibody titers. Plasma cell gene expression on day 7 was correlated with increased B Yamagata and B Victoria antibody titers. Compared with women who were vaccinated during the previous influenza season, those who were not showed more frequent significant correlations between ISGs and antibody titers. CONCLUSIONS: Influenza vaccination in pregnant women resulted in enhanced expression of ISGs and plasma cell genes correlated with antibody responses. Brief summary: This study identified gene expression profiles of interferon-stimulated genes and plasma cells before vaccination and early after vaccination that were correlated with antibody responses in pregnant women vaccinated for influenza.
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