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Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY 12983
We show in this study several novel features of T cell-based heterosubtypic immunity against the influenza A virus in mice. First, T cell-mediated heterosubtypic protection against lethal challenge can be generated by a very low priming dose. Second, it becomes effective within 56 days. Third, it provides protection against a very high dose challenge for >70 days. Also novel is the finding that strong, long-lasting, heterosubtypic protection can be elicited by priming with attenuated cold-adapted strains. We demonstrate that priming does not prevent infection of the lungs following challenge, but leads to earlier clearance of the virus and 100% survival after otherwise lethal challenge. Protection is dependent on CD8 T cells, and we show that CD4 and CD8 T cells reactive to conserved epitopes of the core proteins of the challenge virus are present after priming. Our results suggest that intranasal vaccination with cold-adapted, attenuated live virus has the potential to provide effective emergency protection against emerging influenza strains for several months.
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1 This work was supported by Grants HL063925 and AI046530 and the Trudeau Institute.
2 T.J.P. and T.S. contributed equally to this work.
3 Present address: J. A. Hollenbaugh, Nova Sterilis, 3109 North Triphammer Road, Lansing, NY 14882.
4 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Richard W. Dutton, Trudeau Institute 154 Algonquin Avenue, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. E-mail address: dutton{at}northnet.org
5 Abbreviations used in this paper: HA, hemagglutinin; NA, neuraminidase; WT, wild type; EID, 50% egg infectious dose; TCID, 50% tissue culture infectious dose; NP, nuclear protein; PA, acid polymerase.
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