BCG and BCGΔBCG1419c transiently protects hyper-susceptible I/St mice and induce different influx of macrophages and neutrophils during pulmonary tuberculosisстатья
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Аннотация:Host genetic factors influence both susceptibility to M. tuberculosis
infection and immune responses generated by vaccination. Genetically TB-susceptible
mice help to study mechanisms of immune protection which may differ from those
operating in more resistant models. Methods: In this work, we compared the efficacy
of protection conferred by subcutaneous vaccination of hypersusceptible I/St mice with
BCG and the vaccine candidate BCGΔBCG1419c, against tuberculosis, measured as
survival, weight loss, and replication in lungs. We further characterized the relative
presence of immune cells in lungs. Results: We found that in I/St mice, vaccination
with BCG or BCGΔBCG1419c provided similar level of protection against TB-driven
weight loss and M. tuberculosis replication in lungs, while prolonging median
survival time compared with unvaccinated controls. Despite affording similar protection
to parental BCG, BCGΔBCG1419c led to a reduced presence of macrophages in
lungs during early TB and to an increased neutrophil recruitment to the lungs during
chronic TB. Conclusions: BCG ΔBCG1419c protects I/St mice in a different manner
than wild type BCG against pulmonary tuberculosis by promoting different influx of
macrophages and neutrophils at distinct stages of infection. These findings prompt us
to suggest that preclinical evaluation of novel TB vaccine candidates should include
evaluation of efficacy not only in commonly used resistant inbred mice but also in
susceptible hosts to further determine their potential application to populations varying
in their genetics, which would likely their resistance or susceptibility to tuberculosis.