Cell Reports (Jul 2024)

A pre-vaccination immune metabolic interplay determines the protective antibody response to a dengue virus vaccine

  • Adam-Nicolas Pelletier,
  • Gabriela Pacheco Sanchez,
  • Abdullah Izmirly,
  • Mark Watson,
  • Tiziana Di Pucchio,
  • Karina Inacio Carvalho,
  • Abdelali Filali-Mouhim,
  • Eustache Paramithiotis,
  • Maria do Carmo S.T. Timenetsky,
  • Alexander Roberto Precioso,
  • Jorge Kalil,
  • Michael S. Diamond,
  • Elias K. Haddad,
  • Esper G. Kallas,
  • Rafick Pierre Sekaly

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43, no. 7
p. 114370

Abstract

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Summary: Protective immunity to dengue virus (DENV) requires antibody response to all four serotypes. Systems vaccinology identifies a multi-OMICs pre-vaccination signature and mechanisms predictive of broad antibody responses after immunization with a tetravalent live attenuated DENV vaccine candidate (Butantan-DV/TV003). Anti-inflammatory pathways, including TGF-β signaling expressed by CD68low monocytes, and the metabolites phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) positively correlate with broadly neutralizing antibody responses against DENV. In contrast, expression of pro-inflammatory pathways and cytokines (IFN and IL-1) in CD68hi monocytes and primary and secondary bile acids negatively correlates with broad DENV-specific antibody responses. Induction of TGF-β and IFNs is done respectively by PC/PE and bile acids in CD68low and CD68hi monocytes. The inhibition of viral sensing by PC/PE-induced TGF-β is confirmed in vitro. Our studies show that the balance between metabolites and the pro- or anti-inflammatory state of innate immune cells drives broad and protective B cell response to a live attenuated dengue vaccine.

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