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ArticleScience signaling2019

Amino acid starvation enhances vaccine efficacy by augmenting neutralizing antibody production.

Sumbul Afroz, Shama, Srikanth Battu, Shaikh Matin, Sabrina Solouki, Jessica P Elmore, Gillipsie Minhas, Weishan Huang, Avery August, Nooruddin Khan

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Article in Science signaling, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Amino acid sensing pathway: A major check point in the pathogenesis of obesity and COVID-19.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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  4. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibition activates a pathway that branches from the canonical amino acid response in mammalian cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sumbul AfrozSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046 Telangana, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8277-1009
ShamaSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046 Telangana, India.
Srikanth BattuSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046 Telangana, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5268-5185
Shaikh MatinSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046 Telangana, India.
Sabrina SoloukiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Jessica P ElmoreDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Gillipsie MinhasSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046 Telangana, India.
Weishan HuangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1330-1131
Avery AugustDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4968-3415
Nooruddin KhanSchool of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046 Telangana, India. noor@uohyd.ac.in.ORCID 0000-0001-6356-5023
University of Hyderabad · INCornell University · USLouisiana State University · US

Funding

Immuno-Engineering: Integrated Engineering and Immunology TrainingT32EB023860 · NIBIB · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI AUGUST, AVERY, PUTNAM, DAVID A · 2018 to 2022
$933k
Itk signaling and Type 1 regulatory T cell differentiation and function in allergic airway inflammationR21AI129422 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI AUGUST, AVERY, HUANG, WEISHAN · 2018 to 2019
$431k
GCN2 signaling in pathogenic and regulatory T cell development in allergic airway inflammationR21AI137822 · NIAID · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE · PI HUANG, WEISHAN · 2018 to 2019
$407k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI129422NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI137822NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB023860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specific reduction in the intake of proteins or amino acids (AAs) offers enormous health benefits, including increased life span, protection against age-associated disorders, and improved metabolic fitness and immunity. Cells respond to conditions of AA starvation by activating the amino acid starvation response (AAR). Here, we showed that mimicking AAR with halofuginone (HF) enhanced the magnitude and affinity of neutralizing, antigen-specific antibody responses in mice immunized with dengue virus envelope domain III protein (DENVrEDIII), a potent vaccine candidate against DENV. HF enhanced the formation of germinal centers (GCs) and increased the production of the cytokine IL-10 in the secondary lymphoid organs of vaccinated mice. Furthermore, HF promoted the transcription of genes associated with memory B cell formation and maintenance and maturation of GCs in the draining lymph nodes of vaccinated mice. The increased abundance of IL-10 in HF-preconditioned mice correlated with enhanced GC responses and may promote the establishment of long-lived plasma cells that secrete antigen-specific, high-affinity antibodies. Thus, these data suggest that mimetics of AA starvation could provide an alternative strategy to augment the efficacy of vaccines against dengue and other infectious diseases.

Indexed as

Antibody FormationAmino AcidsAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralDengue VaccinesInterleukin-10MiceMice, Inbred BALB CPiperidinesQuinazolinonesAmino AcidsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralDengue VaccineshalofuginoneIL10 protein, mouseInterleukin-10PiperidinesQuinazolinones

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PMID31719173
PMCPMC7271814
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