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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Vaccination of newborn monkeys with an influenza HA stem nanoparticle adjuvanted with R848 and AddaVax results in broadened HA recognition and increased antibody secreting cells to HA stem following H1N1 challenge.

Kali F Crofts, Beth C Holbrook, Colby J Hendrix, Ava C DiPaolo, Courtney L Page, Rebecca A Gillespie, Heather A Burkart, Masaru Kanekiyo, Martha A Alexander-Miller

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Kali F CroftsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Beth C HolbrookDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Colby J HendrixDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Ava C DiPaoloDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Courtney L PageDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Rebecca A GillespieVaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Heather A BurkartDepartment of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Masaru KanekiyoVaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Martha A Alexander-MillerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
Vervet Research Colony as a Biomedical ResourceP40OD010965 · OD · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Matthew Jorgensen · 2012 to 2026
$14.6M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIST32AI007401 · NIAID · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Martha Ann Alexander-Miller · 1991 to 2026
$4.4M
Development of vaccine approaches to elicit broadly protective influenza-specific immune responses in infantsR01AI146059 · NIAID · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ALEXANDER-MILLER, MARTHA ANN · 2020 to 2024
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146059NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007401NIH HHS P40 OD010965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: How infection shapes recall responses in the setting of preexisting influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) stem-focused immunity has important implications given the known impact of imprinting on future immune responses. Adoption of an HA-based universal stem vaccine approach for young infants would likely result in stem-specific imprinting. Understanding how imprinting programs memory B cell recall and early antibody responses to HA stem and head in newborns is therefore essential. Methods: African green monkeys vaccinated with a A/New Caledonia/20/1999 (NC99) hemagglutinin stem-bearing nanoparticle (H1ssF) adjuvanted with R848+AddaVax as newborns were challenged with H1N1 A/California/07/2009 (Ca09). Antibody and draining lymph node cellular responses were analyzed on d7 following challenge. Both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the antibody response were assessed. Results: Our previous studies showed newborn African green monkeys vaccinated with an R848+AddaVax dual adjuvanted H1ssF nanoparticle exhibited a robust stem-specific antibody response that had broad reactivity and enhanced functional activity. In the present study, we investigated how the response elicited by this vaccine was recalled following infection, evaluating both antibody and cellular responses. While challenge resulted in increases in recognition of many heterologous HA molecules, not all responses showed evidence of boosting at this timepoint. Control (Ctrl) animals had limited neutralizing activity to Ca09 at d7 following infection, whereas challenge resulted in significant increases in neutralizing antibody to the challenge virus. Compared to Ctrl animals, vaccinated infants exhibited lower germinal center B cell responses and IFNγ-producing T follicular helper (Tfh) responses. However, vaccinated infants exhibited a significant increase in HA stem-specific plasmablasts and plasma cells in the lung-draining tracheobronchial lymph nodes together with similar head-specific responses. Conclusion: Collectively, these findings are consistent with efficient recall of stem-specific responses generated by vaccination with dual adjuvanted H1ssF administered to newborn African green monkeys in response to influenza virus challenge. Interestingly, challenge with the heterologous virus appears to reshape the reactivity profile of the stem-specific response. Further, vaccinated animals exhibit robust early antibody-secreting cell responses, including increased numbers of stem-specific cells, without an apparent reduction in the generation of head-specific cells.

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Antibody-Producing CellsHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza VaccinesOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntibodies, ViralChlorocebus aethiopsImmunologic MemoryNanoparticlesVaccinationAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntibodies, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza Vaccinesadjuvantsantibody secreting cellinfluenza HA steminfluenza vaccinememory B cellnewbornrecall responseuniversal vaccine

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PMID42741398
PMCPMC13572665

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