title: Immunodomination during peripheral vaccinia virus infection.
abstract: Immunodominance is a fundamental property of CD8(+) T cell responses to viruses and vaccines. It had been observed that route of administration alters immunodominance after vaccinia virus (VACV) infection, but only a few epitopes were examined and no mechanism was provided. We re-visited this issue, examining a panel of 15 VACV epitopes and four routes, namely intradermal (i.d.), subcutaneous (s.c.), intraperitoneal (i.p.) and intravenous (i.v.) injection. We found that immunodominance is sharpened following peripheral routes of infection (i.d. and s.c.) compared with those that allow systemic virus dissemination (i.p. and i.v.). This increased immunodominance was demonstrated with native epitopes of VACV and with herpes simplex virus glycoprotein B when expressed from VACV. Responses to some subdominant epitopes were altered by as much as fourfold. Tracking of virus, examination of priming sites, and experiments restricting virus spread showed that priming of CD8(+) T cells in the spleen was necessary, but not sufficient to broaden responses. Further, we directly demonstrated that immunodomination occurs more readily when priming is mainly in lymph nodes. Finally, we were able to reduce immunodominance after i.d., but not i.p. infection, using a VACV expressing the costimulators CD80 (B7-1) and CD86 (B7-2), which is notable because VACV-based vaccines incorporating these molecules are in clinical trials. Taken together, our data indicate that resources for CD8(+) T cell priming are limiting in local draining lymph nodes, leading to greater immunodomination. Further, we provide evidence that costimulation can be a limiting factor that contributes to immunodomination. These results shed light on a possible mechanism of immunodomination and highlight the need to consider multiple epitopes across the spectrum of immunogenicities in studies aimed at understanding CD8(+) T cell immunity to viruses.
authors: Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
authors: Leon C W
authors: LC
authors: Lin
authors: Inge E A
authors: IE
authors: Flesch
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: Tscharke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D018122:B7-1 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D051940:B7-2 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D012900:Smallpox Vaccine / Q000276:immunology; D014615:Vaccinia / Q000276:immunology*; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D018122:B7-1 Antigen; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D012900:Smallpox Vaccine; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C044525:glycoprotein B, herpes simplex virus type 2
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