title: Heat treatment improves antigen-specific T cell activation after protein delivery by several but not all yeast genera.
abstract: A central prerequisite in using yeast as antigen carrier in vaccination is its efficient interaction with cellular components of the innate immune system, mainly mediated by cell surface structures. Here, we investigated the distribution of major yeast cell wall components such as mannan, β-glucan and chitin of four different and likewise biotechnologically relevant yeasts (Saccharomyces, Pichia, Kluyveromyces and Schizosaccharomyces) and analyzed the influence of heat-treatment on β-1,3-glucan exposure at the outer yeast cell surface as well as the amount of yeast induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by antigen presenting cells (APC) in human blood. We found that yeasts significantly differ in the distribution of their cell wall components and that heat-treatment affected both, cell wall composition and yeast-induced ROS production by human APCs. We further show that heat-treatment modulates the activation of antigen specific memory T cells after yeast-mediated protein delivery in different ways and thus provide additional support of using yeast as vehicle for the development of novel T cell vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Molecular and Cell Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
authors.forename: Silvia Boschi
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bazan
authors.affiliation: Junior Research Group for Virology/Immunology, Department of Virology, Saarland University Hospital, 66421 Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Breinig
authors.affiliation: Molecular and Cell Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
authors.forename: Manfred J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.affiliation: Molecular and Cell Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany. Electronic address: fb@microbiol.uni-sb.de.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Breinig
mesh_terms: D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007716:Kluyveromyces / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D010843:Pichia / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000097:blood*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015003:Yeasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D047071:beta-Glucans; C065418:cytomegalovirus matrix protein 65kDa; C033363:beta-1,3-glucan
keywords: T cell activation; Vaccine; Yeast