Systems Vaccinology Identifies an Early Innate Immune Signature as a Correlate of Antibody Responses to the Ebola Vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV

Publication date: 29 August 2017
Source:Cell Reports, Volume 20, Issue 9
Author(s): Anne Rechtien, Laura Richert, Hadrien Lorenzo, Gloria Martrus, Boris Hejblum, Christine Dahlke, Rahel Kasonta, Madeleine Zinser, Hans Stubbe, Urte Matschl, Ansgar Lohse, Verena Krähling, Markus Eickmann, Stephan Becker, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Marcus Altfeld, Marylyn Addo
Predicting vaccine efficacy remains a challenge. We used a systems vaccinology approach to identify early innate immune correlates of antibody induction in humans receiving the Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV. Blood samples from days 0, 1, 3, 7, and 14 were analyzed for changes in cytokine levels, innate immune cell subsets, and gene expression. Integrative statistical analyses with cross-validation identified a signature of 5 early innate markers correlating with antibody titers on day 28 and beyond. Among those, IP-10 on day 3 and MFI of CXCR6 on NK cells on day 1 were independent correlates. Consistently, we found an early gene expression signature linked to IP-10. This comprehensive characterization of early innate immune responses to the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine in humans revealed immune signatures linked to IP-10. These results suggest correlates of vaccine-induced antibody induction and provide a rationale to explore strategies for augmenting the effectiveness of vaccines through manipulation of IP-10.

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Rechtien et al. apply a systems vaccinology approach to examine the early innate immune responses elicited by the Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV. They find that early innate immune responses, with IP-10 as an independent soluble marker, correlate with EBOV-GP-specific antibody induction.


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