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Dendritic cells (DC) are an essential link between the innate and adaptive immune response. To become effective antigen-presenting cells DC need to undergo maturation, during which they up-regulate co-stimulatory molecules and produce cytokines. There is great interest in utilizing DC in vaccination regimes. Over recent years, Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling has been recognized to be one of the major inducers of DC maturation. This study describes a mutant version of the TLR adaptor molecule MyD88 (termed MyD88lpr) as a novel adjuvant for vaccination regimes. MyD88lpr specifically activates DC by disrupting a DC intrinsic inhibitory mechanism, which is dependent on single immunoglobulin IL-1R-related. Moreover, MyD88lpr was able to induce an IgG2a-dominated response to a co-expressed antigen, suggesting Th1 immunity. However, when used as a vaccine adjuvant for Influenza nucleoprotein there was no significant difference in the lung viral titres during the infection. This study describes MyD88lpr as a potential adjuvant for vaccinations, which would be able to target DC specifically.

Original publication

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02392.x

Type

Journal article

Journal

Scand J Immunol

Publication Date

06/2010

Volume

71

Pages

393 - 402

Keywords

Adjuvants, Immunologic, Animals, Antibodies, Viral, Dendritic Cells, Female, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Influenza A virus, Influenza Vaccines, Influenza, Human, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Knockout, Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88, Receptors, Interleukin-1, Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, Th1 Cells, Vaccination