CD8+ T lymphocytes protective against malaria liver stages are primed in skin-draining lymph nodes
Author: ["Sumana Chakravarty","Ian A Cockburn","Salih Kuk","Michael G Overstreet","John B Sacci","Fidel Zavala"]
Publication: Nature Medicine
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Abstract
The success of immunization with irradiated sporozoites is unparalleled among the current vaccination approaches against malaria, but its mechanistic underpinnings have yet to be fully elucidated. Using a model mimicking natural infection by Plasmodium yoelii, we delineated early events governing the development of protective CD8+ T-cell responses to the circumsporozoite protein. We demonstrate that dendritic cells in cutaneous lymph nodes prime the first cohort of CD8+ T cells after an infectious mosquito bite. Ablation of these lymphoid sites greatly impairs subsequent development of protective immunity. Activated CD8+ T cells then travel to systemic sites, including the liver, in a sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)-dependent fashion. These effector cells, however, no longer require bone marrow–derived antigen-presenting cells for protection; instead, they recognize antigen on parenchymal cells—presumably parasitized hepatocytes. Therefore, we report an unexpected dichotomy in the tissue restriction of host responses during the development and execution of protective immunity to Plasmodium.
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Chakravarty, S., Cockburn, I., Kuk, S. et al. CD8+ T lymphocytes protective against malaria liver stages are primed in skin-draining lymph nodes. Nat Med 13, 1035–1041 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1628