Reduced efficacy of an anti-toxin vaccine from senescence-driven attenuation of toxin virulence
Du, X.; Tseng, C.-W.; Bjanes, E.; Gage, H.; Swan, J.; Tsai, C. M.; Hajam, I.; Gonzalez, C.; Lin, B.; Nizet, V.; Liu, G. Y.
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It remains unclear why vaccines targeting prominent microbial virulence factors often fail in clinical trials. Because microbial virulence depends on interaction with the host immune system, we investigated how changes in host immune function alter vaccine efficacy. Using a vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin (Hla), which targets host metalloprotease ADAM10 on myeloid cells, we show that Hla virulence is reduced in aged mice due to diminished ADAM10 activity and impaired myeloid cell function. Depletion of myeloid cells with cyclophosphamide in young mice similarly reduced toxin virulence. Immunization against Hla conferred strong protection against Staphylococcus aureus infection in young but not aged mice. These findings indicate that pathogenic functions of microbial factors characterized in immunocompetent young animals may not predict virulence or vaccine efficacy in immunocompromised hosts. These findings underscore the need to account for host immune status in the development and evaluation of vaccines targeting microbial virulence factors.
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