Male and female mice achieve equivalent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 infection through divergent immune mechanisms
Kenney, D.; Matsuo, M.; Pantelias, A.; Leger, J.; Kaplan, A.; Cerbo, F.; Chen, D.-Y.; Adams, S.; Unali, G.; Wallace, D.; Saeed, M.; Belkina, A.; Harly, C.; Douam, F.
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Biological sex is a major determinant of antiviral immunity, yet how it shapes lung-resident antiviral immunity remains poorly understood. We report that prior mild SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 infection protects mice from lethal heterologous Delta challenge through distinct sex-biased immune mechanisms. Although heterologous protection is clinically equivalent between sexes, T- and B-cell depletions before BA.1 exposure abrogate protection only in males. Depletion with anti-CD4, but not anti-CD8, abolishes protection in both sexes, but co-depletion with anti-CD4/anti-CD8 partially restores protection in females only. Further, females exhibit enhanced IFN-gamma-associated myeloid inflammation upon secondary Delta infection. Using lymphoid-deficient mice that display female-biased resistance to Delta infection, IFN-gamma treatment provides partial protection to naive males against Delta. Female resistance is lost after previous BA.1 exposure, highlighting the importance of lymphoid-mediated inflammatory regulation. Together, equivalent antiviral protection against heterologous respiratory viral infection is governed by sexually dimorphic mechanisms, with significant implications for designing mucosal vaccines and immunotherapies.
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