Impaired response to HBV vaccination in HIV-1 infected children : immunopathological mechanisms
Author: Bekele Feyissa, Yonas
Date: 2018-05-30
Location: Atrium, Nobels väg 12 B, Karolinska Institutet, Solna
Time: 09.30
Department: Inst för mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi / Dept of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology
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Abstract
HBV vaccination prevents HBV infection and related liver cancer. Immunological
dysfunctions of Tfh and B cells in HIV-1 infected individuals may affect the response to
HBV vaccine. The general objective of this thesis was to elucidate HBV vaccine response in
HIV-1 infected children receiving ART, to assess functional and phenotypic properties of
pTfh cells in HBV vaccinated children and to study whether HBV vaccination may have a
role in reducing the size of HIV-1 reservoirs. In paper I, we showed reduced frequencies of
pTfh cells in HIV-1 infected children compared to healthy controls and of pTfh cells
expressing the co-stimulatory molecules ICOS and PD1, important to mediate the interaction
of Tfh cells with B cells. The frequency of IL-4 expressing pTfh cells and of resting memory
B cells was also lower in infected children; on the contrary, an expansion of exhausted
memory B cells was detected in this group. In paper II, all children who received HBV
vaccination, except four, displayed a strong vaccine response at 1 month post-vaccination.
Lower plasma levels of anti-HBs antibodies (Abs) were measured in HIV-1 infected children
compared to controls at 1 month and 6 months post-vaccination. HIV-1 infected children had
elevated plasma CXCL13 levels compared to controls at all time points; changes in plasma
CXCL13 concentration were however not observed following vaccination. As the functional
and phenotypic properties of pTfh cells were similar in both groups pre- and postvaccination,
alterations in pTfh properties could not explain the reduced vaccine response in
HIV-1 infected children. In a yet unpublished study, we showed an altered frequency of B
cell subsets in HIV-1 infected children which correlated with anti-HBs Ab titers after
vaccination. In paper III, the number of HIV-1 DNA copies in PBMCs was unchanged after
vaccination with a combined HBV and HAV vaccine in HIV-1 infected children; however,
54% of these individuals showed a decline in the size of HIV-1 DNA reservoir after
vaccination. The change was most likely related to vaccination since the children were on
ART for a median of 7.2 years and had therefore likely reached a plateau phase for HIV-1
DNA decay after ART initiation. EM CD8+ T cells were the stronger predictors of the
change in HIV-1 DNA copies using multivariate analysis. In conclusion, three doses of
accelerated HBV vaccination induced high anti-HBs Abs in both HIV-1 infected and control
children. A rapid decline of anti-HBs Abs in plasma after 6 months from vaccination suggests
the need of an additional booster dose for HBV vaccine. The role of HBV vaccination in
reducing HIV-1 DNA reservoirs should be investigated further.
List of papers:
I. Bekele Y, Amu S, Bobosha K, Lantto R, Nilsson A, Endale B, Gebre M, Aseffa A, Rethi B, Howe R, Chiodi F. Impaired Phenotype and Function of T Follicular Helper Cells in HIV-1-Infected Children Receiving ART. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Jul; 94(27):e1125.
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II. Bekele Y, Yibeltal D, Bobosha K, Andargie TE, Lemma M, Gebre M, Mekonnen E, Habtewold A, Nilsson A, Aseffa A, Howe R, Chiodi F. T follicular helper cells and antibody response to Hepatitis B virus vaccine in HIV-1 infected children receiving ART. Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 19;7(1):5805.
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III. Bekele Y, Lantto R, Soeria-Atmadja S, Nasi A, Zazzi M, Vicenti I, Naver L, Nilsson A, Chiodi F. HBV vaccination in HIV-1 infected young adults: a tool to reduce the size of HIV-1 reservoirs? Front Immunol. 2018 Jan 10;8:1966.
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I. Bekele Y, Amu S, Bobosha K, Lantto R, Nilsson A, Endale B, Gebre M, Aseffa A, Rethi B, Howe R, Chiodi F. Impaired Phenotype and Function of T Follicular Helper Cells in HIV-1-Infected Children Receiving ART. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Jul; 94(27):e1125.
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II. Bekele Y, Yibeltal D, Bobosha K, Andargie TE, Lemma M, Gebre M, Mekonnen E, Habtewold A, Nilsson A, Aseffa A, Howe R, Chiodi F. T follicular helper cells and antibody response to Hepatitis B virus vaccine in HIV-1 infected children receiving ART. Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 19;7(1):5805.
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III. Bekele Y, Lantto R, Soeria-Atmadja S, Nasi A, Zazzi M, Vicenti I, Naver L, Nilsson A, Chiodi F. HBV vaccination in HIV-1 infected young adults: a tool to reduce the size of HIV-1 reservoirs? Front Immunol. 2018 Jan 10;8:1966.
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Institution: Karolinska Institutet
Supervisor: Chiodi, Francesca
Co-supervisor: Nilsson, Anna
Issue date: 2018-05-08
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Publication year: 2018
ISBN: 978-91-7831-025-8
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