- Title
- ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination generates spike-specific CD8⁺ T cells in aged mice
- Creator
- Foster, William S.; Newman, Joseph; Thakur, Nazia; Spencer, Alexandra J.; Davies, Sophie; Woods, Danielle; Godfrey, Leila; Ross, Sarah H.; Sharpe, Hayley J.; Richard, Arianne C.; Bailey, Dalan; Lambe, Teresa; Linterman, Michelle A.
- Relation
- Immunology & Cell Biology Vol. 101, Issue 6, p. 479-488
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12645
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Effective vaccines have reduced the morbidity and mortality caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection; however, the elderly remain the most at risk. Understanding how vaccines generate protective immunity and how these mechanisms change with age is key for informing future vaccine design. Cytotoxic CD8+ T cells are important for killing virally infected cells, and vaccines that induce antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in addition to humoral immunity provide an extra layer of immune protection. This is particularly important in cases where antibody titers are suboptimal, as can occur in older individuals. Here, we show that in aged mice, spike epitope–specific CD8+ T cells are generated in comparable numbers to younger animals after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination, although phenotypic differences exist. This demonstrates that ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 elicits a good CD8+ T-cell response in older bodies, but that typical age-associated features are evident on these vaccine reactive T cells.
- Subject
- aging; CD8⁺ T cells; immunity; SARS-CoV-2; vaccination; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1501436
- Identifier
- uon:55138
- Identifier
- ISSN:0818-9641
- Rights
- © 2023 The Authors. Immunology & Cell Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Language
- eng
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