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BCG induced trained immunity through epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming
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The Bacille Calmette–Guerin (BCG), the only vaccine against tuberculosis, remains the most commonly used vaccine worldwide. In addition to its effects on mycobacterial diseases, BCG also exerts beneficial non-specific effects ranging from protection against non-mycobacterial diseases, decreased incidence of allergic diseases, and treatment of certain malignancies. This is thought to be caused by potentiation of innate immune responses through epigenetic mechanisms, a process termed ‘trained immunity’. The process of trained immunity may also account for BCG-associated resistance to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis (also termed ‘early clearance’), and this could have important consequences for our quest for improving tuberculosis vaccination strategies.
BCG-induced trained immunity results in an increased in-vitro responsiveness of monocytes and macrophages, with effector functions such as cytokine production and reactive oxygen species release being increased upon secondary stimulation with non-related pathogens. The change in inflammatory profile and the underlying epigenetic changes are dependent on changes in cellular metabolism, and these metabolic changes are also epigenetically mediated, hence showing a complex interaction between immunometabolic pathways and epigenetic modifications in trained immunity.
Date:
13 March 2017, 11:00
Venue:
Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Prof Reinout van Crevel (Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences )
Part of:
Jenner Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Lisbeth Soederberg
