Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–induced trained immunity protects against SARS-CoV-2 challenge in K18-hACE2 mice
Zhang Bao ZhongGong Hua RuiHu Ye FanWang Xiao Lei
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed in over 450 million confirmed cases since 2019. Although several vaccines have been certified by the WHO and people are being vaccinated on a global scale, it has been reported that multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants can escape neutralization by antibodies, resulting in vaccine breakthrough infections. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is known to induce heterologous protection based on trained immune responses. Here, we investigated whether BCG-induced trained immunity protected against SARS-CoV-2 in the K18-hACE2 mouse model. Our data demonstrate that i.v. BCG (BCG-i.v.) vaccination induces robust trained innate immune responses and provides protection against WT SARS-CoV-2, as well as the B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 variants. Further studies suggest that myeloid cell differentiation and activation of the glycolysis pathway are associated with BCG-induced training immunity in K18-hACE2 mice. Overall, our study provides the experimental evidence that establishes a causal relationship between BCG-i.v. vaccination and protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge.
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Zhang, B.-Z., Shuai, H., Gong, H.-R., Hu, J.-C., Yan, B., Yuen, T. T.-T., … Chu, H. (2022, June 8). Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–induced trained immunity protects against SARS-CoV-2 challenge in K18-hACE2 mice. JCI Insight. American Society for Clinical Investigation. http://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.157393
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2022-06-08
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