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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Post-release immune responses of Tasmanian devils vaccinated with an experimental devil facial tumour disease vaccine

Ruth Pye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1001-3329 A G , Jocelyn Darby A , Andrew S. Flies A , Samantha Fox B F , Scott Carver C , Jodie Elmer B , Kate Swift B , Carolyn Hogg D , David Pemberton B , Gregory Woods A and A. Bruce Lyons E G
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A Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, 17 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tas. 7000, Australia.

B Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment, 134 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tas. 7000, Australia.

C Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, Tas. 7001, Australia.

D Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia.

E Tasmanian School of Medicine, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, 17 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tas. 7000, Australia.

F Toledo Zoo, 2605 Broadway, Toledo, OH 43609, USA.

G Corresponding authors. Email: ruth.pye@utas.edu.au; bruce.lyons@utas.edu.au

Wildlife Research 48(8) 701-712 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR20210
Submitted: 11 December 2020  Accepted: 15 May 2021   Published: 9 December 2021

Abstract

Context: Disease is increasingly becoming a driver of wildlife population declines and an extinction risk. Vaccines are one of the most successful health interventions in human history, but few have been tested for mitigating wildlife disease. The transmissible cancer, devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), triggered the Tasmanian devil’s (Sarcophilus harrisii) inclusion on the international endangered species list. In 2016, 33 devils from a DFTD-free insurance population were given an experimental DFTD vaccination before their wild release on the Tasmanian northern coast.

Aim: To determine the efficacy of the vaccination protocol and the longevity of the induced responses.

Method: Six trapping trips took place over the 2.5 years following release, and both vaccinated and incumbent devils had blood samples and tumour biopsies collected.

Key results: In all, 8 of the 33 vaccinated devils were re-trapped, and six of those developed DFTD within the monitoring period. Despite the lack of protection provided by the vaccine, we observed signs of immune activation not usually found in unvaccinated devils. First, sera collected from the eight devils showed that anti-DFTD antibodies persisted for up to 2 years post-vaccination. Second, tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes were found in three of four biopsies collected from vaccinated devils, which contrasts with the ‘immune deserts’ typical of DFTs; only 1 of the 20 incumbent devils with DFTD had a tumour biopsy exhibiting immune-cell infiltrate. Third, immunohistochemical analysis of the vaccinated devils’ tumour biopsies identified the functional immune molecules associated with antigen-presenting cells (MHC-II) and T-cells (CD3), and the immune checkpoint molecule PD-1, all being associated with anti-tumour immunity in other species.

Conclusions: These results correlate with our previous study on captive devils in which a prophylactic vaccine primed the devil immune system and, following DFTD challenge and tumour growth, immunotherapy induced complete tumour regressions. The field trial results presented here provide further evidence that the devil immune system can be primed to recognise DFTD cells, but additional immune manipulation could be needed for complete protection or induction of tumour regressions.

Implications: A protective DFTD vaccine would provide a valuable management approach for conservation of the Tasmanian devil.

Keywords: devil facial tumour disease, transmissible cancer, vaccine, immunohistochemistry.


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