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Gong M, Myster F, Azouz A, Sanchez Sanchez G, Li S, Charloteaux B, Yang B, Nichols J, Lefevre L, Javaux J, Leemans S, Nivelles O, van Campe W, Roels S, Mostin L, van den Berg T, Davison AJ, Gillet L, Connelley T, Vermijlen D, Goriely S, Vanderplasschen A, Dewals BG. Unraveling clonal CD8 T cell expansion and identification of essential factors in γ-herpesvirus-induced lymphomagenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2404536121. [PMID: 39088396 PMCID: PMC11317613 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2404536121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Alcelaphine gammaherpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) asymptomatically persists in its natural host, the wildebeest. However, cross-species transmission to cattle results in the induction of an acute and lethal peripheral T cell lymphoma-like disease (PTCL), named malignant catarrhal fever (MCF). Our previous findings demonstrated an essential role for viral genome maintenance in infected CD8+ T lymphocytes but the exact mechanism(s) leading to lymphoproliferation and MCF remained unknown. To decipher how AlHV-1 dysregulates T lymphocytes, we first examined the global phenotypic changes in circulating CD8+ T cells after experimental infection of calves. T cell receptor repertoire together with transcriptomics and epigenomics analyses demonstrated an oligoclonal expansion of infected CD8+ T cells displaying effector and exhaustion gene signatures, including GZMA, GNLY, PD-1, and TOX2 expression. Then, among viral genes expressed in infected CD8+ T cells, we uncovered A10 that encodes a transmembrane signaling protein displaying multiple tyrosine residues, with predicted ITAM and SH3 motifs. Impaired A10 expression did not affect AlHV-1 replication in vitro but rendered AlHV-1 unable to induce MCF. Furthermore, A10 was phosphorylated in T lymphocytes in vitro and affected T cell signaling. Finally, while AlHV-1 mutants expressing mutated forms of A10 devoid of ITAM or SH3 motifs (or both) were able to induce MCF, a recombinant virus expressing a mutated form of A10 unable to phosphorylate its tyrosine residues resulted in the lack of MCF and protected against a wild-type virus challenge. Thus, we could characterize the nature of this γ-herpesvirus-induced PTCL-like disease and identify an essential mechanism explaining its development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Meijiao Gong
- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
- Center for Research in Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
- Center for Research in Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels1050, Belgium
- Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), WEL Research Institute, Wavre1300, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Génoprotéomique Appliquée (GIGA), GIGA-Genomics core facility, University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Medical Research Council (MRC)-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, GlasgowG61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, MidlothianEH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Machelen 1830, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Machelen 1830, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Machelen 1830, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Machelen 1830, Belgium
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- Medical Research Council (MRC)-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, GlasgowG61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
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- The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, MidlothianEH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
- Center for Research in Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels1050, Belgium
- Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), WEL Research Institute, Wavre1300, Belgium
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
- Center for Research in Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies6041, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
- Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), WEL Research Institute, Wavre1300, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine—Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège4000, Belgium
- Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), WEL Research Institute, Wavre1300, Belgium
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Gong M, Myster F, van Campe W, Roels S, Mostin L, van den Berg T, Vanderplasschen A, Dewals BG. Wildebeest-Derived Malignant Catarrhal Fever: A Bovine Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma Caused by Cross-Species Transmission of Alcelaphine Gammaherpesvirus 1. Viruses 2023; 15:v15020526. [PMID: 36851740 PMCID: PMC9968110 DOI: 10.3390/v15020526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Gammaherpesviruses (γHVs) include viruses that can induce lymphoproliferative diseases and tumors. These viruses can persist in the long term in the absence of any pathological manifestation in their natural host. Alcelaphine gammaherpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) belongs to the genus Macavirus and asymptomatically infects its natural host, the wildebeest (Connochaetes spp.). However, when transmitted to several susceptible species belonging to the order Artiodactyla, AlHV-1 is responsible for the induction of a lethal lymphoproliferative disease, named wildebeest-derived malignant catarrhal fever (WD-MCF). Understanding the pathogenic mechanisms responsible for the induction of WD-MCF is important to better control the risks of transmission and disease development in susceptible species. The aim of this review is to synthesize the current knowledge on WD-MCF with a particular focus on the mechanisms by which AlHV-1 induces the disease. We discuss the potential mechanisms of pathogenesis from viral entry into the host to the maintenance of viral genomes in infected CD8+ T lymphocytes, and we present current hypotheses to explain how AlHV-1 infection induces a peripheral T cell lymphoma-like disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Meijiao Gong
- Laboratory of Immunology-Vaccinology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FARAH, ULiège, Avenue de Cureghem 10, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FARAH, ULiège, Avenue de Cureghem 10, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunology-Vaccinology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FARAH, ULiège, Avenue de Cureghem 10, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Kerklaan 68, B-1830 Machelen, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Kerklaan 68, B-1830 Machelen, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Kerklaan 68, B-1830 Machelen, Belgium
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- Sciensano, Scientific Directorate Infectious Diseases in Animals, Experimental Center Machelen, Kerklaan 68, B-1830 Machelen, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunology-Vaccinology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FARAH, ULiège, Avenue de Cureghem 10, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunology-Vaccinology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FARAH, ULiège, Avenue de Cureghem 10, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FARAH, ULiège, Avenue de Cureghem 10, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Myster F, Gong MJ, Javaux J, Suárez NM, Wilkie GS, Connelley T, Vanderplasschen A, Davison AJ, Dewals BG. Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 genes A7 and A8 regulate viral spread and are essential for malignant catarrhal fever. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008405. [PMID: 32176737 PMCID: PMC7098659 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) is a gammaherpesvirus that is carried asymptomatically by wildebeest. Upon cross-species transmission to other ruminants, including domestic cattle, AlHV-1 induces malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), which is a fatal lymphoproliferative disease resulting from proliferation and uncontrolled activation of latently infected CD8+ T cells. Two laboratory strains of AlHV-1 are used commonly in research: C500, which is pathogenic, and WC11, which has been attenuated by long-term maintenance in cell culture. The published genome sequence of a WC11 seed stock from a German laboratory revealed the deletion of two major regions. The sequence of a WC11 seed stock used in our laboratory also bears these deletions and, in addition, the duplication of an internal sequence in the terminal region. The larger of the two deletions has resulted in the absence of gene A7 and a large portion of gene A8. These genes are positional orthologs of the Epstein-Barr virus genes encoding envelope glycoproteins gp42 and gp350, respectively, which are involved in viral propagation and switching of cell tropism. To investigate the degree to which the absence of A7 and A8 participates in WC11 attenuation, recombinant viruses lacking these individual functions were generated in C500. Using bovine nasal turbinate and embryonic lung cell lines, increased cell-free viral propagation and impaired syncytia formation were observed in the absence of A7, whereas cell-free viral spread was inhibited in the absence of A8. Therefore, A7 appears to be involved in cell-to-cell viral spread, and A8 in viral cell-free propagation. Finally, infection of rabbits with either mutant did not induce the signs of MCF or the expansion of infected CD8+ T cells. These results demonstrate that A7 and A8 are both essential for regulating viral spread and suggest that AlHV-1 requires both genes to efficiently spread in vivo and reach CD8+ T lymphocytes and induce MCF. Gammaherpesvirus entry into immune cells can result in latent infection which is associated with viral persistence and severe lymphoproliferative diseases. Gammaherpesviruses enter target cells during primary infection via a complex machinery of envelope glycoproteins. Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) is a gammaherpesvirus carried by wildebeests without causing any clinical sign but induces malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) upon transmission to several species of ruminants including cattle. MCF is a deadly lymphoproliferative disease developing after a prolonged incubation period. In the present study, we demonstrated that the genes A7 and A8 of AlHV-1 encode envelope glycoproteins that are orthologs of Epstein-Barr virus gp42 and gp350, which regulate cell tropism switch. Impairment of A7 or A8 expression in a pathogenic strain of AlHV-1 strongly altered viral propagation in vitro. We further showed using bovine respiratory cell lines in vitro that AlHV-1 uses A7 to mediate cell-to-cell spread whereas A8 is necessary for cell-free viral propagation. Then, infection of rabbits as an experimental model to induce MCF with recombinant viral strains demonstrated that both A7 and A8 are essential for the induction of MCF. Thus, this study highlights an essential role for gp42 and gp350 orthologs in the pathogenesis of a gammaherpesvirus-induced lymphoproliferative disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Françoise Myster
- Immunology-Vaccinology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine–FARAH, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Immunology-Vaccinology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine–FARAH, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Immunology-Vaccinology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine–FARAH, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Immunology-Vaccinology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine–FARAH, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- Immunology-Vaccinology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine–FARAH, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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