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Structure and function of the porcine TAP protein and its inhibition by the viral immune evasion protein ICP47. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 178:514-526. [PMID: 33662419 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The binding mode to TAP (i.e., the peptide transporter associated with antigen processing) from a viral peptide thus far has been unknown in the field of antiviral immunity, but an interfering mode from a virus-encoded TAP inhibitor has been well documented with respect to blocking the TAP function. In the current study, we predicted the structure of the pig TAP transporter and its inhibition complex by the small viral protein ICP47 of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) encoded by the TAP inhibitor to exploit inhibition of the TAP transporter as the host's immune evasion strategy. We found that the hot spots (residues Leu5, Tyr22, and Leu51) on the ICP47 inhibitor interface tended to prevail over the favored Leu and Tyr, which contributed to significant functional binding at the C-termini recognition principle of the TAP. We further characterized the specificity determinants of the peptide transporter from the pig TAP by the ICP47 inhibitor effects and multidrug TmrAB transporter from the Thermus thermophillus and its immunity regarding its structural homolog of the pig TAP. The specialized structure-function relationship from the pig TAP exporter could provide insight into substrate specificity of the unique immunological properties from the host organism. The TAP disarming capacity from all five viral inhibitors (i.e., the five virus-encoded TAP inhibitors of ICP47, UL49.5, U6, BNLF2a, and CPXV012 proteins) was linked to the infiltration of the TAP functional structure in an unstable conformation and the mounting susceptibility caused by the host's TAP polymorphism. It is anticipated that the functional characterization of the pig TAP transporter based on the pig genomic variants will lead to additional insights into the genotype and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in relation to antiviral resistance and disease susceptibility.
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pUC18-CpG Is an Effective Adjuvant for a Duck Tembusu Virus Inactivated Vaccine. Viruses 2020; 12:v12020238. [PMID: 32093377 PMCID: PMC7077240 DOI: 10.3390/v12020238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Duck Tembusu virus (DTMUV) is an emerging pathogenic flavivirus responsible for massive economic losses in the duck industry. However, commercially inactivated DTMUV vaccines have been ineffective at inducing protective immunity in ducks. The widely used adjuvant cytosine-phosphate-guanine oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODNs) reportedly improve humoral and cellular immunities in animal models. However, its effectiveness in DTMUV vaccines requires validation. Here, we assessed the protective efficacy of pUC18-CpG as an adjuvant in an inactivated live DTMUV vaccine in ducks. Our results revealed that the serum hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titers, positive rates of anti-DTMUV antibodies, the concentration of serum cytokines, and protection efficacy were significantly increased in ducks immunized with pUC18-CpG compared to that in the control group. Moreover, ducks immunized with a full vaccine dose containing a half dose of antigen supplemented with 40 μg of pUC18-CpG exhibited the most potent responses. This study suggests that pUC18-CpG is a promising adjuvant against DTMUV, which might prove effective in treating other viral diseases in waterfowl.
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Nelson BR, Roby JA, Dobyns WB, Rajagopal L, Gale M, Adams Waldorf KM. Immune Evasion Strategies Used by Zika Virus to Infect the Fetal Eye and Brain. Viral Immunol 2019; 33:22-37. [PMID: 31687902 PMCID: PMC6978768 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2019.0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that caused a public health emergency in the Americas when an outbreak in Brazil became linked to congenital microcephaly. Understanding how ZIKV could evade the innate immune defenses of the mother, placenta, and fetus has become central to determining how the virus can traffic into the fetal brain. ZIKV, like other flaviviruses, evades host innate immune responses by leveraging viral proteins and other processes that occur during viral replication to allow spread to the placenta. Within the placenta, there are diverse cell types with coreceptors for ZIKV entry, creating an opportunity for the virus to establish a reservoir for replication and infect the fetus. The fetal brain is vulnerable to ZIKV, particularly during the first trimester, when it is beginning a dynamic process, to form highly complex and specialized regions orchestrated by neuroprogenitor cells. In this review, we provide a conceptual framework to understand the different routes for viral trafficking into the fetal brain and the eye, which are most likely to occur early and later in pregnancy. Based on the injury profile in human and nonhuman primates, ZIKV entry into the fetal brain likely occurs across both the blood/cerebrospinal fluid barrier in the choroid plexus and the blood/brain barrier. ZIKV can also enter the eye by trafficking across the blood/retinal barrier. Ultimately, the efficient escape of innate immune defenses by ZIKV is a key factor leading to viral infection. However, the host immune response against ZIKV can lead to injury and perturbations in developmental programs that drive cellular division, migration, and brain growth. The combined effect of innate immune evasion to facilitate viral propagation and the maternal/placental/fetal immune response to control the infection will determine the extent to which ZIKV can injure the fetal brain.
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- Branden R. Nelson
- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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McKechnie JL, Beltrán D, Pitti A, Saenz L, Araúz AB, Vergara R, Harris E, Lanier LL, Blish CA, López-Vergès S. HLA Upregulation During Dengue Virus Infection Suppresses the Natural Killer Cell Response. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:268. [PMID: 31396492 PMCID: PMC6663972 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent mosquito-borne virus in the world and a major cause of morbidity in the tropics and subtropics. Upregulation of HLA class I molecules has long been considered a feature of DENV infection, yet this has not been evaluated in the setting of natural infection. Natural killer (NK) cells, an innate immune cell subset critical for mounting an early response to viral infection, are inhibited by self HLA class I, suggesting that upregulation of HLA class I during DENV infection could dampen the NK cell response. Here we addressed whether upregulation of HLA class I molecules occurs during in vivo DENV infection and, if so, whether this suppresses the NK cell response. We found that HLA class I expression was indeed upregulated during acute DENV infection across multiple cell lineages in vivo. To better understand the role of HLA class I upregulation, we infected primary human monocytes, a major target of DENV infection, in vitro. Upregulation of total HLA class I is dependent on active viral replication and is mediated in part by cytokines and other soluble factors induced by infection, while upregulation of HLA-E occurs in the presence of replication-incompetent virus. Importantly, blocking DENV-infected monocytes with a pan-HLA class I Fab nearly doubles the frequency of degranulating NK cells, while blocking HLA-E does not significantly improve the NK cell response. These findings demonstrate that upregulation of HLA class I during DENV infection suppresses the NK cell response, potentially contributing to disease pathogenesis.
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- Julia L. McKechnie
- Program in Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
- Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services (INDICASAT-AIP), Panama City, Panama
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India
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- Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
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- Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Program in Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
- Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services (INDICASAT-AIP), Panama City, Panama
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Hussein HM, Rahal EA. The role of viral infections in the development of autoimmune diseases. Crit Rev Microbiol 2019; 45:394-412. [PMID: 31145640 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2019.1614904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The exact aetiology of most autoimmune diseases remains unknown, nonetheless, several factors contributing to the induction or exacerbation of autoimmune reactions have been suggested. These include the genetic profile and lifestyle of the affected individual in addition to environmental triggers such as bacterial, parasitic, fungal and viral infections. Infections caused by viruses usually trigger a potent immune response that is necessary for the containment of the infection; however, in some cases, a failure in the regulation of this immune response may lead to harmful immune reactions directed against the host's antigens. The autoimmune attack can be carried out by different arms and components of the immune system and through different possible mechanisms including molecular mimicry, bystander activation, and epitope spreading among others. In this review, we examine the data available for the involvement of viral infections in triggering or exacerbating autoimmune diseases in addition to discussing the mechanisms by which these viral infections and the immune pathways they trigger possibly contribute to the development of autoimmunity.
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- Hadi M Hussein
- Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut , Beirut , Lebanon.,Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR), American University of Beirut , Beirut , Lebanon
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- Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut , Beirut , Lebanon.,Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR), American University of Beirut , Beirut , Lebanon
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Vig PJS, Lu D, Paul AM, Kuwar R, Lopez M, Stokic DS, Leis AA, Garrett MR, Bai F. Differential Expression of Genes Related to Innate Immune Responses in Ex Vivo Spinal Cord and Cerebellar Slice Cultures Infected with West Nile Virus. Brain Sci 2018; 9:brainsci9010001. [PMID: 30586874 PMCID: PMC6356470 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci9010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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West Nile virus (WNV) infection results in a spectrum of neurological symptoms, ranging from a benign fever to severe WNV neuroinvasive disease with high mortality. Many who recover from WNV neuroinvasive infection present with long-term deficits, including weakness, fatigue, and cognitive problems. While neurons are a main target of WNV, other cell types, especially astrocytes, play an important role in promoting WNV-mediated central nervous system (CNS) damage. Conversely, it has been shown that cultured primary astrocytes secrete high levels of interferons (IFNs) immediately after WNV exposure to protect neighboring astrocytes, as well as neurons. However, how intrinsic responses to WNV in specific cell types and different regions of the brain modify immune protection is not fully understood. Here, we used a mouse ex vivo spinal cord slice culture (SCSC) and cerebellar slice culture (CSC) models to determine the innate immune responses specific to the CNS during WNV infection. Slices were prepared from the spinal cord and cerebellar tissue of 7–9-day-old mouse pups. Four-day-old SCSC or CSC were infected with 1 × 103 or 1 × 105 PFU of WNV, respectively. After 12 h exposure to WNV and 3 days post-infection in normal growth media, the pooled slice cultures were processed for total RNA extraction and for gene expression patterns using mouse Affymetrix arrays. The expression patterns of a number of genes were significantly altered between the mock- and WNV-treated groups, both in the CSCs and SCSCs. However, distinct differences were observed when CSC data were compared with SCSC. CSCs showed robust induction of interferons (IFNs), IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), and regulatory factors. Some of the antiviral genes related to IFN were upregulated more than 25-fold in CSCs as compared to mock or SCSC. Though SCSCs had twice the number of dysregulated genes, as compared CSCs, they exhibited a much subdued IFN response. In addition, SCSCs showed astrogliosis and upregulation of astrocytic marker genes. In sum, our results suggest that early anti-inflammatory response to WNV infection in CSCs may be due to large population of distinct astrocytic cell types, and lack of those specialized astrocytes in SCSC may make spinal cord cells more susceptible to WNV damage. Further, the understanding of early intrinsic immune response events in WNV-infected ex vivo culture models could help develop potential therapies against WNV.
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- Parminder J S Vig
- Departments of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
- Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
- Neurobiology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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- Departments of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
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- Departments of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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- Neurobiology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
- Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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- Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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- Experimental Therapeutics and Pharmacology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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- Departments of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
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Paniz-Mondolfi AE, Giraldo J, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Pacheco O, Lombó-Lucero GY, Plaza JD, Adami-Teppa FJ, Carrillo A, Hernandez-Pereira CE, Blohm GM. Alice in Wonderland syndrome: a novel neurological presentation of Zika virus infection. J Neurovirol 2018; 24:660-663. [PMID: 30105501 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-018-0645-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus endemic in Africa and Southern Asian countries, which has recently emerged in unprecedented epidemic proportions around the world. Although ZIKV infection is often asymptomatic or distinguished by non-specific influenza-like symptoms, an increase in its pathogenicity and biological behavior has been the hallmark of the current pandemic. Increasing evidence suggests that neurotropic strains of ZIKV have evolved from less pathogenic strains of the virus. Neurological manifestations of ZIKV infection include a spectrum of congenital and non-congenital clinical entities, however visual somatosensory perceptual disorders have not been recorded to date. Herein, we report a case of a 15-year-old female who presented with a constellation of perceptual symptoms (metamorphopsia, telopsia, and pelopsia) following acute ZIKV infection. Although such symptoms may have originated from direct viral injury, a post-ZIKV autoimmune reaction to previously unexposed neuronal surface antigens or through molecular mimicry cannot be excluded. The development of Alice in Wonderland syndrome in our patient highlights the ever-increasing expanding spectrum of neurological symptoms associated to ZIKV infection.
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- Alberto E Paniz-Mondolfi
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clínica IDB Cabudare. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Barquisimeto, 3023, Lara, Venezuela. .,Laboratorio de Señalización Celular y Bioquímica de Parásitos, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela. .,Directorate of Health, Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales (IVSS), Caracas, Venezuela.
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- Department of Ophtalmology and Neuro-ophtalmology, Hospital Internacional Barquisimeto, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
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- Colombian Collaborative Network on Zika (RECOLZIKA), Pereira, Colombia.,Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Venezuelan Science Incubator, Cabudare, 3023, Lara, Venezuela.,Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, 3001, Lara, Venezuela
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Venezuelan Science Incubator, Cabudare, 3023, Lara, Venezuela.,Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, 3001, Lara, Venezuela
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- Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, 3001, Lara, Venezuela.,Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Experimental "Francisco de Miranda", Punto Fijo, Falcón, Venezuela
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Venezuelan Science Incubator, Cabudare, 3023, Lara, Venezuela.,Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Clínica IDB Cabudare. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Barquisimeto, 3001, Venezuela
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- Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, 3001, Lara, Venezuela.,Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Experimental "Francisco de Miranda", Punto Fijo, Falcón, Venezuela
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Venezuelan Science Incubator, Cabudare, 3023, Lara, Venezuela.,Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, 3001, Lara, Venezuela
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- Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Fernando AN, Malavige GN, Perera KLN, Premawansa S, Ogg GS, De Silva AD. Polymorphisms of Transporter Associated with Antigen Presentation, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-10 and their Implications for Protection and Susceptibility to Severe Forms of Dengue Fever in Patients in Sri Lanka. J Glob Infect Dis 2016; 7:157-64. [PMID: 26752870 PMCID: PMC4693307 DOI: 10.4103/0974-777x.170501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Context: To date, a clear understanding of dengue disease pathogenesis remains elusive. Some infected individuals display no symptoms while others develop severe life-threatening forms of the disease. It is widely believed that host genetic factors influence dengue severity. Aims: This study evaluates the relationship between certain polymorphisms and dengue severity in Sri Lankan patients. Settings and Design: Polymorphism studies are carried out on genes for; transporter associated with antigen presentation (TAP), promoter of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and promoter of interleukin-10 (IL-10). In other populations, TAP1 (333), TAP2 (379), TNF-α (−308), and IL-10 (−1082, −819, −592) have been associated with dengue and a number of different diseases. Data have not been collected previously for these polymorphisms for dengue patients in Sri Lanka. Materials and Methods: The polymorphisms were typed by amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction in 107 dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) patients together with 62 healthy controls. Statistical Analysis Used: Pearson's Chi-square contingency table analysis with Yates′ correction. Results: Neither the TAP nor the IL-10 polymorphisms considered individually can define dengue disease outcome with regard to severity. However, the genotype combination, IL-10 (−592/−819/−1082) CCA/ATA was significantly associated with development of severe dengue in these patients, suggesting a risk factor to developing DHF. Also, identified is the genotype combination IL-10 (−592/−819/−1082) ATA/ATG which suggested a possibility for protection from DHF. The TNF-α (−308) GG genotype was also significantly associated with severe dengue, suggesting a significant risk factor. Conclusions: The results reported here are specific to the Sri Lankan population. Comparisons with previous reports imply that data may vary from population to population.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; MRC Human Immnology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- MRC Human Immnology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK
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- Genetech Research Institute, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka; Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Marquardt N, Ivarsson MA, Blom K, Gonzalez VD, Braun M, Falconer K, Gustafsson R, Fogdell-Hahn A, Sandberg JK, Michaëlsson J. The Human NK Cell Response to Yellow Fever Virus 17D Is Primarily Governed by NK Cell Differentiation Independently of NK Cell Education. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 195:3262-72. [PMID: 26283480 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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NK cells play an important role in the defense against viral infections. However, little is known about the regulation of NK cell responses during the first days of acute viral infections in humans. In this study, we used the live attenuated yellow fever virus (YFV) vaccine 17D as a human in vivo model to study the temporal dynamics and regulation of NK cell responses in an acute viral infection. YFV induced a robust NK cell response in vivo, with an early activation and peak in NK cell function at day 6, followed by a delayed peak in Ki67 expression, which was indicative of proliferation, at day 10. The in vivo NK cell response correlated positively with plasma type I/III IFN levels at day 6, as well as with the viral load. YFV induced an increased functional responsiveness to IL-12 and IL-18, as well as to K562 cells, indicating that the NK cells were primed in vivo. The NK cell responses were associated primarily with the stage of differentiation, because the magnitude of induced Ki67 and CD69 expression was distinctly higher in CD57(-) NK cells. In contrast, NK cells expressing self- and nonself-HLA class I-binding inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptors contributed, to a similar degree, to the response. Taken together, our results indicate that NK cells are primed by type I/III IFN in vivo early after YFV infection and that their response is governed primarily by the differentiation stage, independently of killer cell Ig-like receptor/HLA class I-mediated inhibition or education.
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- Nicole Marquardt
- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Multiple Sclerosis Research Group, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Multiple Sclerosis Research Group, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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Mandal A, Viswanathan C. Natural killer cells: In health and disease. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther 2014; 8:47-55. [PMID: 25571788 DOI: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Revised: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells constitute our bodies' frontline defense system, guarding against tumors and launching attacks against infections. The activities of NK cells are regulated by the interaction of various receptors expressed on their surfaces with cell surface ligands. While the role of NK cells in controlling tumor activity is relatively clear, the fact that they are also linked to various other disease conditions is now being highlighted. Here, we present an overview of the role of NK cells during normal body state as well as under diseased state. We discuss the possible utilization of these powerful cells as immunotherapeutic agents in combating diseases such as asthma, autoimmune diseases, and HIV-AIDS. This review also outlines current challenges in NK cell therapy.
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- Arundhati Mandal
- Regenerative Medicine, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre, R-282, TTC Industrial Area of MIDC, Thane Belapur Road, Rabale, Navi Mumbai 400 701, India
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- Regenerative Medicine, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre, R-282, TTC Industrial Area of MIDC, Thane Belapur Road, Rabale, Navi Mumbai 400 701, India.
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Beltrán D, López-Vergès S. NK Cells during Dengue Disease and Their Recognition of Dengue Virus-Infected cells. Front Immunol 2014; 5:192. [PMID: 24829565 PMCID: PMC4017149 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The innate immune response, in addition to the B- and T-cell response, plays a role in protection against dengue virus (DENV) infection and the degree of disease severity. Early activation of natural killer (NK) cells and type-I interferon-dependent immunity may be important in limiting viral replication during the early stages of DENV infection and thus reducing subsequent pathogenesis. NK cells may also produce cytokines that reduce inflammation and tissue injury. On the other hand, NK cells are also capable of inducing liver injury at early-time points of DENV infection. In vitro, NK cells can kill antibody-coated DENV-infected cells through antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. In addition, NK cells may directly recognize DENV-infected cells through their activating receptors, although the increase in HLA class I expression may allow infected cells to escape the NK response. Recently, genome-wide association studies have shown an association between MICB and MICA, which encode ligands of the activating NK receptor NKG2D, and dengue disease outcome. This review focuses on recognition of DENV-infected cells by NK cells and on the regulation of expression of NK cell ligands by DENV.
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- Davis Beltrán
- Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies , Panama City , Panama ; Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services (INDICASAT-AIP) , Panama City , Panama ; Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University , Guntur , India
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- Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies , Panama City , Panama
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Role of natural killer and Gamma-delta T cells in West Nile virus infection. Viruses 2013; 5:2298-310. [PMID: 24061543 PMCID: PMC3798903 DOI: 10.3390/v5092298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Revised: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Natural Killer (NK) cells and Gamma-delta T cells are both innate lymphocytes that respond rapidly and non-specifically to viral infection and other pathogens. They are also known to form a unique link between innate and adaptive immunity. Although they have similar immune features and effector functions, accumulating evidence in mice and humans suggest these two cell types have distinct roles in the control of infection by West Nile virus (WNV), a re-emerging pathogen that has caused fatal encephalitis in North America over the past decade. This review will discuss recent studies on these two cell types in protective immunity and viral pathogenesis during WNV infection.
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Fang X, Hu Z, Shang W, Zhu J, Xu C, Rao X. Genetic polymorphisms of molecules involved in host immune response to dengue virus infection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 66:134-46. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2012.00995.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Larena M, Regner M, Lobigs M. The chemokine receptor CCR5, a therapeutic target for HIV/AIDS antagonists, is critical for recovery in a mouse model of Japanese encephalitis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44834. [PMID: 23028638 PMCID: PMC3448613 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 08/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Japanese encephalitis is a severe central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory disease caused by the mosquito-borne flavivirus, Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). In the current study we have investigated the immune responses against JEV in mice lacking expression of the chemokine receptor CCR5, which functions in activation and chemotaxis of leukocytes during infection. We show that CCR5 serves as a host antiviral factor against Japanese encephalitis, with CCR5 deficiency markedly increasing mortality, and viral burden in the CNS. Humoral immune responses, which are essential in recovery from JEV infection, were of similar magnitude in CCR5 sufficient and deficient mice. However, absence of CCR5 resulted in a multifaceted deficiency of cellular immune responses characterized by reduced natural killer and CD8⁺ T cell activity, low splenic cellularity, and impaired trafficking of leukocytes to the brain. Interestingly, adoptive transfer of immune spleen cells, depleted of B lymphocytes, increased resistance of CCR5-deficient recipient mice against JEV regardless of whether the cells were obtained from CCR5-deficient or wild-type donor mice, and only when transferred at one but not at three days post-challenge. This result is consistent with a mechanism by which CCR5 expression enhances lymphocyte activation and thereby promotes host survival in Japanese encephalitis.
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- Maximilian Larena
- Department of Emerging Pathogens and Vaccines, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Emerging Pathogens and Vaccines, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Emerging Pathogens and Vaccines, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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King NJC, Getts DR, Getts MT, Rana S, Shrestha B, Kesson AM. Immunopathology of flavivirus infections. Immunol Cell Biol 2006; 85:33-42. [PMID: 17146465 DOI: 10.1038/sj.icb.7100012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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With the recent emergence of the flavivirus, West Nile virus (WNV), in particular, the New York strain of Lineage I WNV in North America in 1999, there has been a significant increase in activity in neurotropic flavivirus research. These viruses cause encephalitis that can result in permanent neurological sequelae or death. Attempts to develop vaccines have made progress, but have been variably successful, despite considerable commercial underwriting. Thus, the discovery of ways and means to combat disease is no less urgent. As such, most recent work has been directed towards dissecting and understanding the pathogenesis of disease, as a way of informing possible approaches to abrogation or amelioration of illness. Whether inherent to flaviviruses or because humans are incidental, dead-end hosts, it is clear that these viruses interact with their human hosts in extremely complex ways. This occurs from the cellular level, at which infection must be established to produce disease, to its interaction with the adaptive immune response, which may result in its eradication, with or without immunopathological and consequent neurological sequelae. As human proximity to and contact with flavivirus insect vectors and amplifying hosts cannot practically be eliminated, our understanding of the pathogenesis of flavivirus-induced diseases, especially with regard to possible targets for treatment, is imperative.
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- Nicholas J C King
- Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Shresta S, Sharar KL, Prigozhin DM, Snider HM, Beatty PR, Harris E. Critical roles for both STAT1-dependent and STAT1-independent pathways in the control of primary dengue virus infection in mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:3946-54. [PMID: 16148142 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.6.3946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dengue virus (DEN), a flavivirus, causes dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome, the most common mosquito-borne viral illnesses in humans worldwide. In this study, using STAT1(-/-) mice bearing two different mutant stat1 alleles in the 129/Sv/Ev background, we demonstrate that IFNR-dependent control of primary DEN infection involves both STAT1-dependent and STAT1-independent mechanisms. The STAT1 pathway is necessary for clearing the initial viral load, whereas the STAT1-independent pathway controls later viral burden and prevents DEN disease in mice. The STAT1-independent responses in mice with primary DEN infection included the early activation of B and NK cells as well as the up-regulation of MHC class I molecules on macrophages and dendritic cells. Infection of bone marrow-derived dendritic cell cultures with either DEN or Sindbis virus, another positive-strand RNA virus, confirmed the early vs late natures of the STAT1-dependent and STAT1-independent pathways. Collectively, these data begin to define the nature of the STAT1-dependent vs the STAT1-independent pathway in vivo.
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- Sujan Shresta
- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Lobigs M, Müllbacher A, Lee E. Evidence that a mechanism for efficient flavivirus budding upregulates MHC class I. Immunol Cell Biol 2004; 82:184-8. [PMID: 15061772 DOI: 10.1046/j.0818-9641.2004.01218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An appealing hypothesis for the biological role of flavivirus-induced, interferon-independent, upregulation of MHC class I on the surface of infected cells is that of viral immune evasion from NK cell recognition. Here we show that a mechanism for efficient flavivirus morphogenesis interferes with the MHC class I pathway, using a flavivirus budding mutant and recombinant expression of wild-type and mutant forms of the flavivirus structural proteins. We propose that the phenomenon of flavivirus-mediated MHC class I upregulation is a by-product of a unique assembly strategy evolved by flaviviruses and therefore did not evolve primarily as an immune escape mechanism for virus growth in the vertebrate host.
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- Mario Lobigs
- Division of Immunology and Genetics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Arnold SJ, Osvath SR, Hall RA, King NJC, Sedger LM. Regulation of antigen processing and presentation molecules in West Nile virus-infected human skin fibroblasts. Virology 2004; 324:286-96. [PMID: 15207616 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2004] [Revised: 03/02/2004] [Accepted: 03/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Infection of humans with the West Nile flavivirus principally occurs via tick and mosquito bites. Here, we document the expression of antigen processing and presentation molecules in West Nile virus (WNV)-infected human skin fibroblast (HFF) cells. Using a new Flavivirus-specific antibody, 4G4, we have analyzed cell surface human leukocyte antigen (HLA) expression on virus-infected cells at a single cell level. Using this approach, we show that West Nile Virus infection alters surface HLA expression on both infected HFF and neighboring uninfected HFF cells. Interestingly, increased surface HLA evident on infected HFF cultures is almost entirely due to virus-induced interferon (IFN)alpha/beta because IFNalpha/beta-neutralizing antibodies completely prevent increased surface HLA expression. In contrast, RT-PCR analysis indicates that WNV infection results in increased mRNAs for HLA-A, -B, and -C genes, and HLA-associated molecules low molecular weight polypeptide-2 (LMP-2) and transporter associated with antigen presentation-1 (TAP-1), but induction of these mRNAs is not diminished in HFF cells cultured with IFNalpha/beta-neutralizing antibodies. Taken together, these data support the idea that that both cytokine-dependent and cytokine-independent mechanisms account for WNV-induced HLA expression in human skin fibroblasts.
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- Stephanie J Arnold
- Centre for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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Cell surface macromolecules play a crucial role in the biology and pathobiology of flaviviruses, both as receptors for virus entry and as signaling molecules for cell–cell interactions in the processes of vascular permeability and inflammation. This review examines the cell tropism and pathogenesis of flaviviruses from the standpoint of cell surface molecules, which have been implicated as receptors in both virus–cell as well as cell–cell interactions. The emerging picture is one that encompasses extensive regulation and interplay among the invading virus, viral immune complexes, Fc receptors, major histocompatibility complex antigens, and adhesion molecules.
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- Robert Anderson
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7 Canada
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Shresta S, Kyle JL, Robert Beatty P, Harris E. Early activation of natural killer and B cells in response to primary dengue virus infection in A/J mice. Virology 2004; 319:262-73. [PMID: 14980486 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.09.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2003] [Revised: 08/15/2003] [Accepted: 09/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dengue virus (DEN) causes the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral illness in humans worldwide. Immune mechanisms that are involved in protection and pathogenesis of DEN infection have not been fully elucidated due largely to the lack of an adequate animal model. Therefore, as a first step, we characterized the primary immune response in immunocompetent inbred A/J mice that were infected intravenously with a non-mouse-adapted DEN type 2 (DEN2) strain. A subset (55%) of infected mice developed paralysis by 14 days post-infection (p.i.), harbored infectious DEN in the central nervous system (CNS), and had an elevated hematocrit and a decreased white blood cell (WBC) count. Immunologic studies detected (i). increased numbers of CD69(+) splenic natural killer (NK) and B cells at day 3 p.i., (ii). DEN-specific IgM and IgG responses by days 3 and 7 p.i., respectively, and (iii). splenocyte production of IFNgamma at day 14 p.i. We conclude that the early activities of NK cells, B cells and IgM, and later actions of IFNgamma and IgG likely play a role in the defense against DEN infection.
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- Sujan Shresta
- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA
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Wang Y, Lobigs M, Lee E, Müllbacher A. CD8+ T cells mediate recovery and immunopathology in West Nile virus encephalitis. J Virol 2004; 77:13323-34. [PMID: 14645588 PMCID: PMC296062 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.24.13323-13334.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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C57BL/6J mice infected intravenously with the Sarafend strain of West Nile virus (WNV) develop a characteristic central nervous system (CNS) disease, including an acute inflammatory reaction. Dose response studies indicate two distinct kinetics of mortality. At high doses of infection (10(8) PFU), direct infection of the brain occurred within 24 h, resulting in 100% mortality with a 6-day mean survival time (MST), and there was minimal destruction of neural tissue. A low dose (10(3) PFU) of infection resulted in 27% mortality (MST, 11 days), and virus could be detected in the CNS 7 days postinfection (p.i.). Virus was present in the hypogastric lymph nodes and spleens at days 4 to 7 p.i. Histology of the brains revealed neuronal degeneration and inflammation within leptomeninges and brain parenchyma. Inflammatory cell infiltration was detectable in brains from day 4 p.i. onward in the high-dose group and from day 7 p.i. in the low-dose group, with the severity of infiltration increasing over time. The cellular infiltrates in brain consisted predominantly of CD8(+), but not CD4(+), T cells. CD8(+) T cells in the brain and the spleen expressed the activation markers CD69 early and expressed CD25 at later time points. CD8(+) T-cell-deficient mice infected with 10(3) PFU of WNV showed increased mortalities but prolonged MST and early infection of the CNS compared to wild-type mice. Using high doses of virus in CD8-deficient mice leads to increased survival. These results provide evidence that CD8(+) T cells are involved in both recovery and immunopathology in WNV infection.
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- Yang Wang
- Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Arno Müllbacher
- Division of Immunology and Genetics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601, Australia
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Shrestha B, Gottlieb D, Diamond MS. Infection and injury of neurons by West Nile encephalitis virus. J Virol 2003; 77:13203-13. [PMID: 14645577 PMCID: PMC296085 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.24.13203-13213.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2003] [Accepted: 09/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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West Nile virus (WNV) infects neurons and leads to encephalitis, paralysis, and death in humans, animals, and birds. We investigated the mechanism by which neuronal injury occurs after WNV infection. Neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cords of paralyzed mice exhibited a high degree of WNV infection, leukocyte infiltration, and degeneration. Because it was difficult to distinguish whether neuronal injury was caused by viral infection or by the immune system response, a novel tissue culture model for WNV infection was established in neurons derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells. Undifferentiated ES cells were relatively resistant to WNV infection. After differentiation, ES cells expressed neural antigens, acquired a neuronal phenotype, and became permissive for WNV infection. Within 48 h of exposure to an exceedingly low multiplicity of infection (5 x 10(-4)), 50% of ES cell-derived neurons became infected, producing nearly 10(7) PFU of infectious virus per ml, and began to die by an apoptotic mechanism. The establishment of a tractable virus infection model in ES cell-derived neurons facilitates the study of the molecular basis of neurotropism and the mechanisms of viral and immune-mediated neuronal injury after infection by WNV or other neurotropic pathogens.
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- Bimmi Shrestha
- Departments of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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King NJC, Kesson AM. Interaction of flaviviruses with cells of the vertebrate host and decoy of the immune response. Immunol Cell Biol 2003; 81:207-16. [PMID: 12752685 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2003.01167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Flaviviruses cause endemic and epidemic disease with significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. In contrast to viruses that avoid the host immune response by down-regulating cell surface major histocompatibility complex expression, infection by members of the neurotropic Japanese encephalitis serogroup induce virus-directed functional increases in expression of class I and II major histocompatibility complex and various adhesion molecules, resulting in increased susceptibility to both virus- and major histocompatibility complex-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte lysis. These changes are comodulated by T1 and T2 cytokines, as well as by cell cycle position and adherence status at infection. Infected skin dendritic (Langerhans) cells also show increased costimulatory molecule expression and local interleukin-1beta production causes accelerated migration of Langerhans cells to local draining lymph nodes, where initiation of antiviral immune responses occur. The exact mechanism(s) of up-regulation is unclear, but changes are associated with NF-kappaB activation and increased MHC and ICAM-1 gene transcription, independently of interferon or other pro-inflammatory cytokines. We hypothesize that these viruses may decoy the adaptive immune system into generating low-affinity, self-reactive T cells which clear virus poorly, as part of their survival strategy. This may enable viral growth and immune escape in cycling cells, which do not significantly up-regulate cell surface molecules. A possible side-effect of this might be immunopathology, caused by 'autoimmune' cross-reactive damage of uninfected high major histocompatibility complex and adhesion molecule-expressing cells, with consequent exacerbation of encephalitic disease. Results from a murine model of flavivirus encephalitis developed in this laboratory further suggest that interferon-gamma plays a crucial role in fatal immunopathology.
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- Nicholas J C King
- Department of Pathology, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Lobigs M, Müllbacher A, Regner M. MHC class I up-regulation by flaviviruses: Immune interaction with unknown advantage to host or pathogen. Immunol Cell Biol 2003; 81:217-23. [PMID: 12752686 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2003.01161.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In contrast to many other viruses that escape from cytotoxic T cell recognition by down-regulating major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted antigen presentation, flavivirus infection of mammalian cells up-regulates cell surface expression of major histocompatibility complex class I molecules. Two putative mechanisms for flavivirus-induced major histocompatibility complex class I up-regulation, one via activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB, the second by augmentation of peptide import into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum, are reviewed, and the biological effect of the flavivirus-mediated phenomenon on target cell recognition by natural killer and cytotoxic T cells is addressed. Finally, we speculate on the physiological role of flavivirus-mediated modulation of major histocompatibility complex class I antigen presentation in the context of the biology of flavivirus transmission between the vertebrate host and arthropod vector and suggest that it may represent a strategy for immune evasion from the natural killer cell response or, alternatively, that up-regulation of major histocompatibility complex class I is a by-product of flavivirus replication without significance for virus growth.
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- Mario Lobigs
- Division of Immunology and Genetics, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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After a virus infects an animal, antiviral responses are generated that attempt to prevent dissemination. Interferons, antibody, complement, T and natural killer cells all contribute to the control and eradication of viral infections. Most flaviviruses, with the exception of some of the encephalitic viruses, cause acute disease and do not establish persistent infection. The outcome of flavivirus infection in an animal is determined by a balance between the speed of viral replication and spread, and the immune system response. Although many of the mechanistic details require further elucidation, flaviviruses have evolved specific tactics to evade the innate and adaptive immune response. A more thorough understanding of these principles could lead to improved models for viral pathogenesis and to strategies for the development of novel antiviral agents.
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- Michael S Diamond
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, United States of America.
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The Kunjin replicon was used to express a polytope that consisted of seven hepatitis C virus cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes and one influenza cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitope for vaccination studies. The self-replicating nature of, and expression from, the ribonucleic acid was confirmed in vitro. Initial vaccinations with one dose of Kun-Poly ribonucleic acid showed that an influenza-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte response was elicited more efficiently by intradermal inoculation compared with intramuscular delivery. Two micrograms of ribonucleic acid delivered in the ear pinnae of mice was sufficient to elicit a detectable cytotoxic T lymphocyte response 10 days post-vaccination. Further vaccination studies showed that four of the seven hepatitis C virus cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes were able to elicit weak cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses whereas the influenza epitope was able to elicit strong, specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses following three doses of Kun-Poly ribonucleic acid. These studies vindicate the use of the Kunjin replicon as a vector to deliver encoded proteins for the development of cell-mediated immune responses.
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- Scott M Ward
- Clinical Medical Virology Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia and Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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Kesson AM, Cheng Y, King NJC. Regulation of immune recognition molecules by flavivirus, West Nile. Viral Immunol 2003; 15:273-83. [PMID: 12081012 DOI: 10.1089/08828240260066224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We have shown the flaviviruses can up-regulate the cell surface expression of the immune recognition molecules, major histocompatability complex class-I and class-II (MHC-I, MHC-II), ICAM-1, VCAM, and E-selectin, in an interferon-independent and tumor necrosis factor-independent manner. This up-regulation is associated with an increased transcription of the relevant genes and is due to activation of the transcription factor, nuclear factor-kappa B. The level of up-regulation is determined in part by the cell cycle position of the cell when infected with the flavivirus, as quiescent cells show a greater increase in the level of expression of the immune recognition molecules, MHC-I and ICAM-1, than cells in other phases of the cell cycle. The resultant increased cell surface expression is functional with the increased expression resulting in increased recognition by flavivirus-specific and allo-specific cytotoxic T cells.
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- Alison M Kesson
- Department of Virology and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia.
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Licon Luna RM, Lee E, Müllbacher A, Blanden RV, Langman R, Lobigs M. Lack of both Fas ligand and perforin protects from flavivirus-mediated encephalitis in mice. J Virol 2002; 76:3202-11. [PMID: 11884544 PMCID: PMC136025 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.7.3202-3211.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which encephalitic flaviviruses enter the brain to inflict a life-threatening encephalomyelitis in a small percentage of infected individuals is obscure. We investigated this issue in a mouse model for flavivirus encephalitis in which the virus was administered to 6-week-old animals by the intravenous route, analogous to the portal of entry in natural infections, using a virus dose in the range experienced following the bite of an infectious mosquito. In this model, infection with 0.1 to 10(5) PFU of virus gave mortality in approximately 50% of animals despite low or undetectable virus growth in extraneural tissues. We show that the cytolytic effector functions play a crucial role in invasion of the encephalitic flavivirus into the brain. Mice deficient in either the granule exocytosis- or Fas-mediated pathway of cytotoxicity showed delayed and reduced mortality. Mice deficient in both cytotoxic effector functions were resistant to a low-dose peripheral infection with the neurotropic virus.
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- Rosa M Licon Luna
- Division of Immunology and Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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Hepatitis C virus, a recently identified member of the family Flaviviridae, is an important cause of chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis. There are similarities in the nature of the immune response to this pathogen with immunity in other flavivirus and hepatotropic virus infections, such as hepatitis B. However, the high rate of viral persistence after primary hepatitis C infection, and the observation that neutralizing antibodies are not protective, would suggest that there are a number of important differences between hepatitis C, other flaviviruses, and hepatitis B. The phenomenon of quasispecies evolution and other viral factors have been proposed to contribute to immune evasion by hepatitis C virus. In the face of established persistent infection, virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes may exert some control over viral replication. However, these same effectors may also be responsible for the progressive liver damage characteristic of chronic hepatitis C infection. The nature of protective immunity, including the role of innate immune responses early after hepatitis C exposure, remains to be defined.
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- A J Freeman
- Viral Hepatitis Research, Gastrointestinal and Liver Unit, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
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Regner M, Müllbacher A, Blanden RV, Lobigs M. Immunogenicity of two peptide determinants in the cytolytic T-cell response to flavivirus infection: inverse correlation between peptide affinity for MHC class I and T-cell precursor frequency. Viral Immunol 2001; 14:135-49. [PMID: 11398809 DOI: 10.1089/088282401750234510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We used the CD8+ cytotoxic T (Tc) cell immune response against the flavivirus, Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVE), restricted by the H-2Kk major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule, to investigate immunodominance. Split-clone limiting dilution analysis revealed almost exclusive recognition of two peptides, MVE1785 and MVE1971, derived from the viral NS3 protein. The precursor frequency of MVE-reactive Tc cells was determined by limiting dilution analysis for cytotoxic function and intracellular staining for interferon-gamma; the latter gave a 100-fold higher estimate of MVE-reactive Tc cell precursors. MHC class I cell surface stabilization assays revealed that affinity for H-2Kk as well as halflives of the peptide-H-2Kk-complexes were markedly different for the two peptides. However, a kinetic study of antigen presentation showed that both peptides are presented for recognition by Tc cells with a comparable kinetics during the latent period of virus infection. Nevertheless, the lower affinity peptide MVE1785 elicited roughly twofold more Tc cell clones than the high-affinity peptide MVE1971. While the cytolytic activity against both determinants was similar after in vitro restimulation at the peak of the primary response, the smaller pool of memory anti-MVE1971 Tc cells correlated with an impaired memory response against that determinant, suggesting that the available T-cell repertoire is a major factor influencing the establishment of T-cell memory.
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- M Regner
- Division of Immunology and Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
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Momburg F, Müllbacher A, Lobigs M. Modulation of transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP)-mediated peptide import into the endoplasmic reticulum by flavivirus infection. J Virol 2001; 75:5663-71. [PMID: 11356974 PMCID: PMC114279 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.12.5663-5671.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In contrast to many other viruses that escape the cellular immune response by downregulating major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules, flavivirus infection can upregulate their cell surface expression. Previously we have presented evidence that during flavivirus infection, peptide supply to the endoplasmic reticulum is increased (A. Müllbacher and M. Lobigs, Immunity 3:207-214, 1995). Here we show that during the early phase of infection with different flaviviruses, the transport activity of the peptide transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) is augmented by up to 50%. TAP expression is unaltered during infection, and viral but not host macromolecular synthesis is required for enhanced peptide transport. This study is the first demonstration of transient enhancement of TAP-dependent peptide import into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum as a consequence of a viral infection. We suggest that the increased supply of peptides for assembly with MHC class I molecules in flavivirus-infected cells accounts for the upregulation of MHC class I cell surface expression with the biological consequence of viral evasion of natural killer cell recognition.
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- F Momburg
- Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Libraty DH, Pichyangkul S, Ajariyakhajorn C, Endy TP, Ennis FA. Human dendritic cells are activated by dengue virus infection: enhancement by gamma interferon and implications for disease pathogenesis. J Virol 2001; 75:3501-8. [PMID: 11264339 PMCID: PMC114841 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.8.3501-3508.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ability of dendritic cells (DCs) to shape the adaptive immune response to viral infection is mediated largely by their maturation and activation state as determined by the surface expression of HLA molecules, costimulatory molecules, and cytokine production. Dengue is an emerging arboviral disease where the severity of illness is influenced by the adaptive immune response to the virus. In this report, we have demonstrated that dengue virus infects and replicates in immature human myeloid DCs. Exposure to live dengue virus led to maturation and activation of both the infected and surrounding, uninfected DCs and stimulated production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and alpha interferon (IFN-alpha). Activation of the dengue virus-infected DCs was blunted compared to the surrounding, uninfected DCs, and dengue virus infection induced low-level release of interleukin-12 p70 (IL-12 p70), a key cytokine in the development of cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Upon the addition of IFN-gamma, there was enhanced activation of dengue virus-infected DCs and enhanced dengue virus-induced IL-12 p70 release. The data suggest a model whereby DCs are the early, primary target of dengue virus in natural infection and the vigor of CMI is modulated by the relative presence or absence of IFN-gamma in the microenvironment surrounding the virus-infected DCs. These findings are relevant to understanding the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever and the design of new vaccination and therapeutic strategies.
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- D H Libraty
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Regner M, Lobigs M, Blanden RV, Milburn P, Müllbacher A. Antiviral cytotoxic T cells cross-reactively recognize disparate peptide determinants from related viruses but ignore more similar self- and foreign determinants. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:3820-8. [PMID: 11238625 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.6.3820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have investigated the reactivities of cytotoxic T (Tc) cells against the two immunodominant, H-2K(k)-restricted determinants from the FLAVIVIRUS: Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVE), MVE(1785) (REHSGNEI) and MVE(1971) (DEGEGRVI). The respective Tc cell populations cross-reactively lysed target cells pulsed with determinants from the MVE(1785)- and MVE(1971)-corresponding positions of six other flaviviruses, despite low sequence homology in some cases. Notably, anti-MVE(1785) Tc cells recognized a determinant (TDGEERVI) that shares with the determinant used for stimulation only the carboxyl-terminal amino acid residue, one of two H-2K(k) anchor residues. These reactivity patterns were also observed in peptide-dependent IFN-gamma production and the requirements for in vitro restimulation of memory Tc cells. However, the broad cross-reactivity appeared to be limited to flavivirus-derived determinants, as none of a range of determinants from endogenous mouse-derived sequences, similar to the MVE-determinants, were recognized. Neither were cells infected with a number of unrelated viruses recognized. These results raise the paradox that virus-immune Tc cell responses, which are mostly directed against only a few "immunodominant" viral determinants, are remarkably peptide cross-reactive.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Autoantigens/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Dengue Virus/immunology
- Encephalitis Virus, Murray Valley/genetics
- Encephalitis Virus, Murray Valley/immunology
- Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Flavivirus/immunology
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Immunodominant Epitopes/metabolism
- Immunologic Memory
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Oligopeptides/chemical synthesis
- Oligopeptides/genetics
- Oligopeptides/immunology
- Oligopeptides/metabolism
- Protein Binding/genetics
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/virology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- West Nile virus/immunology
- Yellow fever virus/immunology
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- M Regner
- Division of Immunology and Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Yamada H, Matsuzaki G, Iwamoto Y, Nomoto K. Unusual cytotoxic activities of thymus-independent, self-antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells. Int Immunol 2000; 12:1677-83. [PMID: 11099307 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/12.12.1677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We compared the cytotoxic activities of thymus-dependent and thymus-independent CD8(+) T cells. Thymus-dependent CD8(+) T cells, which are foreign antigen specific, acquired cytotoxic activity to tumor cells with a basal dose of the antigen peptides and to hybridoma cells expressing anti-TCR mAb only after differentiation into effector cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). In contrast, thymus-independent CD8(+) T cells, which have been shown to be self-antigen specific, never showed cytotoxic activity to the target cells with a basal dose of the self-antigen peptide, while they could lyse hybridoma cells expressing anti-TCR mAb even without prior antigenic stimulation. Furthermore, the ex vivo cytotoxic activity of thymus-independent CD8(+) T cells was also observed against the target cells with high doses of the antigen peptides, which were not lysed by freshly isolated thymus-dependent CD8(+) T cells. Thus it is revealed that thymus-independent, self-antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells already acquire mature CTL functions in situ but have an increased threshold of TCR-mediated signaling for activation. These differences in cytotoxic activities between thymus-dependent and thymus-independent CD8(+) T cells suggest distinct roles of the two subsets of CD8(+) T cells in vivo.
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- H Yamada
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Friesian calves were infected with one of three isolates of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) and used to establish parameters for an in vitro model of BVDV-reactive T-cell responses in cattle. The study assessed virus clearance, seroconversion, maturation of lymphoproliferative responses (both during and following disease resolution) and the antigen-specificity of CD4(+) T cells from recovered animals. Seroconversion and virus-specific lymphoproliferation were not detected until viraemia had resolved. Interestingly, lymphoproliferation was detected earlier in the animals infected with cytopathic viruses than in those infected with noncytopathic virus despite broadly similar rates of virus clearance and seroconversion for both biotypes. CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells were induced to proliferate by virus-infected stimulator cells whereas only CD4(+) T cells responded to non-infectious antigens. Lymphoproliferation was strain cross-reactive and MHC-restricted. Induction of T-cell proliferation by recombinant proteins identified the major envelope proteins E(rns) and E2 and the nonstructural (NS) 2-3 protein as T-cell determinants. In addition, the capsid (C) and/or the amino-terminal proteinase, N(pro) were identified as T-cell determinants from the responses of short-term T-cell lines. Thus, in this model, the CD4(+) T-cell repertoire induce by acute BVDV infection includes at least the major envelope proteins, NS2-3, and capsid and/or N(pro).
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- T Collen
- Division of Immunopathology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, UK.
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Zivny J, DeFronzo M, Jarry W, Jameson J, Cruz J, Ennis FA, Rothman AL. Partial Agonist Effect Influences the CTL Response to a Heterologous Dengue Virus Serotype. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.5.2754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Activation of dengue serotype-cross-reactive memory CTL during secondary dengue virus (DV) infection is thought to be important in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever. To model this effect, we studied the CTL responses to DV types 2 (D2V) and 3 (D3V) in PBMC from an individual previously infected with D3V. DV-specific CD8+ CTL from this donor recognized two HLA-B62-restricted epitopes on the NS3 protein, aa 71–79 (SVKKDLISY) and 235–243 (AMKGLPIRY). Both D3V-specific and D2V/D3V-cross-reactive CTL clones were detected for each epitope; all D2V-reactive CTL clones could lyse D2V-infected autologous cells. CTL responses to both epitopes were detected in bulk cultures stimulated with D3V, but PBMC stimulated with D2V recognized only the 235–243 epitope. IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assay showed that the D2V (71–79) peptide (DVKKDLISY) did not efficiently activate T cells. Analysis of a CTL clone suggests that the D2V (71–79) peptide acts as a partial agonist, able to sensitize target cells for lysis and inducing only minimal proliferation at high concentrations. These results suggest that variant peptide sequences present in the heterologous DV serotype can influence the CTL response in vivo during secondary DV infection.
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- Jaroslav Zivny
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
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- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
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- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
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- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
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- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
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- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
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- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655
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Cerny A, Chisari FV. Pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C: immunological features of hepatic injury and viral persistence. Hepatology 1999; 30:595-601. [PMID: 10462362 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 328] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The immune response to viral antigens is thought to be responsible for viral clearance and disease pathogenesis during hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In chronically infected patients, the T-cell response to the HCV is polyclonal and multispecific, although it is not as strong as the response in acutely infected patients who display a more vigorous T-cell response. Importantly, viral clearance in acutely infected patients is associated with a strong CD4(+) helper T-cell response. Thus, the dominant cause of viral persistence during HCV infection may be the development of a weak antiviral immune response to the viral antigens, with corresponding inability to eradicate infected cells. Alternatively, if clearance of HCV from the liver results from the antiviral effect of T-cell-derived cytokines, as has been demonstrated recently for the hepatitis B virus, chronic HCV infection could occur if HCV is not sensitive to such cytokines or if insufficient quantities of cytokines are produced. Liver cell damage may extend from virally infected to uninfected cells via soluble cytotoxic mediators and recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells forming the necroinflammatory response. Additional factors that could contribute to viral persistence are viral inhibition of antigen processing or presentation, modulation of the response to cytotoxic mediators, immunological tolerance to HCV antigens, mutational inactivation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes, mutational conversion of CTL epitopes into CTL antagonists, and infection of immunologically privileged tissues. Analysis of the basis for viral persistence is hampered because the necessary cell culture system and animal model to study this question do not yet exist.
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- A Cerny
- Department of Internal Medicine, Inselspital, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
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Lin YL, Chen LK, Liao CL, Yeh CT, Ma SH, Chen JL, Huang YL, Chen SS, Chiang HY. DNA immunization with Japanese encephalitis virus nonstructural protein NS1 elicits protective immunity in mice. J Virol 1998; 72:191-200. [PMID: 9420215 PMCID: PMC109364 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.1.191-200.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/1997] [Accepted: 10/01/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is a zoonotic pathogen that is prevalent in some Southeast Asian countries and causes acute encephalitis in humans. To evaluate the potential application of gene immunization to JEV infection, we characterized the immune responses from mice intramuscularly injected with plasmid DNA encoding JEV glycoproteins, including the precursor membrane (prM) plus envelope (E) proteins and the nonstructural protein NS1. When injected with the plasmid expressing prM plus E, 70% of the immunized mice survived after a lethal JEV challenge, whereas when immunized with the plasmid expressing NS1, 90% of the mice survived after a lethal challenge. As a control, the mice immunized with the DNA vector pcDNA3 showed a low level (40%) of protection, suggesting a nonspecific adjuvant effect of the plasmid DNA. Despite having no detectable neutralizing activity, the NS1 immunization elicited a strong antibody response exhibiting cytolytic activity against JEV-infected cells in a complement-dependent manner. By contrast, immunization with a construct expressing a longer NS1 protein (NS1'), containing an extra 60-amino-acid portion from the N terminus of NS2A, failed to protect mice against a lethal challenge. Biochemical analyses revealed that when individually expressed, NS1 but not NS1' could be readily secreted as a homodimer in large quantity and could also be efficiently expressed on the cell surface. Interestingly, when NS1 and NS1' coexisted in cells, the level of NS1 cell surface expression was much lower than that in cells expressing NS1 alone. These data imply that the presence of partial NS2A might have a negative influence on an NS1-based DNA vaccine. The results herein clearly illustrate that immunization with DNA expressing NS1 alone is sufficient to protect mice against a lethal JEV challenge.
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- Y L Lin
- Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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