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Zimmerer JM, Ringwald BA, Chaudhari SR, Han J, Peterson CM, Warren RT, Hart MM, Abdel-Rasoul M, Bumgardner GL. Invariant NKT Cells Promote the Development of Highly Cytotoxic Multipotent CXCR3 +CCR4 +CD8 + T Cells That Mediate Rapid Hepatocyte Allograft Rejection. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2021; 207:3107-3121. [PMID: 34810223 PMCID: PMC9124232 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hepatocyte transplant represents a treatment for metabolic disorders but is limited by immunogenicity. Our prior work identified the critical role of CD8+ T cells, with or without CD4+ T cell help, in mediating hepatocyte rejection. In this study, we evaluated the influence of invariant NKT (iNKT) cells, uniquely abundant in the liver, upon CD8-mediated immune responses in the presence and absence of CD4+ T cells. To investigate this, C57BL/6 (wild-type) and iNKT-deficient Jα18 knockout mice (cohorts CD4 depleted) were transplanted with allogeneic hepatocytes. Recipients were evaluated for alloprimed CD8+ T cell subset composition, allocytotoxicity, and hepatocyte rejection. We found that CD8-mediated allocytotoxicity was significantly decreased in iNKT-deficient recipients and was restored by adoptive transfer of iNKT cells. In the absence of both iNKT cells and CD4+ T cells, CD8-mediated allocytotoxicity and hepatocyte rejection was abrogated. iNKT cells enhance the proportion of a novel subset of multipotent, alloprimed CXCR3+CCR4+CD8+ cytolytic T cells that develop after hepatocyte transplant and are abundant in the liver. Alloprimed CXCR3+CCR4+CD8+ T cells express cytotoxic effector molecules (perforin/granzyme and Fas ligand) and are distinguished from alloprimed CXCR3+CCR4-CD8+ T cells by a higher proportion of cells expressing TNF-α and IFN-γ. Furthermore, alloprimed CXCR3+CCR4+CD8+ T cells mediate higher allocytotoxicity and more rapid allograft rejection. Our data demonstrate the important role of iNKT cells in promoting the development of highly cytotoxic, multipotent CXCR3+CCR4+CD8+ T cells that mediate rapid rejection of allogeneic hepatocytes engrafted in the liver. Targeting iNKT cells may be an efficacious therapy to prevent rejection of intrahepatic cellular transplants.
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- Jason M Zimmerer
- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Medical Student Research Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH; and
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH;
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Chandra J, Teoh SM, Kuo P, Tolley L, Bashaw AA, Tuong ZK, Liu Y, Chen Z, Wells JW, Yu C, Frazer IH, Yu M. Manganese-Doped Silica-Based Nanoparticles Promote the Efficacy of Antigen-Specific Immunotherapy. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 206:987-998. [PMID: 33504616 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are commercially available for prevention of infection with cancerogenic HPV genotypes but are not able to combat pre-existing HPV-associated disease. In this study, we designed a nanomaterial-based therapeutic HPV vaccine, comprising manganese (Mn4+)-doped silica nanoparticles (Mn4+-SNPs) and the viral neoantigen peptide GF001 derived from the HPV16 E7 oncoprotein. We show in mice that Mn4+-SNPs act as self-adjuvants by activating the inflammatory signaling pathway via generation of reactive oxygen species, resulting in immune cell recruitment to the immunization site and dendritic cell maturation. Mn4+-SNPs further serve as Ag carriers by facilitating endo/lysosomal escape via depletion of protons in acidic endocytic compartments and subsequent Ag delivery to the cytosol for cross-presentation. The Mn4+-SNPs+GF001 nanovaccine induced strong E7-specific CD8+ T cell responses, leading to remission of established murine HPV16 E7-expressing solid TC-1 tumors and E7-expressing transgenic skin grafts. This vaccine construct offers a simple and general strategy for therapeutic HPV and potentially other cancer vaccines.
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- Janin Chandra
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; and
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- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; and
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia;
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia; .,Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; and
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Bashaw AA, Zhou C, Yu M, Tolley L, Leggatt GR, Frazer IH, Chandra J. Regulatory T Cells but Not IL-10 Impair Cell-Mediated Immunity in Human Papillomavirus E7+ Hyperplastic Epithelium. J Invest Dermatol 2020; 141:1264-1273.e3. [PMID: 33129828 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-risk human papillomavirus infection can induce cervical and other intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cancers. A transgenic mouse expressing keratin 14 promotor-driven HPV16 E7 oncoprotein exhibits epithelial hyperplasia and mimics many features of human papillomavirus-related intraepithelial precancers. We have previously demonstrated that HPV16 E7-mediated epithelial hyperplasia suppresses T helper type 1 responses to intradermally delivered antigen and directs differentiation of CD4+ T cells towards a Foxp3+ regulatory phenotype (Treg). Here we establish that Foxp3+ Treg expansion from a transferred naive T-cell population is driven directly by the hyperplastic skin and is independent of pre-existing immune-modulated lymphocytes. However, depletion of endogenous CD25+ Tregs before priming of adoptively transferred T cells significantly improves antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell responses but not T helper type 1 responses. Deletion of IL-10 had no effect on Treg expansion, epidermal dendritic cell alteration, and suppression of induced T helper type 1 immunity in HPV16 E7-driven hyperplastic mice. Thus, HPV16 E7-mediated epithelial hyperplasia promotes expansion of peripheral Tregs in response to intradermal immunization that suppress antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell responses independently of IL-10, but depletion of these Tregs is not sufficient to restore T helper type 1 immunity.
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- Abate Assefa Bashaw
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia.
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Zhou C, Tuong ZK, Frazer IH. Papillomavirus Immune Evasion Strategies Target the Infected Cell and the Local Immune System. Front Oncol 2019; 9:682. [PMID: 31428574 PMCID: PMC6688195 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) initiates ~5% of all human cancers, and particularly cervical and oropharyngeal cancers. HPV vaccines prevent HPV infection, but do not eliminate existing HPV infections. Papillomaviruses induce hyperproliferation of epithelial cells. In this review we discuss how hyperproliferation renders epithelial cells less sensitive to immune attack, and impacts upon the efficiency of the local immune system. These observations have significance for the design of therapeutic HPV cancer immunotherapies.
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- Chenhao Zhou
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Molecular Immunity Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Tuong ZK, Noske K, Kuo P, Bashaw AA, Teoh SM, Frazer IH. Murine HPV16 E7-expressing transgenic skin effectively emulates the cellular and molecular features of human high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. PAPILLOMAVIRUS RESEARCH (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2018; 5:6-20. [PMID: 29807614 PMCID: PMC5886957 DOI: 10.1016/j.pvr.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 10/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Currently available vaccines prevent HPV infection and development of HPV-associated malignancies, but do not cure existing HPV infections and dysplastic lesions. Persistence of infection(s) in immunocompetent patients may reflect induction of local immunosuppressive mechanisms by HPV, providing a target for therapeutic intervention. We have proposed that a mouse, expressing HPV16 E7 oncoprotein under a Keratin 14 promoter (K14E7 mice), and which develops epithelial hyperplasia, may assist with understanding local immune suppression mechanisms that support persistence of HPV oncogene-induced epithelial hyperplasia. K14E7 skin grafts recruit immune cells from immunocompetent hosts, but consistently fail to be rejected. Here, we review the literature on HPV-associated local immunoregulation, and compare the findings with published observations on the K14E7 transgenic murine model, including comparison of the transcriptome of human HPV-infected pre-malignancies with that of murine K14E7 transgenic skin. We argue from the similarity of i) the literature findings and ii) the transcriptome profiles that murine K14E7 transgenic skin recapitulates the cellular and secreted protein profiles of high-grade HPV-associated lesions in human subjects. We propose that the K14E7 mouse may be an appropriate model to further study the immunoregulatory effects of HPV E7 expression, and can facilitate development and testing of therapeutic vaccines.
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- Z K Tuong
- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Schönrich G, Raftery MJ. CD1-Restricted T Cells During Persistent Virus Infections: "Sympathy for the Devil". Front Immunol 2018; 9:545. [PMID: 29616036 PMCID: PMC5868415 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Some of the clinically most important viruses persist in the human host after acute infection. In this situation, the host immune system and the viral pathogen attempt to establish an equilibrium. At best, overt disease is avoided. This attempt may fail, however, resulting in eventual loss of viral control or inadequate immune regulation. Consequently, direct virus-induced tissue damage or immunopathology may occur. The cluster of differentiation 1 (CD1) family of non-classical major histocompatibility complex class I molecules are known to present hydrophobic, primarily lipid antigens. There is ample evidence that both CD1-dependent and CD1-independent mechanisms activate CD1-restricted T cells during persistent virus infections. Sophisticated viral mechanisms subvert these immune responses and help the pathogens to avoid clearance from the host organism. CD1-restricted T cells are not only crucial for the antiviral host defense but may also contribute to tissue damage. This review highlights the two edged role of CD1-restricted T cells in persistent virus infections and summarizes the viral immune evasion mechanisms that target these fascinating immune cells.
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- Günther Schönrich
- Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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DNA Vaccine Encoding HPV16 Oncogenes E6 and E7 Induces Potent Cell-mediated and Humoral Immunity Which Protects in Tumor Challenge and Drives E7-expressing Skin Graft Rejection. J Immunother 2018; 40:62-70. [PMID: 28166181 PMCID: PMC5293162 DOI: 10.1097/cji.0000000000000156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have previously shown that a novel DNA vaccine technology of codon optimization and the addition of ubiquitin sequences enhanced immunogenicity of a herpes simplex virus 2 polynucleotide vaccine in mice, and induced cell-mediated immunity when administered in humans at relatively low doses of naked DNA. We here show that a new polynucleotide vaccine using the same technology and encoding a fusion protein of the E6 and E7 oncogenes of high-risk human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) is immunogenic in mice. This vaccine induces long-lasting humoral and cell-mediated immunity and protects mice from establishment of HPV16-E7-expressing tumors. In addition, it suppresses growth of readily established tumors and shows enhanced efficacy when combined with immune checkpoint blockade targeted at PD-L1. This vaccine also facilitates rejection of HPV16-E7-expressing skin grafts that demonstrate epidermal hyperplasia with characteristics of cervical and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia. Clinical studies evaluating the efficacy of this vaccine in patients with HPV16 premalignancies are planned.
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Kuo P, Tuong ZK, Teoh SM, Frazer IH, Mattarollo SR, Leggatt GR. HPV16E7-Induced Hyperplasia Promotes CXCL9/10 Expression and Induces CXCR3 + T-Cell Migration to Skin. J Invest Dermatol 2017; 138:1348-1359. [PMID: 29277541 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Chemokines regulate tissue immunity by recruiting specific subsets of immune cells. Mice expressing the E7 protein of human papilloma virus 16 as a transgene from a keratin 14 promoter (K14.E7) show increased epidermal and dermal lymphocytic infiltrates, epidermal hyperplasia, and suppressed local immunity. Here, we show that CXCL9 and CXCL10 are overexpressed in non-hematopoietic cells in skin of K14.E7 mice when compared with non-transgenic animals, and recruit CXCR3+ lymphocytes to the hyperplastic skin. Overexpression of CXCL9 and CXCL10 is not observed in E7 transgenic mice with mutated Rb gene whose protein product cannot interact with E7 (K14.E7xRbΔL/ΔL) and in consequence lack hyperplastic epithelium. CXCR3+ T cells are preferentially recruited by CXCL9 and CXCL10 in supernatants of K14.E7 but not K14.E7xRbΔL/ΔL skin cultures in vitro. CXCR3 signalling promotes infiltration of a subset of effector T lymphocytes that enables donor lymphocyte deficient, E7-expressing skin graft rejection. Taken together, this suggests that recruitment of CXCR3+ T cells can be an important factor in the rejection of precancerous skin epithelium providing they can overcome local immunosuppressive mechanisms driven by skin-resident lymphocytes.
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- Paula Kuo
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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Bashaw AA, Leggatt GR, Chandra J, Tuong ZK, Frazer IH. Modulation of antigen presenting cell functions during chronic HPV infection. PAPILLOMAVIRUS RESEARCH (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2017; 4:58-65. [PMID: 29179871 PMCID: PMC5883240 DOI: 10.1016/j.pvr.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) infect basal keratinocytes, where in some individuals they evade host immune responses and persist. Persistent HR-HPV infection of the cervix causes precancerous neoplasia that can eventuate in cervical cancer. Dendritic cells (DCs) are efficient in priming/cross-priming antigen-specific T cells and generating antiviral and antitumor cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. However, HR-HPV have adopted various immunosuppressive strategies, with modulation of DC function crucial to escape from the host adaptive immune response. HPV E6 and E7 oncoproteins alter recruitment and localization of epidermal DCs, while soluble regulatory factors derived from HPV-induced hyperplastic epithelium change DC development and influence initiation of specific cellular immune responses. This review focuses on current evidence for HR-HPV manipulation of antigen presentation in dendritic cells and escape from host immunity.
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- Abate Assefa Bashaw
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia.
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Vocanson M, Mutez V, Esser PR, Bachtanian E, Cluzel M, Nosbaum A, Martin SF, Nicolas JF. Contact hypersensitivity: T-cell based assay. CURRENT OPINION IN TOXICOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cotox.2017.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Clancy-Thompson E, Chen GZ, Tyler PM, Servos MM, Barisa M, Brennan PJ, Ploegh HL, Dougan SK. Monoclonal Invariant NKT (iNKT) Cell Mice Reveal a Role for Both Tissue of Origin and the TCR in Development of iNKT Functional Subsets. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2017; 199:159-171. [PMID: 28576977 PMCID: PMC5518629 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Invariant NKT (iNKT) cell functional subsets are defined by key transcription factors and output of cytokines, such as IL-4, IFN-γ, IL-17, and IL-10. To examine how TCR specificity determines iNKT function, we used somatic cell nuclear transfer to generate three lines of mice cloned from iNKT nuclei. Each line uses the invariant Vα14Jα18 TCRα paired with unique Vβ7 or Vβ8.2 subunits. We examined tissue homing, expression of PLZF, T-bet, and RORγt, and cytokine profiles and found that, although monoclonal iNKT cells differentiated into all functional subsets, the NKT17 lineage was reduced or expanded depending on the TCR expressed. We examined iNKT thymic development in limited-dilution bone marrow chimeras and show that higher TCR avidity correlates with higher PLZF and reduced T-bet expression. iNKT functional subsets showed distinct tissue distribution patterns. Although each individual monoclonal TCR showed an inherent subset distribution preference that was evident across all tissues examined, the iNKT cytokine profile differed more by tissue of origin than by TCR specificity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/physiology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cytokines/genetics
- Cytokines/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/immunology
- Interleukin-10/immunology
- Interleukin-10/metabolism
- Interleukin-17/immunology
- Interleukin-17/metabolism
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Natural Killer T-Cells/immunology
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/immunology
- Nuclear Transfer Techniques
- Organ Specificity
- Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- T-Box Domain Proteins/genetics
- T-Box Domain Proteins/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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- Eleanor Clancy-Thompson
- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02242; and
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02242; and
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215;
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02242; and
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Speir M, Hermans IF, Weinkove R. Engaging Natural Killer T Cells as 'Universal Helpers' for Vaccination. Drugs 2017; 77:1-15. [PMID: 28005229 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-016-0675-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Conventional vaccine adjuvants enhance peptide-specific T-cell and B-cell responses by modifying peptide stability or uptake or by binding to pattern-recognition receptors on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). This article discusses the application of a distinct mechanism of adjuvant activity: the activation of type I, or invariant, natural killer T (iNKT) cells to drive cellular and humoral immune responses. Using a semi-invariant T-cell receptor (TCR), iNKT cells recognize glycolipid antigens presented on cluster of differentiation (CD)-1d molecules. When their ligands are presented in concert with peptides, iNKT cells can provide T-cell help, 'licensing' APCs to augment peptide-specific T-cell and antibody responses. We discuss the potential benefits and limitations of exploiting iNKT cells as 'universal helpers' to enhance vaccine responses for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious diseases.
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- Mary Speir
- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 7060, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand
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- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 7060, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand. .,School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand. .,Maurice Wilkins Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 7060, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand. .,Wellington Blood and Cancer Centre, Wellington Hospital, Private Bag 7902, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand. .,Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand.
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Jazayeri SD, Kuo PT, Leggatt GR, Frazer IH. HPV16-E7-Specific Activated CD8 T Cells in E7 Transgenic Skin and Skin Grafts. Front Immunol 2017; 8:524. [PMID: 28523003 PMCID: PMC5415560 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E7 (E7) protein expression in skin promotes epithelial hyperproliferation and transformation to malignancy. Grafts of murine skin expressing E7 protein as a transgene in keratinocytes are not rejected from immunocompetent recipients, whereas grafts expressing ovalbumin (OVA), with or without coexpression of E7 protein, are promptly rejected, demonstrating that E7-associated non-antigen-specific local immunosuppression is not a major determinant of lack of rejection of E7 transgenic skin. To determine whether failure of rejection of E7 skin grafts is due to failure to attract E7-specific effector T cells, E7- and OVA-specific effector CD8+ T cells, activated in vitro, were transferred to animals bearing E7 transgenic skin grafts. Three days after T cell transfer, E7-specific T cells were present in significantly greater numbers than OVA-specific T cells in the grafted skin on animals bearing recently placed or healed E7 grafts, without graft rejection, and also in the ear skin of E7 transgenic animals, without obvious pathology. E7 and OVA-specific T cells were present in lesser numbers in healed E7 grafts than in recently placed grafts and in lesser numbers in recently placed E7 transgenic epidermal grafts without E7-associated hyperproliferation, derived from E7 transgenic mice with a mutated retinoblastoma gene. These data demonstrate that effector T cells are to some extent attracted to E7 transgenic skin specifically by E7 expression, but in large measure non-specifically by the epithelial proliferation associated with E7 expression, and by the local inflammation produced by grafting. Failure of E7 graft rejection was observed despite trafficking of E7-specific effector T cells to E7-expressing epithelium, a finding of consequence for immunotherapy of HPV 16 E7-associated human cancers.
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- Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Comparative immune phenotypic analysis of cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Intraepidermal Carcinoma in immune-competent individuals: proportional representation of CD8+ T-cells but not FoxP3+ Regulatory T-cells is associated with disease stage. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110928. [PMID: 25340823 PMCID: PMC4207854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is a type of non-melanoma skin cancer prevalent in immune-suppressed transplant recipients and older individuals with a history of chronic sun-exposure. SCC itself is believed to be a late-stage manifestation that can develop from premalignant lesions including Intraepidermal Carcinoma (IEC). Notably, while SCC regression is rare, IEC typically regresses in response to immune modifying topical treatments, however the underlying immunological reasons for these differential responses remain unclear. This study aimed to define whether IEC and SCC are associated with distinct immune profiles. We investigated the immune cell infiltrate of photo-damaged skin, IEC, and SCC tissue using 10-colour flow cytometry following fresh lesion digest. We found that IEC lesions contain higher percentages of CD3+ T-cells than photo-damaged skin, however, the abundance of CD3−CD56+ Natural Killer (NK) cells, CD11c+HLA-DR+ conventional Dendritic Cells (cDC), BDCA-2+HLA-DR+ plasmacytoid DC (pDC), FoxP3+ Regulatory T-cells (T-reg), Vα24+Vβ11+ invariant NKT-cells, and γδ Tcells did not alter with disease stage. Within the total T-cell population, high percentages of CD4+ T-cells were associated with SCC, yet CD8+ T-cells were less abundant in SCC compared with IEC. Our study demonstrates that while IEC lesions contain a higher proportion of T-cells than SCC lesions in general, SCC lesions specifically display a lower abundance of CD8+ T-cells than IEC. We propose that differences in CD8+ T-cell abundance contribute critically to the different capacity of SCC and IEC to regress in response to immune modifying topical treatments. Our study also suggests that a high ratio of CD4+ T-cells to CD8+ T-cells may be a immunological diagnostic indicator of late-stage SCC development in immune-competent patients.
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Bergot AS, Ford N, Leggatt GR, Wells JW, Frazer IH, Grimbaldeston MA. HPV16-E7 expression in squamous epithelium creates a local immune suppressive environment via CCL2- and CCL5- mediated recruitment of mast cells. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004466. [PMID: 25340820 PMCID: PMC4207828 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E7 protein promotes the transformation of HPV infected epithelium to malignancy. Here, we use a murine model in which the E7 protein of HPV16 is expressed as a transgene in epithelium to show that mast cells are recruited to the basal layer of E7-expressing epithelium, and that this recruitment is dependent on the epithelial hyperproliferation induced by E7 by inactivating Rb dependent cell cycle regulation. E7 induced epithelial hyperplasia is associated with increased epidermal secretion of CCL2 and CCL5 chemokines, which attract mast cells to the skin. Mast cells in E7 transgenic skin, in contrast to those in non-transgenic skin, exhibit degranulation. Notably, we found that resident mast cells in E7 transgenic skin cause local immune suppression as evidenced by tolerance of E7 transgenic skin grafts when mast cells are present compared to the rejection of mast cell-deficient E7 grafts in otherwise competent hosts. Thus, our findings suggest that mast cells, recruited towards CCL2 and CCL5 expressed by epithelium induced to proliferate by E7, may contribute to an immunosuppressive environment that enables the persistence of HPV E7 protein induced pre-cancerous lesions.
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- Anne-Sophie Bergot
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- * E-mail:
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- Division of Human Immunology, Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Schmidt SV, Schultze JL. New Insights into IDO Biology in Bacterial and Viral Infections. Front Immunol 2014; 5:384. [PMID: 25157255 PMCID: PMC4128074 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Initially, indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) has been introduced as a bactericidal effector mechanism and has been linked to T-cell immunosuppression and tolerance. In recent years, evidence has been accumulated that IDO also plays an important role during viral infections including HIV, influenza, and hepatitis B and C. Moreover, novel aspects about the role of IDO in bacterial infections and sepsis have been revealed. Here, we review these recent findings highlighting the central role of IDO and tryptophan metabolism in many major human infections. Moreover, we also shed light on issues concerning human-specific and mouse-specific host–pathogen interactions that need to be considered when studying the biology of IDO in the context of infections.
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- Susanne V Schmidt
- Genomics and Immunoregulation, LIMES-Institute, University of Bonn , Bonn , Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, LIMES-Institute, University of Bonn , Bonn , Germany
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Gosmann C, Mattarollo SR, Bridge JA, Frazer IH, Blumenthal A. IL-17 suppresses immune effector functions in human papillomavirus-associated epithelial hyperplasia. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 193:2248-57. [PMID: 25063870 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) causes epithelial hyperplasia that can progress to cancer and is thought to depend on immunosuppressive mechanisms that prevent viral clearance by the host. IL-17 is a cytokine with diverse functions in host defense and in the pathology of autoimmune disorders, chronic inflammatory diseases, and cancer. We analyzed biopsies from patients with HPV-associated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2/3 and murine skin displaying HPV16 E7 protein-induced epithelial hyperplasia, which closely models hyperplasia in chronic HPV lesions. Expression of IL-17 and IL-23, a major inducer of IL-17, was elevated in both human HPV-infected and murine E7-expressing lesions. Using a skin-grafting model, we demonstrated that IL-17 in HPV16 E7 transgenic skin grafts inhibited effective host immune responses against the graft. IL-17 was produced by CD3(+) T cells, predominantly CD4(+) T cells in human, and CD4(+) and γδ T cells in mouse hyperplastic lesions. IL-23 and IL-1β, but not IL-18, induced IL-17 production in E7 transgenic skin. Together, these findings demonstrate an immunosuppressive role for IL-17 in HPV-associated epithelial hyperplasia and suggest that blocking IL-17 in persistent viral infection may promote antiviral immunity and prevent progression to cancer.
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- Christina Gosmann
- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia; and
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia; and
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia; and
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia; and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia; and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
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Heesch K, Raczkowski F, Schumacher V, Hünemörder S, Panzer U, Mittrücker HW. The function of the chemokine receptor CXCR6 in the T cell response of mice against Listeria monocytogenes. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97701. [PMID: 24832098 PMCID: PMC4022635 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The chemokine receptor CXCR6 is expressed on different T cell subsets and up-regulated following T cell activation. CXCR6 has been implicated in the localization of cells to the liver due to the constitutive expression of its ligand CXCL16 on liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. Here, we analyzed the role of CXCR6 in CD8+ T cell responses to infection of mice with Listeria monocytogenes. CD8+ T cells responding to listerial antigens acquired high expression levels of CXCR6. However, deficiency of mice in CXCR6 did not impair control of the L. monocytogenes infection. CXCR6-deficient mice were able to generate listeria-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses and showed accumulation of T cells in the infected liver. In transfer assays, we detected reduced accumulation of listeria-specific CXCR6-deficient CD8+ T cells in the liver at early time points post infection. Though, CXCR6 was dispensable at later time points of the CD8+ T cell response. When transferred CD8+ T cells were followed for extended time periods, we observed a decline in CXCR6-deficient CD8+ T cells. The manifestation of this cell loss depended on the tissue analyzed. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that CXCR6 is not required for the formation of a T cell response to L. monocytogenes and for the accumulation of T cells in the infected liver but CXCR6 appears to influence long-term survival and tissue distribution of activated cells.
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- Kira Heesch
- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (KH); (H-WM)
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- 3rd Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (KH); (H-WM)
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McKee SJ, Mattarollo SR, Leggatt GR. Immunosuppressive roles of natural killer T (NKT) cells in the skin. J Leukoc Biol 2014; 96:49-54. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.4ru0114-001r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Human T cell priming assay: depletion of peripheral blood lymphocytes in CD25(+) cells improves the in vitro detection of weak allergen-specific T cells. EXPERIENTIA SUPPLEMENTUM (2012) 2014; 104:89-100. [PMID: 24214620 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-0726-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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To develop an in vitro assay that recapitulates the key event of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), that is the priming of effector T cells by hapten-presenting dendritic cells, and then allows for the sensitive detection of chemical allergens represents a major challenge. Classical human T cell priming assays (hTCPA) that have been developed in the past, using hapten-loaded monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDCs) as antigen-presenting cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) as responding cells, were not efficient to prime T cells to common allergens with moderate/weak sensitizing properties. Recent progress in the understanding of the effector and regulatory mechanisms of ACD have shown that T cell priming requires efficient uptake of allergens by immunogenic DCs and that it is controlled by several subsets of regulatory cells including CD25(+) Tregs. We therefore analyzed various parameters involved in allergen-specific T cell activation in vitro and showed that priming of allergen-specific T cells is hampered by several subsets of immune cells comprising CD1a(neg) DCs, CD25(+) T cells, and CD56(+) regulatory cells.CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) Tregs prevented the in vitro T cell priming to moderate/weak allergens, and depletion of human PBLs in CD25(+) cells significantly increased specific T cell proliferation and IFN-γ secretion. CD56(+) cells exerted an additional control of T cell priming since co-depletion of both CD56(+) and CD25(+) cells improved the magnitude of chemical-specific T cell activation. Finally, CD1a(low) MDDCs were able to inhibit T cell activation obtained by allergen-pulsed CD1a(high) MDDC. Moreover, we showed that uptake by DC of allergen-encapsulated nanoparticles significantly increased their activation status and their ability to prompt specific T cell activation. Hence, by combining the different strategies, i.e., depletion of CD25(+) and CD56(+) cells, use of CD1a(high) MDDC, and nanoparticle encapsulation of allergens, it was possible to induce T cell priming to most of the moderate/weak allergens, including lipophilic molecules highly insoluble in culture media. Therefore, the present optimized in vitro human T cell priming assay is a valuable method to detect the sensitizing properties of chemical allergens.
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Mittal D, Kassianos AJ, Tran LS, Bergot AS, Gosmann C, Hofmann J, Blumenthal A, Leggatt GR, Frazer IH. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity contributes to local immune suppression in the skin expressing human papillomavirus oncoprotein e7. J Invest Dermatol 2013; 133:2686-2694. [PMID: 23652797 PMCID: PMC3779505 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Revised: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chronic infection of anogenital epithelium with human papillomavirus (HPV) promotes development of cancer. Many pathogens evoke immunosuppressive mechanisms to enable persistent infection. We have previously shown that grafted skin expressing HPV16 E7 oncoprotein from a keratin-14 promoter (K14E7) is not rejected by a syngeneic, immunocompetent host. In this study we show that indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) 1, an IFN-γ-inducible immunoregulatory molecule, is more highly expressed by langerin(-ve) dermal dendritic cells (DCs) from K14E7 skin than nontransgenic control skin. Furthermore, inhibiting IDO activity using 1-methyl-dl-tryptophan (1-D/L-MT) promotes K14E7 skin graft rejection. Increased IDO1 expression and activity in K14E7 skin requires IFN-γ and invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells, both of which have been shown to negatively regulate T-cell effector function and suppress K14E7 graft rejection. Furthermore, DCs from K14E7 skin express higher levels of IFN-γ receptor (IFN-γR) than DCs from control skin. K14E7 transgenic skin recruits significantly higher numbers of DCs, independent of IFN-γ and IFN-γR expression. Consistent with these observations in a murine model, we found higher expression of IDO1 and IFN-γ but not IDO2 in the cervical epithelium of patients with HPV-associated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2/3. Our data support a hypothesis that induction of IDO1 in HPV-infected skin contributes to evasion of host immunity.
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- Deepak Mittal
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Kidney Research Laboratory, Queensland Health/Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane,Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Amador-Molina A, Hernández-Valencia JF, Lamoyi E, Contreras-Paredes A, Lizano M. Role of innate immunity against human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and effect of adjuvants in promoting specific immune response. Viruses 2013; 5:2624-42. [PMID: 24169630 PMCID: PMC3856406 DOI: 10.3390/v5112624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Revised: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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During the early stages of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, the innate immune system creates a pro-inflammatory microenvironment by recruiting innate immune cells to eliminate the infected cells, initiating an effective acquired immune response. However, HPV exhibits a wide range of strategies for evading immune-surveillance, generating an anti-inflammatory microenvironment. The administration of new adjuvants, such as TLR (Toll-like receptors) agonists and alpha-galactosylceramide, has been demonstrated to reverse the anti-inflammatory microenvironment by down-regulating a number of adhesion molecules and chemo-attractants and activating keratinocytes, dendritic (DC), Langerhans (LC), natural killer (NK) or natural killer T (NKT) cells; thus, promoting a strong specific cytotoxic T cell response. Therefore, these adjuvants show promise for the treatment of HPV generated lesions and may be useful to elucidate the unknown roles of immune cells in the natural history of HPV infection. This review focuses on HPV immune evasion mechanisms and on the proposed response of the innate immune system, suggesting a role for the surrounding pro-inflammatory microenvironment and the NK and NKT cells in the clearance of HPV infections.
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- Alfredo Amador-Molina
- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan 14080, México; E-Mails: (A.A.-M.); (J.F.H.-V.); (A.C.-P.)
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- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan 14080, México; E-Mails: (A.A.-M.); (J.F.H.-V.); (A.C.-P.)
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70228, Ciudad Universitaria, Distrito Federal CP 04510, México; E-Mail:
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- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan 14080, México; E-Mails: (A.A.-M.); (J.F.H.-V.); (A.C.-P.)
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- Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan 14080, México; E-Mails: (A.A.-M.); (J.F.H.-V.); (A.C.-P.)
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70228, Ciudad Universitaria, Distrito Federal CP 04510, México; E-Mail:
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.:+52-55-5573-4662
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Immune regulation and evasion of Mammalian host cell immunity during viral infection. INDIAN JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY : AN OFFICIAL ORGAN OF INDIAN VIROLOGICAL SOCIETY 2013; 24:1-15. [PMID: 24426252 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-013-0130-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The mammalian host immune system has wide array of defence mechanisms against viral infections. Depending on host immunity and the extent of viral persistence, either the host immune cells might clear/restrict the viral load and disease progression or the virus might evade host immunity by down regulating host immune effector response(s). Viral antigen processing and presentation in the host cells through major histocompatibility complex (MHC) elicit subsequent anti-viral effector T cell response(s). However, modulation of such response(s) might generate one of the important viral immune evasion strategies. Viral peptides are mostly generated by proteolytic cleavage in the cytosol of the infected host cells. CD8(+) T lymphocytes play critical role in the detection of viral infection by recognizing these peptides displayed at the plasma membrane by MHC-I molecules. The present review summarises the current knowledge on the regulation of mammalian host innate and adaptive immune components, which are operative in defence mechanisms against viral infections and the variety of strategies that viruses have evolved to escape host cell immunity. The understanding of viral immune evasion strategies is important for designing anti-viral immunotherapies.
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Choyce A, Yong M, Narayan S, Mattarollo SR, Liem A, Lambert PF, Frazer IH, Leggatt GR. Expression of a single, viral oncoprotein in skin epithelium is sufficient to recruit lymphocytes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57798. [PMID: 23469070 PMCID: PMC3582605 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Established cancers are frequently associated with a lymphocytic infiltrate that fails to clear the tumour mass. In contrast, the importance of recruited lymphocytes during premalignancy is less well understood. In a mouse model of premalignant skin epithelium, transgenic mice that express the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) E7 oncoprotein under a keratin 14 promoter (K14E7 mice) display epidermal hyperplasia and have a predominant infiltrate of lymphocytes consisting of both CD4 and CD8 T cells. Activated, but not naïve T cells, were shown to preferentially traffic to hyperplastic skin with an increased frequency of proliferative CD8+ T cells and CD4+ T cells expressing CCR6 within the tissue. Disruption of the interaction between E7 protein and retinoblastoma tumour suppressor protein (pRb) led to reduced epithelial hyperplasia and T cell infiltrate. Finally, while K14E7 donor skin grafts are readily accepted onto syngeneic, non-transgenic recipients, these same skin grafts lacking skin-resident lymphocytes were rejected. Our data suggests that expression of a single oncoprotein in the epidermis is sufficient for lymphocyte trafficking (including immunosuppressive lymphocytes) to premalignant skin.
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- Allison Choyce
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
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Invariant NKT cells suppress CD8(+) T-cell-mediated allergic contact dermatitis independently of regulatory CD4(+) T cells. J Invest Dermatol 2012. [PMID: 23190881 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells expressing a CD1d-restricted invariant αβTCR have key regulatory roles in autoimmunity, pathogen immunity, and tumor surveillance, but their function in the control of allergic skin diseases remains poorly documented. Using a model of contact hypersensitivity (CHS) to the hapten DNFB, we show here that iNKT cell deficiency results in enhanced skin inflammation due to augmented hapten-specific IFN-γ-producing CD8(+) effectors in skin draining lymph nodes (dLNs) and their massive recruitment into the allergen-exposed skin. Adoptive transfer and antibody depletion experiments as well as in vitro studies revealed that iNKT cells (1) reduce the severity of CHS, even in presensitized mice, (2) require hapten presentation by CD1d(+) dendritic cells (DCs) to dampen skin inflammation, and (3) produce IL-4 and IL-13 after CD1d-dependent in vitro stimulation by hapten-loaded DCs only in the presence of IFN-γ released from activated CD8(+) effector T cells. In corollary, mice double deficient in IL-4 and IL-13 exhibit an exacerbated CHS. Finally, iNKT-suppressive function is independent of Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs). These data highlight that, besides Foxp3(+) Tregs, iNKT cells are potent downregulators of CD8(+) T cell-mediated CHS, and underscore that both cell types are important for the regulation of allergic skin inflammation.
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Yu Y, Qiu X, Xu D, Zhan Y, Meng C, Wei N, Chen H, Tan L, Yu S, Liu X, Qin A, Ding C. Rescue of virulent class I Newcastle disease virus variant 9a5b-D5C1. Virol J 2012; 9:120. [PMID: 22709603 PMCID: PMC3464933 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-9-120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The virulent class I Newcastle disease virus (NDV) variant 9a5b was generated from a nonvirulent NDV isolate Goose/Alaska/415/91 via nine consecutive passages in the chicken air sac, followed by five passages in the chick brain. The evolutionary mechanism of virulence in the class I NDV isolate is not fully understood. To elucidate this evolutionary mechanism, a reverse genetics manipulation specific for class I NDV is indispensable. Results A full-length cDNA clone of 9a5b and the helper plasmids pCI-NP, pCI-P, and pCI-L were constructed from segments of cDNA. After these plasmids were co-transfected into BSR T7/5 cells, infectious viral particles were obtained. The rescued viruses were genetically and biologically identical to the parental strain and showed similar pathogenicity in chickens. Conclusion A stable recovery method for class I NDV was established. Reverse genetics of the class I NDV variant 9a5b allowed for the generation of genetically altered and virulent NDV, and can be used as a foundation for research on the evolution of virulence in class I NDV isolates.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yang Yu
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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Mattarollo SR, Frazer IH. Response to Comment on “Invariant NKT Cells in Hyperplastic Skin Induced a Local Immune Suppressive Environment by IFN-γ Production”. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1190089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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