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Cell ; 173(5): 1098-1110.e18, 2018 05 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29706541

RESUMEN

Bats harbor many viruses asymptomatically, including several notorious for causing extreme virulence in humans. To identify differences between antiviral mechanisms in humans and bats, we sequenced, assembled, and analyzed the genome of Rousettus aegyptiacus, a natural reservoir of Marburg virus and the only known reservoir for any filovirus. We found an expanded and diversified KLRC/KLRD family of natural killer cell receptors, MHC class I genes, and type I interferons, which dramatically differ from their functional counterparts in other mammals. Such concerted evolution of key components of bat immunity is strongly suggestive of novel modes of antiviral defense. An evaluation of the theoretical function of these genes suggests that an inhibitory immune state may exist in bats. Based on our findings, we hypothesize that tolerance of viral infection, rather than enhanced potency of antiviral defenses, may be a key mechanism by which bats asymptomatically host viruses that are pathogenic in humans.


Asunto(s)
Quirópteros/genética , Genoma , Inmunidad Innata/genética , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Línea Celular , Quirópteros/clasificación , Quirópteros/inmunología , Mapeo Cromosómico , Reservorios de Enfermedades/virología , Egipto , Evolución Molecular , Variación Genética , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/clasificación , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/genética , Humanos , Interferón Tipo I/clasificación , Interferón Tipo I/genética , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/inmunología , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/patología , Marburgvirus/fisiología , Subfamília C de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/química , Subfamília C de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/clasificación , Subfamília C de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/química , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/clasificación , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/genética , Filogenia , Alineación de Secuencia
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PLoS Pathog ; 16(11): e1008666, 2020 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33232376

RESUMEN

Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) are highly adapted to their host species resulting in strict species specificity. Hence, in vivo examination of all aspects of CMV biology employs animal models using host-specific CMVs. Infection of rhesus macaques (RM) with rhesus CMV (RhCMV) has been established as a representative model for infection of humans with HCMV due to the close evolutionary relationships of both host and virus. However, the only available RhCMV clone that permits genetic modifications is based on the 68-1 strain which has been passaged in fibroblasts for decades resulting in multiple genomic changes due to tissue culture adaptations. As a result, 68-1 displays reduced viremia in RhCMV-naïve animals and limited shedding compared to non-clonal, low passage isolates. To overcome this limitation, we used sequence information from primary RhCMV isolates to construct a full-length (FL) RhCMV by repairing all mutations affecting open reading frames (ORFs) in the 68-1 bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC). Inoculation of adult, immunocompetent, RhCMV-naïve RM with the reconstituted virus resulted in significant viremia in the blood similar to primary isolates of RhCMV and furthermore led to high viral genome copy numbers in many tissues at day 14 post infection. In contrast, viral dissemination was greatly reduced upon deletion of genes also lacking in 68-1. Transcriptome analysis of infected tissues further revealed that chemokine-like genes deleted in 68-1 are among the most highly expressed viral transcripts both in vitro and in vivo consistent with an important immunomodulatory function of the respective proteins. We conclude that FL-RhCMV displays in vitro and in vivo characteristics of a wildtype virus while being amenable to genetic modifications through BAC recombineering techniques.


Asunto(s)
Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/virología , Citomegalovirus/genética , Genoma Viral/genética , Viremia , Animales , Línea Celular , Cromosomas Artificiales Bacterianos , Citomegalovirus/patogenicidad , ADN Recombinante , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Fibroblastos/virología , Humanos , Macaca mulatta , Masculino , Mutación , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta/genética , Filogenia , Especificidad de la Especie
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Immunity ; 38(2): 309-21, 2013 Feb 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23438822

RESUMEN

Resolution of acute and chronic viral infections requires activation of innate cells to initiate and maintain adaptive immune responses. Here we report that infection with acute Armstrong (ARM) or chronic Clone 13 (C13) strains of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) led to two distinct phases of innate immune response. During the first 72 hr of infection, dendritic cells upregulated activation markers and stimulated antiviral CD8(+) T cells, independent of viral strain. Seven days after infection, there was an increase in Ly6C(hi) monocytic and Gr-1(hi) neutrophilic cells in lymphoid organs and blood. This expansion in cell numbers was enhanced and sustained in C13 infection, whereas it occurred only transiently with ARM infection. These cells resembled myeloid-derived suppressor cells and potently suppressed T cell proliferation. The reduction of monocytic cells in Ccr2(-/-) mice or after Gr-1 antibody depletion enhanced antiviral T cell function. Thus, innate cells have an important immunomodulatory role throughout chronic infection.


Asunto(s)
Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , Células Dendríticas/inmunología , Inmunidad Innata , Coriomeningitis Linfocítica/inmunología , Virus de la Coriomeningitis Linfocítica/inmunología , Monocitos/inmunología , Neutrófilos/inmunología , Enfermedad Aguda , Animales , Anticuerpos Neutralizantes/farmacología , Antígenos Ly/genética , Antígenos Ly/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/patología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/virología , Proliferación Celular , Enfermedad Crónica , Células Clonales , Células Dendríticas/patología , Células Dendríticas/virología , Expresión Génica , Memoria Inmunológica , Activación de Linfocitos , Depleción Linfocítica , Coriomeningitis Linfocítica/patología , Coriomeningitis Linfocítica/virología , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Monocitos/patología , Monocitos/virología , Neutrófilos/patología , Neutrófilos/virología , Receptores CCR2/genética , Receptores CCR2/inmunología , Receptores de Quimiocina/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores de Quimiocina/genética
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Crit Rev Immunol ; 38(1): 1-15, 2018.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29717661

RESUMEN

During the period of transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life, the neonatal immune system must learn to rapidly identify pathogens while balancing pro-inflammatory, antimicrobial responses with immune regulation that allows for resolution of inflammation and limits responses to commensal organisms and benign environmental antigens. However, the naive immune system of neonates is presented with several barriers that limit robust proinflammatory immune responses. Specifically, epigenetic modifications to neonatal naive CD4+ T cells, heightened neonatal regulatory T cell frequency and function, and limitations in the co-stimulatory potential of neonatal antigen presenting cells restrict development of CD4+ T cells with a T-helper 1 type functional profile. This restriction likely contributes to the increased risk of severe infection observed during early life. New research, however, suggests that neonates are capable of utilizing unique compensatory mechanisms to circumvent these restrictions and generate T-helper 1 type immunity under some circumstances. Understanding how to manipulate the immune responses of young infants to optimize development of T-helper 1 type immunity is key to the development of immune-based treatments and prevention strategies for severe infections in this vulnerable population.


Asunto(s)
Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Recién Nacido/inmunología , Activación de Linfocitos , Células TH1/inmunología , Animales , Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/citología , Humanos , Células TH1/citología
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PLoS Pathog ; 12(11): e1006014, 2016 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27829026

RESUMEN

Cytomegaloviruses (CMV) are highly species-specific due to millennia of co-evolution and adaptation to their host, with no successful experimental cross-species infection in primates reported to date. Accordingly, full genome phylogenetic analysis of multiple new CMV field isolates derived from two closely related nonhuman primate species, Indian-origin rhesus macaques (RM) and Mauritian-origin cynomolgus macaques (MCM), revealed distinct and tight lineage clustering according to the species of origin, with MCM CMV isolates mirroring the limited genetic diversity of their primate host that underwent a population bottleneck 400 years ago. Despite the ability of Rhesus CMV (RhCMV) laboratory strain 68-1 to replicate efficiently in MCM fibroblasts and potently inhibit antigen presentation to MCM T cells in vitro, RhCMV 68-1 failed to productively infect MCM in vivo, even in the absence of host CD8+ T and NK cells. In contrast, RhCMV clone 68-1.2, genetically repaired to express the homologues of the HCMV anti-apoptosis gene UL36 and epithelial cell tropism genes UL128 and UL130 absent in 68-1, efficiently infected MCM as evidenced by the induction of transgene-specific T cells and virus shedding. Recombinant variants of RhCMV 68-1 and 68-1.2 revealed that expression of either UL36 or UL128 together with UL130 enabled productive MCM infection, indicating that multiple layers of cross-species restriction operate even between closely related hosts. Cumulatively, these results implicate cell tropism and evasion of apoptosis as critical determinants of CMV transmission across primate species barriers, and extend the macaque model of human CMV infection and immunology to MCM, a nonhuman primate species with uniquely simplified host immunogenetics.


Asunto(s)
Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/transmisión , Citomegalovirus/genética , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Macaca fascicularis/virología , Macaca mulatta/virología , Animales , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/genética , ADN Viral/análisis , ADN Viral/genética , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Filogenia , Especificidad de la Especie
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J Virol ; 89(17): 8687-700, 2015 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26085158

RESUMEN

UNLABELLED: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox upon primary infection and establishes latency in ganglia. Reactivation from latency causes herpes zoster, which may be complicated by postherpetic neuralgia. Innate immunity mediated by interferon and proinflammatory cytokines represents the first line of immune defense upon infection and reactivation. VZV is known to interfere with multiple innate immune signaling pathways, including the central transcription factor NF-κB. However, the role of these inhibitory mechanisms in vivo is unknown. Simian varicella virus (SVV) infection of rhesus macaques recapitulates key aspects of VZV pathogenesis, and this model thus permits examination of the role of immune evasion mechanisms in vivo. Here, we compare SVV and VZV with respect to interference with NF-κB activation. We demonstrate that both viruses prevent ubiquitination of the NF-κB inhibitor IκBα, whereas SVV additionally prevents IκBα phosphorylation. We show that the ORF61 proteins of VZV and SVV are sufficient to prevent IκBα ubiquitination upon ectopic expression. We further demonstrate that SVV ORF61 interacts with ß-TrCP, a subunit of the SCF ubiquitin ligase complex that mediates the degradation of IκBα. This interaction seems to inactivate SCF-mediated protein degradation in general, since the unrelated ß-TrCP target Snail is also stabilized by ORF61. In addition to ORF61, SVV seems to encode additional inhibitors of the NF-κB pathway, since SVV with ORF61 deleted still prevented IκBα phosphorylation and degradation. Taken together, our data demonstrate that SVV interferes with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α)-induced NF-κB activation at multiple levels, which is consistent with the importance of these countermechanisms for varicella virus infection. IMPORTANCE: The role of innate immunity during the establishment of primary infection, latency, and reactivation by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is incompletely understood. Since infection of rhesus macaques by simian varicella virus (SVV) is used as an animal model of VZV infection, we characterized the molecular mechanism by which SVV interferes with innate immune activation. Specifically, we studied how SVV prevents activation of the transcription factor NF-κB, a central factor in eliciting proinflammatory responses. The identification of molecular mechanisms that counteract innate immunity might ultimately lead to better vaccines and treatments for VZV, since overcoming these mechanisms, either by small-molecule inhibition or by genetic modification of vaccine strains, is expected to reduce the pathogenic potential of VZV. Moreover, using SVV infection of rhesus macaques, it will be possible to study how increasing the vulnerability of varicella viruses to innate immunity will impact viral pathogenesis.


Asunto(s)
Herpesvirus Humano 3/genética , Proteínas I-kappa B/metabolismo , FN-kappa B/antagonistas & inhibidores , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Proteínas Virales/metabolismo , Animales , Línea Celular , Varicela/inmunología , Varicela/virología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Activación Enzimática , Eliminación de Gen , Células HEK293 , Herpesvirus Humano 3/inmunología , Humanos , Evasión Inmune/inmunología , Inmunidad Innata/inmunología , Macaca mulatta , Inhibidor NF-kappaB alfa , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Fosforilación , Proteínas Ligasas SKP Cullina F-box/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción de la Familia Snail , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Ubiquitinación , Carga Viral , Proteínas Virales/genética , Activación Viral/inmunología , Proteínas con Repetición de beta-Transducina/metabolismo
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Hepatology ; 61(3): 843-56, 2015 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25331524

RESUMEN

UNLABELLED: Chronic liver disease is characterized by the liver enrichment of myeloid dendritic cells (DCs). To assess the role of disease on myelopoiesis, we utilized a systems biology approach to study development in liver-resident cells expressing stem cell marker CD34. In patients with endstage liver disease, liver CD34+ cells were comprised of two subsets, designated CD34+CD146+ and CD34+CD146-, and hematopoietic function was restricted to CD34+CD146- cells. Liver CD34 frequencies were reduced during nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) compared to alcohol liver disease (ALD), and this reduction correlated with viral load in the HCV cohort. To better understand the relationship between liver CD34+CD146+ and CD34+CD146- subsets and any effects of disease on CD34 development, we used gene expression profiling and computational modeling to compare each subset during ALD and HCV. For CD34+CD146+ cells, increased expression of endothelial cell genes including von Willebrand factor, VE-cadherin, and eNOS were observed when compared to CD34+CD146- cells, and minimal effects of ALD and HCV diseases on gene expression were observed. Importantly for CD34+CD146- cells, chronic HCV was associated with a distinct "imprint" of programs related to cell cycle, DNA repair, chemotaxis, development, and activation, with an emphasis on myeloid and B lymphocyte lineages. This HCV signature was further translated in side-by-side analyses, where HCV CD34+CD146- cells demonstrated superior hematopoietic growth, colony formation, and diversification compared to ALD and NASH when cultured identically. Disease-associated effects on hematopoiesis were also evident by phenotypic alterations in the expression of CD14, HLA-DR, and CD16 by myeloid progeny cells. CONCLUSION: Etiology drives progenitor fate within diseased tissues. The liver may be a useful source of hematopoietic cells for therapy, or as therapeutic targets.


Asunto(s)
Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/fisiología , Hepacivirus/fisiología , Hígado/citología , Biología de Sistemas , Antígenos CD34/análisis , Antígeno CD146/análisis , Linaje de la Célula , Hematopoyesis , Hepatitis C Crónica/fisiopatología , Humanos , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/fisiopatología , Carga Viral
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Sci Adv ; 10(19): eadm7515, 2024 May 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38728394

RESUMEN

The nonpolymorphic major histocompatibility complex E (MHC-E) molecule is up-regulated on many cancer cells, thus contributing to immune evasion by engaging inhibitory NKG2A/CD94 receptors on NK cells and tumor-infiltrating T cells. To investigate whether MHC-E expression by cancer cells can be targeted for MHC-E-restricted T cell control, we immunized rhesus macaques (RM) with rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV) vectors genetically programmed to elicit MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells and to express established tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) including prostatic acidic phosphatase (PAP), Wilms tumor-1 protein, or Mesothelin. T cell responses to all three tumor antigens were comparable to viral antigen-specific responses with respect to frequency, duration, phenotype, epitope density, and MHC restriction. Thus, CMV-vectored cancer vaccines can bypass central tolerance by eliciting T cells to noncanonical epitopes. We further demonstrate that PAP-specific, MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells from RhCMV/PAP-immunized RM respond to PAP-expressing HLA-E+ prostate cancer cells, suggesting that the HLA-E/NKG2A immune checkpoint can be exploited for CD8+ T cell-based immunotherapies.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos de Neoplasias , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos , Antígenos HLA-E , Animales , Humanos , Masculino , Fosfatasa Ácida , Presentación de Antígeno/inmunología , Antígenos de Neoplasias/inmunología , Vacunas contra el Cáncer/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Citomegalovirus/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/metabolismo , Macaca mulatta , Mesotelina
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Front Immunol ; 13: 867937, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35371104

RESUMEN

Despite advances in antiretroviral therapy, chronic immune activation continues to be observed among individuals with well-controlled HIV viral loads, and is associated with non-AIDS defining morbidities among people living with HIV. Alcohol use disorder impacts a significant proportion of individuals living with HIV, and alcohol exposure is known to damage the intestinal epithelium which may increase translocation of pathogens and their molecular products, driving systemic immune activation and dysregulation. The aim of this study was to determine if adults living with HIV with well-controlled viral loads, who also suffer from alcohol use disorder with and without hepatitis C virus co-infection (n=23), exhibit evidence of advanced systemic immune activation, intestinal damage, and microbial translocation, as compared to adults living with HIV who are not exposed to chronic alcohol or other substances of abuse (n=29). The impact of a 1-month intervention to treat alcohol-use disorder was also examined. Alcohol-use disorder was associated with evidence of advanced innate immune activation, alterations in monocyte phenotype including increased expression of Toll-like receptor 4, increased burden of stimulatory ligands for Toll-like receptor 4, and alterations in plasma cytokine signature, most notably elevations in soluble CD40 ligand and transforming growth factor beta. Alcohol-associated immune activation was more pronounced among individuals with hepatitis C virus co-infection. Although the 1-month intervention to treat alcohol use disorder did not result in significant reductions in the interrogated indicators of immune activation, our findings suggest that chronic alcohol exposure is a major modifiable risk factor for chronic immune activation and dysregulation among people-living with HIV.


Asunto(s)
Alcoholismo , Coinfección , Infecciones por VIH , Hepatitis C , Alcoholismo/complicaciones , Alcoholismo/metabolismo , Citocinas/metabolismo , Hepacivirus/metabolismo , Humanos , Inmunidad Innata , Monocitos , Fenotipo , Receptor Toll-Like 4/metabolismo
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Pediatrics ; 150(5)2022 11 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36193695

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Acute illness with malnutrition is a common indication for hospitalization among children in low- and middle-income countries. We investigated the association between wasting recovery trajectories and neurodevelopmental outcomes in young children 6 months after hospitalization for an acute illness. METHODS: Children aged 2 to 23 months were enrolled in a prospective observational cohort of the Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition Network, in Uganda, Malawi, and Pakistan between January 2017 and January 2019. We grouped children on the basis of their wasting recovery trajectories using change in mid-upper arm circumference for age z-score. Neurodevelopment was assessed with the Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT development-for-age z-score [DAZ]) at hospital discharge and after 6 months. RESULTS: We included 645 children at hospital discharge (mean age 12.3 months ± 5.5; 55% male); 262 (41%) with severe wasting, 134 (21%) with moderate wasting, and 249 (39%) without wasting. Four recovery trajectories were identified: high-stable, n = 112; wasted-improved, n = 404; severely wasted-greatly improved, n = 48; and severely wasted-not improved, n = 28. The children in the severely wasted-greatly improved group demonstrated a steep positive MDAT-DAZ recovery slope. This effect was most evident in children with both wasting and stunting (interaction wasted-improved × time × stunting: P < .001). After 6 months, the MDAT DAZ in children with wasting recovery did not differ from community children. In children who never recovered from wasting, there remained a significant delay in MDAT DAZ scores. CONCLUSIONS: Neurodevelopment recovery occurred in parallel with wasting recovery in children convalescing from acute illness and was influenced by stunting.


Asunto(s)
Desnutrición , Síndrome Debilitante , Niño , Masculino , Humanos , Lactante , Preescolar , Femenino , Enfermedad Aguda , Trastornos del Crecimiento , Renta
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Cell Host Microbe ; 30(9): 1207-1218.e7, 2022 09 14.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35981532

RESUMEN

Strain 68-1 rhesus cytomegalovirus expressing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) antigens (RhCMV/SIV) primes MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells that control SIV replication in 50%-60% of the vaccinated rhesus macaques. Whether this unconventional SIV-specific immunity and protection is unique to rhesus macaques or RhCMV or is intrinsic to CMV remains unknown. Here, using cynomolgus CMV vectors expressing SIV antigens (CyCMV/SIV) and Mauritian cynomolgus macaques, we demonstrate that the induction of MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells requires matching CMV to its host species. RhCMV does not elicit MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells in cynomolgus macaques. However, cynomolgus macaques vaccinated with species-matched 68-1-like CyCMV/SIV mounted MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells, and half of the vaccinees stringently controlled SIV post-challenge. Protected animals manifested a vaccine-induced IL-15 transcriptomic signature that is associated with efficacy in rhesus macaques. These findings demonstrate that the ability of species-matched CMV vectors to elicit MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cells that are required for anti-SIV efficacy is conserved in nonhuman primates, and these data support the development of HCMV/HIV for a prophylactic HIV vaccine.


Asunto(s)
Vacunas contra el SIDA , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus , Vacunas contra Citomegalovirus , Vacunas contra el SIDAS , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio , Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia de los Simios , Animales , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos , Citomegalovirus/genética , Interleucina-15 , Macaca fascicularis , Macaca mulatta
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Front Immunol ; 12: 748996, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35185860

RESUMEN

Severely ill children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience high rates of mortality from a broad range of infectious diseases, with the risk of infection-related death compounded by co-existing undernutrition. How undernutrition and acute illness impact immune responses in young children in LMICs remains understudied, and it is unclear what aspects of immunity are compromised in this highly vulnerable population. To address this knowledge gap, we profiled longitudinal whole blood cytokine responses to Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands among severely ill children (n=63; 2-23 months old) with varied nutritional backgrounds, enrolled in the CHAIN Network cohort from Kampala, Uganda, and Kilifi, Kenya, and compared these responses to similar-aged well children in local communities (n=41). Cytokine responses to ligands for TLR-4 and TLR-7/8, as well as Staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB), demonstrated transient impairment in T cell function among acutely ill children, whereas innate cytokine responses were exaggerated during both acute illness and following clinical recovery. Nutritional status was associated with the magnitude of cytokine responses in all stimulated conditions. Among children who died following hospital discharge or required hospital re-admission, exaggerated production of interleukin-7 (IL-7) to all stimulation conditions, as well as leukopenia with reduced lymphocyte and monocyte counts, were observed. Overall, our findings demonstrate exaggerated innate immune responses to pathogen-associated molecules among acutely ill young children that persist during recovery. Heightened innate immune responses to TLR ligands may contribute to chronic systemic inflammation and dysregulated responses to subsequent infectious challenges. Further delineating mechanisms of innate immune dysregulation in this population should be prioritized to identify novel interventions that promote immune homeostasis and improve outcomes.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedad Aguda , Desnutrición , Receptores Toll-Like , Preescolar , Citocinas , Humanos , Inmunidad Innata , Lactante , Ligandos , Uganda/epidemiología
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Sci Immunol ; 6(57)2021 03 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33766849

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Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) insert-expressing, 68-1 rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV/SIV) vectors elicit major histocompatibility complex E (MHC-E)- and MHC-II-restricted, SIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses, but the basis of these unconventional responses and their contribution to demonstrated vaccine efficacy against SIV challenge in the rhesus monkeys (RMs) have not been characterized. We show that these unconventional responses resulted from a chance genetic rearrangement in 68-1 RhCMV that abrogated the function of eight distinct immunomodulatory gene products encoded in two RhCMV genomic regions (Rh157.5/Rh157.4 and Rh158-161), revealing three patterns of unconventional response inhibition. Differential repair of these genes with either RhCMV-derived or orthologous human CMV (HCMV)-derived sequences (UL128/UL130; UL146/UL147) leads to either of two distinct CD8+ T cell response types-MHC-Ia-restricted only or a mix of MHC-II- and MHC-Ia-restricted CD8+ T cells. Response magnitude and functional differentiation are similar to RhCMV 68-1, but neither alternative response type mediated protection against SIV challenge. These findings implicate MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cell responses as mediators of anti-SIV efficacy and indicate that translation of RhCMV/SIV vector efficacy to humans will likely require deletion of all genes that inhibit these responses from the HCMV/HIV vector.


Asunto(s)
Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , Reprogramación Celular/inmunología , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/veterinaria , Citomegalovirus/inmunología , Enfermedades de los Monos/prevención & control , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/inmunología , Vacunas Virales/inmunología , Animales , Antígenos Virales/genética , Antígenos Virales/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/metabolismo , Reprogramación Celular/genética , Ingeniería Genética/métodos , Vectores Genéticos/genética , Inmunogenicidad Vacunal , Memoria Inmunológica , Macaca mulatta , Enfermedades de los Monos/inmunología , Enfermedades de los Monos/virología , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta/genética , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta/inmunología , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio/prevención & control , Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia de los Simios/inmunología , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/inmunología , Subgrupos de Linfocitos T/metabolismo , Eficacia de las Vacunas
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PLoS Pathog ; 4(9): e1000143, 2008 Sep 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18773115

RESUMEN

Mechanisms by which hepatitis C virus (HCV) evades cellular immunity to establish persistence in chronically infected individuals are not clear. Mutations in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I-restricted epitopes targeted by CD8(+) T cells are associated with persistence, but the extent to which these mutations affect viral fitness is not fully understood. Previous work showed that the HCV quasispecies in a persistently infected chimpanzee accumulated multiple mutations in numerous class I epitopes over a period of 7 years. During the acute phase of infection, one representative epitope in the C-terminal region of the NS3/4A helicase, NS3(1629-1637), displayed multiple serial amino acid substitutions in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) anchor and T cell receptor (TCR) contact residues. Only one of these amino acid substitutions at position 9 (P9) of the epitope was stable in the quasispecies. We therefore assessed the effect of each mutation observed during in vivo infection on viral fitness and T cell responses using an HCV subgenomic replicon system and a recently developed in vitro infectious virus cell culture model. Mutation of a position 7 (P7) TCR-contact residue, I1635T, expectedly ablated the T cell response without affecting viral RNA replication or virion production. In contrast, two mutations at the P9 MHC-anchor residue abrogated antigen-specific T cell responses, but additionally decreased viral RNA replication and virion production. The first escape mutation, L1637P, detected in vivo only transiently at 3 mo after infection, decreased viral production, and reverted to the parental sequence in vitro. The second P9 variant, L1637S, which was stable in vivo through 7 years of follow-up, evaded the antigen-specific T cell response and did not revert in vitro despite being less optimal in virion production compared to the parental virus. These studies suggest that HCV escape mutants emerging early in infection are not necessarily stable, but are eventually replaced with variants that achieve a balance between immune evasion and fitness for replication.


Asunto(s)
Hepacivirus/genética , Hepacivirus/inmunología , Mutación , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/virología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Hepacivirus/fisiología , Humanos , Inmunidad Celular , Selección Genética , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/inmunología , Replicación Viral
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AIDS ; 34(2): 177-188, 2020 02 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31687981

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BACKGROUND: Opioid-use disorders (OUD) and hepatitis C or B co-infection (HEP) are common among people living with HIV (PLHIV). The impact of OUD on innate and adaptive immunity among PLHIV with and without HEP is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of OUD on monocyte and T-cell phenotypes, cytokine responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA), and plasma inflammatory markers, among PLHIV with and without HEP. METHODS: Cross-sectional study enrolling PLHIV receiving ART, with and without OUD. Flow cytometry determined monocyte and T-cell phenotypes; LPS and PHA-induced cytokine production was assessed following LPS and PHA stimulation by multiplex cytokine array; plasma IL-6, soluble CD163, and soluble CD14 were measured by ELISA. RESULTS: Twenty-two PLHIV with OUD and 37 PLHIV without OUD were included. PLHIV with OUD exhibited higher frequencies of intermediate (CD14CD16) and nonclassical (CD14CD16) monocytes when compared with PLHIV without OUD (P = 0.0025; P = 0.0001, respectively), regardless of HEP co-infection. Soluble CD163 and monocyte cell surface CD163 expression was increased among PLHIV with OUD and HEP, specifically. Regardless of HEP co-infection, PLHIV with OUD exhibited reduced production of IL-10, IL-8, IL-6, IL-1alpha, and TNF-alpha in response to LPS when compared with PLHIV without OUD; PHA-induced production of IL-10, IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha were also reduced among individuals with OUD. CONCLUSION: OUD among PLHIV are associated with altered monocyte phenotypes and a dysregulated innate cytokine response. Defining underlying mechanisms of opioid-associated innate immune dysregulation among PLHIV should be prioritized to identify optimal OUD treatment strategies.


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Antígenos CD/sangre , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/sangre , Citocinas/metabolismo , Infecciones por VIH/metabolismo , Monocitos/metabolismo , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/metabolismo , Receptores de Superficie Celular/sangre , Adulto , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/metabolismo , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Citometría de Flujo , Infecciones por VIH/sangre , Humanos , Interleucina-10/metabolismo , Interleucina-1beta , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/sangre , Ensayos Clínicos Controlados Aleatorios como Asunto , Receptores de Superficie Celular/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 5406, 2020 10 26.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33106495

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Mutations in nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) cause Blau syndrome, an inflammatory disorder characterized by uveitis. The antimicrobial functions of Nod2 are well-established, yet the cellular mechanisms by which dysregulated Nod2 causes uveitis remain unknown. Here, we report a non-conventional, T cell-intrinsic function for Nod2 in suppression of Th17 immunity and experimental uveitis. Reconstitution of lymphopenic hosts with Nod2-/- CD4+ T cells or retina-specific autoreactive CD4+ T cells lacking Nod2 reveals a T cell-autonomous, Rip2-independent mechanism for Nod2 in uveitis. In naive animals, Nod2 operates downstream of TCR ligation to suppress activation of memory CD4+ T cells that associate with an autoreactive-like profile involving IL-17 and Ccr7. Interestingly, CD4+ T cells from two Blau syndrome patients show elevated IL-17 and increased CCR7. Our data define Nod2 as a T cell-intrinsic rheostat of Th17 immunity, and open new avenues for T cell-based therapies for Nod2-associated disorders such as Blau syndrome.


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Proteína Adaptadora de Señalización NOD2/inmunología , Células Th17/inmunología , Uveítis/inmunología , Uveítis/prevención & control , Animales , Artritis/genética , Artritis/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Femenino , Humanos , Interleucina-17/genética , Interleucina-17/inmunología , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Proteína Adaptadora de Señalización NOD2/genética , Receptores CCR7/genética , Receptores CCR7/inmunología , Sarcoidosis , Sinovitis/genética , Sinovitis/inmunología , Uveítis/genética
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Viruses ; 11(3)2019 03 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30832364

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Egyptian rousette bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) are natural reservoir hosts of Marburg virus (MARV), and Ravn virus (RAVV; collectively called marburgviruses) and have been linked to human cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD). We investigated the clinical and pathologic effects of experimental MARV infection in Egyptian rousettes through a serial euthanasia study and found clear evidence of mild but transient disease. Three groups of nine, captive-born, juvenile male bats were inoculated subcutaneously with 10,000 TCID50 of Marburg virus strain Uganda 371Bat2007, a minimally passaged virus originally isolated from a wild Egyptian rousette. Control bats (n = 3) were mock-inoculated. Three animals per day were euthanized at 3, 5⁻10, 12 and 28 days post-inoculation (DPI); controls were euthanized at 28 DPI. Blood chemistry analyses showed a mild, statistically significant elevation in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) at 3, 6 and 7 DPI. Lymphocyte and monocyte counts were mildly elevated in inoculated bats after 9 DPI. Liver histology revealed small foci of inflammatory infiltrate in infected bats, similar to lesions previously described in wild, naturally-infected bats. Liver lesion severity scores peaked at 7 DPI, and were correlated with both ALT and hepatic viral RNA levels. Immunohistochemical staining detected infrequent viral antigen in liver (3⁻8 DPI, n = 8), spleen (3⁻7 DPI, n = 8), skin (inoculation site; 3⁻12 DPI, n = 20), lymph nodes (3⁻10 DPI, n = 6), and oral submucosa (8⁻9 DPI, n = 2). Viral antigen was present in histiocytes, hepatocytes and mesenchymal cells, and in the liver, antigen staining co-localized with inflammatory foci. These results show the first clear evidence of very mild disease caused by a filovirus in a reservoir bat host and provide support for our experimental model of this virus-reservoir host system.


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Quirópteros/virología , Reservorios de Enfermedades/virología , Hígado/virología , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/inmunología , Alanina Transaminasa/sangre , Animales , Anticuerpos Antivirales/sangre , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Inmunohistoquímica , Hígado/patología , Recuento de Linfocitos , Masculino , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/patología , Marburgvirus , ARN Viral/genética , Absorción Subcutánea
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World J Gastroenterol ; 13(36): 4848-57, 2007 Sep 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17828816

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Chronic viral infections such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are major global health problems affecting more than 500 million people worldwide. Virus-specific CD8+ T cells play an important role in the course and outcome of these viral infections and it is hypothesized that altered or impaired differentiation of virus-specific CD8+ T cells contributes to the development of persistence and/or disease progression. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms responsible for functional differentiation of CD8+ T cells is essential for the generation of successful therapies aiming to strengthen the adaptive component of the immune system.


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Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/citología , Diferenciación Celular/fisiología , Hepacivirus/inmunología , Hepatitis C/inmunología , Memoria Inmunológica/fisiología , Antígenos Virales/metabolismo , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/metabolismo , Hepatitis C/virología , Humanos , Inmunidad Celular/fisiología , Modelos Inmunológicos
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Nat Commun ; 8: 14446, 2017 02 13.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28194016

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The Egyptian rousette bat (ERB) is a natural reservoir host for Marburg virus (MARV); however, the mechanisms by which MARV is transmitted bat-to-bat and to other animals are unclear. Here we co-house MARV-inoculated donor ERBs with naive contact ERBs. MARV shedding is detected in oral, rectal and urine specimens from inoculated bats from 5-19 days post infection. Simultaneously, MARV is detected in oral specimens from contact bats, indicating oral exposure to the virus. In the late study phase, we provide evidence that MARV can be horizontally transmitted from inoculated to contact ERBs by finding MARV RNA in blood and oral specimens from contact bats, followed by MARV IgG antibodies in these same bats. This study demonstrates that MARV can be horizontally transmitted from inoculated to contact ERBs, thereby providing a model for filovirus maintenance in its natural reservoir host and a potential mechanism for virus spillover to other animals.


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Quirópteros/virología , Reservorios de Enfermedades/virología , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/virología , Marburgvirus/fisiología , Animales , Anticuerpos Antivirales/inmunología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Egipto , Femenino , Filoviridae/fisiología , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Masculino , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/sangre , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/transmisión , Marburgvirus/genética , Marburgvirus/inmunología , ARN Viral/sangre , ARN Viral/genética , Esparcimiento de Virus
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Virology ; 476: 85-91, 2015 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25531184

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Previous in vitro studies have demonstrated that Ebola and Marburg virus (EBOV and MARV) VP35 antagonize the host cell immune response. Moreover, specific mutations in the IFN inhibitory domain (IID) of EBOV and MARV VP35 that abrogate their interaction with virus-derived dsRNA, lack the ability to inhibit the host immune response. To investigate the role of MARV VP35 in the context of infectious virus, we used our reverse genetics system to generate two recombinant MARVs carrying specific mutations in the IID region of VP35. Our data show that wild-type and mutant viruses grow to similar titers in interferon deficient cells, but exhibit attenuated growth in interferon-competent cells. Furthermore, in contrast to wild-type virus, both MARV mutants were unable to inhibit expression of various antiviral genes. The MARV VP35 mutants exhibit similar phenotypes to those previously described for EBOV, suggesting the existence of a shared immune-modulatory strategy between filoviruses.


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Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/inmunología , Marburgvirus/genética , Proteínas del Núcleo Viral/química , Proteínas del Núcleo Viral/genética , Animales , Línea Celular , Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno , Interferón beta/genética , Interferón beta/inmunología , Enfermedad del Virus de Marburg/virología , Marburgvirus/química , Marburgvirus/inmunología , Mutación , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Proteínas del Núcleo Viral/inmunología
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