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Monkeypox virus evades antiviral CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses by suppressing cognate T cell activation.


ABSTRACT: Monkeypox virus (MPV) is a virulent human pathogen that has gained increased attention because of its potential use as a bioterrorism agent and inadvertent introduction into North America in 2003. The US outbreak also provided an important opportunity to study MPV-specific T cell immunity. Although MPV-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells could recognize vaccinia virus (VV)-infected monocytes and produce inflammatory cytokines such as IFNgamma and TNFalpha, they were largely incapable of responding to autologous MPV-infected cells. Further analysis revealed that, unlike cowpox virus (CPV), MPV did not interfere with MHC expression or intracellular transport of MHC molecules. Instead, MPV-infected cells were capable of preventing T cell receptor (TcR)-mediated T cell activation in trans. The ability to trigger a state of nonresponsiveness represents a unique MHC-independent mechanism for blocking antiviral T cell activation and inflammatory cytokine production and is likely an important attribute involved with viral dissemination in the infected host.

SUBMITTER: Hammarlund E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2567221 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Monkeypox virus evades antiviral CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses by suppressing cognate T cell activation.

Hammarlund Erika E   Dasgupta Anindya A   Pinilla Clemencia C   Norori Patricia P   Früh Klaus K   Slifka Mark K MK  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080916 38


Monkeypox virus (MPV) is a virulent human pathogen that has gained increased attention because of its potential use as a bioterrorism agent and inadvertent introduction into North America in 2003. The US outbreak also provided an important opportunity to study MPV-specific T cell immunity. Although MPV-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells could recognize vaccinia virus (VV)-infected monocytes and produce inflammatory cytokines such as IFNgamma and TNFalpha, they were largely incapable of respondin  ...[more]

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