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Herpes simplex virus-1 evasion of CD8+ T cell accumulation contributes to viral encephalitis.


ABSTRACT: Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is the most common cause of sporadic viral encephalitis, which can be lethal or result in severe neurological defects even with antiviral therapy. While HSV-1 causes encephalitis in spite of HSV-1-specific humoral and cellular immunity, the mechanism by which HSV-1 evades the immune system in the central nervous system (CNS) remains unknown. Here we describe a strategy by which HSV-1 avoids immune targeting in the CNS. The HSV-1 UL13 kinase promotes evasion of HSV-1-specific CD8+ T cell accumulation in infection sites by downregulating expression of the CD8+ T cell attractant chemokine CXCL9 in the CNS of infected mice, leading to increased HSV-1 mortality due to encephalitis. Direct injection of CXCL9 into the CNS infection site enhanced HSV-1-specific CD8+ T cell accumulation, leading to marked improvements in the survival of infected mice. This previously uncharacterized strategy for HSV-1 evasion of CD8+ T cell accumulation in the CNS has important implications for understanding the pathogenesis and clinical treatment of HSV-1 encephalitis.

SUBMITTER: Koyanagi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5617679 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Herpes simplex virus-1 evasion of CD8+ T cell accumulation contributes to viral encephalitis.

Koyanagi Naoto N   Imai Takahiko T   Shindo Keiko K   Sato Ayuko A   Fujii Wataru W   Ichinohe Takeshi T   Takemura Naoki N   Kakuta Shigeru S   Uematsu Satoshi S   Kiyono Hiroshi H   Maruzuru Yuhei Y   Arii Jun J   Kato Akihisa A   Kawaguchi Yasushi Y  

The Journal of clinical investigation 20170911 10


Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is the most common cause of sporadic viral encephalitis, which can be lethal or result in severe neurological defects even with antiviral therapy. While HSV-1 causes encephalitis in spite of HSV-1-specific humoral and cellular immunity, the mechanism by which HSV-1 evades the immune system in the central nervous system (CNS) remains unknown. Here we describe a strategy by which HSV-1 avoids immune targeting in the CNS. The HSV-1 UL13 kinase promotes evasion of HSV-  ...[more]

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