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Maintenance of PD-1 on brain-resident memory CD8 T cells is antigen independent.


ABSTRACT: Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) by murine polyomavirus (MuPyV), a persistent natural mouse pathogen, establishes brain-resident memory CD8 T cells (bTRM) that uniformly and chronically express programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) irrespective of the expression of αE integrin CD103, a TRM cell marker. In contrast, memory antiviral CD8 T cells in the spleen are PD-1-, despite viral loads being similar in both the brain and spleen during persistent infection. Repetitive antigen engagement is central to sustained PD-1 expression by T cells in chronic viral infections; however, recent evidence indicates that expression of inhibitory receptors, including PD-1, is part of the TRM differentiation program. Here we asked whether PD-1 expression by CD8 bTRM cells during persistent MuPyV encephalitis is antigen dependent. By transferring MuPyV-specific CD8 bTRM cells into the brains of naive mice and mice infected with cognate epitope-sufficient and -deficient MuPyVs, we demonstrate that antigen and inflammation are dispensable for PD-1 maintenance. In vitro and direct ex vivo analyses indicate that CD103- MuPyV-specific CD8 bTRM retain functional competence. We further show that the Pdcd-1 promoter of anti-MuPyV bTRM cells is epigenetically fixed in a demethylated state in the brain. In contrast, the PD-1 promoter of splenic antiviral memory CD8 T cells undergoes remethylation after being demethylated during acute infection. These data show that PD-1 expression is an intrinsic property of brain TRM cells in a persistent CNS viral infection.

SUBMITTER: Shwetank 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698165 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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