Specificity and dynamics of effector and memory CD8 T cell responses in human tick-borne encephalitis virus infection.
PLoS Pathog
; 11(1): e1004622, 2015 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-25611738
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is transferred to humans by ticks. The virus causes tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) with symptoms such as meningitis and meningoencephalitis. About one third of the patients suffer from long-lasting sequelae after clearance of the infection. Studies of the immune response during TBEV-infection are essential to the understanding of host responses to TBEV-infection and for the development of therapeutics. Here, we studied in detail the primary CD8 T cell response to TBEV in patients with acute TBE. Peripheral blood CD8 T cells mounted a considerable response to TBEV-infection as assessed by Ki67 and CD38 co-expression. These activated cells showed a CD45RA-CCR7-CD127- phenotype at day 7 after hospitalization, phenotypically defining them as effector cells. An immunodominant HLA-A2-restricted TBEV epitope was identified and utilized to study the characteristics and temporal dynamics of the antigen-specific response. The functional profile of TBEV-specific CD8 T cells was dominated by variants of mono-functional cells as the effector response matured. Antigen-specific CD8 T cells predominantly displayed a distinct Eomes+Ki67+T-bet+ effector phenotype at the peak of the response, which transitioned to an Eomes-Ki67-T-bet+ phenotype as the infection resolved and memory was established. These transcription factors thus characterize and discriminate stages of the antigen-specific T cell response during acute TBEV-infection. Altogether, CD8 T cells responded strongly to acute TBEV infection and passed through an effector phase, prior to gradual differentiation into memory cells with distinct transcription factor expression-patterns throughout the different phases.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Linfocitos T CD8-positivos
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Especificidad del Receptor de Antígeno de Linfocitos T
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Encefalitis Transmitida por Garrapatas
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Virus de la Encefalitis Transmitidos por Garrapatas
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Memoria Inmunológica
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
PLoS Pathog
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos