Resumen
The nature of antiviral CD8+ T cells associated with protective and pathogenic herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infections remains unclear. We compared the transcriptome, phenotype, and function of memory CD8+ T cells, sharing the same HSV-1 epitope-specificities, from infected HLA-A*0201 positive symptomatic (SYMP) vs. asymptomatic (ASYMP) individuals and HLA-A*0201 transgenic rabbits. Compared to higher frequencies of multifunctional effector memory CD8+ TEM cells in ASYMP individuals, the SYMP individuals presented dysfunctional CD8+ TEM cells, expressing major exhaustion pathways. Compared to protected ASYMP HLA transgenic rabbits, the trigeminal ganglia of non-protected SYMP HLA transgenic rabbits had higher frequencies of dysfunctional tissue-resident CD8+ TRM cells. Moreover, blockade of T cell exhaustion pathways restored the function of CD8+ T cells, reduced virus reactivation, and diminished recurrent disease in HLA transgenic rabbits. These findings reveal unique molecular signatures of protective CD8+ T cells and pave the way for T-cell-based immunotherapy to combat recurrent ocular herpes.
| Idioma original | English |
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| Número de artículo | 13843 |
| Publicación | Scientific Reports |
| Volumen | 10 |
| N.º | 1 |
| DOI | |
| Estado | Published - dic 1 2020 |
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Financiación
This work is supported by Public Health Service Research Grants EY026103, EY019896 and EY024618 from the National Eye Institute (NEI) and Grants AI150091, AI143348, AI147499, AI143326, AI138764, AI124911 and AI110902 from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and in part by The Discovery Center for Eye Research (DCER) and the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Grant. This work is dedicated to the memory of late Professor Steven L. Wechsler "Steve" (1948-2016), whose numerous pioneering works on herpes infection and immunity laid the foundation for this line of research. We thank the NIH Tetramer Facility (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA) for providing the Tetramers used in this study.
| Financiadores | Número del financiador |
|---|---|
| Discovery Center for Eye Research | |
| Public Health Service Biomedical Research Support | EY019896, EY024618 |
| National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health | AI124911, AI110902, AI143326, AI143348, EY026103, AI138764, AI147499 |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | R01AI150091 |
| Research to Prevent Blindness |
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