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IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
卷 89, 期 6, 页码 706-715出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2010.157
关键词
Toll-like receptors; MyD88(-/-); pox-viruses; cytokines
资金
- National Health and Medical Research Council [299907]
Using Toll-like receptor (TLR) and MyD88 gene knock-out (GKO) mice the effect of TLRs and MyD88 on virus replication, interferon (IFN)-beta production, natural killer (NK) cell and CD8T cell responses were assessed following ectromelia virus (ECTV) and recombinant vaccinia virus (rVV) infection. The capacity for rVVs encoding cytokines to restore immune function in MyD88(-/-) mice was clearly demonstrated. Results showed that TLR2(-/-), TLR4(-/-) and TLR7(-/-) mice survived ECTV infection whereas MyD88(-/-) and TLR9(-/-) mice, in contrast, were highly susceptible. Next, following infection with rVV, MyD88(-/-) mice elicited reduced serum IFN-beta, NK cell and CD8T cell responses compared with wild-type mice, whereas TLR9(-/-) mice showed elevated CD8T cell responses. When MyD88(-/-) mice were infected with rVV co-expressing IFN-beta these mice were able to restore IFN-beta levels and CD8T cell responses but not NK cell activation. Interestingly, even though rVV co-expressing interleukin (IL)-2 enhanced NK cell activation in MyD88(-/-) mice, this was not associated with an antiviral effect, as observed in normal mice. Surprisingly, co-infection with rVV IL-2/rVV IL-12, but not rVV IL-2/rVV IFN-beta, restored the attenuated phenotype of rVV IL-2 in MyD88(-/-) mice indicating that the IL-2/IL-12 combination promotes antiviral responses. Our results clearly show that the CD8T cell defect observed in MyD88(-/-) mice to vaccinia virus infection can be restored by rVV-encoding IFN-beta demonstrating the critical role of this cytokine in T cell mediated immunity and illustrates that the model can provide an effective platform for the elucidation of cytokine immunobiology. Immunology and Cell Biology (2011) 89, 706-715; doi:10.1038/icb.2010.157; published online 21 December 2010
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