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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 90, 期 6, 页码 3123-3137出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02614-15
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- Wellcome Trust [WT094107AIA]
- Medical Research Council (MRC) [G0701279, MR/K021087/1, MR/L008734/1]
- NIHR Cambridge BRC Cell Phenotyping hub
- MRC [MR/L008734/1, G0701279, MR/K021087/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Health and Care Research Wales [HS-14-11] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0701279, 1427593, MR/L008734/1, MR/K021087/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Immune responses of natural killer (NK) cell are controlled by the balance between activating and inhibitory receptors, but the expression of these receptors varies between cells within an individual. Although NK cells are a component of the innate immune system, particular NK cell subsets expressing Ly49H are positively selected and increase in frequency in response to cytomegalovirus infection in mice. Recent evidence suggests that in humans certain NK subsets also have an increased frequency in the blood of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected individuals. However, whether these subsets differ in their capacity of direct control of HCMV-infected cells remains unclear. In this study, we developed a novel in vitro assay to assess whether human NK cell subsets have differential abilities to inhibit HCMV growth and dissemination. NK cells expressing or lacking NKG2C did not display any differences in controlling viral dissemination. However, when in vitro-expanded NK cells were used, cells expressing or lacking the inhibitory receptor leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor 1 (LIR1) were differentially able to control dissemination. Surprisingly, the ability of LIR1(+) NK cells to control virus spread differed between HCMV viral strains, and this phenomenon was dependent on amino acid sequences within the viral ligand UL18. Together, the results here outline an in vitro technique to compare the long-term immune responses of different human NK cell subsets and suggest, for the first time, that phenotypically defined human NK cell subsets may differentially recognize HCMV infections.
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