scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Induces CD83 Degradation in Mature Dendritic Cells with Immediate-Early Kinetics via the Cellular Proteasome

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
pp. 6326-6338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Kummer ◽  
Nadine M. Turza ◽  
Petra Muhl-Zurbes ◽  
Matthias Lechmann ◽  
Chris Boutell ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Mature dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells within the human immune system. However, Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is able to interfere with DC biology and to establish latency in infected individuals. In this study, we provide new insights into the mechanism by which HSV-1 disarms DCs by the manipulation of CD83, a functionally important molecule for DC activation. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) analyses revealed a rapid downmodulation of CD83 surface expression within 6 to 8 h after HSV-1 infection, in a manner strictly dependent on viral gene expression. Soluble CD83 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, together with Western blot analysis, demonstrated that CD83 rapidly disappears from the cell surface after contact with HSV-1 by a mechanism that involves protein degradation rather than shedding of CD83 from the cell surface into the medium. Infection experiments with an ICP0 deletion mutant demonstrated an important role for this viral immediate-early protein during CD83 degradation, since this particular mutant strain leads to strongly reduced CD83 degradation. This hypothesis was further strengthened by cotransfection of plasmids expressing CD83 and ICP0 into 293T cells, which led to significantly reduced accumulation of CD83. In strong contrast, transfection of plasmids expressing CD83 and a mutant ICP0 defective in its RING finger-mediated E3 ubiquitin ligase function did not reduce CD83 expression. Inhibition of the proteasome, the cellular protein degradation machinery, almost completely restored CD83 surface expression during HSV-1 infection, indicating that proteasome-mediated degradation and HSV-1 ICP0 play crucial roles in this novel viral immune escape mechanism.

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
pp. 6731-6742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina M. Cairns ◽  
Richard S. B. Milne ◽  
Manuel Ponce-de-Leon ◽  
Deanna K. Tobin ◽  
Gary H. Cohen ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT In alphaherpesviruses, glycoprotein B (gB), gD, gH, and gL are essential for virus entry. A replication-competent gL-null pseudorabies virus (PrV) (B. G. Klupp and T. C. Mettenleiter, J. Virol. 73:3014-3022, 1999) was shown to express a gDgH hybrid protein that could replace gD, gH, and gL in cell-cell fusion and null virus complementation assays. To study this phenomenon in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), we constructed four gDgH chimeras, joining the first 308 gD amino acids to various gH N-terminal truncations. The chimeras were named for the first amino acid of gH at which each was truncated: 22, 259, 388, and 432. All chimeras were immunoprecipitated with both gD and gH antibodies to conformational epitopes. Normally, transport of gH to the cell surface requires gH-gL complex formation. Chimera 22 contains full-length gH fused to gD308. Unlike PrV gDgH, chimera 22 required gL for transport to the surface of transfected Vero cells. Interestingly, although chimera 259 failed to reach the cell surface, chimeras 388 and 432 exhibited gL-independent transport. To examine gD and gH domain function, each chimera was tested in cell-cell fusion and null virus complementation assays. Unlike PrV gDgH, none of the HSV-1 chimeras substituted for gL for fusion. Only chimera 22 was able to replace gH for fusion and could also replace either gH or gD in the complementation assay. Surprisingly, this chimera performed very poorly as a substitute for gD in the fusion assay despite its ability to complement gD-null virus and bind HSV entry receptors (HveA and nectin-1). Chimeras 388 and 432, which contain the same portion of gD as that in chimera 22, substituted for gD for fusion at 25 to 50% of wild-type levels. However, these chimeras functioned poorly in gD-null virus complementation assays. The results highlight the fact that these two functional assays are measuring two related but distinct processes.


Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandros A. Theodoridis ◽  
Christina Eich ◽  
Carl G. Figdor ◽  
Alexander Steinkasserer

Abstract Immune responses require spatial and temporal coordinated interactions between different cell types within distinct microenvironments. This dynamic interplay depends on the competency of the involved cells, predominantly leukocytes, to actively migrate to defined sites of cellular encounters in various tissues. Because of their unique capacity to transport antigen from the periphery to secondary lymphoid tissues for the activation of naive T cells, dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in the initiation and orchestration of adaptive immune responses. Therefore, pathogen-mediated interference with this process is a very effective way of immune evasion. CYTIP (cytohesin-interacting protein) is a key regulator of DC motility. It has previously been described to control LFA-1 deactivation and to regulate DC adherence. CYTIP expression is up-regulated during DC maturation, enabling their transition from the sessile to the motile state. Here, we demonstrate that on infection of human monocyte-derived DCs with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), CYTIP is rapidly degraded and as a consequence β-2 integrins, predominantly LFA-1, are activated. Furthermore, we show that the impairment of migration in HSV-1-infected DCs is in part the result of this increased integrin-mediated adhesion. Thus, we propose a new mechanism of pathogen-interference with central aspects of leukocyte biology.


2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 1645-1657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander T. Prechtel ◽  
Nadine M. Turza ◽  
Dieter J. Kobelt ◽  
Jutta I. Eisemann ◽  
Robert S. Coffin ◽  
...  

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is able to establish latency in infected individuals. In order to characterize potential new immune-escape mechanisms, mature dendritic cells (DCs) were infected with HSV-1 and total cellular RNA was isolated from infected and mock-infected populations at different time points. RNA profiling on Affymetrix Human Genome U133A arrays demonstrated a dramatic downregulation of the migration-mediating surface molecules CCR7 and CXCR4, an observation that was further confirmed by RT-PCR and fluorescence-activated cell sorting analyses. Furthermore, migration assays revealed that, upon infection of mature DCs, CCR7- and CXCR4-mediated migration towards the corresponding CCL19 and CXCL12 chemokine gradients was strongly reduced. It is noteworthy that the infection of immature DCs with HSV-1 prior to maturation led to a failure of CCR7 and CXCR4 upregulation during DC maturation and, as a consequence, also induced a block in their migratory capacity. Additional migration assays with a Δvhs mutant virus lacking the virion host shutoff (vhs) gene, which is known to degrade cellular mRNAs, suggested a vhs-independent mechanism. These results indicate that HSV-1-infected mature DCs are limited in their capacity to migrate to secondary lymphoid organs, the areas of antigen presentation and T-cell stimulation, thus inhibiting an antiviral immune response. This represents a novel, previously unrecognized mechanism for HSV-1 to escape the human immune system.


2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo I. Tognarelli ◽  
Angello Retamal-Díaz ◽  
Mónica A. Farías ◽  
Luisa F. Duarte ◽  
Tomás F. Palomino ◽  
...  

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) infections are life-long and highly prevalent in the human population. These viruses persist in the host, eliciting either symptomatic or asymptomatic infections that may occur sporadically or in a recurrent manner through viral reactivations. Clinical manifestations due to symptomatic infection may be mild such as orofacial lesions, but may also translate into more severe diseases, such as ocular infections that may lead to blindness and life-threatening encephalitis. A key feature of herpes simplex viruses (HSVs) is that they have evolved molecular determinants that hamper numerous components of the host’s antiviral innate and adaptive immune system. Importantly, HSVs infect and negatively modulate the function of dendritic cells (DCs), by inhibiting their T cell-activating capacity and eliciting their apoptosis after infection. Previously, we reported that HSV-2 activates the splicing of the mRNA of XBP1, which is related to the activity of the unfolded protein response (UPR) factor Inositol-Requiring Enzyme 1 alpha (IRE-1α). Here, we sought to evaluate if the activation of the IRE-1α pathway in DCs upon HSV infection may be related to impaired DC function after infection with HSV-1 or HSV-2. Interestingly, the pharmacological inhibition of the endonuclease activity of IRE-1α in HSV-1- and HSV-2-infected DCs significantly reduced apoptosis in these cells and enhanced their capacity to migrate to lymph nodes and activate virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. These findings suggest that the activation of the IRE-1α-dependent UPR pathway in HSV-infected DCs may play a significant role in the negative effects that these viruses exert over these cells and that the modulation of this signaling pathway may be relevant for enhancing the function of DCs upon infection with HSVs.


2007 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathlyn Santos ◽  
Christine M. Sanfilippo ◽  
Wade C. Narrow ◽  
Ann E. Casey ◽  
Sol M. Rodriguez-Colon ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1859-1867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin R. Mott ◽  
Homayon Ghiasi

ABSTRACT Ocular infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) frequently leads to recurrent infection, which is a major cause of corneal scarring. Thus, the prevention of the establishment of latency should be a primary goal of vaccination against HSV-1. To this end, we have examined the contribution of dendritic cells (DCs) to the efficacy of a vaccine against ocular HSV-1 infection. Transgenic mice (expressing a CD11c-diphtheria toxin receptor-green fluorescent protein construct) with a BALB/c background were immunized with a vaccine consisting of DNA that encodes five HSV-1 glycoproteins or were immunized with vector control DNA. The vaccinated mice were then depleted of their DCs through the injection of diphtheria toxin before and after ocular challenge with HSV-1. Analyses of HSV-1 replication in the eye, blepharitis, corneal scarring, and the survival of the infected mice upon primary infection indicated that DC depletion neither promoted nor compromised the efficacy of the vaccine. In contrast, DC depletion was associated with an approximately fivefold reduction in the level of latent virus in the trigeminal ganglia (TGs) of latently infected mice, as well as a significant reduction in the reactivation rate of latent virus. The possibility that DCs enhance the latency of HSV-1 in the TGs of ocularly infected mice suggests for the first time that DCs, rather than acting as “immune saviors,” can exacerbate disease and compromise vaccine efficacy by enhancing viral latency and reactivation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (20) ◽  
pp. 9870-9879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin R. Mott ◽  
David UnderHill ◽  
Steven L. Wechsler ◽  
Homayon Ghiasi

ABSTRACT The mechanism(s) by which herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) latency is established in neurons is not known. In this study, we examined the effect of dendritic cells (DCs) on the level of HSV-1 latency in trigeminal ganglia (TGs) of ocularly infected BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. We found that immunization of wild-type mice with FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3L) DNA, which increases the number of DCs, increased the amount of latency in infected mice. Conversely, depletion of DCs was associated with reduced latency. Latency was also significantly reduced in Flt3L−/− and CD8−/− mice. Interestingly, immunization of Flt3L−/− but not CD8−/− mice with Flt3L DNA increased latency. Transfer experiments using DCs expanded ex vivo with Flt3L or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor suggested that increased latency was associated with the presence of lymphoid-related (CD11c+ CD8α+) DCs, while reduced latency was associated with myeloid-related (CD11c+ CD8α−) DCs. Modulation of DC numbers by Flt3L DNA immunization or depletion did not alter acute virus replication in the eye or TG or eye disease in ocularly infected mice. Our results suggest that CD11c+ CD8α+ DCs directly or indirectly increase the amount of HSV-1 latency in mouse TGs.


2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Mårdberg ◽  
Edward Trybala ◽  
Frank Tufaro ◽  
Tomas Bergström

The role of glycoprotein C (gC) for binding of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) to cell surface chondroitin sulfate (CS) and the consequences of this interaction for virus attachment and infectivity were studied. To this end, a panel of HSV-1 gC mutants, including a gC-negative (gC−) variant, and mouse fibroblasts expressing either cell surface CS or heparan sulfate (HS) were used. Comparing gC-positive (gC+) and gC− viruses in terms of their attachment to and infection of CS-expressing cells indicated that gC was essential for both functions. Furthermore, purified gC bound efficiently to isolated CS chains. However, hypertonic NaCl disrupted this interaction more easily as compared to the binding of gC to HS. Also, native and selectively desulfated heparins were approximately 10 times more efficient at inhibiting gC binding to CS-expressing cells than binding to HS-expressing cells. Experiments with the HSV-1 gC mutants revealed that specific, positively charged and hydrophobic amino acids within the N-terminal part of the protein were responsible for efficient binding as well as infectivity in both CS- and HS-expressing cells. When the infectivity of the gC mutants in the two cell types was compared, it appeared that more residues contributed to the infection of CS-expressing cells than to infection of HS-expressing cells. Taken together, analysis of gC function in cell systems with limited expression of glycosaminoglycans revealed that gC could interact with either CS or HS and that these interactions exhibited subtle but definite differences as regards to the involved structural features of gC, ionic strength dependency as well as sensitivity to specifically desulfated heparin compounds.


2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri M. Klyachkin ◽  
Krista D. Stoops ◽  
Robert J. Geraghty

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoproteins H (gH) and L (gL) form a heterodimer and efficient expression of gH at the virion or cell surface is dependent upon gL. Five carboxy-terminal deletion mutants of gL were created and their ability to interact with and mediate cell-surface expression of gH, to promote binding of gL-dependent anti-gH antibodies and to contribute to cell fusion was analysed. All of the gL mutants bound gH, but only two mutants, containing the amino-terminal 161 or 168 aa of gL, mediated cell-surface expression of gH, and only gL161 and gL168 functioned in cell fusion. The binding of gL to gH, therefore, was not sufficient to ensure gH cell-surface expression and it was not possible to separate the gH-trafficking role of gL from gL function in fusion. Co-expression of gH with any gL mutant conferred binding of the anti-gH mAbs 53S and LP11. If the acquisition of 53S and LP11 binding to gH reflects a gL-induced conformational change, such a change is not sufficient to mediate trafficking of the gH–gL heterodimer.


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