scholarly journals Type I Interferon Signature in Chilblain-Like Lesions Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Aschoff ◽  
Nick Zimmermann ◽  
Stefan Beissert ◽  
Claudia Günther
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Immune Activation ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Interferon Signature ◽  
Mild Disease ◽  
Induced Proteins ◽  
Pathogenic Evolution ◽  
Activation Status

Contemporarily to the new SARS-CoV-2 mediated COVID-19 pandemic, a rise in patients with acral chilblain lesions has been described. They manifest late after mild disease or asymptomatic exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Their pathogenic evolution is currently unknown. In biopsies from three patients with acral partially ulcerating chilblain lesions that occurred associated to the COVID-19 pandemic, we analysed the expression of type I interferon induced proteins and signal transduction kinases. Histology demonstrated perivascular and periadnexal lymphohistiocytic infiltrates and endothelial dominated MxA-staining, as well as pJAK1 activation. Our findings demonstrate induction of the type I IFN pathway in lesional sections of COVID-19-associated chilblain-like lesions. This may indicate a local antiviral immune activation status associated with preceding exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

scholarly journals Investigation of type I interferon responses in ANCA-associated vasculitis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Batten ◽  
Mark W. Robinson ◽  
Arthur White ◽  
Cathal Walsh ◽  
Barbara Fazekas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Expression ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Contributory Factor ◽  
Type I ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Anca Associated Vasculitis ◽  
Clinical Measurements ◽  
Interferon Responses

AbstractType I interferon (IFN) dysregulation is a major contributory factor in the development of several autoimmune diseases, termed type I interferonopathies, and is thought to be the pathogenic link with chronic inflammation in these conditions. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-Associated Vasculitis (AAV) is an autoimmune disease characterised by necrotising inflammation of small blood vessels. The underlying biology of AAV is not well understood, however several studies have noted abnormalities in type I IFN responses. We hypothesised that type I IFN responses are systemically dysregulated in AAV, consistent with features of a type I interferonopathy. To investigate this, we measured the expression of seven interferon regulated genes (IRGs) (ISG15, SIGLEC1, STAT1, RSAD2, IFI27, IFI44L and IFIT1) in peripheral blood samples, as well as three type I IFN regulated proteins (CXCL10, MCP-1 and CCL19) in serum samples from AAV patients, healthy controls and disease controls. We found no difference in type I IFN regulated gene or protein expression between AAV patients and healthy controls. Furthermore, IRG and IFN regulated protein expression did not correlate with clinical measurements of disease activity in AAV patients. Thus, we conclude that systemic type I IFN responses are not key drivers of AAV pathogenesis and AAV should not be considered a type I interferonopathy.

scholarly journals Type I Interferon Inhibition and Dendritic Cell Activation during Gammaherpesvirus Respiratory Infection

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (18) ◽  
pp. 9778-9789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet L. Weslow-Schmidt ◽  
Nancy A. Jewell ◽  
Sara E. Mertz ◽  
J. Pedro Simas ◽  
Joan E. Durbin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dendritic Cells ◽  
Dendritic Cell ◽  
Cell Activation ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells ◽  
The Body ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Dendritic Cell Activation ◽  
Murine Gammaherpesvirus

ABSTRACT The respiratory tract is a major mucosal site for microorganism entry into the body, and type I interferon (IFN) and dendritic cells constitute a first line of defense against viral infections. We have analyzed the interaction between a model DNA virus, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and type I IFN during lung infection of mice. Our data show that murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (γHV68) inhibits type I IFN secretion by dendritic cells and that plasmacytoid dendritic cells are necessary for conventional dendritic cell maturation in response to γHV68. Following γHV68 intranasal inoculation, the local and systemic IFN-α/β response is below detectable levels, and plasmacytoid dendritic cells are activated and recruited into the lung with a tissue distribution that differs from that of conventional dendritic cells. Our results suggest that plasmacytoid dendritic cells and type I IFN have important but independent roles during the early response to a respiratory γHV68 infection. γHV68 infection inhibits type I IFN production by dendritic cells and is a poor inducer of IFN-α/β in vivo, which may serve as an immune evasion strategy.

scholarly journals PML-Dependent Memory of Type I Interferon Treatment Results in a Restricted Form of HSV Latency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon B. Suzich ◽  
Sean R. Cuddy ◽  
Hiam Baidas ◽  
Sara Dochnal ◽  
Eugene Ke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Infection ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Nuclear Bodies ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Initial Infection ◽  
Restricted Form ◽  
Ifn Treatment ◽  
Simplex Virus

AbstractHerpes simplex virus (HSV) establishes latent infection in long-lived neurons. During initial infection, neurons are exposed to multiple inflammatory cytokines but the effects of immune signaling on the nature of HSV latency is unknown. We show that initial infection of primary murine neurons in the presence of type I interferon (IFN) results in a form of latency that is restricted for reactivation. We also found that the subnuclear condensates, promyelocytic leukemia-nuclear bodies (PML-NBs), are absent from primary sympathetic and sensory neurons but form with type I IFN treatment and persist even when IFN signaling resolves. HSV-1 genomes colocalized with PML-NBs throughout a latent infection of neurons only when type I IFN was present during initial infection. Depletion of PML prior to or following infection did not impact the establishment latency; however, it did rescue the ability of HSV to reactivate from IFN-treated neurons. This study demonstrates that viral genomes possess a memory of the IFN response during de novo infection, which results in differential subnuclear positioning and ultimately restricts the ability of genomes to reactivate.

scholarly journals Type I Interferon Signature in Chilblains Following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
K Souaid ◽  
B Oulès ◽  
P Sohier ◽  
L Deschamps ◽  
S Aractingi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Type I ◽  
Interferon Signature

scholarly journals CD4 and CD8 T Cell Immune Activation during Chronic HIV Infection: Roles of Homeostasis, HIV, Type I IFN, and IL-7

2011 ◽  
Vol 186 (4) ◽  
pp. 2106-2116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Catalfamo ◽  
Christopher Wilhelm ◽  
Lueng Tcheung ◽  
Michael Proschan ◽  
Travis Friesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Immune Activation ◽  
Cd8 T Cell ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Chronic Hiv Infection

Abstract MP153: TET2 Regulates Type I Interferon Signaling in the Hematopoietic Response to Myocardial Infarction

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Zhang ◽  
David M Calcagno ◽  
Avinash Toomu ◽  
Kenneth M Huang ◽  
Zhenxing Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Cardiac Remodeling ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Myeloid Cells ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Clonal Hematopoiesis ◽  
Hematopoietic Response

Myocardial infarction (MI) elicits a rapid and vigorous reaction from the bone marrow hematopoietic compartment, inducing a massive efflux of myeloid first responders into the bloodstream. These cells traffic to the infarct, where they mediate cardiac remodeling and repair through inflammatory signaling and recruitment of additional immune cells to the injured myocardium. A hyperinflammatory myeloid compartment, as is produced by mutations in epigenetic regulator TET2 associated with clonal hematopoiesis, can thus drive adverse cardiac remodeling after MI and accelerate progression to heart failure. Whether loss of TET2 alters the transcriptional landscape of MI-induced myelopoiesis remains to be investigated in an unbiased fashion. Here, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing of >16,000 bone marrow myeloid cells isolated from wild-type and Tet2 -/- mice after MI to characterize the emergency hematopoietic response in the presence and absence of TET2. Our data capture distinct transitional states of myeloid lineage commitment and maturation, originating from myeloid progenitors and progressing along divergent granulocytic and monocytic differentiation trajectories. Additionally, we delineate a subpopulation of interferon (IFN)-activated myeloid progenitors, monocytes, and neutrophils characterized by the concerted upregulation of various Type I IFN-stimulated genes, and find the fraction of IFN-activated cells, as well as the degree of activation, to be markedly higher in Tet2 -/- mice. We have previously described activation of this pathway after MI in mice, and demonstrated cardioprotective effects of its genetic or pharmacological inhibition. Our findings reveal heightened activation of the antiviral Type I interferon response among bone marrow myeloid cells of Tet2 -/- mice during MI-induced emergency hematopoiesis. This highlights IFN signaling as a potential candidate driver of cardiovascular pathologies (including atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and heart failure) associated with TET2-mediated clonal hematopoiesis. Further studies are necessary to investigate whether Tet2 -/- mice exhibit enhanced response to blockade of Type I IFN signaling after MI, and to determine whether myeloid cells of TET2 -mutant humans are similarly activated.

scholarly journals The Molecular Interactions of ZIKV and DENV with the Type-I IFN Response

Vaccines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
Rosa C. Coldbeck-Shackley ◽  
Nicholas S. Eyre ◽  
Michael R. Beard
Keyword(s):  
Immune Responses ◽  
Molecular Interactions ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Vaccination Strategies ◽  
Significant Disease

Zika Virus (ZIKV) and Dengue Virus (DENV) are related viruses of the Flavivirus genus that cause significant disease in humans. Existing control measures have been ineffective at curbing the increasing global incidence of infection for both viruses and they are therefore prime targets for new vaccination strategies. Type-I interferon (IFN) responses are important in clearing viral infection and for generating efficient adaptive immune responses towards infection and vaccination. However, ZIKV and DENV have evolved multiple molecular mechanisms to evade type-I IFN production. This review covers the molecular interactions, from detection to evasion, of these viruses with the type-I IFN response. Additionally, we discuss how this knowledge can be exploited to improve the design of new vaccine strategies.

scholarly journals An Easy and Reliable Strategy for Making Type I Interferon Signature Analysis Comparable among Research Centers

Diagnostics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Pin ◽  
Lorenzo Monasta ◽  
Andrea Taddio ◽  
Elisa Piscianz ◽  
Alberto Tommasini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Type I Interferon ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Type I ◽  
Data Normalization ◽  
Signature Analysis ◽  
Interferon Signature ◽  
Interferon Stimulated Genes ◽  
Targeted Treatments ◽  
To Receive

Interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) are a set of genes whose transcription is induced by interferon (IFN). The measure of the expression of ISGs enables calculating an IFN score, which gives an indirect estimate of the exposition of cells to IFN-mediated inflammation. The measure of the IFN score is proposed for the screening of monogenic interferonopathies, like the Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, or to stratify subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus to receive IFN-targeted treatments. Apart from these scenarios, there is no agreement on the diagnostic value of the score in distinguishing IFN-related disorders from diseases dominated by other types of cytokines. Since the IFN score is currently measured in several research hospitals, merging experiences could help define the potential of scoring IFN inflammation in clinical practice. However, the IFN score calculated at different laboratories may be hardly comparable due to the distinct sets of IFN-stimulated genes assessed and to different controls used for data normalization. We developed a reliable approach to minimize the inter-laboratory variability, thereby providing shared strategies for the IFN signature analysis and allowing different centers to compare data and merge their experiences.

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