Human cytomegalovirus inhibits maturation and impairs function of monocyte-derived dendritic cells

Moutaftsi, Magdalena, Mehl, Anja Maria, Borysiewicz, Leszek K. and Tabi, Zsuzsanna 2002. Human cytomegalovirus inhibits maturation and impairs function of monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Blood 99 (8) , pp. 2913-2921. 10.1182/blood.V99.8.2913

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in the generation of virus-specific cytotoxic T-cell responses, but some viruses can render DCs inefficient in stimulating T cells. We studied whether infection of DCs with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) results in a suppression of DC function which may assist HCMV in establishing persistence. The effect of HCMV infection on the phenotype and function of monocyte-derived DCs and on their ability to mature following infection with an endothelial cell-adapted clinical HCMV isolate were studied. HCMV infection induced no maturation of DCs; instead, it efficiently down-regulated the expression of surface major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, CD40, and CD80 molecules. Slight down-regulation of MHC class II and CD86 molecules was also observed. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced maturation of infected DCs was strongly inhibited, as indicated by lower levels of surface expression of MHC class I, class II, costimulatory, and CD83 molecules. The down-regulation or inhibition of these surface markers occurred only in HCMV antigen-positive DCs. DCs produced no interleukin 12 (IL-12) and only low levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-) upon HCMV infection. Furthermore, cytokine production upon stimulation with LPS or CD40L was significantly impaired. Inhibition of cytokine production did not depend on viral gene expression as UV-irradiated HCMV resulted in the same effect. Proliferation and cytotoxicity of T cells specific to a recall antigen presented by DCs were also reduced when DCs were HCMV infected. This study shows that HCMV inhibits DC function, revealing a powerful viral strategy to delay or prevent the generation of virus-specific cytotoxic T cells.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	American Society of Hematology
ISSN:	0006-4971
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 01:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/283

Citation Data

Cited 203 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item