Interaction of a dengue virus NS1-derived peptide with the inhibitory receptor KIR3DL1 on natural killer cells

Townsley, Elizabeth, O'Connor, Geraldine, Cosgrove, Cormac, Woda, Marcia, Co, Mary, Thomas, Stephen J., Kalayanarooj, Siripen, Yoon, In-Kyu, Nisalak, Ananda, Srikiatkhachorn, Anon, Green, Sharone, Stephens, Henry A.F., Gostick, Emma, Price, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9416-2737, Carrington, Mary, Alter, Galit, McVicar, Daniel W., Rothman, Alan L. and Matthew, Anuja 2015. Interaction of a dengue virus NS1-derived peptide with the inhibitory receptor KIR3DL1 on natural killer cells. Clinical & Experimental Immunology 183 (3) , pp. 419-430. 10.1111/cei.12722

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Abstract

Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) interact with HLA class I ligands and play a key role in the regulation and activation of NK cells. The functional importance of KIR-HLA interactions has been demonstrated for a number of chronic viral infections, but to date only a few studies have been performed in the context of acute self-limited viral infections. During our investigation of CD8+ T cell responses to a conserved HLA-B57-restricted epitope derived from dengue virus (DENV) non-structural protein-1 (NS1), we observed substantial binding of the tetrameric complex to non-T/non-B lymphocytes in PBMC from a long-standing clinical cohort in Thailand. We confirmed binding of the NS1 tetramer to CD56dim NK cells, which are known to express KIRs. Using depletion studies and KIR-transfected cell lines, we further demonstrated that the NS1 tetramer bound the inhibitory receptor KIR3DL1. Phenotypic analysis of PBMC from HLA-B57+ subjects with acute DENV infection revealed marked activation of NS1 tetramer-binding NK cells around the time of defervescence in subjects with severe dengue disease. Collectively, our findings indicate that subsets of NK cells are activated relatively late in the course of acute DENV illness and reveal a possible role for specific KIR-HLA interactions in the modulation of disease outcomes. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0009-9104
Funders:	Wellcome Trust
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	4 October 2015
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 10:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/78578

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