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CD4 T Cells, CD8 T Cells, and Monocytes Coordinate To Prevent Rift Valley Fever Virus Encephalitis.

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:Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an arbovirus that causes disease in livestock and humans in Africa and the Middle East. While human disease is typically mild and self-limiting, some individuals develop severe manifestations, such as hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, or encephalitis. Encephalitis occurs 2 to 3 weeks after acute illness; therefore, we hypothesized that it was a result of an inadequate adaptive immunity. To test this hypothesis in vivo, we used an attenuated virus (DelNSsRVFV) that does not typically cause disease in mice. We first characterized the normal immune response to infection with DelNSsRVFV in immunocompetent mice and noted expansion of natural killer cells and monocytes, as well as activation of both CD8 and CD4 T cells. Depleting C57BL/6 mice of CD4 T cells prior to DelNSsRVFV infection resulted in encephalitis in 30% of the mice; in encephalitic mice, we noted infiltration of T cells and inflammatory monocytes into the brain. CD4 and CD8 codepletion in C57BL/6 mice, as well as CD4 depletion in CCR2 knockout mice, increased the frequency of encephalitis, demonstrating that these cell types normally contributed to the prevention of disease. Encephalitic mice had similar viral RNA loads in the brain regardless of which cell types were depleted, suggesting that CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, and inflammatory monocytes did little to control viral replication in the brain. CD4-depleted mice exhibited diminished humoral and T cell memory responses, suggesting that these immune mechanisms contributed to peripheral control of virus, thus preventing infection of the brain.IMPORTANCE RVFV is found in Africa and the Middle East and is transmitted by mosquitos or through contact with infected animals. Infected individuals can develop mild disease or more severe forms, such as hepatitis or encephalitis. In order to understand why some individuals develop encephalitis, we first need to know which immune functions protect those who do not develop this form of disease. In this study, we used a mouse model of RVFV infection to demonstrate that CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, and monocytes all contribute to prevention of encephalitis. Their likely mechanism of action is preventing RVFV from ever reaching the brain.

journal_name

J Virol

journal_title

Journal of virology

authors

Harmon JR,Spengler JR,Coleman-McCray JD,Nichol ST,Spiropoulou CF,McElroy AK

doi

10.1128/JVI.01270-18

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-11-27 00:00:00

issue

eissn

0022-538X

issn

1098-5514

pii

JVI.01270-18

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CD4 T Cells, CD8 T Cells, and Monocytes Coordinate To Prevent Rift Valley Fever Virus Encephalitis.