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Role of virus and host variables in virus persistence or immunopathological disease caused by a non-cytolytic virus Free

Abstract

C57BL/6 mice infected with increasing doses of the Armstrong isolate of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) or a variant Cl 13-Armstrong, derived from LCMV-Armstrong, exhibited distinct phenotypes with respect to clearance of virus and to cytotoxic CD8 T cell (CTL)-dependent immunopathological disease. Low (10 p.f.u.) and high doses (10 p.f.u.) of LCMV-Armstrong were cleared rapidly from immunocompetent mice. Inoculation of a high dose (10 p.f.u.) of LCMV Cl 13-Armstrong temporarily induced a partial deletion of the antiviral CTL precursors (CTL-p) leading to chronic infection in several organs. Although virus was cleared from most organs by day 90–150 post-infection, it persisted in the kidney. The few remaining CTL-p were able to expand and eventually clear the virus. Systemic viral titres correlated inversely with the number of CTL-p. However, in contrast LCMV-Docile injected at high dose was able to cause complete exhaustion of CTL-p resulting in long term viral persistence. LCMV-Aggressive, derived from the same parental LCMV-WE (UBC) as Docile, showed a phenotype comparable to wild-type virus. Doses of < 10 p.f.u. of both Armstrong virus and of Cl 13-Armstrong failed to exhaust CTL-p and caused lethal CD8 T cell-dependent chorio-meningitis and a substantial footpad swelling after local infection. By contrast, doses > 10 p.f.u. of LCMV-Docile failed to cause lethal choriomeningitis in C57BL/6 mice. When Cl 13-Armstrong virus (but not LCMV-Armstrong) was injected intravenously in addition to intracerebrally or into the foot, the local immunopathology was abrogated in a dose-dependent fashion. The suppression of immunopathology paralleled the extent of exhaustion of the specific CD8 T cell response. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the viral S-RNA fragments coding for CTL epitopes in H-2 mice revealed an asparagine to serine change of amino acid 280 in the CTL epitope 275–286 of the LCMV-Docile glycoprotein (GP) in comparison to LCMV-Aggressive or wild-type WE. This change reduced overall CTL activity and thereby probably contributes to exhaustion of CTL responses in C57BL/6 (H-2) mice. Thus, local versus systemic antigen distribution, viral characteristics and immunological parameters determine induction and exhaustion of CD8 T cells and the course and extent of immunopathological disease.

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Role of virus and host variables in virus persistence or immunopathological disease caused by a non-cytolytic virus
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