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ArticleJournal of virology2008

CD40 engagement on dendritic cells, but not on B or T cells, is required for long-term control of murine gammaherpesvirus 68.

Francesca Giannoni, Ashley Shea, Chandra Inglis, Lian Ni Lee, Sally R Sarawar

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Article in Journal of virology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

Francesca GiannoniViral Immunology, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. ssarawar@tpims.org
Ashley Shea
Chandra Inglis
Lian Ni Lee
Sally R Sarawar

Funding

Immunological control of a persistent viral infectionR01AI050810 · NIAID · TORREY PINES INST FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES · PI SARAWAR, SALLY R. · 2003 to 2010
$2.7M
Immunological control of a persistent viral infectionR21AI050810 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INST FOR ALLERGY &IMMUNOLGY · PI SARAWAR, SALLY R. · 2002 to 2002
$416k
NIAID NIH HHS AI50810NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050810NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI050810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4 T cells are not essential for primary clearance of replicating murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) but are required for effective long-term control. The virus reactivates in the lungs of major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient (CII-/-) mice that lack functional CD4 T cells. CD40 ligand (CD40L) is upregulated on activated CD4 T cells, and it is thought that CD40-CD40L interactions are an important component of CD4 T-cell help. Our previous studies have shown that agonistic antibodies to CD40 can substitute for CD4 T-cell function in the long-term control of MHV-68. In the present study, we sought to identify the CD40-positive cell type mediating this effect. To address this question, we adoptively transferred MHV-68 peptide-pulsed CII(-/-) dendritic cells (DC) that had been treated with an agonistic antibody to CD40 into MHV-68-infected CII(-/-) recipients. Viral reactivation was significantly lower in mice injected with anti-CD40-treated DC than in those injected with control DC or in mice that did not receive any DC. However, in similar experiments with B cells, anti-CD40 treatment had no effect. We also investigated the requirement for CD40 expression on T cells by adoptive transfer of T cells from CD40(+/+) or CD40(-/-) mice into T-cell-deficient recipients that were subsequently infected with MHV-68. The results showed that CD40 expression on T cells is not necessary for preventing viral reactivation. Taken together, our data suggest that CD40 engagement on DC, but not on T or B cells, is essential for effective long-term control of MHV-68.

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Adoptive TransferAnimalsAntibodies, ViralB-LymphocytesCD40 AntigensDendritic CellsFemaleLungMiceMice, KnockoutRhadinovirusT-LymphocytesViral Plaque AssayVirus ActivationAntibodies, ViralCD40 Antigens

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PMID18768977
PMCPMC2573265

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