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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
Vaccinia virus (VACV) is the current live virus vaccine used to protect humans against smallpox and monkeypox, but its use is contraindicated in several populations because of its virulence. It is therefore important to elucidate the immune evasion mechanisms of VACV. We found that VACV infection of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) significantly decreased major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II antigen presentation and decreased synthesis of 13 chemokines and cytokines, suggesting a potent viral mechanism for immune evasion. In these model systems, responding T cells were not directly affected by virus, indicating that VACV directly affects the APC. VACV significantly decreased nitric oxide production by peritoneal exudate cells and the RAW macrophage cell line in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interferon (IFN)-gamma, decreased class II MHC expression on APCs, and induced apoptosis in macrophages and dendritic cells. However, VACV decreased antigen presentation by 1153 B cells without apparent apoptosis induction, indicating that VACV differentially affects B lymphocytes and other APCs. We show that the key mechanism of VACV inhibition of antigen presentation may be its reduction of antigenic peptide loaded into the cleft of MHC class II molecules. These data indicate that VACV evades the host immune response by impairing critical functions of the APC.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1365-2567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
381-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Immune Evasion, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Rats, Inbred Lew, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Vaccinia, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Vaccinia virus, pubmed-meshheading:20067538-Virulence
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Vaccinia virus decreases major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen presentation, T-cell priming, and peptide association with MHC class II.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural