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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
Mouse CMV (MCMV) infection rapidly induces the proliferation of NK cells, which correlates with immunological protection. Whether NK cells primed during acute response against MCMV are maintained for the long term is not known. In this study, we used TcrdH2BeGFP mice in which maturing NK cells are genetically labeled with a pulse of very stable histone-2B-eGFP. In this system, we found that the reporter protein was diluted out upon NK cell division during acute MCMV infection. At the same time, mature NK cells in uninfected mice showed only very limited turnover in vivo. Three months after primary infection when MCMV latency was established, the majority of peripheral NK cells still displayed a higher record of proliferation than NK cells in mock-infected controls. This observation included both Ly49H(+) and Ly49H(-) NK cells. Conversely, naive NK cells did not show more proliferation after transfer into latently MCMV-infected mice than that after transfer into mock-infected control mice. This indicated that the observed alterations of the NK cell compartment in MCMV latency were "legacy" (i.e., resulting from prior events during the initial immune response). Together, these results suggest that antiviral immune responses induce sustained alterations of innate lymphocyte populations that extend far beyond the first days of acute infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2918-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic labeling reveals altered turnover and stability of innate lymphocytes in latent mouse cytomegalovirus infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Hannover Medical School, Institute for Virology, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't