Cutting edge: priming of CD8 T cell immunity to herpes simplex virus type 1 requires cognate TLR3 expression in vivo.
Despite its potential for involvement in viral immunity, little evidence links TLR3 to adaptive antiviral responses. Here we show that TLR3 is required for the generation of CD8 T cell immunity to HSV-1. The magnitude of the gB-specific CD8 T cell response after flank infection by HSV-1 was significantly reduced in mice lacking TIR domain-containing adaptor-inducing IFN-beta or TLR3, but not MyD88. Impaired CTL induction was evident in chimeric mice lacking TLR3 in bone marrow (BM)-derived cells. Among the dendritic cell subsets, TLR3 was expressed by CD8alpha(+) dendritic cells, known to be involved in priming HSV-1-specific CD8 T cells. Use of mixed BM chimeras revealed that TLR3 and the MHC class I-restriction element must be expressed by the same BM-derived cell for effective priming. These data imply that a cognate linkage between TLR3 and MHC class I is required for efficient CTL priming to HSV-1.
Davey
Gayle M
GM
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Victoria, Australia.
Wojtasiak
Magdalena
M
Proietto
Anna I
AI
Carbone
Francis R
FR
Heath
William R
WR
Bedoui
Sammy
S
D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D053594:Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051196:Toll-Like Receptor 3 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D053594:Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88; D051196:Toll-Like Receptor 3; C032876:H-2Kb protein, mouse; C507780:Myd88 protein, mouse; C476286:Ticam1 protein, mouse; C519703:TLR3 protein, mouse