Lu Xiuju, Pinto Amelia K, Kelly Ann M, Cho Kathy S, Hill Ann B
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, L220, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
J Virol. 2006 Apr;80(8):4200-2. doi: 10.1128/JVI.80.8.4200-4202.2006.
Compared to other organs, murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) replication in the salivary gland is uniquely resistant to CD8 T-cell control. The contribution of viral genes that interfere with antigen presentation (VIPRs) to this resistance was assessed using a mutant lacking MCMV's known VIPRs. Salivary gland titers of the VIPR-deficient virus were at least 10-fold lower than those of the wild type during the persistent phase of infection; the defect was reversed by depleting CD8 T cells. Thus, VIPRs contribute to CD8 T cells' inability to control virus in the salivary gland.
与其他器官相比,小鼠巨细胞病毒(MCMV)在唾液腺中的复制对CD8 T细胞的控制具有独特的抗性。使用缺乏MCMV已知干扰抗原呈递病毒基因(VIPRs)的突变体,评估了这些病毒基因对这种抗性的作用。在感染持续阶段,缺乏VIPR的病毒在唾液腺中的滴度比野生型至少低10倍;通过耗尽CD8 T细胞可逆转该缺陷。因此,VIPRs导致CD8 T细胞无法控制唾液腺中的病毒。