Infection Biology, Department of Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India.
Department of Microbiology, Government Theni Medical College and Hospital, Theni, India.
Viral Immunol. 2020 Nov;33(9):610-615. doi: 10.1089/vim.2020.0149. Epub 2020 Sep 30.
Peripheral follicular helper T (pTfh) cells represent specialized CD4 T cells that help B cells to secrete antibodies. Dengue infection appears to cause immune activation in a wide array of immune cells. Herein, we investigated the signatures of immune activation of circulating Tfh cells and mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells in adult subjects with confirmed acute clinical dengue virus (DENV) infection by multiparametric flow cytometry. The acute DENV infection induced a significant expansion of highly activated pTfh cells and circulating MAIT cells during acute febrile infection. We found a higher frequency of activated PD-1 Tfh cells and CD38 pTfh cells in clinical DENV infection. We also found similar activated and expanding phenotypes of MAIT cells in the patients tested. The total counts of activated pTfh cells and circulating MAIT cells were higher in dengue patients relative to healthy controls. We concluded that pTfh cells and circulating MAIT cells represent activated phenotypes in acute DENV infection.
外周滤泡辅助 T(pTfh)细胞代表了一类专门的 CD4 T 细胞,它们有助于 B 细胞分泌抗体。登革热感染似乎会引起广泛的免疫细胞的免疫激活。在此,我们通过多参数流式细胞术研究了成人确诊急性临床登革热病毒(DENV)感染患者循环 Tfh 细胞和黏膜相关不变 T(MAIT)细胞的免疫激活特征。急性 DENV 感染在急性发热感染期间诱导高度活化的 pTfh 细胞和循环 MAIT 细胞的显著扩增。我们发现在临床 DENV 感染中,活化的 PD-1 Tfh 细胞和 CD38 pTfh 细胞的频率更高。我们还发现,在检测的患者中,MAIT 细胞也具有相似的活化和扩增表型。与健康对照组相比,登革热患者的活化 pTfh 细胞和循环 MAIT 细胞总数更高。我们得出结论,pTfh 细胞和循环 MAIT 细胞在急性 DENV 感染中代表活化表型。