Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045.
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045.
J Immunol. 2020 Dec 1;205(11):3107-3121. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000882. Epub 2020 Oct 30.
Recent outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) have been associated with birth defects, including microcephaly and neurologic impairment. However, the mechanisms that confer potential susceptibility to ZIKV during pregnancy remain unclear. We hypothesized that poor outcomes from ZIKV infection during pregnancy are due in part to pregnancy-induced alteration of innate immune cell frequencies and cytokine expression. To examine the impact of pregnancy on innate immune responses, we inoculated immunocompetent pregnant and nonpregnant female C57BL/6 mice with 5 × 10 focus-forming units of ZIKV intravaginally. Innate immune cell frequencies and cytokine expression were measured by flow cytometry at day 3 postinfection. Compared with nonpregnant mice, pregnant mice exhibited higher frequencies of uterine macrophages (CD68) and CD11c CD103 and CD11c CD11b dendritic cells. Additionally, ZIKV-infected pregnant mice had lower frequencies of CD45 IL-12 and CD11b IL-12 cells in the uterus and spleen. Next, we measured the frequencies of Ag-experienced CD4 (CD4 CD11a CD49d) and CD8 (CD8 CD11a) T cells at day 10 postinfection to determine the impact of pregnancy-associated changes in innate cellular IL-12 responses on the adaptive immune response. We found that pregnant mice had lower frequencies of uterine Ag-experienced CD4 T cells and ZIKV-infected pregnant mice had lower frequencies of uterine Ag-experienced CD8 T cells compared with ZIKV-infected nonpregnant mice. These data show that pregnancy results in altered innate and adaptive immune responses to ZIKV infection in the reproductive tract of mice and that pregnancy-associated immune modulation may play an important role in the severity of acute ZIKV infection.
最近爆发的寨卡病毒(ZIKV)与出生缺陷有关,包括小头畸形和神经损伤。然而,导致妊娠期间对 ZIKV 潜在易感性的机制仍不清楚。我们假设妊娠期间 ZIKV 感染的不良后果部分归因于妊娠引起的固有免疫细胞频率和细胞因子表达的改变。为了研究妊娠对固有免疫反应的影响,我们通过阴道内接种 5×10 焦点形成单位的 ZIKV 来感染免疫功能正常的妊娠和非妊娠雌性 C57BL/6 小鼠。在感染后第 3 天,通过流式细胞术测量固有免疫细胞频率和细胞因子表达。与非妊娠小鼠相比,妊娠小鼠的子宫巨噬细胞(CD68)和 CD11c CD103 和 CD11c CD11b 树突状细胞频率更高。此外,感染 ZIKV 的妊娠小鼠的子宫和脾脏中 CD45 IL-12 和 CD11b IL-12 细胞的频率较低。接下来,我们测量感染后第 10 天的子宫和脾脏中 Ag 经验的 CD4(CD4 CD11a CD49d)和 CD8(CD8 CD11a)T 细胞的频率,以确定妊娠相关的固有细胞 IL-12 反应变化对适应性免疫反应的影响。我们发现,与感染 ZIKV 的非妊娠小鼠相比,妊娠小鼠的子宫 Ag 经验性 CD4 T 细胞频率较低,感染 ZIKV 的妊娠小鼠的子宫 Ag 经验性 CD8 T 细胞频率较低。这些数据表明,妊娠导致小鼠生殖道中对 ZIKV 感染的固有和适应性免疫反应发生改变,妊娠相关的免疫调节可能在急性 ZIKV 感染的严重程度中发挥重要作用。
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