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Immunity ; 44(2): 233-45, 2016 Feb 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26872694

ABSTRACT

According to in vitro assays, T cells are thought to kill rapidly and efficiently, but the efficacy and dynamics of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated killing of virus-infected cells in vivo remains elusive. We used two-photon microscopy to quantify CTL-mediated killing in mice infected with herpesviruses or poxviruses. On average, one CTL killed 2-16 virus-infected cells per day as determined by real-time imaging and by mathematical modeling. In contrast, upon virus-induced MHC class I downmodulation, CTLs failed to destroy their targets. During killing, CTLs remained migratory and formed motile kinapses rather than static synapses with targets. Viruses encoding the calcium sensor GCaMP6s revealed strong heterogeneity in individual CTL functional capacity. Furthermore, the probability of death of infected cells increased for those contacted by more than two CTLs, indicative of CTL cooperation. Thus, direct visualization of CTLs during killing of virus-infected cells reveals crucial parameters of CD8(+) T cell immunity.


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Herpesviridae Infections/immunology , Muromegalovirus/immunology , Perforin/metabolism , T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology , Vaccinia virus/immunology , Vaccinia/immunology , Animals , Calcium Signaling , Cell Communication , Cells, Cultured , Cytotoxicity, Immunologic , Humans , Immune Evasion , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton , Perforin/genetics , T-Lymphocyte Subsets/virology , T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/virology
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PLoS Pathog ; 9(12): e1003828, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24348257

ABSTRACT

Neonates, including mice and humans, are highly susceptible to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. However, many aspects of neonatal CMV infections such as viral cell tropism, spatio-temporal distribution of the pathogen as well as genesis of antiviral immunity are unknown. With the use of reporter mutants of the murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) we identified the lung as a primary target of mucosal infection in neonatal mice. Comparative analysis of neonatal and adult mice revealed a delayed control of virus replication in the neonatal lung mucosa explaining the pronounced systemic infection and disease in neonates. This phenomenon was supplemented by a delayed expansion of CD8(+) T cell clones recognizing the viral protein M45 in neonates. We detected viral infection at the single-cell level and observed myeloid cells forming "nodular inflammatory foci" (NIF) in the neonatal lung. Co-localization of infected cells within NIFs was associated with their disruption and clearance of the infection. By 2-photon microscopy, we characterized how neonatal antigen-presenting cells (APC) interacted with T cells and induced mature adaptive immune responses within such NIFs. We thus define NIFs of the neonatal lung as niches for prolonged MCMV replication and T cell priming but also as sites of infection control.


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Cytomegalovirus Infections/immunology , Lung/immunology , Muromegalovirus/immunology , Pneumonia/immunology , Pneumonia/virology , T-Lymphocytes/immunology , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Antigen Presentation , Cells, Cultured , Cytomegalovirus Infections/complications , Cytomegalovirus Infections/pathology , Cytomegalovirus Infections/virology , Intestines/immunology , Intestines/pathology , Intestines/virology , Lung/growth & development , Lung/pathology , Lung/virology , Lymphocyte Activation , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Transgenic , Muromegalovirus/growth & development , Pneumonia/pathology
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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 401(5): 1593-600, 2011 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21769553

ABSTRACT

Some bacterial life states are only difficult to describe and to detect because they are on the border of active metabolism. A prominent example is the so-called viable but non-culturable state, which is mainly characterized by the inability of bacteria to grow on synthetic media. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF/MS) in combination with multivariate data analysis represents a powerful tool for mass-spectrometric pattern recognition of biological samples. This method is already used for differentiation of bacterial strains. In this study we present a rapid readout method based on MALDI-ToF/MS in combination with principal component analysis to classify the bacterial non-culturable state using Enterococcus faecalis as a model organism. By applying this technique to samples of different physiological states, distinct clusters were calculated and all mass spectra were classified correctly into groups of similar type concerning their physiological state.


Subject(s)
Bacteria/cytology , Bacteriological Techniques/methods , Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods , Enterococcus faecalis/cytology , Microbial Viability , Multivariate Analysis , Principal Component Analysis , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/cytology
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