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Eur J Immunol ; 53(10): e2350452, 2023 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37565654

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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) causes a chronic demyelinating disease similar to multiple sclerosis in mice. Although sialic acids have been shown to be essential for TMEV attachment to the host, the surface receptor has not been identified. While type I interferons play a pivotal role in the elimination of the chronic infectious Daniel (DA) strain, the role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) is controversial. We herein found that TMEV binds to conventional DCs but not to pDCs. A glycomics analysis showed that the sialylated N-glycan fractions were lower in pDCs than in conventional DCs, indicating that pDCs are not susceptible to TMEV infection due to the low levels of sialic acid. TMEV capsid proteins contain an integrin recognition motif, and dot blot assays showed that the integrin proteins bind to TMEV and that the viral binding was reduced in the desialylated αX ß2 . αX ß2 protein suppressed TMEV replication in vivo, and TMEV co-localized with integrin αM at the cell membrane and TLR 3 in the cytoplasm, suggesting that αM serves as the viral attachment and entry. These results show that the chronic encephalomyelitis virus utilizes sialylated integrins as cell surface receptors, leading to cellular tropism to evade pDC activation.


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Encefalomielite , Integrinas , Camundongos , Animais , Receptores de Superfície Celular , Células Dendríticas , Tropismo
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Int Immunol ; 31(4): 211-223, 2019 03 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30561621

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Sphingomyelin (SM) in combination with cholesterol forms specialized membrane lipid microdomains in which specific receptors and signaling molecules are localized or recruited to mediate intracellular signaling. SM-microdomain levels in mouse thymus were low in the early CD4+CD8+ double-positive (DP) stage prior to thymic selection and increased >10-fold during late selection. T-cell receptor (TCR) signal strength is a key factor determining whether DP thymocytes undergo positive or negative selection. We examined the role of SM-microdomains in thymocyte development and related TCR signaling, using SM synthase 1 (SMS1)-deficient (SMS1-/-) mice which display low SM expression in all thymocyte populations. SMS1 deficiency caused reduced cell numbers after late DP stages in TCR transgenic models. TCR-dependent apoptosis induced by anti-CD3 treatment was enhanced in SMS1-/- DP thymocytes both in vivo and in vitro. SMS1-/- DP thymocytes, relative to controls, showed increased phosphorylation of TCR-proximal kinase ZAP-70 and increased expression of Bim and Nur77 proteins involved in negative selection following TCR stimulation. Addition of SM to cultured normal DP thymocytes led to greatly increased surface expression of SM-microdomains, with associated reduction of TCR signaling and TCR-induced apoptosis. Our findings indicate that SM-microdomains are increased in late DP stages, function as negative regulators of TCR signaling and modulate the efficiency of TCR-proximal signaling to promote thymic selection events leading to subsequent developmental stages.


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Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/fisiologia , Timócitos/fisiologia , Transferases (Outros Grupos de Fosfato Substituídos)/metabolismo , Animais , Apoptose , Diferenciação Celular , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Imunomodulação , Ativação Linfocitária , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Transferases (Outros Grupos de Fosfato Substituídos)/genética
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