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- Title
Prompt Antiviral Action of Pulmonary CD8+ T<sub>RM</sub> Cells Is Mediated by Rapid IFN-γ Induction and Its Downstream ISGs in the Lung.
- Authors
Jiang, Lang; Liu, Lu; Zhang, Miaomiao; Zhang, Linxia; Zhu, Cuisong; He, Qian; Ye, Lilin; Zhao, Chen; Li, Zejun; Xu, Jianqing; Zhang, Xiaoyan
- Abstract
Growing lines of evidence supported the importance of CD8+ lung tissue resident memory T (TRM) cells in protection against respiratory viruses, exemplified by influenza A virus. However, the underlying in vivo mechanism remains largely undetermined. Here, we used mouse infection models to dissect in vivo cross-protective activity of lung CD8+ TRM cells. By simultaneously interrogating transcriptional dynamics in lung CD8+ TRM cells and surrounding tissues during the early course of infection, we demonstrated that lung CD8+ TRM cells react to antigen re-exposure within hours, manifested by IFN-γ upregulation, and a tissue-wide interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) program is subsequently elicited. Using antibody-mediated IFN-γ neutralization and IFN-γ receptor knockout mice, we could show that the induction of several important antiviral ISGs required IFN-γ signaling, so did the suppression of key inflammatory cytokines. Interestingly, there were also examples of ISGs unaffected in the absence of IFN-γ activity. Collectively, focusing on in situ characterization of lung CD8+ TRM cells during very early stage of infection, a critical period of host antiviral defense that has been poorly investigated, our studies highlight that these cells, once triggered by antigen re-exposure, are programmed to produce IFN-γ expeditiously to promote a lung-wide antiviral response for effective virus control.
- Subjects
CD8 antigen; LUNGS; KNOCKOUT mice; INFLUENZA A virus
- Publication
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
1664-3224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fimmu.2022.839455