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Cross-presenting CD103+ dendritic cells are protected from influenza virus infection
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Cross-presenting CD103+ dendritic cells are protected from influenza virus infection

Julie Helft, Balaji Manicassamy, Pierre Guermonprez, Daigo Hashimoto, Aymeric Silvin, Judith Agudo, Brian D Brown, Mirco Schmolke, Jennifer C Miller, Marylene Leboeuf, …
The Journal of clinical investigation, Vol.122(11), pp.4037-4047
11/01/2012
DOI: 10.1172/JCI60659
PMCID: PMC3484433
PMID: 23041628
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https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI60659View
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Abstract

CD8 + cytotoxic T cells are critical for viral clearance from the lungs upon influenza virus infection. The contribution of antigen cross-presentation by DCs to the induction of anti-viral cytotoxic T cells remains controversial. Here, we used a recombinant influenza virus expressing a nonstructural 1–GFP (NS1-GFP) reporter gene to visualize the route of antigen presentation by lung DCs upon viral infection in mice. We found that lung CD103 + DCs were the only subset of cells that carried intact GFP protein to the draining LNs. Strikingly, lung migratory CD103 + DCs were not productively infected by influenza virus and thus were able to induce virus-specific CD8 + T cells through the cross-presentation of antigens from virally infected cells. We also observed that CD103 + DC resistance to infection correlates with an increased anti-viral state in these cells that is dependent on the expression of type I IFN receptor. These results show that efficient cross-priming by migratory lung DCs is coupled to the acquisition of an anti-viral status, which is dependent on the type I IFN signaling pathway.

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