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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 184, Issue 10, Pages 5705-5714Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903484
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- National Science Council
- Academia Sinica
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CXCL10 is an IFN-inducible chemokine ligand that binds CXCR3, a receptor that is expressed on lymphocytes; CXCL10 shares the CXCR3 receptor with another two ligands, CXCL9 and CXCL11. Previously, we found that CXCL10(-/-) mice were more susceptible than wild-type (WT) mice to dengue virus (DENV) infection. In this study, we explored the mechanisms underlying this enhanced susceptibility. We found that viral loads were higher in the brains of CXCL10(-/-) mice than in WT mice. Presuming a defect in effector lymphocyte migration, we investigated whether recruitment of effector T cells and Ab-secreting cells to the infected tissues were impaired in CXCL10(-/-) mice. Unexpectedly, compared with WT, CXCL10(-/-) mice had comparable numbers of total infiltrating T cells, higher numbers of CXCR3(+) T cells, and higher numbers of Ab-secreting cells in the brain. Additionally, we found that CXCL10 was induced in neurons following DENY infection and that CXCL10 competed with DENY for binding to cell surface heparan sulfate, a coreceptor for DENY entry, thus inhibiting binding of DENV to neuronal cells. These results demonstrate that the enhanced susceptibility of CXCL10(-/-) mice to DENY infection is not due to a defect in recruitment of effector lymphocytes but rather to an antiviral activity that promotes viral clearance. The Journal of Immunology, 2010, 184: 5705-5714.
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