Pandemic 2009 H1N1 Influenza Venus reporter virus reveals broad diversity of MHC class II-positive antigen-bearing cells following infection in vivo. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Although it is well established that Influenza A virus infection is initiated in the respiratory tract, the sequence of events and the cell types that become infected or access viral antigens remains incompletely understood. In this report, we used a novel Influenza A/California/04/09 (H1N1) reporter virus that stably expresses the Venus fluorescent protein to identify antigen-bearing cells over time in a mouse model of infection using flow cytometry. These studies revealed that many hematopoietic cells, including subsets of monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, neutrophils and eosinophils acquire influenza antigen in the lungs early post-infection. Surface staining of the viral HA revealed that most cell populations become infected, most prominently CD45neg cells, alveolar macrophages and neutrophils. Finally, differences in infection status, cell lineage and MHC class II expression by antigen-bearing cells correlated with differences in their ability to re-stimulate influenza-specific CD4 T cells ex vivo. Collectively, these studies have revealed the cellular heterogeneity and complexity of antigen-bearing cells within the lung and their potential as targets of antigen recognition by CD4 T cells.

publication date

  • September 7, 2017

Research

keywords

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
  • Influenza, Human

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5589842

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85028977826

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1128/CVI.00548-16

PubMed ID

  • 28883436

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 1