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Respiratory DC Use IFITM3 to Avoid Direct Viral Infection and Safeguard Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cell Priming

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PLoS One. 2015 Nov 23;10(11):e0143539. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143539. eCollection 2015.
[h=1]Respiratory DC Use IFITM3 to Avoid Direct Viral Infection and Safeguard Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cell Priming.[/h] Infusini G[SUP]1[/SUP], Smith JM[SUP]2[/SUP], Yuan H[SUP]2[/SUP], Pizzolla A[SUP]2[/SUP], Ng WC[SUP]2[/SUP], Londrigan SL[SUP]2[/SUP], Haque A[SUP]3[/SUP], Reading PC[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Villadangos JA[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP], Wakim LM[SUP]2[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Respiratory dendritic cells (DC) play a pivotal role in the initiation of adaptive immune responses to influenza virus. To do this, respiratory DCs must ferry viral antigen from the lung to the draining lymph node without becoming infected and perishing en route. We show that respiratory DCs up-regulate the expression of the antiviral molecule, interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) in response to influenza virus infection, in a manner dependent on type I interferon signaling and the transcription factors IRF7 and IRF3. Failure of respiratory DCs to up-regulate IFITM3 following influenza virus infection resulted in impaired trafficking to the draining LN and consequently in impaired priming of an influenza-specific CD8+ T cell response. The impaired trafficking of IFITM3-deficient DC correlated with an increased susceptibility of these DC to influenza virus infection. This work shows that the expression of IFITM3 protects respiratory DCs from influenza virus infection, permitting migration from lung to LN and optimal priming of a virus specific T-cell response.


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