Decreased Type I Interferon Production by Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Contributes to Severe Dengue

The clinical presentation of dengue virus (DENV) infection is variable. Severe complications mainly result from exacerbated immune responses. Type I interferons (IFN-I) are important in antiviral responses and form a crucial link between innate and adaptive immunity. Their contribution to host defense during DENV infection remains under-studied, as direct quantification of IFN-I is challenging. We combined ultra-sensitive single-molecule array (Simoa) digital ELISA with IFN-I gene expression to elucidate the role of IFN-I in a well-characterized cohort of hospitalized Cambodian children undergoing acute DENV infection. Higher concentrations of type I IFN proteins were observed in blood of DENV patients, compared to healthy donors, and correlated with viral load. Stratifying patients for disease severity, we found a decreased expression of IFN-I in patients with a more severe clinical outcome, such as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). This was seen in parallel to a correlation between low IFNα protein concentrations and decreased platelet counts. Type I IFNs concentrations were correlated to frequencies of plasmacytoid DCs, not DENV-infected myloid DCs and correlated inversely with neutralizing anti-DENV antibody titers. Hence, type I IFN produced in the acute phase of infection is associated with less severe outcome of dengue disease..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in Immunology - 11(2020)

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vinit Upasani [VerfasserIn]
Vinit Upasani [VerfasserIn]
Carolina Scagnolari [VerfasserIn]
Federica Frasca [VerfasserIn]
Nikaïa Smith [VerfasserIn]
Vincent Bondet [VerfasserIn]
Axelle Vanderlinden [VerfasserIn]
Sokchea Lay [VerfasserIn]
Heidi Auerswald [VerfasserIn]
Sothy Heng [VerfasserIn]
Denis Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Sowath Ly [VerfasserIn]
Veasna Duong [VerfasserIn]
Guido Antonelli [VerfasserIn]
Philippe Dussart [VerfasserIn]
Darragh Duffy [VerfasserIn]
Tineke Cantaert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dengue virus
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Interferon stimulated genes
Myloid dendritic cells
Plasmacytoid dendritic cell
Simoa immunoassay
Type I interferon

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2020.605087

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DOAJ009026002