Distinct Th17 effector cytokines differentially promote microglial and blood-brain barrier inflammatory responses during post-infectious encephalitis

SUMMARY Group AStreptococcus(GAS) infections can cause neuropsychiatric sequelae in children due to post-infectious encephalitis. Multiple GAS infections induce migration of Th17 lymphocytes from the nose into the brain, which are critical for microglial activation, blood-brain barrier (BBB) and neural circuit impairment in a mouse disease model. How endothelial cells (ECs) and microglia respond to GAS infections, and which Th17-derived cytokines are essential for these responses are unknown. Using single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics, we found that ECs downregulate BBB genes and microglia upregulate interferon-response, chemokine and antigen-presentation genes after GAS infections. Several microglial-derived chemokines were elevated in patient sera. Administration of a neutralizing antibody against interleukin-17A (IL-17A), but not ablation of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in T cells, partially rescued BBB dysfunction and microglial expression of chemokine genes. Thus, IL-17A is critical for neuropsychiatric sequelae of GAS infections and may be targeted to treat these disorders..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 11. Mai Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wayne, Charlotte R. [VerfasserIn]
Bremner, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Faust, Travis E. [VerfasserIn]
Durán-Laforet, Violeta [VerfasserIn]
Ampatey, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Sarah J. [VerfasserIn]
Feinberg, Philip A. [VerfasserIn]
Arvanitis, Panos [VerfasserIn]
Ciric, Bogoljub [VerfasserIn]
Ruan, Chunsheng [VerfasserIn]
Elyaman, Wassim [VerfasserIn]
Delaney, Shannon L. [VerfasserIn]
Vargas, Wendy S. [VerfasserIn]
Swedo, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Menon, Vilas [VerfasserIn]
Schafer, Dorothy P. [VerfasserIn]
Cutforth, Tyler [VerfasserIn]
Agalliu, Dritan [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2023.03.10.532135

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XBI038938766