Microglia and Perivascular Macrophages Act as Antigen Presenting Cells to Promote CD8 T Cell Infiltration of the Brain.
CD8 T cell infiltration of the central nervous system (CNS) is necessary for host protection but contributes to neuropathology. Antigen presenting cells (APCs) situated at CNS borders are thought to mediate T cell entry into the parenchyma during neuroinflammation. The identity of the CNS-resident APC that presents antigen via major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I to CD8 T cells is unknown. Herein, we characterize MHC class I expression in the naïve and virally infected brain and identify microglia and macrophages (CNS-myeloid cells) as APCs that upregulate H-2Kb and H-2Db upon infection. Conditional ablation of H-2Kb and H-2Db from CNS-myeloid cells allowed us to determine that antigen presentation via H-2Db, but not H-2Kb, was required for CNS immune infiltration during Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) infection and drives brain atrophy as a consequence of infection. These results demonstrate that CNS-myeloid cells are key APCs mediating CD8 T cell brain infiltration.
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- Theilovirus
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- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice
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- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Macrophages
- H-2 Antigens
- Female
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
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Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- Theilovirus
- Microglia
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice
- Male
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Macrophages
- H-2 Antigens
- Female
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes