MAIT cells are activated during human viral infections

Bonnie Van Wilgenburg; Iris Scherwitzl; Edward C. Hutchinson; Tianqi Leng; Ayako Kurioka; Corinna Kulicke; Catherine De Lara; Suzanne Cole; Sirijitt Vasanawathana; Wannee Limpitikul; Prida Malasit; Duncan Young; Laura Denney; Michael D. Moore; Paolo Fabris; Maria Teresa Giordani; Ye Htun Oo; Stephen M. Laidlaw; Lynn B. Dustin; Ling Pei Ho; Fiona M. Thompson; Narayan Ramamurthy; Juthathip Mongkolsapaya; Christian B. Willberg; Gavin R. Screaton; Paul Klenerman; Eleanor Barnes; Jonathan Ball; Gary Burgess; Graham Cooke; John Dillon; Charles Gore; Graham Foster; Neil Guha; Rachel Halford; Cham Herath; Chris Holmes; Anita Howe; Emma Hudson; William Irving; Salim Khakoo; Diana Koletzki; Natasha Martin; Tamyo Mbisa; Jane McKeating; John McLauchlan; Alec Miners; Andrea Murray; Peter Shaw; Peter Simmonds

doi:10.1038/ncomms11653

MAIT cells are activated during human viral infections

Bonnie Van Wilgenburg
, Iris Scherwitzl
, Edward C. Hutchinson
, Tianqi Leng
, Ayako Kurioka
, Corinna Kulicke
, Catherine De Lara
, Suzanne Cole
, Sirijitt Vasanawathana
, Wannee Limpitikul
, Prida Malasit
, Duncan Young
, Laura Denney
, Michael D. Moore
, Paolo Fabris
, Maria Teresa Giordani
, Ye Htun Oo
, Stephen M. Laidlaw
, Lynn B. Dustin
, Ling Pei Ho

Fiona M. Thompson, Narayan Ramamurthy, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Christian B. Willberg, Gavin R. Screaton, Paul Klenerman, Eleanor Barnes, Jonathan Ball, Gary Burgess, Graham Cooke, John Dillon, Charles Gore, Graham Foster, Neil Guha, Rachel Halford, Cham Herath, Chris Holmes, Anita Howe, Emma Hudson, William Irving, Salim Khakoo, Diana Koletzki, Natasha Martin, Tamyo Mbisa, Jane McKeating, John McLauchlan, Alec Miners, Andrea Murray, Peter Shaw, Peter Simmonds

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Abstract

Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are abundant in humans and recognize bacterial ligands. Here, we demonstrate that MAIT cells are also activated during human viral infections in vivo. MAIT cells activation was observed during infection with dengue virus, hepatitis C virus and influenza virus. This activation - driving cytokine release and Granzyme B upregulation - is TCR-independent but dependent on IL-18 in synergy with IL-12, IL-15 and/or interferon-α/β. IL-18 levels and MAIT cell activation correlate with disease severity in acute dengue infection. Furthermore, HCV treatment with interferon-α leads to specific MAIT cell activation in vivo in parallel with an enhanced therapeutic response. Moreover, TCR-independent activation of MAIT cells leads to a reduction of HCV replication in vitro mediated by IFN-γ. Together these data demonstrate MAIT cells are activated following viral infections, and suggest a potential role in both host defence and immunopathology.

Original language	English
Article number	11653
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11653
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Van Wilgenburg, B., Scherwitzl, I., Hutchinson, E. C., Leng, T., Kurioka, A., Kulicke, C., De Lara, C., Cole, S., Vasanawathana, S., Limpitikul, W., Malasit, P., Young, D., Denney, L., Moore, M. D., Fabris, P., Giordani, M. T., Oo, Y. H., Laidlaw, S. M., Dustin, L. B., ... Simmonds, P. (2016). MAIT cells are activated during human viral infections. Nature Communications, 7, Article 11653. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11653

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