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TLR7 Controls VSV Replication in CD169 SCS Macrophages and Associated Viral Neuroinvasion.
Solmaz, Gülhas Puttur, Franz Francozo, Marcela Lindenberg, Marc Guderian, Melanie Swallow, Maxine Duhan, Vikas Khairnar, Vishal Kalinke, Ulrich Ludewig, Burkhard
Solmaz, Gülhas
Puttur, Franz
Francozo, Marcela
Lindenberg, Marc
Guderian, Melanie
Swallow, Maxine
Duhan, Vikas
Khairnar, Vishal
Kalinke, Ulrich
Ludewig, Burkhard
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Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is an insect-transmitted rhabdovirus that is neurovirulent in mice. Upon peripheral VSV infection, CD169+ subcapsular sinus (SCS) macrophages capture VSV in the lymph, support viral replication, and prevent CNS neuroinvasion. To date, the precise mechanisms controlling VSV infection in SCS macrophages remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that Toll-like receptor-7 (TLR7), the main sensing receptor for VSV, is central in controlling lymph-borne VSV infection. Following VSV skin infection, TLR7-/- mice display significantly less VSV titers in the draining lymph nodes (dLN) and viral replication is attenuated in SCS macrophages. In contrast to effects of TLR7 in impeding VSV replication in the dLN, TLR7-/- mice present elevated viral load in the brain and spinal cord highlighting their susceptibility to VSV neuroinvasion. By generating novel TLR7 floxed mice, we interrogate the impact of cell-specific TLR7 function in anti-viral immunity after VSV skin infection. Our data suggests that TLR7 signaling in SCS macrophages supports VSV replication in these cells, increasing LN infection and may account for the delayed onset of VSV-induced neurovirulence observed in TLR7-/- mice. Overall, we identify TLR7 as a novel and essential host factor that critically controls anti-viral immunity to VSV. Furthermore, the novel mouse model generated in our study will be of valuable importance to shed light on cell-intrinsic TLR7 biology in future studies.
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Front Immunol. 2019 Mar 15;10:466. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00466. eCollection 2019.
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1664-3224
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