病毒包膜糖蛋白向双特异性T细胞参与者保护小鼠免受致命的严重发烧和血栓塞缩症病毒感染
Xuefang Peng1, Wei Wang2, Yuexia Liang3
1State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, China; State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China.
严重发烧与血小板缺血综合征 (SFTS) 涉及T细胞功能障碍. 针对SFTSV糖蛋白的双特异性T细胞诱因 (BiTE) 抗体在治疗这种新出现的出血性发烧方面表现有前途.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 严重发烧与血小板缺血综合征 (SFTS) 是一种新兴的病毒性出血性发烧,具有流行病潜力.
- 人与人之间的传播和高死亡率强调了迫切需要有效干预的必要性.
- 目前对SFTS病毒 (SFTSV) 感染的治疗选择有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查T细胞响应在SFTS病原发生中的作用.
- 开发一种针对SFTSV感染细胞的新型治疗策略.
主要方法:
- 单细胞RNA测序 (scRNA-seq) 和流细胞测量用于分析SFTS患者的T细胞状态.
- 用一种传染性小鼠模型来研究T细胞枯竭效应.
- 设计和测试了针对SFTSV包膜糖蛋白 (Gn) 的两种特异性T细胞吸引剂 (BiTE) 抗体.
主要成果:
- SFTS患者表现出T细胞缺乏和功能障碍,特别是细胞毒性受损和CD4+T细胞耗尽,与致命结果相关.
- 在小鼠中CD4+和CD8+T细胞的枯竭增加了病毒病和死亡率.
- 针对病毒包膜糖蛋白的BiTE抗体成功地重定向T细胞以消除感染细胞,拯救小鼠免受致命的SFTSV感染.
结论:
- T细胞损伤是SFTS致死性的关键因素.
- 针对Gn的BiTE代表了对SFTSV感染的有前途的治疗方法.
- 这项研究为开发针对SFTS的新型免疫疗法提供了基础.
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