Respiratory Viral Infection Function for Innate Defense Against Airway Epithelial Versus Immune Cell Stat1
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Airway Epithelial versus Immune Cell Stat1 Function for Innate Defense against Respiratory Viral Infection This information is current as Laurie P. Shornick, Audrey G. Wells, Yong Zhang, Anand of September 27, 2021. C. Patel, Guangming Huang, Kazutaka Takami, Moises Sosa, Nikhil A. Shukla, Eugene Agapov and Michael J. Holtzman J Immunol 2008; 180:3319-3328; ; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.3319 Downloaded from http://www.jimmunol.org/content/180/5/3319 Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2008/02/20/180.5.3319.DC1 Material http://www.jimmunol.org/ References This article cites 47 articles, 20 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/180/5/3319.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision by guest on September 27, 2021 • No Triage! Every submission reviewed by practicing scientists • Fast Publication! 4 weeks from acceptance to publication *average Subscription Information about subscribing to The Journal of Immunology is online at: http://jimmunol.org/subscription Permissions Submit copyright permission requests at: http://www.aai.org/About/Publications/JI/copyright.html Email Alerts Receive free email-alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up at: http://jimmunol.org/alerts The Journal of Immunology is published twice each month by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc., 1451 Rockville Pike, Suite 650, Rockville, MD 20852 Copyright © 2008 by The American Association of Immunologists All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0022-1767 Online ISSN: 1550-6606. The Journal of Immunology Airway Epithelial versus Immune Cell Stat1 Function for Innate Defense against Respiratory Viral Infection1 Laurie P. Shornick,* Audrey G. Wells,† Yong Zhang,* Anand C. Patel,† Guangming Huang,* Kazutaka Takami,* Moises Sosa,* Nikhil A. Shukla,* Eugene Agapov,* and Michael J. Holtzman2*‡ The epithelial surface is often proposed to actively participate in host defense, but evidence that this is the case remains circum- stantial. Similarly, respiratory paramyxoviral infections are a leading cause of serious respiratory disease, but the basis for host defense against severe illness is uncertain. Here we use a common mouse paramyxovirus (Sendai virus) to show that a prominent early event in respiratory paramyxoviral infection is activation of the IFN-signaling protein Stat1 in airway epithelial cells. Furthermore, Stat1؊/؊ mice developed illness that resembled severe paramyxoviral respiratory infection in humans and was characterized by increased viral replication and neutrophilic inflammation in concert with overproduction of TNF-␣ and neu- trophil chemokine CXCL2. Poor control of viral replication as well as TNF-␣ and CXCL2 overproduction were both mimicked Downloaded from ␣-by infection of Stat1؊/؊ airway epithelial cells in culture. TNF-␣ drives the CXCL2 response, because it can be reversed by TNF blockade in vitro and in vivo. These findings pointed to an epithelial defect in Stat1؊/؊ mice. Indeed, we next demonstrated that Stat1؊/؊ mice that were reconstituted with wild-type bone marrow were still susceptible to infection with Sendai virus, whereas wild-type mice that received Stat1؊/؊ bone marrow retained resistance to infection. The susceptible epithelial Stat1؊/؊ chimeric mice also exhibited increased viral replication as well as excessive neutrophils, CXCL2, and TNF-␣ in the airspace. These findings provide some of the most definitive evidence to date for the critical role of barrier epithelial cells in innate immunity to common http://www.jimmunol.org/ pathogens, particularly in controlling viral replication. The Journal of Immunology, 2008, 180: 3319–3328. he epithelium is responsible for forming a barrier between emphasis has been placed on an innate immune response from NK the environment and the underlying host tissues and is cells, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and macrophages and an adap- T often proposed to take an active role in the innate immune tive immune response leading to T cell or Ab-mediated clearance response to pathogens. Initial proposals included a sentinel role for of viruses (3, 5–7). epithelial cells in directing immune cell traffic and activation (1). In this work, we approached the issue of epithelial vs immune However, this concept was difficult to prove because many of the cell function in host defense using a mouse model for a common by guest on September 27, 2021 systems for epithelial immune function were found to overlap with type of respiratory viral infection. The infectious agent used in this the ones found in immune cells themselves. For example, the ex- model is Sendai virus (SeV),3 also known as mouse parainfluenza pression of cell adhesion molecules such as ICAM-1 and chemo- virus type I, which is the archetype member of the paramyxovirus kines such as CCL5 are part of the repertoire for both epithelial family that includes respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human and immune cell compartments (2, 3). Thus, a loss of function metapneumovirus, and human parainfluenza viruses that more of- approach was not selective for epithelial cells vs immune cells. An ten infect humans (8–10). In a C57BL/6 genetic background, SeV alternative concept is that epithelial cells may directly inhibit replicates predominantly in airway epithelial cells (especially cil- pathogen replication when these cells serve as the primary host iated cells) and causes acute inflammation of the small airways cells. For example, epithelial cells of the respiratory tract are the (i.e., bronchiolitis). This pattern of illness provides a high fidelity primary targets for common respiratory viruses, and at least in model of lower respiratory infection with paramyxoviruses in hu- vitro, these host epithelial cells may be capable of inhibiting viral mans (3, 11). Here we show that SeV replication in the airway replication based on production of antiviral IFNs (4). Nonetheless, epithelial cells causes production of IFNs and activation of the it is generally assumed that innate and adaptive immune responses IFN-signaling molecule Stat1. Moreover, mice deficient in Stat1 from immune cells are responsible for antiviral defense. Particular (i.e., Stat1Ϫ/Ϫ mice) develop a more severe infection with higher viral titers and more extensive inflammation than their wild-type counterparts do. This pattern of disease is indistinguishable from *Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, †Department of Pediatrics, and ‡Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University severe RSV bronchiolitis in children (12). Unexpectedly, an anal- School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 ysis of chimeric mice showed that Stat1 function in the epithelial Received for publication August 1, 2007. Accepted for publication December 15, 2007. vs the immune cell compartment was critical for viral clearance The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page and prevention of severe immunopathology. These findings were charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance consistent with observed defects in the antiviral response in iso- with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. lated airway epithelial cells. Together, the observations provide for 1 This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious a critical role of epithelial immune function in antiviral defense Diseases), the Martin Schaeffer Fund, and the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Charitable and suggest that a defect in epithelial IFN signaling may contribute Trust (to M.J.H.), by a Parker B. Francis Foundation Pulmonary Research Fellowship to more severe forms of paramyxoviral infection in humans. (to L.P.S.), and a Pediatric Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (to A.G.W.). 2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. M. J. Holtzman, Washington 3 Abbreviations used in this paper: SeV, Sendai virus; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. MOI, multiplicity of infection; mTEC, mouse tracheal epithelial cell; PI, postinocu- Louis, MO 63110. E-mail address: [email protected] lation; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; SeV-UV, UV-inactivated SeV. www.jimmunol.org 3320 STAT1 AND RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTION Materials and Methods Not differentially expressed Cell culture Non-IFN-responsive IFN-responsive + Directly antiviral IFN-responsive IFN-responsive + Stat1-responsive Primary culture mouse tracheal epithelial cells (mTECs) were established Tgtp on Transwell membranes using air-liquid interface conditions as described 14 previously (13). SeV, strain 52, was obtained from American Type Culture Mx1 H2-T23 Collection and stored at Ϫ70°C. Cultures were inoculated with SeV or an Gbp2 Ifi204 Gbp3 equivalent amount of UV-inactivated SeV (SeV-UV) in the apical com- 12 Icam1 Rsad2 partment for1hat37°C. Air-liquid-interface conditions were re-estab- Igtp Isg20 lished by washing the membrane with PBS. 10 Slpi Mice generation and inoculation Ifi203-Ifi205-Mnda H2-D1/K1 Iigp1 8 Wild-type C57BL/6 and B6.SJL mice were obtained from The Jackson Iigp2 Irf1 Ϫ/Ϫ Laboratory; same-strain Stat1 mice were obtained from David Levy Stat1 H13 (New York University, New York, NY) (14). All mice were housed in 6 pathogen-free conditions in a biohazard barrier facility in microisolator Mx2 Apobec1 Il18bp