Lipid-specific IgMs induce antiviral responses in the CNS: implications for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in multiple sclerosis

Progressive multi-focal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a potentially fatal encephalitis caused by JC polyomavirus (JCV). PML principally affects people with a compromised immune system, such as patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving treatment with natalizumab. However, intrathecal synthesis o...

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Published in:Acta neuropathologica communications 2020-08, Vol.8 (1), p.135-135, Article 135
Main Authors: Hayden, Lorna, Semenoff, Tiia, Schultz, Verena, Merz, Simon F, Chapple, Katie J, Rodriguez, Moses, Warrington, Arthur E, Shi, Xiaohong, McKimmie, Clive S, Edgar, Julia M, Thümmler, Katja, Linington, Chris, Pingen, Marieke
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Language:English
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Antibodies
Antiviral drugs
Autoimmune diseases
Biological response modifiers
Comparative analysis
Disease
Disease susceptibility
Encephalitis
IgM
Infections
Insulin
Interferon
Interferon stimulated genes
John Cunningham polyomavirus (JCV)
Leukoencephalopathy
Lipids
Microglia
Monoclonal antibodies
Multiple sclerosis
Spinal cord
Type-I interferon
Viral encephalitis
Viral infections
Viruses
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Summary:Progressive multi-focal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a potentially fatal encephalitis caused by JC polyomavirus (JCV). PML principally affects people with a compromised immune system, such as patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving treatment with natalizumab. However, intrathecal synthesis of lipid-reactive IgM in MS patients is associated with a markedly lower incidence of natalizumab-associated PML compared to those without this antibody repertoire. Here we demonstrate that a subset of lipid-reactive human and murine IgMs induce a functional anti-viral response that inhibits replication of encephalitic Alpha and Orthobunyaviruses in multi-cellular central nervous system cultures. These lipid-specific IgMs trigger microglia to produce IFN-β in a cGAS-STING-dependent manner, which induces an IFN-α/β-receptor 1-dependent antiviral response in glia and neurons. These data identify lipid-reactive IgM as a mediator of anti-viral activity in the nervous system and provide a rational explanation why intrathecal synthesis of lipid-reactive IgM correlates with a reduced incidence of iatrogenic PML in MS.
ISSN:2051-5960
2051-5960
DOI:10.1186/s40478-020-01011-7