Th1-Dependent Cryptococcus -Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Model With Brain Damage

-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (C-IRIS) is identified upon immune reconstitution in immunocompromised patients, who have previously contracted an infection of ( ). C-IRIS can be lethal but how the immune system triggers life-threatening outcomes in patients is still poorly u...

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Published in:Frontiers in immunology 2020-09, Vol.11, p.529219
Main Authors: Khaw, Yee Ming, Aggarwal, Nupur, Barclay, William E, Kang, Eunjoo, Inoue, Makoto, Shinohara, Mari L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
aquaporin-4
astrocytes
Cryptococcosis - genetics
Cryptococcosis - immunology
Cryptococcosis - pathology
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans - immunology
Disease Models, Animal
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Immunology
interferon-γ
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Th1 cells
Th1 Cells - immunology
Th1 Cells - pathology
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Summary:-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (C-IRIS) is identified upon immune reconstitution in immunocompromised patients, who have previously contracted an infection of ( ). C-IRIS can be lethal but how the immune system triggers life-threatening outcomes in patients is still poorly understood. Here, we establish a mouse model for C-IRIS with serotype A strain H99, which is highly virulent and the most intensively studied. C-IRIS in mice is induced by the adoptive transfer of CD4 T cells in immunocompromised -deficient mice infected with a low inoculum of The mice with C-IRIS exhibit symptoms which mimic clinical presentations of C-IRIS. This C-IRIS model is Th1-dependent and shows host mortality. This model is characterized with minimal lung injury, but infiltration of Th1 cells in the brain. C-IRIS mice also exhibited brain swelling with resemblance to edema and upregulation of aquaporin-4, a critical protein that regulates water flux in the brain in a Th1-dependent fashion. Our C-IRIS model may be used to advance our understanding of the paradoxical inflammatory phenomenon of C-IRIS in the context of neuroinflammation.
ISSN:1664-3224
1664-3224
DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2020.529219