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  • Title: A recombinant vaccinia virus encoding the interferon-inducible T-cell alpha chemoattractant is attenuated in vivo.
    Author: Hamilton NH, Mahalingam S, Banyer JL, Ramshaw IA, Thomson SA.
    Journal: Scand J Immunol; 2004 Mar; 59(3):246-54. PubMed ID: 15030574.
    Abstract:
    Murine interferon-inducible T-cell alpha chemoattractant (I-TAC) is a potent non-ELR CXC chemokine that predominantly attracts activated T lymphocytes, binds to the receptor CXCR3 and is induced by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). We analysed I-TAC expression by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction during three different virus-infection models in mice, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza A and vaccinia virus western reserve (VV-WR). In the lungs from mice infected with RSV or influenza A viruses, peak expression of I-TAC coincided with peak viraemia. Surprisingly, there was no expression in the lungs of mice infected with vaccinia, unlike the elevated expression shown previously for other interferon-regulated chemokines, such as Crg2 and Mig. To further investigate the importance of this difference during vaccinia infection in mice, a recombinant virus encoding I-TAC (rVV I-TAC) was generated. Studies in C57BL/6 and Swiss nude mice showed that I-TAC expression caused increased mononuclear cell infiltration and significantly attenuated the VV. Infection of the footpads of naïve or already immune (with VV-WR) mice with either rVV I-TAC or VV-WR demonstrated that I-TAC expression reduced overall inflammation during infection and that this reduction was more pronounced in already immune mice. The data presented here show that I-TAC can have an important role during virus infections and that vaccinia has evolved ways to avoid inducing I-TAC expression.
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