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Journal of Virology, April 2004, p. 3906-3918, Vol. 78, No. 8
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.8.3906-3918.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dissection of Antiviral and Immune Regulatory Functions of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors in a Chronic Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection

M. Suresh,* Xiaoyan Gao, Christopher Fischer, Nicole E. Miller, and Kavita Tewari

Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Received 4 June 2003/ Accepted 15 January 2004

The effector function of CD8 T cells is mediated via cell-mediated cytotoxicity and production of cytokines like gamma interferon (IFN-{gamma}) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-{alpha}). While the roles of perforin-dependent cytotoxicity, IFN-{gamma}, and TNF-{alpha} in controlling acute viral infections are well studied, their relative importance in defense against chronic viral infections is not well understood. Using mice deficient for TNF receptor (TNFR) I and/or II, we show that TNF-TNFR interactions have a dual role in mediating viral clearance and downregulating CD8 and CD4 T-cell responses during a chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection. While wild-type (+/+) and TNFR II-deficient (p75-/-) mice cleared LCMV from the liver and lung, mice deficient in TNFR I (p55-/-) or both TNFR I and TNFR II (double knockout [DKO]) exhibited impaired viral clearance. The inability of p55-/- and DKO mice to clear LCMV was not a sequel to either suboptimal activation of virus-specific CD8 or CD4 T cells or impairment in trafficking of LCMV-specific CD8 T cells to the liver and lung. In fact, the expansion of LCMV-specific CD8 and CD4 T cells was significantly higher in DKO mice compared to that in +/+, p55-/-, and p75-/- mice. TNFR deficiency did not preclude the physical deletion of CD8 T cells specific for nucleoprotein 396 to 404 but delayed the contraction of CD8 T-cell responses to the epitopes GP33-41 and GP276-285 in the viral glycoprotein. The antibody response to LCMV was not significantly altered by TNFR deficiency. Taken together, these findings have implications in development of immunotherapy in chronic viral infections of humans.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2015 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 265-9791. Fax: (608) 263-0438. E-mail: sureshm{at}svm.vetmed.wisc.edu.

Journal of Virology, April 2004, p. 3906-3918, Vol. 78, No. 8
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.8.3906-3918.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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