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Journal of Virology, December 2005, p. 14843-14851, Vol. 79, No. 23
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.23.14843-14851.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Latent Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Is Associated with Ongoing CD8⁺ T-Cell Stimulation by Parenchymal Cells within Sensory Ganglia

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010,¹ The Immunology Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville 3050, Victoria, Australia²

Received 23 April 2005/ Accepted 13 September 2005

CD8⁺ T-cell persistence can be seen in ganglia harboring latent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. While there is some evidence that these cells suppress virus reactivation, this view remains controversial. Given that maintenance of latency by CD8⁺ T cells would necessitate ongoing exposure to antigen within this site, we sought evidence for such chronic stimulation. Initial experiments showed infiltration by activated but not naïve CD8⁺ T cells into ganglia harboring latent HSV infection. While such infiltration was independent of T-cell specificity, once recruited, only virus-specific T cells expressed high levels of preformed granzyme B, a marker of ongoing activation. Moreover, bone marrow replacement chimeras showed that these elevated granzyme levels were totally dependent on presentation by parenchymal cells within the ganglia. Overall, this study argues that activated CD8⁺ T cells are nonspecifically recruited into latently infected ganglia, and in this site they are exposed to ongoing antigen stimulation, most likely by infected neuronal cells.

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