RESEARCH ARTICLE
Characterization of Intestinal Dendritic Cells in Murine Norovirus Infection
Xiuxu Chen, Daniel Leach, Desiré A. Hunter, Daniel Sanfelippo, Erika J. Buell, Sarah J. Zemple, Mitchell H. Grayson*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2011Volume: 4
First Page: 22
Last Page: 30
Publisher Id: TOIJ-4-22
DOI: 10.2174/1874226201104010022
Article History:
Received Date: 20/6/2011Revision Received Date: 5/8/2011
Acceptance Date: 5/8/2011
Electronic publication date: 20/10/2011
Collection year: 2011
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Abstract
We have shown that respiratory viral infections drive allergic disease through dendritic cells, whether gastrointestinal viruses induce allergies are not known. Norovirus infections are a major cause of gastroenteritis in humans. We used murine norovirus (MNV) to explore the effect of MNV infection on gastrointestinal conventional DCs (cDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs). MNV infection induced disparate effects on cDCs and pDCs in lymphoid tissues of the small intestine and draining mesenteric lymph nodes. FcεRI was transiently expressed on lamina propria cDCs, but not on pDCs. In addition, feeding ovalbumin during the viral infection led to a modest, brief induction of anti-ovalbumin IgE. Together, these data suggest that like with a respiratory viral infection, an intestinal viral infection may be sufficient to induce changes in DCs and the generation of food-specific IgE. Whether this represents a novel mechanism of food allergy remains to be determined.
