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Abstract
Studies with a candidate vaccine deleted in glycoprotein D (ΔgD-2) for herpes simplex virus (HSV) prevention uncovered a role for herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) in mediating antibody-dependent cell-mediated killing (ADCK) of virally infected cells. Antibodies elicited by ΔgD-2 passively protect WT but not Fc γ receptor (FcγR) or HVEM knockout (KO) mice. The goals of this study were to identify which cells mediate ADCK and the role of HVEM signaling. Using HVEM ligand and conditional cell-type–specific HVEM-KO mice combined with in vitro mouse and human cytolytic assays, we demonstrate that ADCK of HSV-infected cells is mediated primarily by neutrophils and requires their expression of HVEM and its ligand, LIGHT. Cytolysis is not associated with granzyme and perforin production but occurs by a trogocytosis-like pathway. Pharmacological inhibition of myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK), which mediates trogocytosis, inhibits cytolysis. Similar results were obtained when human neutrophils were cocultured with HSV-infected cells opsonized with ADCK-containing human immune serum or with breast cancer cells treated with an anti-HER2 trogocytosis mediating antibody. Killing was significantly reduced when an MLCK inhibitor or blocking antibodies to CD16a, HVEM, or LIGHT were added. Together, these results define a mechanism of HVEM-enhanced FcγR-mediated neutrophil-dependent ADCK of targets cells.
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Matthew S. Gromisch, Masayuki Kuraoka, Carl F. Ware, Steven C. Almo, Betsy C. Herold
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