1. Differential Longevity of Memory CD4 and CD8 T Cells in a Cohort of the Mothers With a History of ZIKV Infection and Their Children.
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Badolato-Corrêa J, Carvalho FR, Paiva IA, Familiar-Macedo D, Dias HG, Pauvolid-Corrêa A, Fernandes-Santos C, Lima MDRQ, Gandini M, Silva AA, Baeta Cavalcanti SM, de Oliveira SA, de Oliveira Vianna RA, de Azeredo EL, Cardoso CAA, Grifoni A, Sette A, Weiskopf D, and de-Oliveira-Pinto LM
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- Adult, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Antibodies, Viral immunology, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Cross Reactions immunology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Immunity, Maternally-Acquired, Immunophenotyping, Neutralization Tests, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Young Adult, Zika Virus Infection blood, Zika Virus Infection epidemiology, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes immunology, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes immunology, Immunologic Memory, Zika Virus immunology, Zika Virus Infection immunology
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Background: Zika virus (ZIKV) infection causes for mild and self-limiting disease in healthy adults. In newborns, it can occasionally lead to a spectrum of malformations, the congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Thus, little is known if mothers and babies with a history of ZIKV infection were able to develop long-lasting T-cell immunity. To these issues, we measure the prevalence of ZIKV T-cell immunity in a cohort of mothers infected to the ZIKV during pregnancy in the 2016-2017 Zika outbreak, who gave birth to infants affected by neurological complications or asymptomatic ones. Results: Twenty-one mothers and 18 children were tested for IFN-γ ELISpot and T-cell responses for flow cytometry assays in response to CD4 ZIKV and CD8 ZIKV megapools (CD4 ZIKV MP and CD8 ZIKV MP). IFN-γ ELISpot responses to ZIKV MPs showed an increased CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses in mothers compared to children. The degranulation activity and IFN-γ-producing CD4 T cells were detected in most mothers, and children, while in CD8 T-cells, low responses were detected in these study groups. The total Temra T cell subset is enriched for IFN-γ+ CD4 T cells after stimulation of CD4 ZIKV MP. Conclusion: Donors with a history of ZIKV infection demonstrated long-term CD4 T cell immunity to ZIKV CD4 MP. However, the same was not observed in CD8 T cells with the ZIKV CD8 MP. One possibility is that the cytotoxic and pro-inflammatory activities of CD8 T cells are markedly demonstrated in the early stages of infection, but less detected in the disease resolution phase, when the virus has already been eliminated. The responses of mothers' T cells to ZIKV MPs do not appear to be related to their children's clinical outcome. There was also no marked difference in the T cell responses to ZIKV MP between children affected or not with CZS. These data still need to be investigated, including the evaluation of the response of CD8 T cells to other ZIKV peptides., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Badolato-Corrêa, Carvalho, Paiva, Familiar-Macedo, Dias, Pauvolid-Corrêa, Fernandes-Santos, Lima, Gandini, Silva, Baeta Cavalcanti, de Oliveira, de Oliveira Vianna, de Azeredo, Cardoso, Grifoni, Sette, Weiskopf and de-Oliveira-Pinto.)
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- 2021
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