STING deficiency-associated aberrant CXCL10 expression contributes to pathogenesis of arthritogenic alphaviruses
Lin, T.; Geng, T.; Harrison, A.; Yang, D.; Vella, A. T.; Fikrig, E.; Wang, P.
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Arthritogenic alphaviruses such as Chikungunya virus and Onyong nyong virus cause acute and chronic crippling arthralgia associated with inflammatory immune responses. However, the physiological functions of individual immune signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of alphaviral arthritis remain poorly understood. Here we report that a deficiency in the stimulator-of-interferon-genes (STING) led to enhanced viral loads, exacerbated inflammation and selectively elevated expression of CXCL10, a chemoattractant for monocytes/macrophages/T cells, in mouse feet. Cxcl10-/- mice had the same viremia as wild-type animals, but fewer immune infiltrates and lower viral loads in footpads at the peak of arthritic disease (6-8 days post infection). Macrophages constituted the largest immune cell population in footpads following infection, which were significantly reduced in Cxcl10-/- mice. The viral RNA loads in neutrophils and macrophages were reduced in Cxcl10-/- compared to wild-type mice. In summary, our results demonstrate that STING signaling represses, while CXCL10 signaling promotes, pathogenesis of alphaviral disease.
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