Regulatory T-cells in multiple sclerosis are activated by Epstein-Barr Virus and produce IL-10 in the central nervous system
Pulvirenti, N.; Righetti, C.; Clemente, F.; Serafini, B.; Pietroboni, A.; Galeota, E.; Rosicarelli, B.; Cordiglieri, C.; Iannone, C.; de Riz, M.; Vasco, C.; Espadas de Arias, A.; De Feo, T.; Valenti, L.; Prati, D.; Abrignani, S.; Gerosa, M.; Caporali, R.; Galimberti, D.; Scarpini, E.; Geginat, J.
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Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) maintain immune homeostasis, but antigens activating adaptive Tregs in human pathologies are ill-defined. EOMES+type-1 regulatory (Tr1)-like T-cells had a dysregulated homeostasis in multiple sclerosis (MS), which was related to their activation in the central nervous system (CNS). EOMES+Tr1-like cells were enriched and clonally expanded in patients cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and were the major IL-10-producing T-cell subset in the CNS. Regulatory T-cells from PwMS produced IL-10 and IFN-{gamma} with antigens derived from Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), but not from myelin. EOMES+Tr1-like cells responded selectively to the latency-associated antigen EBNA1, whereas FOXP3+Tregs and Th1-cells responded also to lytic EBV antigens. EBNA1-specific EOMES+Tr1-like cells were present in patients carrying the HLA-DRB1*15:01 risk allele, were associated with anti-EBNA1 IgG and disappeared upon therapeutic B-cell depletion. IL-10+EOMES+Tr1-like were present in MS brain lesions, and some were in the vicinity of EBV-infected B-cells and CD8+T-cells. Notably, EOMES+Tr1-like cells suppressed CD8+T-cell activation by EBV-infected B-cells. We propose that the insufficient protective functions of Tregs in MS are due to their aberrant anti-viral specificities that promote immune escape of a disease-associated virus.
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