Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B1 is critical for antibody-dependent dengue

KR Chan, EZ Ong, HC Tan… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
KR Chan, EZ Ong, HC Tan, SLX Zhang, Q Zhang, KF Tang, N Kaliaperumal, APC Lim…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014National Acad Sciences
Viruses must evade the host innate defenses for replication and dengue is no exception.
During secondary infection with a heterologous dengue virus (DENV) serotype, DENV is
opsonized with sub-or nonneutralizing antibodies that enhance infection of monocytes,
macrophages, and dendritic cells via the Fc-gamma receptor (FcγR), a process termed
antibody-dependent enhancement of DENV infection. However, this enhancement of DENV
infection is curious as cross-linking of activating FcγRs signals an early antiviral response by …
Viruses must evade the host innate defenses for replication and dengue is no exception. During secondary infection with a heterologous dengue virus (DENV) serotype, DENV is opsonized with sub- or nonneutralizing antibodies that enhance infection of monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells via the Fc-gamma receptor (FcγR), a process termed antibody-dependent enhancement of DENV infection. However, this enhancement of DENV infection is curious as cross-linking of activating FcγRs signals an early antiviral response by inducing the type-I IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). Entry through activating FcγR would thus place DENV in an intracellular environment unfavorable for enhanced replication. Here we demonstrate that, to escape this antiviral response, antibody-opsonized DENV coligates leukocyte Ig-like receptor-B1 (LILRB1) to inhibit FcγR signaling for ISG expression. This immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif-bearing receptor recruits Src homology phosphatase-1 to dephosphorylate spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk). As Syk is a key intermediate of FcγR signaling, LILRB1 coligation resulted in reduced ISG expression for enhanced DENV replication. Our findings suggest a unique mechanism for DENV to evade an early antiviral response for enhanced infection.
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