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Early detection of cerebrovascular pathology and protective antiviral immunity by MRI

  1. Li Liu  Is a corresponding author
  2. Steve Dodd
  3. Ryan D Hunt
  4. Nikorn Pothayee
  5. Tatjana Atanasijevic
  6. Nadia Bouraoud
  7. Dragan Maric
  8. E Ashley Moseman
  9. Selamawit Gossa
  10. Dorian B McGavern
  11. Alan P Koretsky  Is a corresponding author
  1. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, United States
  2. Duke University School of Medicine, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74462
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  1. Li Liu
  2. Steve Dodd
  3. Ryan D Hunt
  4. Nikorn Pothayee
  5. Tatjana Atanasijevic
  6. Nadia Bouraoud
  7. Dragan Maric
  8. E Ashley Moseman
  9. Selamawit Gossa
  10. Dorian B McGavern
  11. Alan P Koretsky
(2022)
Early detection of cerebrovascular pathology and protective antiviral immunity by MRI
eLife 11:e74462.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74462
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Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) infections are a major cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. Even patients that survive CNS infections can have lasting neurological dysfunction resulting from immune and pathogen induced pathology. Developing approaches to noninvasively track pathology and immunity in the infected CNS is crucial for patient management and development of new therapeutics. Here, we develop novel MRI-based approaches to monitor virus-specific CD8+ T cells and their relationship to cerebrovascular pathology in the living brain. We studied a relevant murine model in which a neurotropic virus (vesicular stomatitis virus) was introduced intranasally and then entered the brain via olfactory sensory neurons - a route exploited by many pathogens in humans. Using T2*-weighted high-resolution MRI, we identified small cerebral microbleeds as an early form of pathology associated with viral entry into the brain. Mechanistically, these microbleeds occurred in the absence of peripheral immune cells and were associated with infection of vascular endothelial cells. We monitored the adaptive response to this infection by developing methods to iron label and track individual virus specific CD8+ T cells by MRI. Transferred antiviral T cells were detected in the brain within a day of infection and were able to reduce cerebral microbleeds. These data demonstrate the utility of MRI in detecting the earliest pathological events in the virally infected CNS as well as the therapeutic potential of antiviral T cells in mitigating this pathology.

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  1. Li Liu

    Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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  2. Steve Dodd

    Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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  3. Ryan D Hunt

    Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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  4. Nikorn Pothayee

    Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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  5. Tatjana Atanasijevic

    Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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  6. Nadia Bouraoud

    Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  7. Dragan Maric

    Flow and Imaging Cytometry Core Facility, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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  8. E Ashley Moseman

    Department of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, United States
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  9. Selamawit Gossa

    Viral Immunology and Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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  10. Dorian B McGavern

    Viral Immunology and Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  11. Alan P Koretsky

    Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, United States
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    koretskya@ninds.nih.gov
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
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the National Institute of Health

  • Alan P Koretsky

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Gabrielle T Belz, The University of Queensland, Australia

Publication history

  1. Received: October 5, 2021
  2. Preprint posted: October 22, 2021 (view preprint)
  3. Accepted: May 5, 2022
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: May 5, 2022 (version 1)
  5. Version of Record published: May 13, 2022 (version 2)

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  1. Li Liu
  2. Steve Dodd
  3. Ryan D Hunt
  4. Nikorn Pothayee
  5. Tatjana Atanasijevic
  6. Nadia Bouraoud
  7. Dragan Maric
  8. E Ashley Moseman
  9. Selamawit Gossa
  10. Dorian B McGavern
  11. Alan P Koretsky
(2022)
Early detection of cerebrovascular pathology and protective antiviral immunity by MRI
eLife 11:e74462.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74462

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