PMID- 22210909 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120611 LR - 20220309 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 188 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Feb 1 TI - Early responding dendritic cells direct the local NK response to control herpes simplex virus 1 infection within the cornea. PG - 1350-9 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1101968 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) regulate both innate and adaptive immune responses. In this article, we exploit the unique avascularity of the cornea to examine a role for local or very early infiltrating DCs in regulating the migration of blood-derived innate immune cells toward HSV-1 lesions. A single systemic diphtheria toxin treatment 2 d before HSV-1 corneal infection transiently depleted CD11c(+) DCs from both the cornea and lymphoid organs of CD11c-DTR bone marrow chimeric mice for up to 24 h postinfection. Transient DC depletion significantly delayed HSV-1 clearance from the cornea through 6 d postinfection. No further compromise of viral clearance was observed when DCs were continuously depleted throughout the first week of infection. DC depletion did not influence extravasation of NK cells, inflammatory monocytes, or neutrophils into the peripheral cornea, but it did significantly reduce migration of NK cells and inflammatory monocytes, but not neutrophils, toward the HSV-1 lesion in the central cornea. Depletion of NK cells resulted in similar loss of viral control to transient DC ablation. Our findings demonstrate that resident corneal DCs and/or those that infiltrate the cornea during the first 24 h after HSV-1 infection contribute to the migration of NK cells and inflammatory monocytes into the central cornea, and are consistent with a role for NK cells and possibly inflammatory monocytes, but not polymorphonuclear neutrophils, in clearing HSV-1 from the infected cornea. FAU - Frank, Gregory M AU - Frank GM AD - Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. FAU - Buela, Kristine-Ann G AU - Buela KA FAU - Maker, Dawn M AU - Maker DM FAU - Harvey, Stephen A K AU - Harvey SA FAU - Hendricks, Robert L AU - Hendricks RL LA - eng SI - GEO/GSE33991 GR - T32 EY017271-04/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 EY008098-23/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 EY017271-05/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30-EY08099/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY010359-17S1/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 EY008098-24/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY010359/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY010359-16/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 EY017271-03/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY010359-17/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 EY017271/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-EY010359/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - 5T32-EY017271-02/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 EY008098-22/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 EY008098/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111230 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Movement/immunology MH - Cornea/virology MH - Corneal Diseases/immunology/*virology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/virology MH - Herpesvirus 1, Human/*immunology MH - Immunity, Innate/immunology MH - Killer Cells, Natural/*immunology/virology MH - Mice MH - Monocytes/immunology MH - Neutrophils/immunology PMC - PMC3292873 MID - NIHMS342582 EDAT- 2012/01/03 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/12 06:00 PMCR- 2013/02/01 CRDT- 2012/01/03 06:00 PHST- 2012/01/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/01/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jimmunol.1101968 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1101968 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2012 Feb 1;188(3):1350-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101968. Epub 2011 Dec 30.