Lymphotoxin-alpha- and lymphotoxin-beta-deficient mice differ in susceptibility to scrapie: evidence against dendritic cell involvement in neuroinvasion

Journal of Virology
Michael B A OldstoneR A Flavell

Abstract

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders of humans and animals often initiated by oral intake of an infectious agent. Current evidence suggests that infection occurs initially in the lymphoid tissues and subsequently in the central nervous system (CNS). The identity of infected lymphoid cells remains controversial, but recent studies point to the involvement of both follicular dendritic cells (FDC) and CD11c(+) lymphoid dendritic cells. FDC generation and maintenance in germinal centers is dependent on lymphotoxin alpha (LT-alpha) and LT-beta signaling components. We report here that by the oral route, LT-alpha -/- mice developed scrapie while LT-beta -/- mice did not. Furthermore, LT-alpha -/- mice had a higher incidence and shorter incubation period for developing disease following inoculation than did LT-beta -/- mice. Transplantation of lymphoid tissues from LT-beta -/- mice, which have cervical and mesenteric lymph nodes, into LT-alpha -/- mice, which do not, did not alter the incidence of CNS scrapie. In other studies, a virus that is tropic for and alters functions of CD11c(+) cells did not alter the kinetics of neuroinvasion of scrapie. Our results suggest that neit...Continue Reading

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