Petitdemange C., Wauquier N., Jacquet J. M., Theodorou I., Leroy Eric, Vieillard V. (2014). Association of HLA Class-I and inhibitory KIR genotypes in gabonese patients infected by chikungunya or dengue type-2 viruses. Plos One, 9 (9), p. e108798 [8 p.]. ISSN 1932-6203.
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Association of HLA Class-I and inhibitory KIR genotypes in gabonese patients infected by chikungunya or dengue type-2 viruses
Background: Natural killer (NK) cells provide defense in the early stages of the immune response against viral infections. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) expressed on the surface of NK cells play an important role in regulating NK cell response through recognition of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules on target cells. Previous studies have shown that specific KIR/ligand combinations are associated with the outcome of several viral infectious diseases. Methods: We investigated the impact of inhibitory and activating KIR and their HLA-class I ligand genotype on the susceptibility to Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Dengue virus (DENV2) infections. From April to July 2010 in Gabon, a large outbreak of CHIKV and DENV2 concomitantly occurred in two provinces of Gabon (Ogooue-Lolo and Haut-Ogooue). We performed the genotypic analysis of KIR in the combination with their cognate HLA-class I ligands in 73 CHIKV and 55 DENV2 adult cases, compared with 54 healthy individuals. Results: We found in CHIV-infected patients that KIR2DL1 and KIR2DS5 are significantly increased and decreased respectively, as compared to DENV2(+) patients and healthy donors. The combination of KIR2DL1 and its cognate HLA-C2 ligand was significantly associated with the susceptibility to CHIKV infection. In contrast, no other inhibitory KIR-HLA pairs showed an association with the two mosquito-borne arboviruses. Conclusion: These observations are strongly suggestive that the NK cell repertoire shaped by the KIR2DL1: HLA-C2 interaction facilitate specific infection by CHIKV.
