Abstract
Abstract Members of the ADAMTS (A disintegrin-like and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin-1 motifs) metalloproteinase family remodel the extracellular matrix (ECM) to facilitate immune cell migration and cell adhesion. In this current study, we infected Adamts5−/− mice with X31 influenza virus (104pfu/mouse)and measured weight loss, viraemia and T cell immunity following acute infection. Adamts5−/− mice showed greater weight loss and increased viraemia when compared to WT counterparts. Furthermore, we observed reduced NP366 and PA224 influenza specific CD8+ T cells in the spleen and lungs of Adamts5−/− mice with a corresponding accumulation of these T cell specificities in the mediastinal lymph node (MLN) 10 days post infection. Critically, these responses correlated with increased expression of a key ADAMTS5 substrate; versican, in the MLNs of Adamts5−/− mice. We therefore hypothesize that versican accumulation in the MLNs of Adamts5−/− mice results in T cell accumulation and that ADAMTS5 is a key enzyme involved in facilitating T cell migration from the MLN to the periphery following acute influenza virus infection.
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