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Liu A, Garrett S, Hong W, Zhang J. Staphylococcus aureus Infections and Human Intestinal Microbiota. Pathogens 2024; 13:276. [PMID: 38668232 PMCID: PMC11053856 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13040276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a common pathogen that can cause many human diseases, such as skin infection, food poisoning, endocarditis, and sepsis. These diseases can be minor infections or life-threatening, requiring complex medical management resulting in substantial healthcare costs. Meanwhile, as the critically ignored "organ," the intestinal microbiome greatly impacts physiological health, not only in gastrointestinal diseases but also in disorders beyond the gut. However, the correlation between S. aureus infection and intestinal microbial homeostasis is largely unknown. Here, we summarized the recent progress in understanding S. aureus infections and their interactions with the microbiome in the intestine. These summarizations will help us understand the mechanisms behind these infections and crosstalk and the challenges we are facing now, which could contribute to preventing S. aureus infections, effective treatment investigation, and vaccine development.
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- Aotong Liu
- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada;
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250061, China
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- Department of Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA;
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Boehm T, Morimoto R, Trancoso I, Aleksandrova N. Genetic conflicts and the origin of self/nonself-discrimination in the vertebrate immune system. Trends Immunol 2023; 44:372-383. [PMID: 36941153 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2023.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023]
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Genetic conflicts shape the genomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Here, we argue that some of the key evolutionary novelties of adaptive immune systems of vertebrates are descendants of prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems. Cytidine deaminases and RAG recombinase have evolved from genotoxic enzymes to programmable editors of host genomes, supporting the astounding discriminatory capability of variable lymphocyte receptors of jawless vertebrates, as well as immunoglobulins and T cell receptors of jawed vertebrates. The evolutionarily recent lymphoid lineage is uniquely sensitive to mutations of the DNA maintenance methylase, which is an orphaned distant relative of prokaryotic restriction-modification systems. We discuss how the emergence of adaptive immunity gave rise to higher order genetic conflicts between genetic parasites and their vertebrate host.
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- Thomas Boehm
- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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Schlievert PM. Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and C Mutants and Vaccine Toxoids. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0444622. [PMID: 36815779 PMCID: PMC10101070 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04446-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Three mutants individually of both staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C were prepared by site-specific mutagenesis of enterotoxin amino acids that contact host T lymphocyte immune cell receptor sites (N23A, Q210A, and N23A/Q210A); these amino acids are shared between the two enterotoxins, and mutations reduce the interaction with the variable part of the β-chain of the T lymphocyte receptor. The mutant proteins, as expressed in Staphylococcus aureus RN4220, lacked biological toxicity as measured by the loss of (i) stimulation of rabbit splenocyte proliferation, (ii) pyrogenicity, and (iii) the ability to enhance the lethality of endotoxin shock, compared to wild-type enterotoxins. In addition, the mutants were able to vaccinate rabbits against pyrogenicity, the enhancement of endotoxin shock, and lethality in a pneumonia model when animals were challenged with methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Three vaccine injections (one primary and two boosters) protected rabbits for at least 3.5 months postvaccination when challenged with wild-type enterotoxins (last time point tested). These mutant proteins have the potential to function as toxoid vaccines against these two causes of nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS). IMPORTANCE Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) and staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C cause the majority of cases of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome. Previously, vaccine toxoids of TSST-1 have been prepared. In this study, vaccine toxoids of enterotoxins B and C were prepared. The toxoids lost biological toxicity but were able to vaccinate rabbits against lethal TSS.
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- Patrick M. Schlievert
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Ménoret A, Agliano F, Karginov TA, Karlinsey KS, Zhou B, Vella AT. Antigen-specific downregulation of miR-150 in CD4 T cells promotes cell survival. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1102403. [PMID: 36817480 PMCID: PMC9936563 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1102403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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MicroRNA-150 (miR-150) has been shown to play a general role in the immune system, but very little is known about its role on CD4+ T cell responses. During T cell responses against superantigen Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A, miR-150 expression was down-regulated in antigen-specific CD4+ T cells but up-regulated in CD8+ T cells. CD4+ and CD8+ T cell clonal expansion was greater in miR-150-KO mice than in WT mice, but miR-150 selectively repressed IL-2 production in CD4+ T cells. Transcriptome analysis of CD4+ T cells demonstrated that apoptosis and mTOR pathways were highly enriched in the absence of miR-150. Mechanistic studies confirmed that miR-150 promoted apoptosis specifically in antigen-specific CD4+ T cells, but not in bystander CD4+ nor in CD8+ T cells. Furthermore, inhibition of mTOR-linked mitochondrial superoxidedismutase-2 increased apoptosis in miR-150-/- antigen-specific CD4+ T. Thus, miR-150 impacts CD4+ T cell helper activity by attenuating IL-2 production along with clonal expansion, and suppresses superoxidedismutase to promote apoptosis.
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- Antoine Ménoret
- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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Borowska MT, Drees C, Yarawsky AE, Viswanathan M, Ryan SM, Bunker JJ, Herr AB, Bendelac A, Adams EJ. The molecular characterization of antibody binding to a superantigen-like protein from a commensal microbe. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2023898118. [PMID: 34548394 PMCID: PMC8488583 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2023898118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Microorganisms have coevolved diverse mechanisms to impair host defenses. A major one, superantigens, can result in devastating effects on the immune system. While all known superantigens induce vast immune cell proliferation and come from opportunistic pathogens, recently, proteins with similar broad specificity to antibody variable (V) domain families were identified in a commensal microbiota. These proteins, identified in the human commensal Ruminococcus gnavus, are called immunoglobulin-binding protein (Ibp) A and B and have been shown to activate B cells in vitro expressing either human VH3 or murine VH5/6/7. Here, we provide molecular and functional studies revealing the basis of this Ibp/immunoglobulin (Ig) interaction. The crystal structure and biochemical assays of a truncated IbpA construct in complex with mouse VH5 antigen-binding fragment (Fab) shows a binding of Ig heavy chain framework residues to the Ibp Domain D and the C-terminal heavy chain binding domain (HCBD). We used targeted mutagenesis of contact residues and affinity measurements and performed studies of the Fab-IbpA complex to determine the stoichiometry between Ibp and VH domains, suggesting Ibp may serve to cluster full-length IgA antibodies in vivo. Furthermore, in vitro stimulation experiments indicate that binding of the Ibp HCBD alone is sufficient to activate responsive murine B cell receptors. The presence of these proteins in a commensal microbe suggest that binding a broad repertoire of immunoglobulins, particularly in the gut/microbiome environment, may provide an important function in the maintenance of host/microbiome homeostasis contrasting with the pathogenic role of structurally homologous superantigens expressed by pathogens.
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- Marta T Borowska
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229
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- Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
- Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229
- Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637;
- Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637;
- Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Hu DL, Li S, Fang R, Ono HK. Update on molecular diversity and multipathogenicity of staphylococcal superantigen toxins. ANIMAL DISEASES 2021. [DOI: 10.1186/s44149-021-00007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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AbstractStaphylococcal superantigen (SAg) toxins are the most notable virulence factors associated with Staphylococcus aureus, which is a pathogen associated with serious community and hospital acquired infections in humans and various diseases in animals. Recently, SAg toxins have become a superfamily with 29 types, including staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) with emetic activity, SE-like toxins (SEls) that do not induce emesis in primate models or have yet not been tested, and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1). SEs and SEls can be subdivided into classical types (SEA to SEE) and novel types (SEG to SElY, SE01, SE02, SEl26 and SEl27). The genes of SAg toxins are located in diverse accessory genetic elements and share certain structural and biological properties. SAg toxins are heat-stable proteins that exhibit pyrogenicity, superantigenicity and capacity to induce lethal hypersensitivity to endotoxin in humans and animals. They have multiple pathogenicities that can interfere with normal immune function of host, increase the chances of survival and transmission of pathogenic bacteria in host, consequently contribute to the occurrence and development of various infections, persistent infections or food poisoning. This review focuses on the following aspects of SAg toxins: (1) superfamily members of classic and novelty discovered staphylococcal SAgs; (2) diversity of gene locations and molecular structural characteristics; (3) biological characteristics and activities; (4) multi-pathogenicity of SAgs in animal and human diseases, including bovine mastitis, swine sepsis, abscesses and skin edema in pig, arthritis and septicemia in poultry, and nosocomial infections and food-borne diseases in humans.
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Giesbrecht K, Förmer S, Sähr A, Heeg K, Hildebrand D. Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin A-Stimulated Monocytes Mediate Regulatory T-Cell Accumulation through PD-L1 and Kynurenine. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20163933. [PMID: 31412561 PMCID: PMC6719222 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20163933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Bacterial superantigens (SAgs) are exotoxins that promote a fulminant activation of the immune system. The subsequent intense release of inflammatory cytokines often results in hypotension, shock, and organ failure with high mortality rates. In the current paradigm, the direct and simultaneous binding of SAgs with T-cell receptor (TCR)-bearing Vβ regions and conserved structures on major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC class II) on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) induces the activation of both cell types. However, by crosslinking MHC class II molecules, APCs can be activated by SAgs independently of T lymphocytes. Recently, we showed that streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SPEA) of Streptococcus pyogenes stimulates an immunogenic APC phenotype with upregulated costimulatory molecules and inflammatory cytokines. Additionally, we revealed that SPEA triggers immunosuppressive programs in monocytes that facilitate the accumulation of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in in vitro monocyte/CD4+ T-cell cocultures. Immunosuppressive factors include anti-inflammatory interleukin 10 (IL-10), co-inhibitory surface molecule programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), and the inhibitory indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO)/kynurenine effector system. In the present study, we investigated the underlying mechanism of SPEA-stimulated monocyte-mediated accumulation of Tregs. Blood-derived monocytes from healthy donors were stimulated with SPEA for 48 h (SPEA-monocytes). For the evaluation of SPEA-monocyte-mediated modulation of CD4+ T lymphocytes, SPEA was removed from the culture through extensive washing of cells before adding allogeneic CD3/CD28-activated T cells. Results: In coculture with allogeneic CD4+ T cells, SPEA-monocytes mediate apoptosis of CD4+Foxp3− lymphocytes and accumulation of CD4+Foxp3+ Tregs. PD-L1 and kynurenine are critically involved in the mediated cell death because blocking both factors diminished apoptosis and decreased the proportion of the CD25+/Foxp3+ Treg subpopulation significantly. Upregulation of PD-L1 and kynurenine as well as SPEA-monocyte-mediated effects on T cells depend on inflammatory IL-1β. Our study shows that monocytes activated by SPEA mediate apoptosis of CD4+Foxp3− T effector cells through PD-L1 and kynurenine. CD4+Foxp3+ T cells are resistant to apoptosis and accumulate in SPEA-monocyte/CD4+ T-cell coculture.
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- Katharina Giesbrecht
- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- DZIF German Center for Infection Research, 38124 Brunswick, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- DZIF German Center for Infection Research, 38124 Brunswick, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
- DZIF German Center for Infection Research, 38124 Brunswick, Germany.
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Ménoret A, Buturla JA, Xu MM, Svedova J, Kumar S, Rathinam VAK, Vella AT. T cell-directed IL-17 production by lung granular γδ T cells is coordinated by a novel IL-2 and IL-1β circuit. Mucosal Immunol 2018; 11:1398-1407. [PMID: 29907868 PMCID: PMC6668340 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-018-0037-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Immune-mediated lung is considered the result of an exacerbated innate injury immune response, although a role for adaptive lymphocytes is emerging. αβ T cells specific for S. aureus enterotoxin A orchestrate a Tγδ17 response during lung injury. However, the mechanism driving IL-17 production is unclear. Here, we show a role for IL-2 triggering IL-17 production by lung granular γδ T cells as IL-17 synthesis and neutrophil recruitment was reduced by IL-2 blocking mAbs in vitro and in vivo. Mass cytometry analysis revealed that lung γδ T cells responded directly to IL-2 as evident from STAT5 phosphorylation and RoRγt expression. IL-2 receptor blocking mAbs and JAK inhibition impaired STAT5 phosphorylation and IL-17 release. Moreover, inhalation of S. aureus enterotoxin A induced IL-2 secretion and caspase-1-dependent IL-1β activation to drive IL-17 production. This T-cell-mediated inflammasome-dependent IL-17 response is maximum when lung Tγδ17 cells were sequentially stimulated first with IL-2 then IL-1β. Interestingly, when IL-2 is given therapeutically to cancer patients it carries a known risk of lung injury that is largely indistinguishable from that seen in sepsis. Hence, this novel mechanism reveals therapeutic targets treating both acute lung injury and high-dose IL-2 toxicity in cancer.
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- Antoine Ménoret
- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA;,Institute for Systems Genomics, UConn Health, 400 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA and
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- Department of Internal Medicine, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Immunology, UConn Health, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Zhao Y, Tang J. Staphylococcal enterotoxin M causes intestine dysfunction via activating inflammation. J Food Saf 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yanying Zhao
- College of Life Science and Technology; Southwest Minzu University (Southwest University for Nationalities); Chengdu China
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- College of Life Science and Technology; Southwest Minzu University (Southwest University for Nationalities); Chengdu China
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Fisher EL, Otto M, Cheung GYC. Basis of Virulence in Enterotoxin-Mediated Staphylococcal Food Poisoning. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:436. [PMID: 29662470 PMCID: PMC5890119 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins are a superfamily of secreted virulence factors that share structural and functional similarities and possess potent superantigenic activity causing disruptions in adaptive immunity. The enterotoxins can be separated into two groups; the classical (SEA-SEE) and the newer (SEG-SElY and counting) enterotoxin groups. Many members from both these groups contribute to the pathogenesis of several serious human diseases, including toxic shock syndrome, pneumonia, and sepsis-related infections. Additionally, many members demonstrate emetic activity and are frequently responsible for food poisoning outbreaks. Due to their robust tolerance to denaturing, the enterotoxins retain activity in food contaminated previously with S. aureus. The genes encoding the enterotoxins are found mostly on a variety of different mobile genetic elements. Therefore, the presence of enterotoxins can vary widely among different S. aureus isolates. Additionally, the enterotoxins are regulated by multiple, and often overlapping, regulatory pathways, which are influenced by environmental factors. In this review, we also will focus on the newer enterotoxins (SEG-SElY), which matter for the role of S. aureus as an enteropathogen, and summarize our current knowledge on their prevalence in recent food poisoning outbreaks. Finally, we will review the current literature regarding the key elements that govern the complex regulation of enterotoxins, the molecular mechanisms underlying their enterotoxigenic, superantigenic, and immunomodulatory functions, and discuss how these activities may collectively contribute to the overall manifestation of staphylococcal food poisoning.
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- Emilie L Fisher
- Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin sensitization involvement and its association with the CysLTR1 variant in different asthma phenotypes. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2016; 118:197-203. [PMID: 28034578 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2016.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sensitization to Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin (SE) is a known risk factor for asthma susceptibility and severity. However, how SE sensitization is involved in asthma, particularly nonatopic asthma and/or late-onset asthma, remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE To clarify the involvement of SE sensitization in nonatopic and/or late-onset asthma and its association with a polymorphism of the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 1 gene (CysLTR1), which was examined because CysLT signaling is closely associated with late-onset eosinophilic asthma. METHODS We assessed associations between sensitization to SE (A and/or B) and clinical indexes in 224 patients with asthma (mean age, 62.3 years; 171 women) from a cohort of the Kinki Hokuriku Airway Disease Conference, particularly those with nonatopic asthma (not sensitized to common aeroallergens) and/or late-onset asthma. Associations between SE sensitization and CysLTR1 polymorphism (rs2806489), a potential regulatory variant for atopic predisposition in women, were also assessed in a sex-stratified manner. RESULTS A total of 105 patients (47%) with asthma were sensitized to SE. Among patients with nonatopic asthma (n = 67) or with late-onset asthma (n = 124), those sensitized to SE had significantly higher serum total IgE and periostin levels than those not sensitized. In nonatopic patients, a rapid decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 second was associated with SE sensitization. In women with asthma, rs2806489 was associated with sensitization to SEB and age at asthma onset. CONCLUSION SE sensitization contributes to TH2 inflammation in nonatopic and/or late-onset asthma. In women with asthma, the CysLTR1 variant might be associated with sensitization to SEB and age at asthma onset.
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Wang Y, Sundling C, Wilson R, O'Dell S, Chen Y, Dai K, Phad GE, Zhu J, Xiao Y, Mascola JR, Karlsson Hedestam GB, Wyatt RT, Li Y. High-Resolution Longitudinal Study of HIV-1 Env Vaccine-Elicited B Cell Responses to the Virus Primary Receptor Binding Site Reveals Affinity Maturation and Clonal Persistence. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 196:3729-43. [PMID: 27001953 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Because of the genetic variability of the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins (Env), the elicitation of neutralizing Abs to conserved neutralization determinants including the primary receptor binding site, CD4 binding site (CD4bs), is a major focus of vaccine development. To gain insight into the evolution of Env-elicited Ab responses, we used single B cell analysis to interrogate the memory B cell Ig repertoires from two rhesus macaques after five serial immunizations with Env/adjuvant. We observed that the CD4bs-specific repertoire displayed unique features in the third CDR of Ig H chains with minor alterations along the immunization course. Progressive affinity maturation occurred as evidenced by elevated levels of somatic hypermutation (SHM) in Ab sequences isolated at the late immunization time point compared with the early time point. Abs with higher SHM were associated with increased binding affinity and virus neutralization capacity. Moreover, a notable portion of the CD4bs-specific repertoire was maintained between early and late immunization time points, suggesting that persistent clonal lineages were induced by Env vaccination. Furthermore, we found that the predominant persistent CD4bs-specific clonal lineages had larger population sizes and higher affinities than that from the rest of the repertoires, underscoring the critical role of Ag affinity selection in Ab maturation and clonal expansion. Genetic and functional analyses revealed that the accumulation of SHM in both framework regions and CDRs contributed to the clonal affinity and antigenicity evolution. Our longitudinal study provides high-resolution understanding of the dynamically evolving CD4bs-specific B cell response after Env immunization in primates.
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- Yimeng Wang
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD 20850
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Immunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Neutralizing Antibody Center at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Scripps Center for HIV Vaccine Immunogen Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037; and
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Neutralizing Antibody Center at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Scripps Center for HIV Vaccine Immunogen Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037; and
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD 20850; International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Neutralizing Antibody Center at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037;
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Sähr A, Förmer S, Hildebrand D, Heeg K. T-cell activation or tolerization: the Yin and Yang of bacterial superantigens. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1153. [PMID: 26539181 PMCID: PMC4611159 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Bacterial superantigens (SAg) are exotoxins from pathogens which interact with innate and adaptive immune cells. The paradox that SAgs cause activation and inactivation/anergy of T-cells was soon recognized. The structural and molecular events following SAg binding to antigen presenting cells (APCs) followed by crosslinking of T-cell receptors were characterized in detail. Activation, cytokine burst and T-cell anergy have been described in vitro and in vivo. Later it became clear that SAg-induced T-cell anergy is in part caused by SAg-dependent activation of T-regulatory cells (Tregs). Although the main focus of analyses was laid on T-cells, it was also shown that SAg binding to MHC class II molecules on APCs induces a signal, which leads to activation and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Accordingly APCs are mandatory for T-cell activation. So far it is not known, whether APCs play a role during SAg-triggered activation of Tregs. We therefore tested whether in SAg (Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A) -treated APCs an anti-inflammatory program is triggered in addition. We show here that not only the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and the co-inhibitory surface molecule PD-L1 (CD274) but also inhibitory effector systems like indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) or intracellular negative feedback loops (suppressor of cytokine signaling molecules, SOCS) are induced by SAgs. Moreover, cyclosporine A completely prevented induction of this program. We therefore propose that APCs triggered by SAgs play a key role in T-cell activation as well as inactivation and induction of Treg cells.
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- Aline Sähr
- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
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Rödström KEJ, Regenthal P, Lindkvist-Petersson K. Structure of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin E in Complex with TCR Defines the Role of TCR Loop Positioning in Superantigen Recognition. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131988. [PMID: 26147596 PMCID: PMC4492778 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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T cells are crucial players in cell-mediated immunity. The specificity of their receptor, the T cell receptor (TCR), is central for the immune system to distinguish foreign from host antigens. Superantigens are bacterial toxins capable of inducing a toxic immune response by cross-linking the TCR and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and circumventing the antigen specificity. Here, we present the structure of staphylococcal enterotoxin E (SEE) in complex with a human T cell receptor, as well as the unligated T cell receptor structure. There are clear structural changes in the TCR loops upon superantigen binding. In particular, the HV4 loop moves to circumvent steric clashes upon complex formation. In addition, a predicted ternary model of SEE in complex with both TCR and MHC class II displays intermolecular contacts between the TCR α-chain and the MHC, suggesting that the TCR α-chain is of importance for complex formation.
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- Karin E. J. Rödström
- Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC C13, 22 184, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC C13, 22 184, Lund, Sweden
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Koymans KJ, Vrieling M, Gorham RD, van Strijp JAG. Staphylococcal Immune Evasion Proteins: Structure, Function, and Host Adaptation. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2015; 409:441-489. [PMID: 26919864 DOI: 10.1007/82_2015_5017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a successful human and animal pathogen. Its pathogenicity is linked to its ability to secrete a large amount of virulence factors. These secreted proteins interfere with many critical components of the immune system, both innate and adaptive, and hamper proper immune functioning. In recent years, numerous studies have been conducted in order to understand the molecular mechanism underlying the interaction of evasion molecules with the host immune system. Structural studies have fundamentally contributed to our understanding of the mechanisms of action of the individual factors. Furthermore, such studies revealed one of the most striking characteristics of the secreted immune evasion molecules: their conserved structure. Despite high-sequence variability, most immune evasion molecules belong to a small number of structural categories. Another remarkable characteristic is that S. aureus carries most of these virulence factors on mobile genetic elements (MGE) or ex-MGE in its accessory genome. Coevolution of pathogen and host has resulted in immune evasion molecules with a highly host-specific function and prevalence. In this review, we explore how these shared structures and genomic locations relate to function and host specificity. This is discussed in the context of therapeutic options for these immune evasion molecules in infectious as well as in inflammatory diseases.
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- Kirsten J Koymans
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, G04-614, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, G04-614, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, G04-614, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, G04-614, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Gram-positive bacteria are leading causes of many types of human infection, including pneumonia, skin and nasopharyngeal infections, as well as urinary tract and surgical wound infections among hospitalized patients. These infections have become particularly problematic because many of the species causing them have become highly resistant to antibiotics. The role of mobile genetic elements, such as plasmids, in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance among Gram-positive bacteria has been well studied; less well understood is the role of mobile elements in the evolution and spread of virulence traits among these pathogens. While these organisms are leading agents of infection, they are also prominent members of the human commensal ecology. It appears that these bacteria are able to take advantage of the intimate association between host and commensal, via virulence traits that exacerbate infection and cause disease. However, evolution into an obligate pathogen has not occurred, presumably because it would lead to rejection of pathogenic organisms from the host ecology. Instead, in organisms that exist as both commensal and pathogen, selection has favored the development of mechanisms for variability. As a result, many virulence traits are localized on mobile genetic elements, such as virulence plasmids and pathogenicity islands. Virulence traits may occur within a minority of isolates of a given species, but these minority populations have nonetheless emerged as a leading problem in infectious disease. This chapter reviews virulence plasmids in nonsporulating Gram-positive bacteria, and examines their contribution to disease pathogenesis.
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Ramachandran G. Gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial toxins in sepsis: a brief review. Virulence 2014; 5:213-8. [PMID: 24193365 PMCID: PMC3916377 DOI: 10.4161/viru.27024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Bacterial sepsis is a major cause of fatality worldwide. Sepsis is a multi-step process that involves an uncontrolled inflammatory response by the host cells that may result in multi organ failure and death. Both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria play a major role in causing sepsis. These bacteria produce a range of virulence factors that enable them to escape the immune defenses and disseminate to remote organs, and toxins that interact with host cells via specific receptors on the cell surface and trigger a dysregulated immune response. Over the past decade, our understanding of toxins has markedly improved, allowing for new therapeutic strategies to be developed. This review summarizes some of these toxins and their role in sepsis.
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- Girish Ramachandran
- Center for Vaccine Development; Department of Medicine; University of Maryland School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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Li S, Kyei S, Timm-McCann M, Ogbomo H, Jones G, Shi M, Xiang R, Oykhman P, Huston S, Islam A, Gill M, Robbins S, Mody C. The NK Receptor NKp30 Mediates Direct Fungal Recognition and Killing and Is Diminished in NK Cells from HIV-Infected Patients. Cell Host Microbe 2013; 14:387-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Revised: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Briney BS, Jr. JEC. Secondary mechanisms of diversification in the human antibody repertoire. Front Immunol 2013; 4:42. [PMID: 23483107 PMCID: PMC3593266 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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V(D)J recombination and somatic hypermutation (SHM) are the primary mechanisms for diversification of the human antibody repertoire. These mechanisms allow for rapid humoral immune responses to a wide range of pathogenic challenges. V(D)J recombination efficiently generate a virtually limitless diversity through random recombination of variable (V), diversity (D), and joining (J) genes with diverse non-templated junctions between the selected gene segments. Following antigen stimulation, affinity maturation by SHM produces antibodies with refined specificity mediated by mutations typically focused in complementarity determining regions (CDRs), which form the bulk of the antigen recognition site. While V(D)J recombination and SHM are responsible for much of the diversity of the antibody repertoire, there are several secondary mechanisms that, while less frequent, make substantial contributions to antibody diversity including V(DD)J recombination (or D-D fusion), SHM-associated insertions and deletions, and affinity maturation and antigen contact by non-CDR regions of the antibody. In addition to enhanced diversity, these mechanisms allow the production of antibodies that are critical to response to a variety of viral and bacterial pathogens but that would be difficult to generate using only the primary mechanisms of diversification.
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- Bryan S. Briney
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN, USA
- The Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN, USA
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Yin L, Scott-Browne J, Kappler JW, Gapin L, Marrack P. T cells and their eons-old obsession with MHC. Immunol Rev 2013; 250:49-60. [PMID: 23046122 PMCID: PMC3963424 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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T cells bearing receptors made up of α and β chains (TCRs) usually react with peptides bound to major histocompatibility complex proteins (MHC). This bias could be imposed by positive selection, the phenomenon that selects thymocytes to mature into T cells only if the TCRs they bear react with low but appreciable affinity with MHC + peptide combinations in the thymus cortex. However, it is also possible that the polypeptides of TCRs themselves do not have random specificities but rather are biased toward reaction with MHC. Evolution would therefore have selected for a collection of TCR variable elements that are prone to react with MHC. If this were to be so, positive selection would act on thymocytes bearing a pre biased collection of TCRs to pick out those that react to some extent, but not too well, with self MHC + self-peptides. A problem with studies of this evolutionary idea is the fact that there are many TCR variable elements and that these differ considerably in the amino acids with which they contact MHC. However, recent experiments by our group and others suggest that one group of TCR variable elements, those related to the mouse Vβ8 family, has amino acids in their CDR2 regions that consistently bind a particular site on an MHC α-helix. Other groups of variable elements may use different patterns of amino acids to achieve the same goal. Mutation of these amino acids reduces the ability of T cells and thymocytes to react with MHC. These amino acids are present in the variable regions of distantly related species such as sharks and human. Overall the data indicate that TCR elements have indeed been selected by evolution to react with MHC proteins. Many mysteries about TCRs remain to be solved, including the nature of auto-recognition, the basis of MHC allele specificity, and the very nature and complexity of TCRs on mature T cells.
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- Lei Yin
- Integrated Department of Immunology, HHMI, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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Pezato R, Świerczyńska-Krępa M, Niżankowska-Mogilnicka E, Derycke L, Bachert C, Pérez-Novo CA. Role of imbalance of eicosanoid pathways and staphylococcal superantigens in chronic rhinosinusitis. Allergy 2012; 67:1347-56. [PMID: 22978320 DOI: 10.1111/all.12010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a multifactorial disease of the upper airways with a high prevalence (approximately 11%) in the general population. Different immune and inflammatory mechanisms are involved in its pathogenesis. Alterations in the arachidonic acid pathway (leading to an imbalanced production of eicosanoids) have been linked to the pathophysiology of different diseases especially nasal polyposis, asthma, and aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease. Furthermore, viral and bacterial infections have been identified as important factors amplifying the pro-inflammatory reactions in these pathologies. This review summarizes the impact of an imbalance in the eicosanoid pathway and the effect of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins on the regulation of the pro-inflammatory network in CRS and their translation into disease severity.
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory; Department of Otorhinolaryngology; Ghent University; Ghent; Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory; Department of Otorhinolaryngology; Ghent University; Ghent; Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory; Department of Otorhinolaryngology; Ghent University; Ghent; Belgium
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Casas V, Maloy S. Role of bacteriophage-encoded exotoxins in the evolution of bacterial pathogens. Future Microbiol 2012; 6:1461-73. [PMID: 22122442 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Recent advances in metagenomics research have generated a bounty of information that provides insight into the dynamic genetic exchange occurring between bacteriophage (phage) and their bacterial hosts. Metagenomic studies of the microbiomes from a variety of environments have shown that many of the genes sequenced are of phage origin. Among these genes are phage-encoded exotoxin genes. When phage that carry these genes infect an appropriate bacterial host, the bacterium undergoes lysogenic conversion, converting the bacterium from an avirulent strain to a pathogen that can cause human disease. Transfer of the exotoxin genes between bacteria has been shown to occur in marine environments, animal and human intestines and sewage treatment plants. Surprisingly, phage that encode exotoxin genes are commonly found in environments that lack the cognate bacteria commonly associated with the specific toxin-mediated disease and have been found to be associated with alternative environmental bacterial hosts. These findings suggest that the exotoxin genes may play a beneficial role for the bacterial host in nature, and that this environmental reservoir of exotoxin genes may play a role in the evolution of new bacterial pathogens.
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- Veronica Casas
- Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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Santos JC, de Brito CA, Futata EA, Azor MH, Orii NM, Maruta CW, Rivitti EA, Duarte AJS, Sato MN. Up-regulation of chemokine C-C ligand 2 (CCL2) and C-X-C chemokine 8 (CXCL8) expression by monocytes in chronic idiopathic urticaria. Clin Exp Immunol 2012; 167:129-36. [PMID: 22132892 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04485.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The disturbed cytokine-chemokine network could play an important role in the onset of diseases with inflammatory processes such as chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU). Our main objectives were to evaluate the relation between proinflammatory chemokine serum levels from CIU patients and their response to autologous skin test (ASST) and basophil histamine release (BHR). We also aimed to assess the chemokine secretion by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) upon polyclonal stimulus and to evaluate chemokine C-C ligand 2/C-X-C chemokine 8 (CCL2/CXCL8) and Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) expression in monocytes. We observed significantly higher serum levels of the CXCL8, CXCL9, CXCL10 and CCL2 in CIU patients compared to the healthy group, regardless of the BHR or ASST response. The basal secretion of CCL2 by PBMC or induced by Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A (SEA) was higher in CIU patients than in the control group, as well as for CXCL8 and CCL5 secretions upon phytohaemagglutinin stimulation. Also, up-regulation of CCL2 and CXCL8 mRNA expression was found in monocytes of patients upon SEA stimulation. The findings showed a high responsiveness of monocytes through CCL2/CXCL8 expression, contributing to the creation of a proinflammatory environment in CIU.
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- J C Santos
- Laboratory of Dermatology and Immunodeficiencies (LIM-56), Department of Dermatology, Medical School of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mu HH, Hasebe A, Van Schelt A, Cole BC. Novel interactions of a microbial superantigen with TLR2 and TLR4 differentially regulate IL-17 and Th17-associated cytokines. Cell Microbiol 2010; 13:374-87. [PMID: 20946245 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01540.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Mycoplasma arthritidis, an inflammatory murine pathogen, secretes a potent superantigen, Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen (MAM) that contributes to toxic shock, arthritis and skin necrosis. Previously we showed that MAM induced type 2 T-cell cytokines in mice that express functional TLR2 and TLR4, but type 1 cytokines in mice that lack TLR4 function. We show here that IL-17, pSTAT3 and retinoid-related orphan nuclear receptorγt are rapidly expressed in wild-type C3H/HeSnJ (TLR2+/4+) mice but are significantly delayed in mutant C3H/HeJ (TLR2+/4-) mice. This marked kinetic difference was associated with a high level of IL-6 in TLR2+/4+ mice versus high levels of IL-1β and TNFα in TLR2+/4- mice. Also antibodies to IL-6 and IL-23, suppressed IL-17 responses to MAM in TLR2+/4+ mice whereas anti-IL-1β, but not anti-TNFα, enhanced IL-17 in TLR2+/4- mice. Antibody blocking of TLR4 in TLR2+/4+ mice decreased IL-17 and IL-6 but not IL-23. In addition both IL-17 and IL-6 but not IL-23 were elevated in TLR2 KO mice versus wild-type TLR2+/4+ mice given MAM. We conclude that the MAM interaction with TLR2 versus TLR4 leads to distinct cytokine pathways mediated primarily by IL-1β or IL-6/IL-17 signalling respectively. Our findings suggest that the differential interaction of MAM with different TLRs might play an important role in disease outcomes by M. arthritidis.
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- Hong-Hua Mu
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, 84132, USA.
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Superantigenic Staphylococcus aureus stimulates production of interleukin-17 from memory but not naive T cells. Infect Immun 2009; 78:381-6. [PMID: 19822653 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00724-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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T-helper 17 (Th17) cells are characterized by their production of interleukin-17 (IL-17) and have a role in the protection against infections and in certain inflammatory diseases. Humans who lack Th17 cells are more susceptible to Staphylococcus aureus infections compared to individuals having Th17 cells. S. aureus is part of the commensal skin microflora and also colonize the infant gut. To investigate whether UV-killed S. aureus would be more capable of inducing IL-17 than other commensal bacteria, we stimulated mononuclear cells from adults, infants, and newborns with various gram-positive and gram-negative commensal bacteria. IL-17 was produced from adult memory Th17 cells after stimulation with superantigen-producing S. aureus but not nonsuperantigenic S. aureus or other common commensal gut bacteria. Cells from newborns were poor IL-17 producers after stimulation with S. aureus, whereas in some cases IL-17 was secreted from cells isolated from infants at the age of 4 and 18 months. These results suggest that superantigenic S. aureus are particularly efficient in stimulating IL-17 production and that the cytokine is produced from memory T cells.
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Inhibition of T-cell receptor-induced actin remodeling and relocalization of Lck are evolutionarily conserved activities of lentiviral Nef proteins. J Virol 2009; 83:11528-39. [PMID: 19726522 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01423-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Nef, an important pathogenicity factor of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), elevates virus replication in vivo. Among other activities, Nef affects T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling via several mechanisms. For HIV-1 Nef these include alteration of the organization and function of the immunological synapse (IS) such as relocalization of the Lck kinase, as well as early inhibition of TCR/CD3 complex (TCR-CD3)-mediated actin rearrangements and tyrosine phosphorylation. Although most SIV and HIV-2 Nef alleles (group 2) potently downregulate cell surface TCR-CD3, this activity was lost in the viral lineage that gave rise to HIV-1 and its SIV counterparts (group 1). To address the contribution of TCR-CD3 downregulation to Nef effects on TCR signal initiation, we compared the activities of 18 group 1 and group 2 Nef proteins, as well as SIV Nef mutants with defects in TCR-CD3 downmodulation. We found that alteration of Lck's subcellular localization is largely conserved and occurs independently of actin remodeling inhibition or TCR-CD3 downregulation. Surprisingly, Nef proteins of both groups also strongly reduced TCR-induced actin remodeling and tyrosine phosphorylation on TCR-stimulatory surfaces and TCR-CD3 downmodulation competence by group 2 Nef proteins only slightly elevated these effects. Furthermore, Nef proteins from HIV-1 and SIV reduced conjugation between infected primary human T lymphocytes and Raji B cells and potently prevented F-actin polarization at the IS independently of their ability to downmodulate TCR-CD3. These results establish alterations of early TCR signaling events at the IS, including F-actin remodeling and relocalization of Lck, as evolutionary conserved activities of highly divergent lentiviral Nef proteins.
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Narayan K, Perkins EM, Murphy GE, Dalai SK, Edidin M, Subramaniam S, Sadegh-Nasseri S. Staphylococcal enterotoxin A induces small clusters of HLA-DR1 on B cells. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6188. [PMID: 19587800 PMCID: PMC2705189 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 05/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The superantigen SEA causes non-specific hyperactivation of T and B cells at low concentrations. Studies of mutants or soluble proteins suggest SEA is bivalent for its ligand, MHC class II. However, the interaction between these molecules on intact cells is unknown. On primary mouse B cells expressing the MHC class II allele HLA-DR1, measurements of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer between HLA-DR1 molecules on SEA-treated cells indicated specific clustering, not observed in untreated or monovalent superantigen treated cells. Tomographic visualization and electron microscopy of immunogold-labeled SEA-treated B cells revealed small clusters of surface HLA-DR1 (≤4 gold labels). These results present direct visual evidence of SEA-mediated clustering of MHC class II molecules on treated antigen presenting cells, and provide a new structural approach to addressing problems of this nature.
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- Kedar Narayan
- Graduate Program in Immunology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Integrated Imaging Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Integrated Imaging Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Graduate Program in Immunology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Wang L, Zhang H, Zhang S, Yu M, Yang X. Construction and characterization of a novel superantigen fusion protein: bFGF/SEB. Cancer Invest 2009; 27:376-83. [PMID: 19160106 DOI: 10.1080/07357900802487228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND As one of the bacterial superantigens, Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are potent activators of T cells, especially for those expressing T cell receptor V(beta) chains, and can induce the production of cytokines such as IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, IL-12, etc. Thus, SEs could be used in tumor-targeting therapy when cooperated with the vectors that can specifically recognize the tumor cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS The coding sequences of Staphylococcal enterotxin B (SEB) was amplified and fused with human basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). Recombinant protein SEB and fusion protein bFGF/SEB were expressed and purified. The biological activity was detected, including splenocytes proliferation, cytokine production, and cytotoxicity in tumor cells in vitro. In addition, the binding of bFGF/SEB with tumor cells and the tumor cell apoptosis were also tested by immunofluorescent technique. RESULTS The fusion protein bFGF/SEB had similar biological activities compared with natural SEA and recombinant SEB, including tumor-inhibition ratio. CONCLUSION The recombinant bFGF/SEB-fusion protein was shown to retain the superantigenic activity of SEB, and might be a novel promising immunotherapeutic agent for the treatment of some carcinomas.
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- Lichan Wang
- Serum Division, National Institute for Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Beijing, China
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Norgren M, Eriksson A. Streptococcal Superantigens and Their Role in the Pathogenesis of Severe Infections. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/15569549709064091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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This article discusses the potential role of bacterial superantigens (SAgs) in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRS/NP). First, it briefly describes SAgs, focusing on how they interact with the immune system by binding to T-cell receptors (TCR) and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules. Second, it discusses the role of SAgs in other chronic inflammatory diseases.Finally, it presents evidence for the role of SAgs in the pathogenesis and maintenance of CRS/NP focusing on current research and future considerations.
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- Kristin A Seiberling
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Searle Building 12-561, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Palmqvist N, Silverman GJ, Josefsson E, Tarkowski A. Bacterial cell wall-expressed protein A triggers supraclonal B-cell responses upon in vivo infection with Staphylococcus aureus. Microbes Infect 2005; 7:1501-11. [PMID: 16039897 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2005] [Revised: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We have previously shown that staphylococcal protein A (SpA) anchored to the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus acts as a virulence factor in septic arthritis. Apart from the ability of SpA to interact with Fcgamma, it also binds to Fab-regions with immunoglobulin heavy chains encoded by the V(H) clan III gene family. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether in vivo expression of SpA by staphylococci induces V(H)III-dependent supraclonal B-cell responses, and whether such responses may affect the ability of the host to produce anti-staphylococcal antibodies. Upon primary infection of mice, a SpA-expressing staphylococcal strain gave rise to significantly higher serum levels of V(H)III-encoded antibodies specific for SpA devoid of Fcgamma-binding ability (MSpA) than an isogeneic spa deletion mutant strain. The V(H)III-dependence of MSpA-specific antibody responses was affected by the size of the staphylococcal inoculum, and differed for IgM and IgG isotypes. Mice that had recovered from a prior mild infection from a SpA-expressing strain were protected against infection-induced weight loss upon reinfection. Although no lasting MSpA-specific IgG was induced by previous mild infection, these protected mice possessed IgG specific for clumping factor A, a conventional staphylococcal protein antigen. Our findings demonstrate that the expression of a B-cell superantigen during staphylococcal infection causes supraclonal changes to the immune system. Notably, while superantigen-triggered B-cell responses do not favor the development of SpA-specific memory B-cells, such responses do not interfere with the development of antibodies specific for a staphylococcal protein antigen associated with protective immunity.
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- Niklas Palmqvist
- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 10 A, S-413 46, Sweden.
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Muthumani K, Choo AY, Hwang DS, Dayes NS, Chattergoon M, Mayilvahanan S, Thieu KP, Buckley PT, Emmanuel J, Premkumar A, Weiner DB. HIV-1 Viral Protein-R (VPR) Protects against Lethal Superantigen Challenge While Maintaining Homeostatic T Cell Levels in Vivo. Mol Ther 2005; 12:910-21. [PMID: 16006193 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2004] [Revised: 04/26/2005] [Accepted: 05/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 accessory protein Vpr exhibits many interesting features related to macrophage and T cell biology. As a viral protein or as a soluble molecule it can suppress immune cell activation and cytokine production in vitro in part by targeted inhibition of NF-kappaB. In this regard we sought to test its effects in vivo on an NF-kappaB-dependent immune pathway. We examined the activity of Vpr in a lethal toxin-mediated challenge model in mice. Intravenous delivery of Vpr was sufficient to protect mice from lethal challenge with staphylococcal endotoxin B (SEB). Furthermore, Vpr protected host CD4+ T cells from in vivo depletion likely by preventing induction of AICD of SEB-exposed cells in a post-toxin-binding fashion. Understanding the biology of Vpr's activities in this model may allow for new insight into potential mechanisms of hyperinflammatory disease and into Vpr pathobiology in the context of HIV infection.
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- Karuppiah Muthumani
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 505 Stellar Chance Building, 422 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Butler JE, Wertz N, Sun J, Sacco RE. Comparison of the expressed porcine Vbeta and Jbeta repertoire of thymocytes and peripheral T cells. Immunology 2005; 114:184-93. [PMID: 15667563 PMCID: PMC1782068 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.02072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2004] [Revised: 10/08/2004] [Accepted: 10/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Transcripts of more than 300 unique T-cell receptor-beta (TCR-beta) V-D-J rearrangements recovered from porcine thymocytes and peripheral T cells were compared. We identified 19 groups (families) of porcine Vbeta genes in seven supergroups and provisionally named 17 groups based on their sequence similarity with recognized human Vbeta gene families. TRBV4S, 5S, 7S and 12S accounted for >80% of all Vbeta usage, and usage of these groups by thymocytes and peripheral T cells was highly correlated. No TRBV group was uniquely expressed in significant numbers in thymocytes, although small numbers of TRBV groups 2S, 9S and 15S were only recovered from T cells. Usage of Jbeta segments from the 5' D-J-C duplicon in thymocytes and peripheral T cells directly correlated with their 5' position in the locus, and Jbeta1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 accounted for >or= 35% of all Jbeta usage in both cell types. This contrasts with the usage of Jbeta2 segments in that Jbeta2.4, 2.5 and 2.7 accounted for approximately 30% of Jbeta usage by T cells and thymocytes. Jbeta2.7 was threefold more frequent among T cells than thymocytes. The Vbeta/Jbeta combination was not random. Jbeta1.1 and 1.2 were used in 29% of rearrangements with high frequency among the major Vbeta groups. Combinations of TRBV4 and V12 with Jbeta2.7 were only found in T cells and accounted for half of all Jbeta2.7 usage. These studies show that unlike porcine heavy chain V(H) genes, the occurrence and relative usage of porcine TCR-Vbeta groups resembles that of humans. Thus, highly related gene systems can individually diverge within a species.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109, USA.
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Superantigens produced by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes are among the most lethal of toxins. Toxins in this large family trigger an excessive cellular immune response leading to toxic shock. Superantigens are secreted by the bacteria as diverse natural mixtures, a complexity that demands development of broad-spectrum countermeasures. We used a rational approach to design short peptides with homology to various domains in a typical superantigen (staphylococcal enterotoxin B) and screened each peptide for its ability to antagonize, in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, superantigen-mediated induction of the genes encoding T helper 1 cytokines that mediate shock: interleukin-2, interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor. A dodecamer peptide proved a potent antagonist against widely different superantigens. This peptide protected mice from killing by superantigens and it was able to rescue mice undergoing toxic shock. The antagonist peptide shows homology to a beta-strand-hinge-alpha-helix domain that is structurally conserved among superantigens, yet currently of unknown function and remote from the binding sites for the known ligands essential for T cell activation, the major histocompatibility complex class II molecule and T cell receptor. The antagonist activity of this peptide thus identifies a novel domain in superantigens that is critical for their toxic action. The antagonist peptide provides a new tool for understanding the mechanism of excessive human immune response activation by superantigens that occurs during toxic shock and for identification of a novel target ligand that may interact with this superantigen domain.
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- Raymond Kaempfer
- Department of Molecular Virology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Sutkowski N, Chen G, Calderon G, Huber BT. Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein LMP-2A is sufficient for transactivation of the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K18 superantigen. J Virol 2004; 78:7852-60. [PMID: 15220463 PMCID: PMC434102 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.14.7852-7860.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Superantigens are microbial proteins that strongly stimulate T cells. We described previously that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transactivates a superantigen encoded by the human endogenous retrovirus, HERV-K18. We now report that the transactivation is dependent upon the EBV latent cycle proteins. Moreover, LMP-2A is sufficient for induction of HERV-K18 superantigen activity.
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- Natalie Sutkowski
- Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Superantigens (SAGs) cause a massive T-cell proliferation by simultaneously binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II on antigen-presenting cells and T-cell receptors (TCRs) on T cells. These T-cell mitogens can cause disease in host, such as food poisoning or toxic shock. The best characterized groups of SAGs are the bacterial SAGs secreted by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. Despite a common overall three-dimensional fold of these SAGs, they have been shown to bind to MHC class II in different ways. Recently, it has also been shown that SAGs have individual preferences in their binding to the TCRs. They can interact with various regions of the variable beta-chain of TCRs and at least one SAG seems to bind to the alpha-chain of TCRs. In this review, different subclasses of SAGs are classified based upon their binding mode to MHC class II, and models of trimolecular complexes of MHC-SAG-TCR molecules are described in order to reveal and understand the complexity of SAG-mediated T-cell activation.
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Zhao Y, Li Z, Drozd S, Guo Y, Stack R, Hauer C, Li H. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of Mycoplasma arthritidis-derived mitogen complexed with peptide/MHC class II antigen. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2004; 60:353-6. [PMID: 14747723 PMCID: PMC3924564 DOI: 10.1107/s090744490302763x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2003] [Accepted: 12/02/2003] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mycoplasma arthritidis-derived mitogen (MAM), a bacterial superantigen, has been crystallized in complex with its human receptor, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen, by the hanging-drop vapor-diffusion method. Crystals were obtained under three conditions, with ammonium sulfate, phosphate salt and PEG 8000 as the precipitant. The crystals grown under these conditions all belong to space group I222, with the same unit-cell parameters: a = 137.4, b = 178.2, c = 179.6 A. Diffraction data were collected to 3.3 and 3.4 A resolution from crystals of native and selenomethionylated MAM-MHC complexes, respectively. Self- and cross-rotation function calculations suggest the presence of two complex molecules in the asymmetric unit, resulting in a V(M) of 4.0 and a solvent content of 69%. An interpretable electron-density map was produced using a combination of molecular replacement and SAD phasing.
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- Yiwei Zhao
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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Erlandsson E, Andersson K, Cavallin A, Nilsson A, Larsson-Lorek U, Niss U, Sjöberg A, Wallén-Ohman M, Antonsson P, Walse B, Forsberg G. Identification of the antigenic epitopes in staphylococcal enterotoxins A and E and design of a superantigen for human cancer therapy. J Mol Biol 2003; 333:893-905. [PMID: 14583188 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies have a potential for cancer therapy that may be further improved by linking them to effector molecules such as superantigens. Tumor targeting of a superantigen leads to a powerful T cell attack against the tumour tissue. Encouraging results have been observed preclinically and in patients using the superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin A, SEA. To further improve the concept, we have reduced the reactivity to antibodies against superantigens, which is found in all individuals. Using epitope mapping, antibody binding sites in SEA and SEE were found around their MHC class II binding sites. These epitopes were removed genetically and a large number of synthetic superantigens were produced in an iterative engineering procedure. Properties such as decreased binding to anti-SEA as well as higher selectivity to induce killing of tumour cells compared to MHC class II expressing cells, were sequentially improved. The lysine residues 79, 81, 83 and 84 are all part of major antigenic epitopes, Gln204, Lys74, Asp75 and Asn78 are important for optimal killing of tumour cells while Asp45 affects binding to MHC class II. The production properties were optimised by further engineering and a novel synthetic superantigen, SEA/E-120, was designed. It is recognised by approximately 15% of human anti-SEA antibodies and have more potent tumour cell killing properties than SEA. SEA/E-120 is likely to have a low toxicity due to its reduced capacity to mediate killing of MHC class II expressing cells. It is produced as a Fab fusion protein at approximately 35 mg/l in Escherichia coli.
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- Eva Erlandsson
- Active Biotech Research AB, Box 724, 220 07 Lund, Sweden
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Kim KS, Jacob N, Stohl W. In vitro and in vivo T cell oligoclonality following chronic stimulation with staphylococcal superantigens. Clin Immunol 2003; 108:182-9. [PMID: 14499241 DOI: 10.1016/s1521-6616(03)00167-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Microbial superantigens (SAg), including SEB and TSST-1, polyclonally activate T cells belonging to specific TCR BV families. A pathogenic role for SAg in various human diseases has been suggested, but enthusiasm for this view has been tempered by the T cell oligoclonality in these disorders. To assess whether T cell oligoclonality can emerge following protracted SAg stimulation, human PBMC were stimulated with SEB, TSST-1, or anti-CD3 mAb and maintained in culture with exogenous IL-2. Oligoclonality was appreciated by day 14 among CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. In addition, mice transgenic for human DR2 and DQ8 were injected weekly with SEB, and splenic CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells were analyzed for oligoclonality. In mice that received one or three such injections, little-to-no oligoclonality was detected. In contrast, considerable oligoclonality was detected in mice that received eight weekly SEB injections. Many of these T cell oligoclones were identical to "spontaneously" arising oligoclones detected in SEB-naive mice. Thus, T cell oligoclonality can emerge following chronic SAg stimulation. In hosts who have lost tolerance to self Ag, chronic exposure to SAg may preferentially promote expansion of autoreactive T cells and facilitate development of clinical disease.
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- Kyoung Soo Kim
- University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Schramm R, Thorlacius H. Staphylococcal enterotoxin B-induced acute inflammation is inhibited by dexamethasone: important role of CXC chemokines KC and macrophage inflammatory protein 2. Infect Immun 2003; 71:2542-7. [PMID: 12704126 PMCID: PMC153246 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.5.2542-2547.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study was conducted to examine the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of dexamethasone during leukocyte recruitment and expression of the CXC chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2) (CXCL2) and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC) (CXCL1) in staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)-induced acute inflammation. To do this, SEB was injected into murine air pouches with or without dexamethasone pretreatment for 2 h. SEB induced infiltration of leukocytes in a dose- and time-dependent manner, with the maximal response observed after 4 h of treatment with 10 microg of SEB. The recruited leukocytes comprised more than 77% neutrophils. Moreover, SEB challenge (10 microg) provoked time-dependent secretion of CXC chemokines, which peaked after 1 h. Local administration of antibodies against MIP-2 and KC significantly reduced SEB-triggered neutrophil accumulation by 38 and 59%, respectively. Dexamethasone (10 mg kg(-1)) significantly decreased neutrophil recruitment by 82% and reduced secretion of MIP-2 and KC by 89 and 85%, respectively, in response to SEB challenge. Our data demonstrate that dexamethasone potently inhibits neutrophil recruitment in SEB-induced inflammation. Moreover, we provide evidence that MIP-2 and KC are key mediators in the neutrophil response to SEB. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate that dexamethasone attenuates SEB-induced expression of MIP-2 and KC. Thus, this study elucidates important signaling pathways of SEB-induced neutrophil recruitment and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of action of dexamethasone.
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- Rene Schramm
- Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Petersson K, Pettersson H, Skartved NJ, Walse B, Forsberg G. Staphylococcal enterotoxin H induces V alpha-specific expansion of T cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:4148-54. [PMID: 12682246 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Staphylococcal enterotoxin H (SEH) is a bacterial superantigen secreted by Staphylococcus aureus. Superantigens are presented on the MHC class II and activate large amounts of T cells by cross-linking APC and T cells. In this study, RT-PCR was used to show that SEH stimulates human T cells via the Valpha domain of TCR, in particular Valpha10 (TRAV27), while no TCR Vbeta-specific expansion was seen. This is in sharp contrast to all other studied bacterial superantigens, which are highly specific for TCR Vbeta. It was further confirmed by flow cytometry that SEH stimulation does not alter the levels of certain TCR Vbeta. In a functional assay addressing cross-reactivity, Vbeta binding superantigens were found to form one group, whereas SEH has different properties that fit well with Valpha reactivity. As SEH binds on top of MHC class II, an interaction between MHC and TCR upon SEH binding is not likely. This concludes that the specific expansion of TCR Valpha is not due to contacts between MHC and TCR, instead we suggest that SEH directly interacts with the TCR Valpha domain.
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MESH Headings
- Binding, Competitive/immunology
- Cell Communication/immunology
- Cell Line
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Enterotoxins/metabolism
- Enterotoxins/pharmacology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha/physiology
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Staphylococcus aureus/immunology
- Superantigens/metabolism
- Superantigens/pharmacology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/microbiology
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The thymus is the primary site of T-cell production early in life, and has now been shown to continue to function in both healthy and immunocompromised individuals late into life. Positive and negative selection occurring in the thymus are two of the most important processes that govern the development and specificity of peripheral T cells, including their restriction to self HLA and their ability to respond in an alloreactive manner. In the chimeric state that follows successful allogeneic stem-cell transplants, the specificity of alloreactive cells may be governed by either host- or recipient-derived cellular elements, as well as maturing lymphoid cells, which are, in turn, derived from donor stem cells or host cells surviving transplant conditioning. The ability to measure recent thymic emigrants via the detection of T-cell receptor excision circles has facilitated studies of thymic function in immunodeficient individuals, including HIV-1 infected subjects and recipients of autologous or allogeneic stem-cell transplant (SCT). These studies have now demonstrated that thymic function is likely to play a beneficial role in immune reconstitution in these settings, but have yet to clearly demonstrate what clinical variables are the most important determinants of thymic persistence. It is also not yet clear how much the degree of thymic function following allogeneic SCT influences the alloreactive T-cell repertoire, although studies in animal models and early clinical studies suggest that GvHD results in thymic injury and dysfunction. Future studies will further clarify how thymic function shapes the repertoire of T cells that mediate alloreactivity, as well as protective pathogen-specific immune responses, following SCT. Finally, these studies will also demonstrate whether endogenous mediators of thymic function could be selectively applied to regulate post-SCT thymic function and alloreactivity.
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- K V Komanduri
- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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The author and colleagues recently discovered an emerging neonatal infectious disease: neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease (NTED), which is induced by the superantigen toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), produced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The massively expanded Vbeta2+ T cells were rapidly deleted in the peripheral blood of patients with NTED. A marked depletion of Vbeta2+ T cells was also observed in the peripheral blood before the expansion of these T cells. Anergy is specifically induced in the TSST-1 reactive T cells of patients with NTED. Rapid recovery from NTED without complications is expected to be related to the induction of immunologic tolerance in neonatal patients. Anti-TSST-1 IgG antibody of maternal origin was found to play a protective role in preventing the development of NTED. The number of hospitals that have experience caring for patients with NTED has increased threefold in the past 5 years. Most MRSA isolates from neonatal intensive care units in Japan were found to be a single clone of coagulase type II and to possess TSST-1 and staphylococcal enterotoxin C genes. The timing and increased incidence of NTED suggest the emergence of a new MRSA clone. By recognizing that TSST-1 can induce NTED, healthcare providers may give increased attention to this disease in neonatal wards.
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- Naoto Takahashi
- Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hodges E, Krishna MT, Pickard C, Smith JL. Diagnostic role of tests for T cell receptor (TCR) genes. J Clin Pathol 2003; 56:1-11. [PMID: 12499424 PMCID: PMC1769865 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Rapid advances in molecular biological techniques have made it possible to study disease pathogenesis at a genomic level. T cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangement is an important event in T cell ontogeny that enables T cells to recognise antigens specifically, and any dysregulation in this complex yet highly regulated process may result in disease. Using techniques such as Southern blot hybridisation, polymerase chain reaction, and flow cytometry it has been possible to characterise T cell proliferations in malignancy and in diseases where T cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis. The main aim of this article is to discuss briefly the process of TCR gene rearrangement and highlight the disorders in which expansions or clonal proliferations of T cells have been recognised. It will also describe various methods that are currently used to study T cell populations in body fluids and tissue, their diagnostic role, and current limitations of the methodology.
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- E Hodges
- Wessex Immunology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
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Arad G, Levy R, Kaempfer R. Superantigen concomitantly induces Th1 cytokine genes and the ability to shut off their expression on re-exposure to superantigen. Immunol Lett 2002; 82:75-8. [PMID: 12008037 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(02)00021-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Superantigens, exemplified by staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), are the strongest known inducers of a cellular immune response; they elicit the production of excessive amounts of Th1 cytokines, IL-2, IFN-gamma and TNF, leading to toxic shock. We show that increasing doses of SEB cause not only a greater induction but also a more rapid cessation of IL-2 gene expression. Remarkably, exposure of human PBMC to a second dose of SEB, even at concentrations 10- or 100-fold lower than the initial inducing dose and even within 2 h after the first exposure to SEB, resulted in an immediate and essentially complete shutoff of the induced IL-2 and IFN-gamma mRNA expression. The shutoff response was observed when primary induction of IL-2 and IFN-gamma gene expression was by SEB but not when it was by phytohemaggutinin-P. Signaling by a superantigen thus results not only in a vigorous induction of Th1 cytokine genes but concomitantly induces the ability to shut off their expression upon re-exposure to superantigen. Without induction of this negative control mechanism, the cellular immune response to a superantigen would be even more pronounced.
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- Gila Arad
- Department of Molecular Virology, Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Grant EP, Beckman EM, Behar SM, Degano M, Frederique D, Besra GS, Wilson IA, Porcelli SA, Furlong ST, Brenner MB. Fine specificity of TCR complementarity-determining region residues and lipid antigen hydrophilic moieties in the recognition of a CD1-lipid complex. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:3933-40. [PMID: 11937549 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.8.3933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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alphabeta TCR can recognize peptides presented by MHC molecules or lipids and glycolipids presented by CD1 proteins. Whereas the structural basis for peptide/MHC recognition is now clearly understood, it is not known how the TCR can interact with such disparate molecules as lipids. Recently, we demonstrated that the alphabeta TCR confers specificity for both the lipid Ag and CD1 isoform restriction, indicating that the TCR is likely to recognize a lipid/CD1 complex. We hypothesized that lipids may bind to CD1 via their hydrophobic alkyl and acyl chains, exposing the hydrophilic sugar, phosphate, and other polar functions for interaction with the TCR complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). To test this model, we mutated the residues in the CDR3 region of the DN1 TCR beta-chain that were predicted to project between the CD1b alpha helices in a model of the TCR/CD1 complex. In addition, we tested the requirement for the negatively charged and polar functions of mycolic acid for Ag recognition. Our findings indicate that the CDR loops of the TCR form the Ag recognition domain of CD1-restricted TCRs and suggest that the hydrophilic domains of a lipid Ag can form a combinatorial epitope recognized by the TCR.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/metabolism
- Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/metabolism
- Antigens, CD1/chemistry
- Antigens, CD1/metabolism
- Arginine/genetics
- Cell Line
- Complementarity Determining Regions/chemistry
- Complementarity Determining Regions/genetics
- Complementarity Determining Regions/metabolism
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/chemistry
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta/genetics
- Humans
- Jurkat Cells
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/chemistry
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/metabolism
- Mycolic Acids/chemistry
- Mycolic Acids/immunology
- Mycolic Acids/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Ethan P Grant
- Lymphocyte Biology Section, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Krupka HI, Segelke BW, Ulrich RG, Ringhofer S, Knapp M, Rupp B. Structural basis for abrogated binding between staphylococcal enterotoxin A superantigen vaccine and MHC-IIalpha. Protein Sci 2002; 11:642-51. [PMID: 11847286 PMCID: PMC2373479 DOI: 10.1110/ps.39702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2001] [Revised: 11/14/2001] [Accepted: 11/26/2001] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are superantigenic protein toxins responsible for a number of life-threatening diseases. The X-ray structure of a staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) triple-mutant (L48R, D70R, and Y92A) vaccine reveals a cascade of structural rearrangements located in three loop regions essential for binding the alpha subunit of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules. A comparison of hypothetical model complexes between SEA and the SEA triple mutant with MHC-II HLA-DR1 clearly shows disruption of key ionic and hydrophobic interactions necessary for forming the complex. Extensive dislocation of the disulfide loop in particular interferes with MHC-IIalpha binding. The triple-mutant structure provides new insights into the loss of superantigenicity and toxicity of an engineered superantigen and provides a basis for further design of enterotoxin vaccines.
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Affiliation(s)
- Heike I Krupka
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Macromolecular Crystallography, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, University of California, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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Sutkowski N, Conrad B, Thorley-Lawson DA, Huber BT. Epstein-Barr virus transactivates the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K18 that encodes a superantigen. Immunity 2001; 15:579-89. [PMID: 11672540 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00210-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Superantigens (SAgs) are proteins produced by pathogenic microbes to elicit potent, antigen-independent T cell responses that are believed to enhance the microbes' pathogenicity. Here we show that the human lymphotropic herpesvirus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transcriptionally activates the env gene of an endogenous retrovirus, HERV-K18, that possesses SAg activity. SAg activity was demonstrated by MHC class II dependent preferential activation of TCRVB13 T cells in response to murine B cells transfected with the HERV-K18 env gene. This is a unique demonstration of a pathogen inducing a host-encoded Sag and accounts for the previously described EBV associated Sag activity. The T cell activation elicited by the Sag could play a central role in EBV infection and associated diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Burkitt Lymphoma/genetics
- Burkitt Lymphoma/immunology
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cells, Cultured
- Endogenous Retroviruses/genetics
- Endogenous Retroviruses/immunology
- Endogenous Retroviruses/metabolism
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/genetics
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Gene Products, env/biosynthesis
- Gene Products, env/genetics
- Gene Products, env/immunology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/pathogenicity
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- RNA, Viral/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Superantigens/biosynthesis
- Superantigens/genetics
- Superantigens/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transcriptional Activation
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- N Sutkowski
- Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Stohl W, Xu D, Zang S, Kim KS, Li L, Hanson JA, Stohlman SA, David CS, Jacob CO. In vivo staphylococcal superantigen-driven polyclonal Ig responses in mice: dependence upon CD4(+) cells and human MHC class II. Int Immunol 2001; 13:1291-300. [PMID: 11581174 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/13.10.1291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) B and seven other staphylococcal superantigens (SAg), despite promoting vigorous Ig production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures, are exceedingly poor at eliciting Ig responses in cultures of spleen cells from C57BL/10J (B10) or C3H/HeJ mice. In contrast, SEB elicits Ig responses in cultures of spleen cells from human MHC class II-transgenic mice. Whereas i.p. administration of SEB (0.2-20 microg) to non-transgenic B10 mice elicits very weak in vivo Ig responses, identical treatment of CD4(+) cell-intact (but not CD4(+) cell-depleted) human MHC class II-transgenic mice elicits dramatic increases in both splenic Ig-secreting cells and serum Ig levels. Over a 2-week period, the SEB-induced in vivo Ig responses peak and then plateau or fall in association with a preferential increase in splenic CD8(+) cells. Nevertheless, in vivo depletion of CD8(+) cells has no sustained effect on SEB-driven Ig responses. Taken together, these observations demonstrate that the effects of SAg on in vivo humoral immune responses are highly CD4(+) cell dependent, are substantially CD8(+) cell independent and can be successfully investigated using human MHC class II-transgenic mice. This model system may be useful in investigating the polyclonally activating effects of microbial products (prototypic environmental insults) on the development of systemic autoimmunity.
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- W Stohl
- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Avenue, HMR 711, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Baribaud F, Wirth S, Maillard I, Valsesia S, Acha-Orbea H, Diggelmann H. Identification of key amino acids of the mouse mammary tumor virus superantigen involved in the specific interaction with T-cell receptor V(beta) domains. J Virol 2001; 75:7453-61. [PMID: 11462017 PMCID: PMC114980 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.16.7453-7461.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is a retrovirus encoding a superantigen that is recognized in association with major histocompatibility complex class II by the variable region of the beta chain (V(beta)) of the T-cell receptor. The C-terminal 30 to 40 amino acids of the superantigen of different MMTVs display high sequence variability that correlates with the recognition of particular T-cell receptor V(beta) chains. Interestingly, MMTV(SIM) and mtv-8 superantigens are highly homologous but have nonoverlapping T-cell receptor V(beta) specificities. To determine the importance of these few differences for specific V(beta) interaction, we studied superantigen responses in mice to chimeric and mutant MMTV(SIM) and mtv-8 superantigens expressed by recombinant vaccinia viruses. We show that only a few changes (two to six residues) within the C terminus are necessary to modify superantigen recognition by specific V(beta)s. Thus, the introduction of the MMTV(SIM) residues 314-315 into the mtv-8 superantigen greatly decreased its V(beta)12 reactivity without gain of MMTV(SIM)-specific function. The introduction of MMTV(SIM)-specific residues 289 to 295, however, induced a recognition pattern that was a mixture of MMTV(SIM)- and mtv-8-specific V(beta) reactivities: both weak MMTV(SIM)-specific V(beta)4 and full mtv-8-specific V(beta)11 recognition were observed while V(beta)12 interaction was lost. The combination of the two MMTV(SIM)-specific regions in the mtv-8 superantigen established normal MMTV(SIM)-specific V(beta)4 reactivity and completely abolished mtv-8-specific V(beta)5, -11, and -12 interactions. These new functional superantigens with mixed V(beta) recognition patterns allowed us to precisely delineate sites relevant for molecular interactions between the SIM or mtv-8 superantigen and the T-cell receptor V(beta) domain within the 30 C-terminal residues of the viral superantigen.
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Affiliation(s)
- F Baribaud
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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