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Petralia LMC, van Diepen A, Nguyen DL, Lokker LA, Sartono E, Bennuru S, Nutman TB, Pfarr K, Hoerauf A, Wanji S, Foster JM, Hokke CH. Unraveling cross-reactivity of anti-glycan IgG responses in filarial nematode infections. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1102344. [PMID: 36949937 PMCID: PMC10026598 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1102344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Parasitic nematodes responsible for filarial diseases cause chronic disablement in humans worldwide. Elimination programs have substantially reduced the rate of infection in certain areas, but limitations of current diagnostics for population surveillance have been pointed out and improved assays are needed to reach the elimination targets. While serological tests detecting antibodies to parasite antigens are convenient tools, those currently available are compromised by the occurrence of antibodies cross-reactive between nematodes, as well as by the presence of residual antibodies in sera years after treatment and clearance of the infection. We recently characterized the N-linked and glycosphingolipid derived glycans of the parasitic nematode Brugia malayi and revealed the presence of various antigenic structures that triggered immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses in infected individuals. To address the specificity of IgG binding to these glycan antigens, we screened microarrays containing Brugia malayi glycans with plasma from uninfected individuals and from individuals infected with Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella perstans and Wuchereria bancrofti, four closely related filarial nematodes. IgG to a restricted subset of cross-reactive glycans was observed in infection plasmas from all four species. In plasma from Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella perstans infected individuals, IgG binding to many more glycans was additionally detected, resulting in total IgG responses similar to the ones of Brugia malayi infected individuals. For these infection groups, Brugia malayi, Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella perstans, we further studied the different IgG subclasses to Brugia malayi glycans. In all three infections, IgG1 and IgG2 appeared to be the major subclasses involved in response to glycan antigens. Interestingly, in Brugia malayi infected individuals, we observed a marked reduction in particular in IgG2 to parasite glycans post-treatment with anthelminthic, suggesting a promising potential for diagnostic applications. Thus, we compared the IgG response to a broad repertoire of Brugia malayi glycans in individuals infected with various filarial nematodes. We identified broadly cross-reactive and more specific glycan targets, extending the currently scarce knowledge of filarial nematode glycosylation and host anti-glycan antibody response. We believe that our initial findings could be further exploited to develop disease-specific diagnostics as part of an integrated approach for filarial disease control.
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- Laudine M. C. Petralia
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University – Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Division of Protein Expression & Modification, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, United States
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University – Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University – Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University – Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University – Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany
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- Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Division of Protein Expression & Modification, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, United States
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University – Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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Petralia LM, van Diepen A, Lokker LA, Nguyen DL, Sartono E, Khatri V, Kalyanasundaram R, Taron CH, Foster JM, Hokke CH. Mass spectrometric and glycan microarray-based characterization of the filarial nematode Brugia malayi glycome reveals anionic and zwitterionic glycan antigens. Mol Cell Proteomics 2022; 21:100201. [PMID: 35065273 PMCID: PMC9046957 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2022.100201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Millions of people worldwide are infected with filarial nematodes, responsible for lymphatic filariasis (LF) and other diseases causing chronic disablement. Elimination programs have resulted in a substantial reduction of the rate of infection in certain areas creating a need for improved diagnostic tools to establish robust population surveillance and avoid LF resurgence. Glycans from parasitic helminths are emerging as potential antigens for use in diagnostic assays. However, despite its crucial role in host–parasite interactions, filarial glycosylation is still largely, structurally, and functionally uncharacterized. Therefore, we investigated the glycan repertoire of the filarial nematode Brugia malayi. Glycosphingolipid and N-linked glycans were extracted from several life-stages using enzymatic release and characterized using a combination of MALDI-TOF-MS and glycan sequencing techniques. Next, glycans were purified by HPLC and printed onto microarrays to assess the host anti-glycan antibody response. Comprehensive glycomic analysis of B. malayi revealed the presence of several putative antigenic motifs such as phosphorylcholine and terminal glucuronic acid. Glycan microarray screening showed a recognition of most B. malayi glycans by immunoglobulins from rhesus macaques at different time points after infection, which permitted the characterization of the dynamics of anti-glycan immunoglobulin G and M during the establishment of brugian filariasis. A significant level of IgG binding to the parasite glycans was also detected in infected human plasma, while IgG binding to glycans decreased after anthelmintic treatment. Altogether, our work identifies B. malayi glycan antigens and reveals antibody responses from the host that could be exploited as potential markers for LF. Antigenic B. malayi N-linked and GSL glycans were structurally defined. IgG/IgM is induced to a subset of B. malayi glycans upon infection of rhesus macaques. Preferential IgG response to B. malayi glycans observed in chronically infected humans. Marked drop of anti-glycan IgG following treatment of individuals with anthelminthic.
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Regulatory T cells in human lymphatic filariasis: stronger functional activity in microfilaremics. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012; 6:e1655. [PMID: 22666510 PMCID: PMC3362610 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Infection with filarial parasites is associated with T cell hyporesponsiveness, which is thought to be partly mediated by their ability to induce regulatory T cells (Tregs) during human infections. This study investigates the functional capacity of Tregs from different groups of filarial patients to suppress filaria-specific immune responses during human filariasis. Microfilaremic (MF), chronic pathology (CP) and uninfected endemic normal (EN) individuals were selected in an area endemic for Brugia timori in Flores island, Indonesia. PBMC were isolated, CD4CD25hi cells were magnetically depleted and in vitro cytokine production and proliferation in response to B. malayi adult worm antigen (BmA) were determined in total and Treg-depleted PBMC. In MF subjects BmA-specific T and B lymphocyte proliferation as well as IFN-gamma, IL-13 and IL-17 responses were lower compared to EN and CP groups. Depletion of Tregs restored T cell as well as B cell proliferation in MF-positives, while proliferative responses in the other groups were not enhanced. BmA-induced IL-13 production was increased after Treg removal in MF-positives only. Thus, filaria-associated Tregs were demonstrated to be functional in suppressing proliferation and possibly Th2 cytokine responses to BmA. These suppressive effects were only observed in the MF group and not in EN or CP. These findings may be important when considering strategies for filarial treatment and the targeted prevention of filaria-induced lymphedema. Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected disease still prominent in low-resource settings and is very disabling when it progresses to chronic pathology caused by lymphedema. Until now, studies on the contribution of Tregs to lymphocyte hyporesponsiveness in human filariasis have focused on frequency and phenotypic characteristics of these cells. We have looked at the functional consequence of the presence of Tregs in filaria-specific immune responses during different stages of human lymphatic filariasis. Proliferation of not only T cells, but also B cells, was decreased in patients with microfilaremia compared to uninfected individuals and chronic pathology (lymphedema) patients. The suppressed lymphocyte proliferative responses were increased after in vitro removal of Tregs in the microfilaria-positive group only, indicating the presence of filaria-specific functional Tregs in microfilaremic patients which are not as active in subjects with chronic pathology or without infection. Th2 cytokine responses were specifically enhanced in microfilaremics as well after Treg depletion, suggesting Treg-associated suppression of filaria-specific Th2 responses. Taken together, filaria-specific Treg contribute to immune modulation during microfilaremia and might need to be considered in therapeutic strategies to prevent chronic pathology induced by filarial infection.
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Heartworm disease due to Dirofilaria immitis continues to cause severe disease and even death in dogs and other animals in many parts of the world, even though safe, highly effective and convenient preventatives have been available for the past two decades. Moreover, the parasite and vector mosquitoes continue to spread into areas where they have not been reported previously. Heartworm societies have been established in the USA and Japan and the First European Dirofilaria Days (FEDD) Conference was held in Zagreb, Croatia, in February of 2007. These organizations promote awareness, encourage research and provide updated guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heartworm disease. The chapter begins with a review of the biology and life cycle of the parasite. It continues with the prevalence and distribution of the disease in domestic and wild animals, with emphasis on more recent data on the spreading of the disease and the use of molecular biology techniques in vector studies. The section on pathogenesis and immunology also includes a discussion of the current knowledge of the potential role of the Wolbachia endosymbiont in inflammatory and immune responses to D. immitis infection, diagnostic use of specific immune responses to the bacteria, immunomodulatory activity and antibiotic treatment of infected animals. Canine, feline and ferret heartworm disease are updated with regard to the clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention, therapy and management of the disease, with special emphasis on the recently described Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease (HARD) Syndrome in cats. The section devoted to heartworm infection in humans also includes notes on other epizootic filariae, particularly D. repens in humans in Europe. The chapter concludes with a discussion on emerging strategies in heartworm treatment and control, highlighting the potential role of tetracycline antibiotics in adulticidal therapy.
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Supali T, Djuardi Y, Pfarr K, Wibowo H, Taylor M, Hoerauf A, Houwing‐Duistermaat J, Yazdanbakhsh M, Sartono E. Doxycycline Treatment ofBrugia malayi–Infected Persons Reduces Microfilaremia and Adverse Reactions after Diethylcarbamazine and Albendazole Treatment. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46:1385-93. [DOI: 10.1086/586753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Chirgwin SR, Rao UR, Mai Z, Coleman SU, Nowling JM, Klei TR. Kinetics of T cell cytokine gene expression in gerbils after a primary subcutaneous Brugia pahangi infection. J Parasitol 2005; 91:264-8. [PMID: 15986598 DOI: 10.1645/ge-348r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The majority of patients infected with lymphatic filariae are microfilaremic but tend to manifest little obvious pathology because of the infections. Data collected from the Mongolian gerbil-Brugia spp. model for human lymphatic filariasis suggest this experimental animal model system most closely represents this patient group and will be useful in studying immunological parameters associated with chronic infections. This article reports the quantitation of interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, and interferon (IFN)-gamma messenger RNA (mRNA) in gerbils after a primary subcutaneous infection with Brugia pahangi. Chronically infected gerbils showed elevated IL-4 in all tissues, compared with earlier time points, linking this Th2 cytokine to the downregulation of responsiveness, which develops in gerbils and humans. Both IL-5 and IL-13 mRNA expression were transient in all tissues. The peak in IL-5 at 14-28 days postinfection reflects the peak of peripheral eosinophilia observed in B. pahangi-infected gerbils. Little IFN-gamma mRNA was reported from chronically infected gerbils. The data collected thus far suggest that the expression profile of many of the measured cytokines in B. pahangi-infected gerbils reflects what is seen in an important subset of humans infected with lymphatic filariae, the microfilaremic, asymptomatic patient.
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- S R Chirgwin
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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O'Connor RA, Jenson JS, Osborne J, Devaney E. An enduring association? Microfilariae and immunosuppression [correction of immunosupression] in lymphatic filariasis. Trends Parasitol 2004; 19:565-70. [PMID: 14642766 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2003.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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O'Connor RA, Devaney E. Nitric oxide limits the expansion of antigen-specific T cells in mice infected with the microfilariae of Brugia pahangi. Infect Immun 2002; 70:5997-6004. [PMID: 12379675 PMCID: PMC130375 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.11.5997-6004.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2002] [Revised: 06/29/2002] [Accepted: 07/27/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection of BALB/c mice with the microfilariae (Mf) of the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi results in an antigen-specific proliferative defect that is induced by high levels of NO. Using carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimydl ester and cell surface labeling, it was possible to identify a population of antigen-specific T cells from Mf-infected BALB/c mice that expressed particularly high levels of CD4 (CD4(hi)). These cells proliferated in culture only when inducible NO synthase was inhibited and accounted for almost all of the antigen-specific proliferative response under those conditions. CD4(hi) cells also expressed high levels of CD44, consistent with their status as activated T cells. A similar population of CD4(hi) cells was observed in cultures from Mf-infected gamma interferon receptor knockout (IFN-gammaR(-/-)) mice. Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling staining revealed that the CD4(+) T cells from Mf-infected wild-type mice were preferentially susceptible to apoptosis compared to CD4(+) T cells from IFN-gammaR(-/-) mice. These studies suggest that the expansion of antigen-specific T cells in Mf-infected mice is limited by NO.
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- Richard A O'Connor
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland
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Emes R, Thompson F, Moore J, Zang X, Devaney E. Cloning and characterisation of mmc-1, a microfilarial-specific gene, from Brugia pahangi. Int J Parasitol 2002; 32:415-24. [PMID: 11849638 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(02)00003-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nine differentially expressed genes were cloned from Brugia pahangi in a screen which sought to identify cDNAs that were differentially expressed between the microfilariae from the mammalian host and the mosquito vector. One gene (mmc-1), that was up-regulated in mammalian-derived microfilariae, was characterised in detail. RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that mmc-1 was specific to the microfilarial stage of the life cycle and was not transcribed by developing microfilariae in utero, but only following the release of the microfilariae from the adult female. Analysis of DNA from other filarial worms suggested that mmc-1 may be a Brugia-specific gene. Using serum samples from individuals exposed to Brugia malayi infection, it was shown that MMC-1 was specifically recognised by antibodies of the IgG3 subclass. mmc-1 has no homologues in the data bases and its function in the parasite is unknown.
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- Richard Emes
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, University of Glasgow, UK
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Devaney E, Gillan V, Wheatley I, Jenson J, O'Connor R, Balmer P. Interleukin-4 influences the production of microfilariae in a mouse model of Brugia infection. Parasite Immunol 2002; 24:29-37. [PMID: 11856444 DOI: 10.1046/j.0141-9838.2001.00433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sub-cutaneous infection of interleukin (IL)-4-/- mice on the BALB/c background with third stage larva (L3) of Brugia pahangi revealed an altered cytokine profile consistent with the absence of the Th2 promoting cytokine IL-4. Splenocytes from IL-4-/- mice secreted significantly more antigen (Ag)-specific IL-2 and interferon-gamma and significantly less Ag-specific IL-5, compared to those from L3-infected wild-type mice. However, levels of Ag-specific IL-13 were similar between groups. Despite the alteration in immune responses, there was no significant difference in recovery of developing worms from the peritoneal cavity of the two strains of mice at any time postinfection. However, at later time points of infection, the IL-4-/- mice contained large numbers of microfilariae (Mf) in the peritoneal cavity while the wild-type mice contained comparatively few Mf. The differences in Mf levels appear to relate to differences in worm fecundity in the two strains of mice, with adult female worms from the wild-type mice containing few developing Mf. Moreover, implantation of sexually mature adult female worms into the peritoneal cavity of both strains of mice resulted in equal levels of Mf, confirming that the primary role of IL-4 is to limit fecundity during the maturation phase of infection.
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- Eileen Devaney
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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Nutman TB, Kumaraswami V. Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis: perspectives on acute and chronic infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in South India. Parasite Immunol 2001; 23:389-99. [PMID: 11472558 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00399.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Delineating the immune responses in lymphatic filariasis has been complicated not only by the rapidly expanding knowledge of new immunological mediators and effortors, but also by new methodologies (in particular, circulating filarial antigen detection) for defining and categorizing filarial-infected individuals. By using assays for circulating antigen in the sera collected as part of the many immunological studies performed on individuals in a Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic region of South India, we have attempted to explore the influence of patency on the antigen-driven proliferative and cytokine responses seen in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of individuals with varying clinical manifestations of lymphatic filarial infection. Moreover, we have provided perspectives on the differences between acute and chronic infection with W. bancrofti and suggested mechanisms that may underly the modulation of the immune response as patency occurs.
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- T B Nutman
- Helminth Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0425, USA
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Jaoko WG, Simonsen PE, Meyrowitsch DW, Pedersen EM, Rwegoshora RT, Michael E. Wuchereria bancroftiin a community with seasonal transmission: stability of microfilaraemia, antigenaemia and filarial-specific antibody concentrations. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 2001. [DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2001.11813637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Zang X, Atmadja AK, Gray P, Allen JE, Gray CA, Lawrence RA, Yazdanbakhsh M, Maizels RM. The serpin secreted by Brugia malayi microfilariae, Bm-SPN-2, elicits strong, but short-lived, immune responses in mice and humans. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:5161-9. [PMID: 11046048 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.9.5161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Understanding the basic immunology of an infectious disease requires insight into the pattern of T cell reactivity and specificity. Although lymphatic filariasis is a major tropical disease, the predominant T cell Ags of filarial species such as Brugia malayi are still undefined. We have now identified a prominent T cell Ag from B. malayi microfilariae (Mf) as Bm-SPN-2, a serpin secreted exclusively by this stage. Mf-infected mice mounted strong, but short-lived, Bm-SPN-2-specific Th1 responses, measured by in vitro production of IFN-gamma, but not IL-4 or IL-5, 14 days postinfection. By day 35, responsiveness to Bm-SPN-2 was lost despite enhanced reactivity to whole Mf extract. Single immunization with Mf extract also stimulated typical Th1 reactions to Bm-SPN-2, but IgG1 Ab responses dominated after repeated immunizations. Human patients displayed potent humoral responses to Bm-SPN-2 in both IgG1 and IgG4 subclasses. Thus, 100% (20 of 20) of the microfilaremic (MF(+)) patients bore IgG4 responses to Bm-SPN-2, while only 30% of endemic normal subjects were similarly positive. Following chemotherapy, Bm-SPN-2-specific Abs disappeared in 12 of 13 MF(+) patients, although the majority remained seropositive for whole parasite extract. PBMC from most, but not all, endemic subjects were induced to secrete IFN-gamma when stimulated with Bm-SPN-2. These findings demonstrate that Bm-SPN-2 is recognized by both murine and human T and B cells and indicate that their responses are under relatively stringent temporal control. This study also provides the first example of a stage-specific secreted molecule that acts as a major T cell Ag from filarial parasites and is a prime candidate for a serodiagnostic probe.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/isolation & purification
- Antigens, Helminth/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Helminth/immunology
- Antigens, Helminth/isolation & purification
- Antigens, Helminth/metabolism
- Brugia malayi/enzymology
- Brugia malayi/growth & development
- Brugia malayi/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Female
- Filariasis/drug therapy
- Filariasis/immunology
- Filariasis/parasitology
- Helminth Proteins
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin G/blood
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes/blood
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interferon-gamma/blood
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Interleukin-5/biosynthesis
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Microfilariae/enzymology
- Microfilariae/growth & development
- Microfilariae/immunology
- Serpins/administration & dosage
- Serpins/immunology
- Serpins/isolation & purification
- Serpins/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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- X Zang
- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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O'Connor RA, Jenson JS, Devaney E. NO contributes to proliferative suppression in a murine model of filariasis. Infect Immun 2000; 68:6101-7. [PMID: 11035712 PMCID: PMC97686 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.11.6101-6107.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2000] [Accepted: 08/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection of BALB/c mice with microfilariae (mf) of Brugia pahangi leads to the suppression of antigen (Ag)-specific proliferative responses in the spleen. The proliferative defect is dependent on inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity, since inhibition of iNOS with either L-N-monomethyl arginine (L-NMMA) or aminoguanidine reversed defective proliferation. Splenocytes from mf-infected animals produce high levels of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) upon in vitro restimulation with Ag, and experiments in IFN-gamma receptor-deficient (IFN-gamma R(-/-)) mice demonstrated that signaling via the IFN-gamma R is essential in the induction of NO production and subsequent proliferative suppression. Restimulation of splenocytes from mf-infected animals with an extract of Acanthocheilonema viteae, a related filarial worm which lacks endosymbiotic bacteria, also resulted in NO production and proliferative suppression, demonstrating that lipopolysaccharide of bacterial origin is not essential to the induction of iNOS activity. These results extend previous observations that infection with different life cycle stages of Brugia leads to the development of differentially polarized immune responses and demonstrate one method by which these differences may exert their effects on the proliferative potential of cells from infected animals.
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- R A O'Connor
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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Devaney E, Osborne J. The third-stage larva (L3) of Brugia: its role in immune modulation and protective immunity. Microbes Infect 2000; 2:1363-71. [PMID: 11018453 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(00)01290-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In this review, we focus on the role of the L3 (third-stage larva) of lymphatic filarial nematodes in immunomodulation and in the development of protective immunity. Studies in the mouse models of Brugia have been fundamental to our understanding of the mechanisms by which infection with L3 results in Th2 responses and the active suppression of Th1 responses. The relevance of these phenomena to the human infection is discussed.
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- E Devaney
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK
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