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Heussler VT, Küenzi P, Fraga F, Schwab RA, Hemmings BA, Dobbelaere DA. The Akt/PKB pathway is constitutively activated in Theileria-transformed leucocytes, but does not directly control constitutive NF-kappaB activation. Cell Microbiol 2001; 3:537-50. [PMID: 11488815 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2001.00134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The intracellular protozoan parasites Theileria parva and Theileria annulata transform leucocytes by interfering with host cell signal transduction pathways. They differ from tumour cells, however, in that the transformation process can be entirely reversed by elimination of the parasite from the host cell cytoplasm using a specific parasiticidal drug. We investigated the state of activation of Akt/PKB, a downstream target of PI3-K-generated phosphoinositides, in Theileria-transformed leucocytes. Akt/PKB is constitutively activated in a PI3-K- and parasite-dependent manner, as judged by the specific phosphorylation of key residues, in vitro kinase assays and its cellular distribution. In previous work, we demonstrated that the parasite induces constitutive activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB, providing protection against spontaneous apoptosis that accompanies transformation. In a number of other systems, a link has been established between the PI3-K-Akt/PKB pathway and NF-kappaB activation, resulting in protection against apoptosis. In Theileria-transformed leucocytes, activation of the NF-kappaB and the PI3-K-Akt/PKB pathways are not directly linked. The PI3-K-Akt/PKB pathway does not contribute to the persistent induction of IkappaBalpha phosphorylation, NF-kappaB DNA-binding or transcriptional activity. We show that the two pathways are downregulated with different kinetics when the parasite is eliminated from the host cell cytoplasm and that NF-kappaB-dependent protection against apoptosis is not dependent on a functional PI3-K-Akt/PKB pathway. We also demonstrate that Akt/PKB contributes, at least in part, to the proliferation of Theileria-transformed T cells.
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- V T Heussler
- Molecular Pathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Berne, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland
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Transformation of T cells by the intracellular parasite Theileria parva is accompanied by constitutive I-kappa B degradation and NF-kappa B activation, a process which is essential to prevent the spontaneous apoptosis of these parasite-transformed cells. NF-kappa B-mediated responses are regulated by selective combinations of NF-kappa B proteins as homo- or heterodimers and by distinct kappa B motifs. We characterised the NF-kappa B complexes induced by T. parva infection in TpM(803) T cells. By western blot, we demonstrated that all members of the NF-kappa B/Rel family of proteins translocate to the nucleus of infected cells. Using two different kappa B oligonucleotides (kappa B-1 and kappa B-2), both containing the decameric consensus kappa B motif (GGGACTTTCC), clearly distinct patterns of DNA binding activities could be demonstrated in electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Supershift analysis and UV cross-linking assays showed that complexes binding to kappa B-1 consisted of p50, p65 and RelB homo and/or heterodimers. We could also detect an association of ATF-2 and c-Fos with one of the complexes. The HIV-derived kappa B-2 oligo only bound p50 and p65. Additionally, several agents known to inhibit a wide range of NF-kappa B activation pathways had no inhibitory effect on the activation of NF-kappa B DNA binding in TpM(803) T cells.
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- J Machado
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Berne, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3012, Berne, Switzerland
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The intracellular parasite Theileria parva infects and transforms bovine T-cells, inducing their uncontrolled proliferation and spread in non-lymphoid as well as lymphoid tissues. This parasite-induced transformation is the predominant factor contributing to the pathogenesis of a lymphoproliferative disease, called East Coast fever. T. parva-transformed cells become independent of antigenic stimulation or exogenous growth factors. A dissection of the signalling pathways that are activated in T. parva-infected cells shows that the parasite bypasses signalling pathways that normally emanate from the T-cell antigen receptor to induce continuous proliferation. This review concentrates on the influence of the parasite on the state of activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), NF-kappaB and phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3-K) pathways in the host cell. Of the MAPKs, JNK, but not ERK or p38, is active, inducing constitutive activation of the transcription factors AP-1 and ATF-2. A crucial step in the transformation process is the persistent activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB, which protects T. parva-transformed cells from spontaneous apoptosis accompanying the transformation process. Inhibitor studies also suggest an important role for the lipid kinase, PI-3K, in the continuous proliferation of T. parva-transformed lymphocytes.
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- D A Dobbelaere
- Institute of Animal Pathology, Molecular Pathology, Berne, Switzerland.
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Fernandez PC, Machado J, Heussler VT, Botteron C, Palmer GH, Dobbelaere DA. The inhibition of NF-kappaB activation pathways and the induction of apoptosis by dithiocarbamates in T cells are blocked by the glutathione precursor N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Biol Chem 1999; 380:1383-94. [PMID: 10661865 DOI: 10.1515/bc.1999.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nuclear factor-kappaB regulates genes that control immune and inflammatory responses and are involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including AIDS and cancer. It has been proposed that reactive oxygen intermediates participate in NF-kappaB activation pathways, and compounds with putative antioxidant activity such as N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) have been used interchangeably to demonstrate this point. We examined their effects, separately and combined, on different stages of the NF-kappaB activation pathway, in primary and in transformed T cells. We show that NAC, contrary to its reported role as an NF-kappaB inhibitor, can actually enhance rather than inhibit IkappaB degradation and, most importantly, show that in all cases NAC exerts a dominant antagonistic effect on PDTC-mediated NF-kappaB inhibition. This was observed at the level of IkappaB degradation, NF-kappaB DNA binding, and HIV-LTR-driven reporter gene expression. NAC also counteracted growth arrest and apoptosis induced by dithiocarbamates. Antagonistic effects were further observed at the level of jun-NH2-terminal kinase, p38 and ATF-2 activation. Our findings argue against the widely accepted assumption that NAC inhibits all NF-kappaB activation pathways and shows that two compounds, previously thought to function through a common inhibitory mechanism, can also have antagonistic effects.
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- P C Fernandez
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Ceramide is a lipid second messenger which is generated in response to stimulation of a number of surface receptors, treatment with chemotherapeutic agents, or ionising radiation. Depending on the target cell, ceramide induces diverse biological responses including apoptosis, cell-cycle arrest, differentiation, and also proliferation. We studied the effect of ceramide on the degradation of IkappaB, the cytoplasmic inhibitor of the transcription factor NF-kappaB. We show that ceramide treatment results in reduced levels of phosphorylated IkappaBalpha and degradation of both IkappaBalpha and IkappaBbeta. Ceramide synergised with okadaic acid (OA), a compound which interferes with the protein phosphatase 2A-controlled component of the NF-kappaB activation pathway, enhancing OA-induced IkappaB degradation. Ceramide also synergised with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, which mimics protein kinase C activation. Finally, we show that the synergistic effect of ceramide with OA or phorbol ester can be observed in primary lymph node T-cells as well as in transformed T-cells.
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- P C Fernandez
- Molecular Pathology, University of Berne, Länggass-strasse 122, Berne, CH-3012, Switzerland
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Heussler VT, Machado J, Fernandez PC, Botteron C, Chen CG, Pearse MJ, Dobbelaere DA. The intracellular parasite Theileria parva protects infected T cells from apoptosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:7312-7. [PMID: 10377411 PMCID: PMC22082 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.13.7312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Parasites have evolved a plethora of strategies to ensure their survival. The intracellular parasite Theileria parva secures its propagation and spreads through the infected animal by infecting and transforming T cells, inducing their continuous proliferation and rendering them metastatic. In previous work, we have shown that the parasite induces constitutive activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB, by inducing the constitutive degradation of its cytoplasmic inhibitors. The biological significance of NF-kappaB activation in T. parva-infected cells, however, has not yet been defined. Cells that have been transformed by viruses or oncogenes can persist only if they manage to avoid destruction by the apoptotic mechanisms that are activated on transformation and that contribute to maintain cellular homeostasis. We now demonstrate that parasite-induced NF-kappaB activation plays a crucial role in the survival of T. parva-transformed T cells by conveying protection against an apoptotic signal that accompanies parasite-mediated transformation. Consequently, inhibition of NF-kappaB nuclear translocation and the expression of dominant negative mutant forms of components of the NF-kappaB activation pathway, such as IkappaBalpha or p65, prompt rapid apoptosis of T. parva-transformed T cells. Our findings offer important insights into parasite survival strategies and demonstrate that parasite-induced constitutive NF-kappaB activation is an essential step in maintaining the transformed phenotype of the infected cells.
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- V T Heussler
- Laboratory of Immunopathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Berne, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland
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Heussler VT, Fernandez PC, Machado J, Botteron C, Dobbelaere DA. N-acetylcysteine blocks apoptosis induced by N-alpha-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone in transformed T-cells. Cell Death Differ 1999; 6:342-50. [PMID: 10381628 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The serine protease inhibitor N-alpha-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) can interfere with cell-cycle progression and has also been shown either to protect cells from apoptosis or to induce apoptosis. We tested the effect of TPCK on two transformed T-cell lines. Both Jurkat T-cells and Theileria parva-transformed T-cells were shown to be highly sensitive to TPCK-induced growth arrest and apoptosis. Surprisingly, we found that the thiol antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), as well as L- or D-cysteine blocked TPCK-induced growth arrest and apoptosis. TPCK inhibited constitutive NF-kappaB activation in T. parva-transformed T-cells, with phosphorylation of IkappaBalpha and IkappaBbeta being inhibited with different kinetics. TPCK-mediated inhibition of IkappaB phosphorylation, NF-kappaB DNA binding and transcriptional activity were also prevented by NAC or cysteine. Our observations indicate that apoptosis and NF-kappaB inhibition induced by TPCK result from modifications of sulphydryl groups on proteins involved in regulating cell survival and the NF-kappaB activation pathway(s).
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- V T Heussler
- Molecular Pathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Berne, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland
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Palmer GH, Machado J, Fernandez P, Heussler V, Perinat T, Dobbelaere DA. Parasite-mediated nuclear factor kappaB regulation in lymphoproliferation caused by Theileria parva infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:12527-32. [PMID: 9356483 PMCID: PMC25026 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.23.12527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Infection of cattle with the protozoan Theileria parva results in uncontrolled T lymphocyte proliferation resulting in lesions resembling multicentric lymphoma. Parasitized cells exhibit autocrine growth characterized by persistent translocation of the transcriptional regulatory factor nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) to the nucleus and consequent enhanced expression of interleukin 2 and the interleukin 2 receptor. How T. parva induces persistent NFkappaB activation, required for T cell activation and proliferation, is unknown. We hypothesized that the parasite induces degradation of the IkappaB molecules which normally sequester NFkappaB in the cytoplasm and that continuous degradation requires viable parasites. Using T. parva-infected T cells, we showed that the parasite mediates continuous phosphorylation and proteolysis of IkappaBalpha. However, IkappaBalpha reaccumulated to high levels in parasitized cells, which indicated that T. parva did not alter the normal NFkappaB-mediated positive feedback loop which restores cytoplasmic IkappaBalpha. In contrast, T. parva mediated continuous degradation of IkappaBbeta resulting in persistently low cytoplasmic IkappaBbeta levels. Normal IkappaBbeta levels were only restored following T. parva killing, indicating that viable parasites are required for IkappaBbeta degradation. Treatment of T. parva-infected cells with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, a metal chelator, blocked both IkappaB degradation and consequent enhanced expression of NFkappaB dependent genes. However treatment using the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine had no effect on either IkappaB levels or NFkappaB activation, indicating that the parasite subverts the normal IkappaB regulatory pathway downstream of the requirement for reactive oxygen intermediates. Identification of the critical points regulated by T. parva may provide new approaches for disease control as well as increase our understanding of normal T cell function.
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- G H Palmer
- Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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Lechner F, Machado J, Bertoni G, Seow HF, Dobbelaere DA, Peterhans E. Caprine arthritis encephalitis virus dysregulates the expression of cytokines in macrophages. J Virol 1997; 71:7488-97. [PMID: 9311828 PMCID: PMC192095 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.10.7488-7497.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) is a lentivirus of goats that leads to chronic mononuclear infiltration of various tissues, in particular, the radiocarpal joints. Cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage are the major host cells of CAEV in vivo. We have shown that infection of cultured goat macrophages with CAEV results in an alteration of cytokine expression in vitro. Constitutive expression of interleukin 8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) was increased in infected macrophages, whereas transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) mRNA was down-regulated. When macrophages were infected with a CAEV clone lacking the trans-acting nuclear regulatory gene tat, IL-8 and MCP-1 were also increased. No significant differences from cells infected with the wild-type clone were observed, suggesting that Tat is not required for the increased expression of IL-8 and MCP-1 in infected macrophages. Furthermore, infection with CAEV led to an altered pattern of cytokine expression in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), heat-killed Listeria monocytogenes plus gamma interferon, or fixed cells of Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I. In infected macrophages, tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, and IL-12 p40 mRNA expression was reduced in response to all stimuli tested whereas changes in expression of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor depended on the stimulating agent. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that, in contrast to effects of human immunodeficiency virus infection of macrophages, CAEV infection had no effect on the level of constitutive nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activity or on the level of LPS-stimulated NF-kappaB activity, suggesting that NF-kappaB is not involved in altered regulation of cytokine expression in CAEV-infected cells. In contrast, activator protein 1 (AP-1) binding activity was decreased in infected macrophages. These data show that CAEV infection may result in a dysregulation of expression of cytokines in macrophages. This finding suggests that CAEV may modulate the accessory functions of infected macrophages and the antiviral immune response in vivo.
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- F Lechner
- Institute of Veterinary Virology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Jungi TW, Brcic M, Sager H, Dobbelaere DA, Furger A, Roditi I. Antagonistic effects of IL-4 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in bovine macrophages exposed to gram-positive bacteria. Clin Exp Immunol 1997; 109:431-8. [PMID: 9328118 PMCID: PMC1904770 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4891384.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cytokine-mediated modulation of nitric oxide (NO) production by bacteria-stimulated bovine macrophages was studied. When Salmonella dublin, as a prototypic gram-negative organism, was used, NO generation was barely enhanced by recombinant bovine and ovine IFN-gamma, but was suppressed by IL-4. Salmonella dublin-induced NO generation was not influenced by a panel of nine other cytokines. The panel included IL-1, tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and IFN-alpha, which are active in a similar mouse macrophage model. The tested cytokines were either homologous or known to interact with bovine cytokine receptors. Recombinant bovine and ovine IFN-gamma were the only cytokines which strongly enhanced NO synthesis by macrophages exposed to the gram-positive organism, Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria-induced NO generation was strongly suppressed by recombinant human and bovine IL-4, but not by IL-10 and transforming-growth-factor-beta. Thus, two cytokines characterizing a Th1 and a Th2 response up- and down-regulate, respectively, bacteria-induced NO generation in bovine macrophages, whereas nine other cytokines had little activity in this regard. This modulation was reflected in changes in the steady state levels of mRNA coding for inducible nitric oxide synthase. Combinations of IFN-gamma and IL-4 suggested that the relative proportion of these cytokines determined whether bacteria-induced NO generation was up- or down-regulated. At saturating IL-4 concentrations, stimulation of bacteria-induced NO generation in macrophages by T cell supernatants was solely dependent on IFN-gamma. This was shown by antibody neutralization experiments and by a close correlation between the capacity of supernatants to stimulate NO generation and the IFN-gamma content, as determined by immunoassay.
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- T W Jungi
- Institute of Veterinary Virology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Sager H, Davis WC, Dobbelaere DA, Jungi TW. Macrophage-parasite relationship in theileriosis. Reversible phenotypic and functional dedifferentiation of macrophages infected with Theileria annulata. J Leukoc Biol 1997; 61:459-68. [PMID: 9103233 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.61.4.459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Theileria annulata is a tick-transmitted protozoan parasite of cattle, which transforms cells of macrophage (Mphi) or B cell lineage. Bone marrow cells, bone marrow cell-derived, and monocyte-derived Mphi were infected with T. annulata sporozoites, and the resulting cell lines were assessed for surface marker expression and function. Transformed lines expressed histocompatibility complex (MHC) class-I and II, CD44, CD45, and the myeloid marker DH598-surface markers CD14, CD11b, M-M7, TH57A, and to a lesser extent CD11a/CD18, CD11c, and ACT(B), were down-regulated. Likewise, transformed cells failed to express Mphi functions (Fc-receptor-mediated phagocytosis, phorbol myristate acetate-induced oxidative burst, lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha, and nitric oxide generation and procoagulant activity up-regulation). Mphi origin was assured by homogeneity of the starting population, cloning of cells by limiting dilution, and repeated microscopic and flow cytometric monitoring of the cell lines. Elimination of the parasite by treatment with BW720c resulted in the re-acquisition of monocyte lineage properties, as evidenced by up-regulation of CD14, and by re-acquisition of the capacity to ingest opsonized sheep red blood cells and bacteria. Thus, Mphi transformed by T. annulata appear to undergo a process of parasite-induced dedifferentiation but reassume the differentiated phenotype upon elimination of the parasite.
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- H Sager
- Institute of Veterinary Virology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Hagens G, Galley Y, Glaser I, Davis WC, Baldwin CL, Clevers H, Dobbelaere DA. Cloning, sequencing and expression of the bovine CD3 epsilon and TCR-zeta chains, two invariant components of the T-cell receptor complex. Gene 1996; 169:165-71. [PMID: 8647441 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00769-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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CD3 epsilon and the zeta-chain of the bovine T-cell receptor (TCR) are two invariant molecules with an important role in signal transduction via the TCR/CD3 complex. The nucleotide sequence of a bovine CD3 epsilon cDNA clone containing the complete coding sequence was determined and the deduced amino acid (aa) sequence compared to that of other species. The cytoplasmic domains of the different CD3 epsilon clearly show a higher degree of conservation than the extracellular domains. Bovine CD3 epsilon produced in Escherichia coli using different bacterial expression vectors was recognised by antibodies (Ab) directed against the intracytoplasmic domain of human CD3 epsilon. A partial bovine TCR zeta-chain cDNA was generated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers that were based on sequences that are conserved between different species; 3' and 5' RACE-PCR were carried out to obtain the complete TCR zeta-chain cDNA sequence. A comparison of the predicted TCR zeta-chain aa sequence reveals that the GDP/GTP-binding motif, which is conserved in other species, shows marked differences in the bovine and ovine TCR zeta-chains. In contrast to CD3 epsilon, the short extracellular domain of the TCR zeta-chain is 100% conserved between the different species and the transmembrane domain also shows a high degree of identity. Ab were raised against the TCR zeta-chain, produced as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in E. coli, and were used in Western blot analysis to further characterise TCR zeta-chain expression in T-cells. The regents provide valuable tools for the study of signal transduction pathways in normal and transformed bovine T-cells.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Base Sequence
- CD3 Complex/chemistry
- CD3 Complex/genetics
- Cattle
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/immunology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/chemistry
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Sequence Analysis
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
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- G Hagens
- Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Estes DM, Hirano A, Heussler VT, Dobbelaere DA, Brown WC. Expression and biological activities of bovine interleukin 4: effects of recombinant bovine interleukin 4 on T cell proliferation and B cell differentiation and proliferation in vitro. Cell Immunol 1995; 163:268-79. [PMID: 7606798 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1995.1126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Interleukin 4 (IL-4) is a pleotropic cytokine affecting a wide range of cell types in both the mouse and the human. These activities include regulation of the growth and differentiation of both T and B lymphocytes. The activities of IL-4 in nonprimate, nonmurine systems are not well established. Herein, we demonstrate in the bovine system that IL-4 upregulates production of IgM, IgG1, and IgE in the presence of a variety of costimulators including anti-IgM, Staphylococcus aureus cowan strain I, and pokeweed mitogen. IgE responses are potentiated by the addition of IL-2 to IL-4. Culture of bovine B lymphocytes with IL-4 in the absence of additional costimulators resulted in the increased surface expression of CD23 (low-affinity Fc epsilon RII), IgM, IL-2R, and MHC class II in a dose-dependent manner. IL-4 alone increased basal levels of proliferation of bulk peripheral blood mononuclear cells but in the presence of Con A inhibited proliferation. In contrast to the activities of IL-4 in the murine system, proliferation of TH1- and TH2-like clones was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner as assessed by antigen-or IL-2-driven in vitro proliferative responses. These observations are consistent with the role of IL-4 as a key player in regulation of both T and B cell responses.
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- D M Estes
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA
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Chapman CG, Clinkenbeard HE, Parker KE, Spackman VM, Dobbelaere DA, Robinson JH, Browne MJ. Structure/function analysis of interleukin 4: interspecies comparison and site-directed mutagenesis. Biochem Soc Trans 1994; 22:234S. [PMID: 7958295 DOI: 10.1042/bst022234s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- C G Chapman
- Dept of Biotechnology, SmithKline Beecham, Harlow, Essex, U.K
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Degenerate oligonucleotide primers derived from conserved cysteine protease sequences were used in the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to amplify seven different cysteine protease cDNA clones, Fcp1-7, from RNA isolated from adult Fasciola hepatica. Five of the amplified F. hepatica sequences showed homology to the cathepsin L type and two were more related to the cathepsin B type. Southern blot analysis suggests that some members of this protease gene family are present in multiple copies. Northern blot analysis revealed differences in the levels of steady state mRNA expression for some of these proteases. The 5' and the 3' regions of Fcp1 were amplified using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends PCR protocol (RACE-PCR) and an additional clone was obtained by screening a lambda gt10 cDNA library using Fcp1 as a probe. The Fcp1 cDNA fragment was also subcloned in the expression vector pGEX and expressed as a glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion protein in Escherichia coli. Antibodies, raised in rabbits against the GST:Fcp1 fusion protein, were used in western blot analysis to examine expression in different life-cycle stages of F. hepatica. In extracts from adult and immature parasites, the immune serum recognised predominantly two proteins of 30 kDa and 38 kDa. In other parasite stages, proteins of different molecular weight were recognised by the anti-GST:Fcp1 antiserum, indicating stage-specific gene expression or processing of Fcp1. In gelatine substrate gel analysis, strong proteolytic activity could be detected at 30 kDa, but not at 38 kDa, suggesting that the 30 kDa protein represents the mature enzyme and the 38 kDa protein the proenzyme.
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- V T Heussler
- University of Berne, Institute of Parasitology, Switzerland
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Brown WC, Davis WC, Dobbelaere DA, Rice-Ficht AC. CD4+ T-cell clones obtained from cattle chronically infected with Fasciola hepatica and specific for adult worm antigen express both unrestricted and Th2 cytokine profiles. Infect Immun 1994; 62:818-27. [PMID: 7509319 PMCID: PMC186188 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.3.818-827.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The well-established importance of helper T (Th)-cell subsets in immunity and immunoregulation of many experimental helminth infections prompted a detailed study of the cellular immune response against Fasciola hepatica in the natural bovine host. T-cell lines established from two cattle infected with F. hepatica were characterized for the expression of T-cell surface markers and proliferative responses against F. hepatica adult worm antigen. Parasite-specific T-cell lines contained a mixture of CD4+, CD8+, and gamma/delta T-cell-receptor-bearing T cells. However, cell lines containing either fewer than 10% CD8+ T cells or depleted of gamma/delta T cells proliferated vigorously against F. hepatica antigen, indicating that these T-cell subsets are not required for proliferative responses in vitro. Seventeen F. hepatica-specific CD4+ Th-cell clones were examined for cytokine expression following concanavalin A stimulation. Biological assays to measure interleukin-2 (IL-2) or IL-4, gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), and tumor necrosis factor and Northern (RNA) blot analysis to verify the expression of IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-gamma revealed that the Th-cell clones expressed a spectrum of cytokine profiles. Several Th-cell clones were identified as Th2 cells by the strong expression of IL-4 but little or no IL-2 or IFN-gamma mRNA. The majority of Th-cell clones were classified as Th0 cells by the expression of either all three cytokines or combinations of IL-2 and IL-4 or IL-4 and IFN-gamma. No Th1-cell clones were obtained. All of the Th-cell clones expressed a typical memory cell surface phenotype, characterized as CD45Rlow, and all expressed the lymph node homing receptor (L selectin). These results are the first to describe cytokine responses of F. hepatica-specific T cells obtained from infected cattle and extend our previous analysis of Th0 and Th1 cells from cattle immune to Babesia bovis (W. C. Brown, V. M. Woods, D. A. E. Dobbelaere, and K. S. Logan, Infect. Immun. 61:3273-3281, 1993) to include F. hepatica-specific Th2 cells.
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- W C Brown
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843
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Brown WC, Davis WC, Choi SH, Dobbelaere DA, Splitter GA. Functional and phenotypic characterization of WC1+ gamma/delta T cells isolated from Babesia bovis-stimulated T cell lines. Cell Immunol 1994; 153:9-27. [PMID: 7507005 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1994.1002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Functional studies with WC1+ gamma/delta T cell lines were performed to clarify the role of this subpopulation of gamma/delta T cells in the in vitro immune response to Babesia bovis. As CD4+ T cells decreased and gamma/delta T cells increased in B. bovis-stimulated T cell lines, antigen-specific proliferation declined to background levels. One irradiated gamma/delta T cell line inhibited proliferation of autologous Th1 cells, although unirradiated gamma/delta T cells either synergized with or had no effect on Th cell proliferation. gamma/delta T cells were not cytolytic for bovine alpha/beta T cells, but expressed natural killer (NK)-like cytotoxicity when assayed on xenogeneic NK-sensitive target cells. The gamma/delta T cells were IL-2 dependent and expressed IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, but not TNF-beta, IL-2, or IL-4 mRNA. Together, these results raise the possibility that WC1+ gamma/delta T cells respond in vitro to autoantigens present on CD4+ T cells or to cytokines secreted by activated CD4+ T cells, resulting in modulation of the CD4+ T cell response and outgrowth of the gamma/delta T cells in parasite-stimulated lines.
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- W C Brown
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843
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- M Eichhorn
- Nuclear Research Centre, Karlsruhe, Institute of Genetics, Postfach 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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The protozoan intracellular parasites, Theileria parva and Theileria annulata, infect cattle and cause severe and fatal leukocytic proliferative diseases. The proliferation is dependent on the presence of the parasites in the host cell cytoplasm. T. parva-infected cells proliferate permanently in cell culture and exhibit many features characteristic of tumor cells. The proliferation is reversible by treatment with parasite-specific drugs. Constitutive expression of interleukin-2, its receptor and their transcription factor, NF-kappa B, are dependent on the parasite and suggest autocrine growth. Cell-cell contact possibly via T cell adhesion molecules has been shown to stimulate proliferation.
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Eichhorn M, Prospero TD, Heussler VT, Dobbelaere DA. Antibodies against major histocompatibility complex class II antigens directly inhibit the growth of T cells infected with Theileria parva without affecting their state of activation. J Exp Med 1993; 178:769-76. [PMID: 8350052 PMCID: PMC2191146 DOI: 10.1084/jem.178.3.769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We have analyzed the effect of antibodies (Abs) directed against major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II Abs on the proliferation of Theileria parva-infected (Tpi) T cells. Anti-MHC class II Abs exert a direct effect on Tpi T cells causing an acute block in their proliferation. The inhibition does not involve apoptosis and is also entirely reversible. The rapid arrest of DNA synthesis caused by anti-MHC class II Abs is not due to interference with the state of activation of the T cells since the transcriptional activator NF-kappa B remains activated in arrested cells. In addition, interleukin 2 (IL-2), IL-2R, and c-myc gene expression are also unaffected. By analyzing the cell-cycle phase distribution of inhibited cells, it could be shown that cells in all phases of the cell cycle are inhibited. The signal transduction pathway that results in inhibition was shown to be independent of protein kinase C and extracellular Ca2+. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors, however, partly reduced the level of inhibition and, conversely, phosphatase inhibitors enhanced it. The possible relevance of this phenomenon in other systems is discussed.
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- M Eichhorn
- Nuclear Research Centre, Institute for Genetics, Karlsruhe, FRG
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Brown WC, Palmer GH, McElwain TF, Hines SA, Dobbelaere DA. Babesia bovis: characterization of the T helper cell response against the 42-kDa merozoite surface antigen (MSA-1) in cattle. Exp Parasitol 1993; 77:97-110. [PMID: 8344411 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1993.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The Babesia bovis major merozoite surface antigen (MSA-1) is a 42-kDa integral membrane glycoprotein previously shown to induce immunodominant antibody responses in cattle protectively immune to B. bovis and to induce neutralizing antibody. Recent studies have also shown that MSA-1 B cell epitopes common to New World strains of B. bovis are not present in either Israel or Australia strains. To understand the potential role of this protein in protective immunity, T helper cell responses specific for MSA-1 were characterized in Babesia-immune cattle. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from immune cattle proliferated against affinity-purified recombinant MSA-1 protein expressed in Escherichia coli. MSA-1 preferentially stimulated the growth of CD4+ T cells in cell lines cultured with antigen for 4 weeks. MSA-1-reactive cell lines responded to a membrane fraction of B. bovis merozoites, suggesting recognition of the native protein. However, B. bovis-reactive T cell lines and T helper clones established by stimulation with crude parasite membrane antigen failed to respond to recombinant MSA-1, indicating that this antigen is not immunodominant for T cells. The majority of MSA-1-specific T helper clones reacted to unfractionated merozoite membrane antigen from New World B. bovis strains, but none of the clones responded to Australia B. bovis or to a Mexico strain of Babesia bigemina. Several T helper clones produced low levels of cytokines when stimulated with concanavalin A and interleukin-2. Northern blot analysis revealed the expression of interleukin-2, interleukin-4, interferon-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha messenger RNA in mitogen-stimulated T helper clones, showing that the clones examined expressed an unrestricted T helper phenotype. We conclude that the MSA-1 protein, although serologically immunodominant and capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies as well as a T helper cell response, is not an immunodominant T cell antigen. Furthermore, the parasite strain specificity of the Th clones supports previous findings of extensive polymorphism in the MSA-1 glycoprotein and suggests that like B cell epitopes, T cell epitopes reside in a nonconserved portion of the protein.
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- W C Brown
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843
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Brown WC, Woods VM, Dobbelaere DA, Logan KS. Heterogeneity in cytokine profiles of Babesia bovis-specific bovine CD4+ T cells clones activated in vitro. Infect Immun 1993; 61:3273-81. [PMID: 8335361 PMCID: PMC280999 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.8.3273-3281.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The central role of T cells in the immune response against hemoprotozoan parasites, both as helper cells for T cell-dependent antibody production and as effector cells acting on intracellular parasites through the elaboration of cytokines, has prompted an investigation of the bovine cellular immune response against Babesia bovis antigens. CD4+ T helper (Th) cell clones generated from four B. bovis-immune cattle by in vitro stimulation with a soluble or membrane-associated merozoite antigen were characterized for reactivity against various forms of antigen and against different geographical isolates of B. bovis and B. bigemina and analyzed for cytokine production following mitogenic stimulation with concanavalin A. Biological assays to measure interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), and tumor necrosis factor alpha or tumor necrosis factor beta and Northern (RNA) blot analysis to verify the expression of IL-2, IL-4, IFN-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor alpha revealed differential production of cytokines by the Th cell clones. The majority of clones expressed the Th0 pattern of cytokines: IFN-gamma, IL-4, and IL-2. One clone expressed the Th1 profile (IFN-gamma and IL-2 but not IL-4), whereas none of the clones expressed the Th2 profile. All of the Th cell clones examined expressed the low-molecular-weight isoform of the leukocyte common antigen associated with a memory cell phenotype (CD45RO), and all expressed the lymph node homing receptor (L-selectin). These results extend our previous finding of differential cytokine expression by B. bovis-specific Th cell clones and confirm the identity of the specific cytokines produced, showing that a Th0 response is preferentially induced in a panel of 20 CD4+ T cell clones obtained from immune cattle.
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- W C Brown
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843
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The rapid population growth in subsaharan Africa necessitates a great increase in animal production in the more humid zones. Vector-borne diseases occurring in these zones will assume more importance, but are difficult to control. They include theileriosis and heartwater. Recent developments in research on these diseases are presented. Indigenous animal populations in endemic areas, subjected to natural selection, are far less susceptible than exotic stock. Heartwater, caused by the rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium, transmitted by Amblyomma ticks, causes high mortality in exotic ruminants. It has received much attention in recent years, partly because the disease has been introduced from Africa into the Caribbean and threatens the American mainland. Since the recent success of in vitro culture, much progress in research has been made, but so far prevention still relies mainly on acaricidal tick control; an infection and treatment method is used on a limited scale. Antigenic diversity is a complication for immunization procedures. Theileria parva (East Coast fever, Corridor disease and January disease) and T.annulata (Mediterranean or tropical theileriosis) are the most pathogenic of the 6 species of this protozoan genus that infect cattle. Great progress has been made in recent years in knowledge on the immunology, the epidemiology, the taxonomy and the chemotherapy of theileriosis. Intensive acaricidal tick control can now be supplemented by an attenuated schizont vaccine against T.annulata, while immunization against East Coast fever is carried out on a limited scale using virulent sporozoite infection and treatment. Research on recombinant vaccines is promising. Antigenic diversity in T.parva is a serious complication.
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- G Uilenberg
- Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Département d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire (CIRAD-EMVT), Maisons-Alfort
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Brown WC, Zhao S, Woods VM, Tripp CA, Tetzlaff CL, Heussler VT, Dobbelaere DA, Rice-Ficht AC. Identification of two Th1 cell epitopes on the Babesia bovis-encoded 77-kilodalton merozoite protein (Bb-1) by use of truncated recombinant fusion proteins. Infect Immun 1993; 61:236-44. [PMID: 7678098 PMCID: PMC302710 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.1.236-244.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated the serologic and T-cell immunogenicity for cattle of a recombinant form of the apical complex-associated 77-kDa merozite protein of Babesia bovis, designated Bb-1. The present study characterizes the immunogenic epitopes of the Bb-1 protein. A series of recombinant truncated fusion proteins spanning the majority of the Bb-1 protein were expressed in Escherichia coli, and their reactivities with bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells and T-cell clones derived from B. bovis-immune cattle and with rabbit antibodies were determined. Lymphocytes from two immune cattle were preferentially stimulated by the N-terminal half of the Bb-1 protein (amino acids 23 to 266, termed Bb-1A), localizing the T-cell epitopes to the Bb-1A portion of the molecule. CD4+ T-cell clones derived by stimulation with the intact Bb-1 fusion protein were used to identify two T-cell epitopes in the Bb-1A protein, consisting of amino acids SVVLLSAFSGN VWANEAEVSQVVK and FSDVDKTKSTEKT (residues 23 to 46 and 82 to 94). In contrast, rabbit antiserum raised against the intact fusion protein reacted only with the C-terminal half of the protein (amino acids 267 to 499, termed Bb-1B), which contained 28 tandem repeats of the tetrapeptide PAEK or PAET. Biological assays and Northern (RNA) blot analyses for cytokines revealed that following activation with concanavalin A, T-cell clones reactive against the two Bb-1A epitopes produced interleukin-2, gamma interferon, and tumor necrosis factors beta and alpha, but not interleukin-4, suggesting that the Bb-1 antigen preferentially stimulates the Th1 subset of CD4+ T cells in cattle. The studies described here report for the first time the characterization, by cytokine production, of the Th1 subset of bovine T cells and show that, as in mice, protozoal antigens can induce Th1 cells in ruminants. This first demonstration of B. bovis-encoded Th1 cell epitopes provides a rationale for incorporation of all or part of the Bb-1 protein into a recombinant vaccine.
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- W C Brown
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843
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Brown WC, Zhao S, Woods VM, Dobbelaere DA, Rice-Ficht AC. Babesia bovis-specific CD4+ T cell clones from immune cattle express either the Th0 or Th1 profile of cytokines. Rev Elev Med Vet Pays Trop 1993; 46:65-69. [PMID: 7907805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The central role of T cells in the immune response against hemoprotozoan parasites, both as helper cells for T-dependent antibody production, and as effector cells acting directly or indirectly on intracellular parasites through the elaboration of cytokines, has prompted us to investigate the bovine cellular immune response against B. bovis antigens. T cell clones generated from four B. bovis-immune cattle by in vitro stimulation with soluble or membrane associated merozoite antigen were characterized for reactivity against various forms of antigen and different geographical isolates of B. bovis and B. bigemina. The clones were categorized into seven different groups based on differential patterns of reactivity. This panel of T cell clones and additional clones specific for either the 77 kDa merozoite apical complex associated protein (Bb-1) or the 42 kDa major merozoite protein (MSA-1) were analyzed for cytokines. Biological assays to measure IL-2/IL-4, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha/TNF-beta and Northern blot analysis to detect mRNA encoding bovine IL2, IL-4, IFN-gamma, TNF-beta and TNF-alpha revealed the differential production of cytokines by clones with different antigen specificities. Two Bb-1-specific T cell clones produced the Th1 pattern of cytokines: IL-2, IFN-gamma, TNF-beta and TNF-alpha, but not IL-4. Clones specific for the 42 kDa protein produced undetectable levels of all cytokines, but expressed an unrestricted or Th0 pattern of cytokine mRNA: IL-2, IL-4, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- W C Brown
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A & M University, College Station
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Heussler VT, Eichhorn M, Reeves R, Magnuson NS, Williams RO, Dobbelaere DA. Constitutive IL-2 mRNA expression in lymphocytes, infected with the intracellular parasite Theileria parva. The Journal of Immunology 1992. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.149.2.562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Theileria parva-infected lymphoblastoid cell lines of T or B cell origin were examined for IL-2 mRNA expression. T. parva-infected T cell lines could be of the CD4-CD8-, CD4+CD8-, CD4-CD8+, or CD4+CD8+ phenotype and express alpha beta or gamma delta TCR. By Northern blot analysis and amplification by the polymerase chain reaction, IL-2 mRNA could be detected in all T. parva-infected cell lines tested. IL-2 mRNA expression was also shown to be dependent on the continuous presence of the parasite in the host cell cytoplasm, because elimination of the parasite by treatment of T. parva-infected cell cultures with the theilericidal drug BW720c resulted in the disappearance of detectable IL-2 mRNA. The effect of anti-IL-2 antibodies on the proliferation of T. parva-infected cells was also tested. Inhibition experiments suggest that although IL-2 mRNA can be detected in all cell lines tested, not all T. parva-infected cell lines are dependent on IL-2 for their proliferation. Our data provide the first example for the constitutive expression of IL-2 mRNA in T and B cells caused by infection with an intracellular parasite.
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- V T Heussler
- University of Bern, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
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Heussler VT, Eichhorn M, Reeves R, Magnuson NS, Williams RO, Dobbelaere DA. Constitutive IL-2 mRNA expression in lymphocytes, infected with the intracellular parasite Theileria parva. J Immunol 1992; 149:562-7. [PMID: 1624803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Theileria parva-infected lymphoblastoid cell lines of T or B cell origin were examined for IL-2 mRNA expression. T. parva-infected T cell lines could be of the CD4-CD8-, CD4+CD8-, CD4-CD8+, or CD4+CD8+ phenotype and express alpha beta or gamma delta TCR. By Northern blot analysis and amplification by the polymerase chain reaction, IL-2 mRNA could be detected in all T. parva-infected cell lines tested. IL-2 mRNA expression was also shown to be dependent on the continuous presence of the parasite in the host cell cytoplasm, because elimination of the parasite by treatment of T. parva-infected cell cultures with the theilericidal drug BW720c resulted in the disappearance of detectable IL-2 mRNA. The effect of anti-IL-2 antibodies on the proliferation of T. parva-infected cells was also tested. Inhibition experiments suggest that although IL-2 mRNA can be detected in all cell lines tested, not all T. parva-infected cell lines are dependent on IL-2 for their proliferation. Our data provide the first example for the constitutive expression of IL-2 mRNA in T and B cells caused by infection with an intracellular parasite.
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- V T Heussler
- University of Bern, Department of Parasitology, Switzerland
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A human interleukin 4 (hIL-4)-encoding cDNA (hIL4) probe was used to screen a bovine genomic library, and three clones containing sequences with homology to the human and mouse IL4 cDNAs were isolated. Sequence information obtained from one of these genomic clones was used to design an oligodeoxyribonucleotide primer corresponding to the transcription start point region for use in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The PCR-RACE protocol, designed for the rapid amplification of cDNA ends, was successfully used to generate a full-length bovine IL4 (bIL4) cDNA clone from polyadenylated RNA isolated from concanavalin A-stimulated bovine lymph node cells. The bIL4 cDNA is 570 bp in length and contains an open reading frame of 405 nucleotides (nt), coding for a 15.1-kDa precursor of 135 amino acids (aa), which should be reduced to 12.6 kDa for unglycosylated bIL4 after cleavage of a putative hydrophobic leader sequence of 24 aa. The aa sequence contains one possible Asn-linked glycosylation site. Bovine IL4 is shorter than mouse (mIL4) and hIL4, because of a 51-nt deletion in the coding region. Comparison of the overall nt and deduced aa sequences shows a greater homology of bIL4 with hIL4 than with mIL4. This homology is not evenly distributed, however, with the nt sequences 5' and 3' of the coding region showing a much greater homology between all three species than the coding sequence.
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- V T Heussler
- Department of Parasitology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Dobbelaere DA, Roditi IJ, Coquerelle TM, Kelke C, Eichhorn M, Williams RO. Lymphocytes infected with Theileria parva require both cell-cell contact and growth factor to proliferate. Eur J Immunol 1991; 21:89-95. [PMID: 1899385 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830210114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Lymphocytes infected with the intracellular parasite Theileria parva proliferate continuously as lymphoblastoid cell lines. We have previously shown that the continuous proliferation of the T. parva-infected (Tpi) cell line TpM(803) is mediated in part by an autocrine mechanism (Dobbelaere, D. A. E. et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1988. 85:4730). We now report that continuous proliferation also requires surface stimulation through cell-cell contact. Under standard culture conditions this surface stimulus is provided by the infected cells themselves, but it can also be provided by uninfected lymphocytes or macrophages. The ability to respond to surface stimulation is critically dependent on the presence of the parasite in the host cell and is lost within 48 h after the elimination of the parasite from the host cell cytoplasm by treatment with the theilericidal drug BW720c. Tpi cells also secrete a growth factor which is able to support the proliferation of diluted Tpi cells. Growth factor secretion is rapidly lost upon elimination of the parasite. Moreover, inhibition experiments using anti-interleukin 2 (IL 2) antibodies show that IL 2 is involved in the proliferation of the Tpi cell lines TpM(803) and IN10. T cell proliferation is dependent on a number of costimulatory signals which are normally provided by accessory cells. The finding that Tpi cells can mutually stimulate each other to grow in the absence of conventional accessory cells helps to explain how they can escape the normal constraints on T cell growth, allowing them to invade and multiply in non-lymphoid as well as lymphoid tissues.
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- D A Dobbelaere
- Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, Karlsruhe
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Eichhorn M, Magnuson NS, Reeves R, Williams RO, Dobbelaere DA. IL-2 can enhance the cyclosporin A-mediated inhibition of Theileria parva-infected T cell proliferation. The Journal of Immunology 1990. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.144.2.691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The effect of cyclosporin A on the continuous proliferation of Theileria parva-infected T cells was tested and compared with its effect on the Con A-induced proliferation of bovine lymph node cells. The effect of rIL-2 on cyclosporin A-treated cells was also tested. Whereas the Con A-induced proliferation of bovine lymph node cells was completely inhibited by cyclosporin A, the continuous growth of T. parva-infected cells was only partly inhibited. In both cases the inhibition was accompanied by a reduction in the level of IL-2R/Tac mRNA and surface IL-2R expression. The cyclosporin A-mediated inhibition of Con-A stimulated lymphoblasts was, over a period of 5 days, largely abrogated by human rIL-2. In the short term, rIL-2 could also alleviate the growth inhibition of T. parva-infected cells caused by treatment with cyclosporin A. In the long term, however, rIL-2 enhanced the cyclosporin A-mediated inhibition of T. parva-infected cells, gradually leading to their complete growth arrest. This enhanced inhibition was accompanied by a further reduction in surface IL-2R expression, but not by a further decrease in the levels of steady state IL-2R/Tac mRNA. The fact that IL-2 can enhance the inhibition caused by cyclosporin A could be of relevance for the immunosuppressive activity of cyclosporin A.
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- M Eichhorn
- Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, FRG
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- Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, FRG
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- Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, FRG
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- Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, FRG
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- Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, FRG
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Eichhorn M, Magnuson NS, Reeves R, Williams RO, Dobbelaere DA. IL-2 can enhance the cyclosporin A-mediated inhibition of Theileria parva-infected T cell proliferation. J Immunol 1990; 144:691-8. [PMID: 2104902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The effect of cyclosporin A on the continuous proliferation of Theileria parva-infected T cells was tested and compared with its effect on the Con A-induced proliferation of bovine lymph node cells. The effect of rIL-2 on cyclosporin A-treated cells was also tested. Whereas the Con A-induced proliferation of bovine lymph node cells was completely inhibited by cyclosporin A, the continuous growth of T. parva-infected cells was only partly inhibited. In both cases the inhibition was accompanied by a reduction in the level of IL-2R/Tac mRNA and surface IL-2R expression. The cyclosporin A-mediated inhibition of Con-A stimulated lymphoblasts was, over a period of 5 days, largely abrogated by human rIL-2. In the short term, rIL-2 could also alleviate the growth inhibition of T. parva-infected cells caused by treatment with cyclosporin A. In the long term, however, rIL-2 enhanced the cyclosporin A-mediated inhibition of T. parva-infected cells, gradually leading to their complete growth arrest. This enhanced inhibition was accompanied by a further reduction in surface IL-2R expression, but not by a further decrease in the levels of steady state IL-2R/Tac mRNA. The fact that IL-2 can enhance the inhibition caused by cyclosporin A could be of relevance for the immunosuppressive activity of cyclosporin A.
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- M Eichhorn
- Kernforschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, FRG
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Ivanov V, Stein B, Baumann I, Dobbelaere DA, Herrlich P, Williams RO. Infection with the intracellular protozoan parasite Theileria parva induces constitutively high levels of NF-kappa B in bovine T lymphocytes. Mol Cell Biol 1989; 9:4677-86. [PMID: 2513476 PMCID: PMC363614 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.11.4677-4686.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The intracellular protozoan parasite Theileria parva causes a lymphoproliferative disease of T cells in cattle and uncontrolled lymphocyte proliferation in culture. We have identified and characterized in infected cells the transcriptional activator, NF-kappa B, whose recognition motifs have been identified in several gene enhancers important for lymphocyte-specific gene expression. NF-kappa B is normally constitutively activated in nuclear extracts derived from B cells and can be induced in T cells and nonlymphoid cells by phorbol esters. Theileria-infected lymphocytes contained constitutively high levels of activated NF-kappa B in nuclear fractions and inactive NF-kappa B in cytoplasmic fractions. The inactive cytoplasmic precursor could be activated by treatment of extracts with deoxycholate, which was shown previously to dissociate NF-kappa B from an inhibitor, I kappa B. Treatment of lymphocyte extracts with 3 mM GTP stimulated NF-kappa B binding to its recognition motif in vitro, thereby distinguishing it from a related nuclear factor, H2-TF1. Selective killing of the parasite, which left the host cells intact, resulted in a rapid loss of NF-kappa B from the nuclear fractions and a slower loss from the cytoplasmic fractions. In parasitized cells, NF-kappa B could not be further stimulated by treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate whereas in cells treated to remove the parasite, this compound stimulated elevated levels of NF-kappa B. We propose that high levels of activated NF-kappa B are maintained by the presence of the parasite in infected T cells. Similarly, we propose that the high levels of inactive cytoplasmic precursor are a result of increased synthesis due to the presence of the parasite.
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- V Ivanov
- Kernforschungszentrum, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany
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Coquerelle TM, Eichhorn M, Magnuson NS, Reeves R, Williams RO, Dobbelaere DA. Expression and characterization of the interleukin 2 receptor in Theileria parva-infected bovine lymphocytes. Eur J Immunol 1989; 19:655-9. [PMID: 2786471 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830190413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We have previously shown that interleukin 2 receptors (IL2R) are constitutively expressed on the surface of bovine lymphocytes infected with the parasite Theileria parva (Dobbelaere, D.A.E. et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1988. 85: 4730). In the present work we characterized these further and showed that IL2R (Tac antigen) gene expression depended on the continuous presence of the parasite in the host cell cytoplasm. By Northern blot analysis we showed that elimination of the parasite, using a specific theilericidal drug, led to the arrest of Tac antigen mRNA expression. We also investigated receptor internalization and reappearance after receptor-mediated endocytosis. Binding of human recombinant interleukin 2 (hrIL2) to the bovine IL2R caused rapid internalization of the surface IL2/IL2R complex. Approximately 50% of 125I-labeled hrIL2 was internalized within 10 min. The reappearance of surface IL2R after ligand-mediated endocytosis was also studied. Fifty percent of the maximum level of free IL2R reappeared within 1-1.5 h, but approximately 12 h were needed to restore normal levels of free IL2R expression after blocking with excess unlabeled hrIL2.
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- T M Coquerelle
- Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie von Spaltstoffen, FRG
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Gerhards J, Gill AC, Ehrfeld AY, Dobbelaere DA, Williams RO. Isolation and characterization of RNA from the intracellular parasite Theileria parva. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1989; 34:15-24. [PMID: 2469012 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(89)90015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Using a rapid procedure to isolate schizonts of the intracellular parasite Theileria parva from infected bovine lymphocytes, we have prepared parasite RNA that is more than 90% pure. Characterization of this schizont RNA has revealed the presence of two ribosomal RNA species of 3.3 kb and 1.8 kb and a third non-adenylated abundant RNA species of 1.9 kb. In vitro translation of the isolated schizont mRNA has identified about 200 parasite specific polypeptides, only a few of which could be detected by translation of mRNA from infected host cells. By analysing the kinetics of liquid hybridization of schizont mRNA with its homologous complementary DNA the nucleotide sequence complexity of the abundant class of the parasite mRNA has been estimated to be 1.7 x 10(3) kb. Assuming a number average size of 2 kb per mRNA molecule this would represent 4000 transcripts for all abundance classes of the schizont mRNA. Using the same technique we estimate that approximately 10% of the mRNA isolated from infected lymphocytes were transcripts from the parasite genome. We conclude that the low number of parasite specific translation products in the mRNA from infected lymphocytes and the low number of parasite proteins detected in isolated schizonts reported previously is due to the low abundance of the parasite transcripts rather than a low number of expressed parasite genes.
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- J Gerhards
- Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und für Toxikologie, F.R.G
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Dobbelaere DA, Coquerelle TM, Roditi IJ, Eichhorn M, Williams RO. Theileria parva infection induces autocrine growth of bovine lymphocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:4730-4. [PMID: 3133661 PMCID: PMC280509 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.13.4730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Bovine lymphocytes infected with the parasite Theileria parva continuously secrete a growth factor that is essential for their proliferation in vitro and also constitutively express interleukin 2 receptors on their surface. Dilution of the secreted growth factor, caused by culturing cells at low density, results in retardation of culture growth. Human recombinant interleukin 2, however, effectively substitutes for the diluted growth factor by restoring normal growth rates and also allows Theileria-infected cells to be grown at low density without the use of feeder layers. Secretion of the growth factor and expression of the interleukin 2 receptor depend on the presence of the parasite in the cytoplasm of the host cell. Elimination of the parasite from the cell cytoplasm by the specific antitheilerial drug BW 720c results in the arrest of growth factor secretion and the disappearance of interleukin 2 receptors from the cell surface. This is accompanied by growth arrest and reversion of the infected cells to the morphology of resting lymphocytes. We propose that the continuous proliferation of infected cells in vitro is mediated by autocrine receptor activation.
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- D A Dobbelaere
- Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, Karlsruhe-1, Federal Republic of Germany
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Dobbelaere DA, Spooner PR. Production in ascites fluid of biosynthetically labelled monoclonal antibody to Theileria parva sporozoites. J Immunol Methods 1985; 82:209-14. [PMID: 3930611 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(85)90352-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A hybridoma cell line has been previously produced which secretes monoclonal antibodies able to neutralize sporozoites of Theileria parva, the causative agent of East Coast fever of cattle. Cells from this line were injected intra-peritoneally into pristane-treated BALB/c mice. During the last 4 days of hybridoma cell growth, mice were given 4 daily intraperitoneal injections of a mixture of tritiated amino acids in order to biosynthetically radiolabel the monoclonal antibody being produced in ascites fluid. The specific activity of the antibody obtained was 100 mCi/mmol. The labelled antibody was used to detect, by autoradiography, a surface coat antigen of T. parva sporozoites in cryostat sections of Theileria-infected tick salivary glands. The method allows the preparation of large quantities of biosynthetically radiolabelled immunological probes for the detection of immunoreactive sites in biological specimens.
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A monoclonal antibody specific for the Theileria parva sporozoite, which recognizes a determinant on the surface coat and blocks sporozoite infectivity, was used to investigate the presence of the determinant on other stages of the parasite lifecycle. Immunofluorescence techniques did not demonstrate this determinant on the kinete, schizont, merozoite, or piroplasm stages of the parasite. Immunoautoradiography, using a tritiated form of the monoclonal antibody, on sections of infected salivary glands collected from ticks that had fed for 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 days revealed that the determinant recognized was synthesized predominantly during sporogony, between 2 to 3 days after the tick started feeding. Immunoelectron microscopy was performed on ultrathin frozen sections of infected tick salivary glands incubated with the monoclonal antibody followed by Protein-A--colloidal gold. The antigen or its precursor could be detected in the developing parasite. In ticks fed 2 days, the sporoblast was labeled, both in the cytoplasm and on parasite membranes, often including the nuclear envelope. In sections from ticks fed 4 days, the sporozoite surface membrane was labeled, as were membrane-bounded sporozoite organelles identified as micronemes. Observation by immunofluorescence, on sporozoites incubated with bovine peripheral blood lymphocytes, suggested that the antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody does not enter the lymphocyte during sporozoite endocytosis. We conclude that synthesis of the antigen or its precursor(s) occurs during sporogony in the feeding tick, at the time of maximal parasite proliferation, and precedes the formation of morphologically mature sporozoites; the antigen's role in the parasite life cycle also appears to be limited to events associated with the sporozoite entry process.
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Dobbelaere DA, Shapiro SZ, Webster P. Identification of a surface antigen on Theileria parva sporozoites by monoclonal antibody. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1985; 82:1771-5. [PMID: 3920654 PMCID: PMC397354 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.6.1771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A mouse monoclonal antibody (mAbD1) that neutralizes sporozoites of different stocks of the protozoan parasite Theileria parva has been used to localize and identify a sporozoite antigen. Protein A-colloidal gold was used to localize bound mAbD1 in immunoelectron microscopic studies. mAbD1 bound to sporozoite antigen, which was evenly spread over the surface of all sporozoites. Immune complexes were obtained by incubation of sporozoite suspensions with mAbD1 followed by Zwittergent 3-14 extraction and precipitation with protein A-Sepharose. One- and two-dimensional NaDodSO4/polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analyses were performed on these complexes, and a major protein with a molecular size of 68 kDa was identified. Other related components of 52 kDa, 47 kDa, and 28 kDa were also detected. Since antibody to this antigen(s) neutralizes T. parva sporozoites from different stocks, the results could be of relevance to the development of a broad spectrum vaccine against the cattle disease East Coast fever, which is caused by T. parva.
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Webster P, Dobbelaere DA, Fawcett DW. The entry of sporozoites of Theileria parva into bovine lymphocytes in vitro. Immunoelectron microscopic observations. Eur J Cell Biol 1985; 36:157-62. [PMID: 3922761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In an electron microscopic investigation of the entry of sporozoites of Theileria parva into bovine lymphocytes, the fate of the surface coat of the parasite was traced by immunocytochemical methods. A monoclonal antibody (MAbD1) raised in mice and directed against a surface antigen of sporozoites, was applied to ultrathin frozen sections of bovine lymphocytes infected in vitro. Sites of binding of MAbD1 were localized using a protein A-colloidal gold conjugate as an electron-dense label. The surface of all free sporozoites was labelled. Sporozoites in the process of entering were labelled only on that portion of the membrane not yet tightly bound to the lymphocyte membrane. No label was detected on sporozoites that had completed entry. After fixation with formaldehyde, but not with glutaraldehyde, local areas of labelling were found on lymphocytes in contact with sporozoites and on cells already invaded. The sporozoite organelles, called micronemes, occasionally appeared to contain labelled antigen. No label was found on sporozoites or lymphocytes in control preparations previously exposed to non-specific antibody or treated with protein A-colloidal gold alone. The findings support the conclusion that the sporozoite surface coat, containing the antigen recognized by MAbD1, is shed as the sporozoite enters the host cell.
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Dobbelaere DA, Kiarie JN, Irvin AD. A rapid method to select Rhipicephalus appendiculatus salivary glands infected with Theileria parva. J Parasitol 1984; 70:828-9. [PMID: 6439849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Monoclonal antibodies were raised against sporozoites of Theileria parva. One of these antibodies (MAbD1) neutralized the infectivity of sporozoites for lymphocytes in vitro and for cattle in vivo. Neutralization seemed to occur by blocking sporozoite entry into the cell. MAbD1 neutralized sporozoites of four unrelated stocks of T. parva, indicating the presence of a common antigenic determinant which may be important in initiating protective immunity.
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Minami T, Spooner PR, Irvin AD, Ocama JG, Dobbelaere DA, Fujinaga T. Characterisation of stocks of Theileria parva by monoclonal antibody profiles. Res Vet Sci 1983; 35:334-40. [PMID: 6420853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Sixteen monoclonal antibodies, raised against macroschizonts of Theileria parva, were tested against 10 different stocks of the parasite. The indirect fluorescent antibody test was used to demonstrate that these antibodies showed different binding affinities to macroschizonts of the various stocks. A profile of antibody binding could thus be prepared for each stock. For a given stock the profile was consistently the same irrespective of culture passage level, host cell background and method of antigen preparation. Monoclonal antibody profiles thus appear to provide a means of characterisation of stocks of T parva in vitro, and preliminary evidence suggests that profiles may be used to differentiate strains. The best source of antigen for testing theilerial stocks was macroschizont infected cells raised in culture, but suitable preparations could also be made from lymph node biopsies of cattle infected with East Coast fever. In a field outbreak of disease it might thus be possible rapidly to characterise the strains of T parva involved and plan immunisation and control measures accordingly.
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Irvin AD, Dobbelaere DA, Mwamachi DM, Minami T, Spooner PR, Ocama JG. Immunisation against East Coast fever: correlation between monoclonal antibody profiles of Theileria parva stocks and cross immunity in vivo. Res Vet Sci 1983; 35:341-6. [PMID: 6420854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Stocks of Theileria parva, which had been characterised by monoclonal antibody profiles, were used to challenge cattle previously immunised against East Coast fever (ECF). When cattle were subjected to homologous challenge, or heterologous challenge with a stock of identical profile to that which had initiated immunity, they showed mild or inapparent reactions. However, when cattle were challenged with a stock of a different profile many underwent severe or fatal ECF reactions. Thus, there appears to be good correlation between cross resistance patterns in vivo and parasite differences detected in vitro by monoclonal antibodies. The results indicate that monoclonal antibody profiles can be used to characterise strains of T parva in vitro, and thus provide valuable data for planning field immunisation programmes. Now that monoclonal antibodies offer the potential of characterising theilerial parasites so precisely, the need arises for more disciplined use of terms describing parasite populations and collections. It is proposed that the rules of nomenclature devised for trypanosomes be adopted for Theileria species.
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Dobbelaere DA, Irvin AD, Spooner PR, Ocama JG. Incorporation of 3H-hypoxanthine by Theileria parva during development in the feeding adult tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Int J Parasitol 1983; 13:107-12. [PMID: 6187700 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(83)80058-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Young AS, Leitch BL, Irvin AD, Dobbelaere DA. The effect of irradiation on the susceptibility of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks to Theileria parva infection. Parasitology 1981; 82:473-9. [PMID: 6787541 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000067007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Irradiation doses of 800 rad. or less had no detectable effect on the subsequent development of unfed nymphal Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks. Doses of 1600 rad. or above impaired feeding and moulting and delayed the subsequent development of unfed nymphs. At 6400 rad. no ticks completed their moult. Unfed nymphal R. appendiculatus irradiated at 0, 400, 800 and 1600 rad. were applied to 3 cattle infected with T. parva (Kiambu 4). The Theileria infections in the salivary glands of the resultant adult ticks were assessed and it was found that irradiation doses of 800 rad. or less had little effect on the Theileria infections, but an irradiation dose of 1600 rad. greatly reduced the level of infection. The numbers of salivary gland acini in ticks of this group were reduced but the percentage of infected acini was similar.
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Irvin AD, Boarer CD, Dobbelaere DA, Mahan SM, Masake R, Ocama JG, Ocama JG. Monitoring Theileria parva infection in adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks. Parasitology 1981; 82:137-47. [PMID: 6163125 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000041949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A rapid method is described for preparing and staining salivary glands of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks infected with Theileria parva. The technique, involving the use of a modified methyl green pyronin stained minimizes the risk of losing material and allows examination of stained glands within minutes of preparation. The technique was applied in a series of studies in which ticks were either infected with T. parva under different conditions, or maturation of parasites in adult ticks was stimulated by different means. When nymphal ticks were fed on the ears of cattle the subsequent infection rate of the adult ticks showed no correlation with the parasitaemia of the cattle at the time of nymphal engorgement. There was no difference in infection rates between adult ticks in which parasite maturation had been stimulated either by incubation at 37 degree C or by feeding on rabbits. However, parasite maturation took about 1 day longer in incubated ticks than in rabbit-fed ticks. Female ticks were consistently more highly infected than males, both in terms of the percentage of ticks infected and the mean number of infected acini/tick. Ticks were infected with T. parva by injection of nymphs with parasitaemic bovine blood, but the resultant adult infection was lower than that in ticks which had been infected naturally by feeding on cattle.
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