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Baars I, Lokau J, Sauerland I, Müller AJ, Garbers C. Interleukin-11 receptor expression on monocytes is dispensable for their recruitment and pathogen uptake during Leishmania major infection. Cytokine 2021; 148:155699. [PMID: 34530329 PMCID: PMC8560641 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2021.155699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is an important member of the IL-6 family of cytokines. IL-11 activates its target cells via binding to a non-signaling α-receptor (IL-11R), which results in recruitment and activation of a gp130 homodimer. The cytokine was initially described as an anti-inflammatory protein, but has recently gained attention as a potent driver in certain types of cancer and different fibrotic conditions. Leishmania spp. are a group of eukaryotic parasites that cause the disease leishmaniasis. They infect phagocytes of their hosts, especially monocytes recruited to the site of infection, and are able to replicate within this rather harsh environment, often resulting in chronic infections of the patient. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying parasite and host cell interactions and factors of the immune cells that are crucial for Leishmania uptake are so far largely unspecified. Recently, increased IL-11 expression in the lesions of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis has been reported, but the functional relevance is unknown. In this study, we show that monocytes express IL-11R on their cell surface. Furthermore, using an adoptive transfer model of IL-11R-/- monocytes, we analyze the contribution of IL-11 signaling on monocyte recruitment and monocyte infection in a mouse model of cutaneous leishmaniasis and find that IL-11 signaling is dispensable for monocyte recruitment and pathogen uptake during Leishmania major infection.
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- Iris Baars
- Health Campus Immunology, Infectiology and Inflammation, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany; Institute for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Medical Faculty, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Health Campus Immunology, Infectiology and Inflammation, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany; Department of Pathology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Medical Faculty, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Health Campus Immunology, Infectiology and Inflammation, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany; Institute for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Medical Faculty, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Health Campus Immunology, Infectiology and Inflammation, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany; Institute for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Medical Faculty, Magdeburg, Germany; Intravital Microscopy of Infection and Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Health Campus Immunology, Infectiology and Inflammation, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany; Department of Pathology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Medical Faculty, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Sangare M, Coulibaly YI, Huda N, Vidal S, Tariq S, Coulibaly ME, Coulibaly SY, Soumaoro L, Dicko I, Traore B, Sissoko IM, Traore SF, Faye O, Nutman TB, Valenzuela JG, Oliveira F, Doumbia S, Kamhawi S, Semnani RT. Individuals co-exposed to sand fly saliva and filarial parasites exhibit altered monocyte function. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009448. [PMID: 34106920 PMCID: PMC8189443 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND In Mali, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and filariasis are co-endemic. Previous studies in animal models of infection have shown that sand fly saliva enhance infectivity of Leishmania parasites in naïve hosts while saliva-specific adaptive immune responses may protect against cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. In contrast, the human immune response to Phlebotomus duboscqi (Pd) saliva, the principal sand fly vector in Mali, was found to be dichotomously polarized with some individuals having a Th1-dominated response and others having a Th2-biased response. We hypothesized that co-infection with filarial parasites may be an underlying factor that modulates the immune response to Pd saliva in endemic regions. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To understand which cell types may be responsible for polarizing human responses to sand fly saliva, we investigated the effect of salivary glands (SG) of Pd on human monocytes. To this end, elutriated monocytes were cultured in vitro, alone, or with SG, microfilariae antigen (MF ag) of Brugia malayi, or LPS, a positive control. The mRNA expression of genes involved in inflammatory or regulatory responses was then measured as were cytokines and chemokines associated with these responses. Monocytes of individuals who were not exposed to sand fly bites (mainly North American controls) significantly upregulated the production of IL-6 and CCL4; cytokines that enhance leishmania parasite establishment, in response to SG from Pd or other vector species. This selective inflammatory response was lost in individuals that were exposed to sand fly bites which was not changed by co-infection with filarial parasites. Furthermore, infection with filarial parasites resulted in upregulation of CCL22, a type-2 associated chemokine, both at the mRNA levels and by its observed effect on the frequency of recruited monocytes. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Together, our data suggest that SG or recombinant salivary proteins from Pd alter human monocyte function by upregulating selective inflammatory cytokines.
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- Moussa Sangare
- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
- * E-mail: (MS); (RTS)
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Dermatology Hospital of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Institut Recerca H. Sant Pau C. Sant Quintí, Spain
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, LPD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Dermatology Hospital of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Dermatology Hospital of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, LPD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vector Molecular Biology Section, LMVR, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vector Molecular Biology Section, LMVR, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Mali International Center for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Vector Molecular Biology Section, LMVR, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Autoimmunity and Translational Immunology, Precigen, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation, Germantown, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MS); (RTS)
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Fraser M, Jing W, Bröer S, Kurth F, Sander LE, Matuschewski K, Maier AG. Breakdown in membrane asymmetry regulation leads to monocyte recognition of P. falciparum-infected red blood cells. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009259. [PMID: 33600495 PMCID: PMC7891792 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum relies on lipids to survive; this makes its lipid metabolism an attractive drug target. The lipid phosphatidylserine (PS) is usually confined to the inner leaflet of the red blood cell membrane (RBC) bilayer; however, some studies suggest that infection with the intracellular parasite results in the presence of this lipid in the RBC membrane outer leaflet, where it could act as a recognition signal to phagocytes. Here, we used fluorescent lipid analogues and probes to investigate the enzymatic reactions responsible for maintaining asymmetry between membrane leaflets, and found that in parasitised RBCs the maintenance of membrane asymmetry was partly disrupted, and PS was increased in the outer leaflet. We examined the underlying causes for the differences between uninfected and infected RBCs using fluorescent dyes and probes, and found that calcium levels increased in the infected RBC cytoplasm, whereas membrane cholesterol was depleted from the erythrocyte plasma membrane. We explored the resulting effect of PS exposure on enhanced phagocytosis by monocytes, and show that infected RBCs must expend energy to limit phagocyte recognition, and provide experimental evidence that PS exposure contributes to phagocytic recognition of P. falciparum-infected RBCs. Together, these findings underscore the pivotal role for PS exposure on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes for in vivo interactions with the host immune system, and provide a rationale for targeted antimalarial drug design.
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- Merryn Fraser
- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Department of Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Ishikawa M, Toyomura J, Yagi T, Kuboki K, Morita T, Sugihara H, Hirose T, Minami S, Yoshino G. Role of growth hormone signaling pathways in the development of atherosclerosis. Growth Horm IGF Res 2020; 53-54:101334. [PMID: 32721858 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2020.101334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The direct actions of growth hormone (GH) in the development of atherosclerosis are unclear. The goal of this study was to characterize GH-induced changes in expression of signaling pathway elements and other proteins that may be related to atherosclerosis. METHODS Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and THP-1, a human acute monocytic leukemia cell line, were stimulated by exposure to 10-9 M or 10-8 M human GH with or without pretreatment with a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) 1 inhibitor. Levels of transcripts encoding vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) -1, E-selectin, monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP-1), interleukin (IL) -6, and IL-8 were investigated by reverse transcription (RT) -PCR. For the quantitative adhesion assay, THP-1 cells or human primary monocytes were fluorescently labeled with 3'-O-acetyl-2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl) -4 diacetoxymethyl ester (BCECF/AM). HUVEC treated with human GH were co-incubated with BCECF-labeled THP-1 cells. One hour later, the number of BCECF-labeled THP-1 cells was assessed. An equivalent experiment was performed using BCECF-labeled primary monocytes, and the number of monocytes adhering to HUVEC was counted. RESULTS Treatment with hGH increased the levels of E-selectin- and VCAM-1-encoding mRNAs in HUVEC. This effect was attenuated by pretreatment with a MEK1 inhibitor. Furthermore, hGH treatment increased adhesion of BCECF-labeled THP-1 cells or primary monocytes to HUVEC, and this effect was attenuated by pretreatment with a MEK1 inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS VCAM-1 and E-selectin expression was stimulated by GH via the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, resulting in augmented adhesion of THP-1 cells and monocytes to HUVEC. These data suggested that GH directly stimulates the development of atherosclerosis.
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- Mayumi Ishikawa
- Center of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Arteriosclerosis, Nippon Medical School Musashikosugi Hospital, 1-396, Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Clinical Regenerative Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba-City, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Center of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Arteriosclerosis, Nippon Medical School Musashikosugi Hospital, 1-396, Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan
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- The Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
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- The Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan
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- Center of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Arteriosclerosis, Nippon Medical School Musashikosugi Hospital, 1-396, Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan
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- The Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan
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Roy G, Brar HK, Muthuswami R, Madhubala R. Epigenetic regulation of defense genes by histone deacetylase1 in human cell line-derived macrophages promotes intracellular survival of Leishmania donovani. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008167. [PMID: 32275661 PMCID: PMC7176143 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Leishmania donovani, an intracellular protozoan parasite upon infection, encounters a range of antimicrobial factors within the host cells. Consequently, the parasite has evolved mechanisms to evade this hostile defense system through inhibition of macrophage activation that, in turn, enables parasite replication and survival. There is growing evidence that epigenetic down-regulation of the host genome by intracellular pathogens leads to acute infection. Epigenetic modification is mediated by chromatin remodeling, histone modifications, or DNA methylation. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) removes acetyl groups from lysine residues on histones, thereby leading to chromatin remodeling and gene silencing. Here, using L. donovani infected macrophages differentiated from THP-1 human monocytic cells, we report a link between host chromatin modifications, transcription of defense genes and intracellular infection with L. donovani. Infection with L. donovani led to the silencing of host defense gene expression. Histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) transcript levels, protein expression, and enzyme activity showed a significant increase upon infection. HDAC1 occupancy at the promoters of the defense genes significantly increased upon infection, which in turn resulted in decreased histone H3 acetylation in infected cells, resulting in the down-regulation of mRNA expression of host defense genes. Small molecule mediated inhibition and siRNA mediated down-regulation of HDAC1 increased the expression levels of host defense genes. Interestingly, in this study, we demonstrate that the silencing of HDAC1 by both siRNA and pharmacological inhibitors resulted in decreased intracellular parasite survival. The present data not only demonstrate that up-regulation of HDAC1 and epigenetic silencing of host cell defense genes is essential for L. donovani infection but also provides novel therapeutic strategies against leishmaniasis.
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- Gargi Roy
- MolecularParasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- MolecularParasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Chromatin Remodeling Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
- * E-mail: (RMu); (RMa)
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- MolecularParasitology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
- * E-mail: (RMu); (RMa)
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Lee S, Ginese M, Girouard D, Beamer G, Huston CD, Osbourn D, Griggs DW, Tzipori S. Piperazine-Derivative MMV665917: An Effective Drug in the Diarrheic Piglet Model of Cryptosporidium hominis. J Infect Dis 2020; 220:285-293. [PMID: 30893435 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cryptosporidiosis, an enteric protozoon, causes substantial morbidity and mortality associated with diarrhea in children <2 years old in low- to middle-income countries. There is no vaccine and treatments are inadequate. A piperazine-based compound, MMV665917, has in vitro and in vivo efficacy against Cryptosporidium parvum. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of MMV665917 in gnotobiotic piglets experimentally infected with Cryptosporidium hominis, the species responsible for >75% of diarrhea reported in these children. METHODS Gnotobiotic piglets were orally challenged with C hominis oocysts, and oral treatment with MMV665917 was commenced 3 days after challenge. Oocyst excretion and diarrhea severity were observed daily, and mucosal colonization and lesions were recorded after necropsy. RESULTS MMV665917 significantly reduced fecal oocyst excretion, parasite colonization and damage to the intestinal mucosa, and peak diarrheal symptoms, compared with infected untreated controls. A dose of 20 mg/kg twice daily for 7 days was more effective than 10 mg/kg. There were no signs of organ toxicity at either dose, but 20 mg/kg was associated with slightly elevated blood cholesterol and monocytes at euthanasia. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate the effectiveness of this drug against C hominis. Piperazine-derivative MMV665917 may potentially be used to treat human cryptosporidiosis; however, further investigations are required.
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- Sangun Lee
- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts
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Gatto M, Borim PA, Wolf IR, Fukuta da Cruz T, Ferreira Mota GA, Marques Braz AM, Casella Amorim B, Targino Valente G, de Assis Golim M, Venturini J, Araújo Junior JP, Pontillo A, Sartori A. Transcriptional analysis of THP-1 cells infected with Leishmania infantum indicates no activation of the inflammasome platform. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0007949. [PMID: 31961876 PMCID: PMC6994165 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Leishmaniasis is caused by intracellular parasites transmitted to vertebrates by sandfly bites. Clinical manifestations include cutaneous, mucosal or visceral involvement depending upon the host immune response and the parasite species. To assure their survival inside macrophages, these parasites developed a plethora of highly successful strategies to manipulate various immune system pathways. Considering that inflammasome activation is critical for the establishment of a protective immune response in many parasite infections, in this study we determined the transcriptome of THP-1 cells after infection with L. infantum, with a particular focus on the inflammasome components. To this end, the human cell line THP-1, previously differentiated into macrophages by PMA treatment, was infected with L. infantum promastigotes. Differentiated THP-1 cells were also stimulated with LPS to be used as a comparative parameter. The gene expression signature was determined 8 hours after by RNA-seq technique. Infected or uninfected THP-1 cells were stimulated with nigericin (NIG) to measure active caspase-1 and TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β levels in culture supernatants after 8, 24 and 48 hours. L. infantum triggered a gene expression pattern more similar to non-infected THP-1 cells and very distinct from LPS-stimulated cells. Some of the most up-regulated genes in L. infantum-infected cells were CDC20, CSF1, RPS6KA1, CD36, DUSP2, DUSP5, DUSP7 and TNFAIP3. Some up-regulated GO terms in infected cells included cell coagulation, regulation of MAPK cascade, response to peptide hormone stimulus, negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter and nerve growth factor receptor signaling pathway. Infection was not able to induce the expression of genes associated with the inflammasome signaling pathway. This finding was confirmed by the absence of caspase-1 activation and IL-1β production after 8, 24 and 48 hours of infection. Our results indicate that L. infantum was unable to activate the inflammasomes during the initial interaction with THP-1 cells. Visceral leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania infantum, is a disease that affects millions of people worldwide. The entry of microorganisms into the host is commonly associated with activation of a multiprotein platform called inflammasome whose assembly culminates in caspase-1 activation and IL-1β production. ILβ activates other cells and effector mechanisms leading to clearance of pathogens. However, the involvement of inflammasomes in the human infection with L. infantum is poorly known. To investigate the parasite-host interaction is fundamental to understand the immunopathogenesis of visceral leishmaniasis and to allow the development of new therapeutic strategies. In this study, we used RNA-seq, a tool that allowed to investigate the global gene expression of THP-1 cells, which is a macrophage-like human cell line, infected with L. infantum. By using computational analysis, this approach allowed us to evaluate the expression of genes that compose the inflammasomes pathway and other gene networks and signaling pathways triggered after infection. This analysis indicated that, unlike species causing cutaneous leishmaniasis, L. infantum did not induce the expression of genes of inflammasome pathways, nor caspase-1 activation or IL-1β production, possibly reflecting a parasite strategy to manipulate immune system and therefore, to allow its survival inside the cells.
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- Mariana Gatto
- Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu Medical School – UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Bioprocess and Biotechnology Department, Agronomic Sciences School – UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Biosciences Institute - UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Tropical Diseases Department, Botucatu Medical School – UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
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Antonia AL, Gibbs KD, Trahair ED, Pittman KJ, Martin AT, Schott BH, Smith JS, Rajagopal S, Thompson JW, Reinhardt RL, Ko DC. Pathogen Evasion of Chemokine Response Through Suppression of CXCL10. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:280. [PMID: 31440475 PMCID: PMC6693555 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Clearance of intracellular pathogens, such as Leishmania (L.) major, depends on an immune response with well-regulated cytokine signaling. Here we describe a pathogen-mediated mechanism of evading CXCL10, a chemokine with diverse antimicrobial functions, including T cell recruitment. Infection with L. major in a human monocyte cell line induced robust CXCL10 transcription without increasing extracellular CXCL10 protein concentrations. We found that this transcriptionally independent suppression of CXCL10 is mediated by the virulence factor and protease, glycoprotein-63 (gp63). Specifically, GP63 cleaves CXCL10 after amino acid A81 at the base of a C-terminal alpha-helix. Cytokine cleavage by GP63 demonstrated specificity, as GP63 cleaved CXCL10 and its homologs, which all bind the CXCR3 receptor, but not distantly related chemokines, such as CXCL8 and CCL22. Further characterization demonstrated that CXCL10 cleavage activity by GP63 was produced by both extracellular promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes. Crucially, CXCL10 cleavage impaired T cell chemotaxis in vitro, indicating that cleaved CXCL10 cannot signal through CXCR3. Ultimately, we propose CXCL10 suppression is a convergent mechanism of immune evasion, as Salmonella enterica and Chlamydia trachomatis also suppress CXCL10. This commonality suggests that counteracting CXCL10 suppression may provide a generalizable therapeutic strategy against intracellular pathogens. Importance Leishmaniasis, an infectious disease that annually affects over one million people, is caused by intracellular parasites that have evolved to evade the host's attempts to eliminate the parasite. Cutaneous leishmaniasis results in disfiguring skin lesions if the host immune system does not appropriately respond to infection. A family of molecules called chemokines coordinate recruitment of the immune cells required to eliminate infection. Here, we demonstrate a novel mechanism that Leishmania (L.) spp. employ to suppress host chemokines: a Leishmania-encoded protease cleaves chemokines known to recruit T cells that fight off infection. We observe that other common human intracellular pathogens, including Chlamydia trachomatis and Salmonella enterica, reduce levels of the same chemokines, suggesting a strong selective pressure to avoid this component of the immune response. Our study provides new insights into how intracellular pathogens interact with the host immune response to enhance pathogen survival.
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- Alejandro L. Antonia
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource, Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, United States
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a parasitic protist that can infect nearly all nucleated cell types and tissues of warm-blooded vertebrate hosts. T. gondii utilises a unique form of gliding motility to cross cellular barriers, enter tissues, and penetrate host cells, thus enhancing spread within an infected host. However, T. gondii also disseminates by hijacking the migratory abilities of infected leukocytes. Traditionally, this process has been viewed as a route to cross biological barriers such as the blood-brain barrier. Here, we review recent findings that challenge this view by showing that infection of monocytes downregulates the program of transendothelial migration. Instead, infection by T. gondii enhances Rho-dependent interstitial migration of monocytes and macrophages, which enhances dissemination within tissues. Collectively, the available evidence indicates that T. gondii parasites use multiple means to disseminate within the host, including enhanced motility in tissues and translocation across biological barriers.
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- Lisa L Drewry
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Liu J, Zhu L, Wang J, Qiu L, Chen Y, Davis RE, Cheng G. Schistosoma japonicum extracellular vesicle miRNA cargo regulates host macrophage functions facilitating parasitism. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007817. [PMID: 31163079 PMCID: PMC6548406 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Schistosome infection persists for decades. Parasites are in close contact with host peripheral blood immune cells, yet little is known about the regulatory interactions between parasites and these immune cells. Here, we report that extracellular vesicles (EVs) released from Schistosoma japonicum are taken up primarily by macrophages and other host peripheral blood immune cells and their miRNA cargo transferred into recipient cells. Uptake of S. japonicum EV miR-125b and bantam miRNAs into host cells increased macrophage proliferation and TNF-α production by regulating the corresponding targets including Pros1, Fam212b, and Clmp. Mice infected with S. japonicum exhibit an increased population of monocytes and elevated levels of TNF-α. Reduction of host monocytes and TNF-α level in S. japonicum infected mice led to a significant reduction in worm and egg burden and pathology. Overall, we demonstrate that S. japonicum EV miRNAs can regulate host macrophages illustrating parasite modulation of the host immune response to facilitate parasite survival. Our findings provide valuable insights into the schistosome-host interaction which may help to develop novel intervention strategies against schistosomiasis. Schistosomes that cause schistosomiasis infection persist for decades despite a host immune response. Therefore, elucidating the mechanism of schistosome survival will not only contribute to the understanding of host-parasite interaction but also lead to the development of novel strategies against schistosomiasis. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their miRNA cargo have been shown to be mediators of intercellular communication involved in the regulation of many biological processes. Here, we demonstrated that EVs released from Schistosoma japonicum (SjEVs) are taken up primarily by macrophages and other host peripheral blood immune cells and their miRNA cargo transferred into recipient cells. Uptake of S. japonicum EV miR-125b and bantam miRNAs into host cells increased macrophage proliferation and TNF-α production that contributes to parasite survival. Our findings reveal key roles of SjEV miRNAs for facilitating parasitism in schistosomes.
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- Juntao Liu
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology of Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology of Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, RNA Bioscience Initiative, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology of Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, RNA Bioscience Initiative, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology of Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China
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García-Sánchez M, Jiménez-Pelayo L, Horcajo P, Regidor-Cerrillo J, Ólafsson EB, Bhandage AK, Barragan A, Werling D, Ortega-Mora LM, Collantes-Fernández E. Differential Responses of Bovine Monocyte-Derived Macrophages to Infection by Neospora caninum Isolates of High and Low Virulence. Front Immunol 2019; 10:915. [PMID: 31114577 PMCID: PMC6503000 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Neospora caninum, a protozoan parasite closely related to Toxoplasma gondii, represents one of the main causes of abortion in cattle. Macrophages (MØs) are mediators of the innate immune response against infection and likely one of the first cells encountered by the parasite during the host infection process. In this study, we investigated in vitro how high or low virulent isolates of N. caninum (Nc-Spain7 and Nc-Spain1H, respectively) interact with bovine monocyte-derived MØs and the influence of the isolate virulence on the subsequent cellular response. Both isolates actively invaded, survived and replicated in the MØs. However, Nc-Spain7 showed a higher invasion rate and a replication significantly faster, following an exponential growth model, whereas Nc-Spain1H presented a delayed replication and a lower growth rate without an exponential pattern. N. caninum infection induced a hypermigratory phenotype in bovine MØs that was characterized by enhanced motility and transmigration in vitro and was accompanied by morphological changes and abrogated extracellular matrix degradation. A significantly higher hypermotility was observed with the highly virulent isolate Nc-Spain7. Nc-Spain1H-infected MØs showed elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and IL12p40 expression, which also resulted in increased IFN-γ release by lymphocytes, compared to cells infected with Nc-Spain7. Furthermore, IL-10 was upregulated in MØs infected with both isolates. Infected MØs exhibited lower expression of MHC Class II, CD86, and CD1b molecules than uninfected MØs, with non-significant differences between isolates. This work characterizes for the first time N. caninum replication in bovine monocyte-derived MØs and details isolate-dependent differences in host cell responses to the parasite.
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- Marta García-Sánchez
- SALUVET, Animal Health Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- SALUVET, Animal Health Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- SALUVET, Animal Health Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, North Mymms, United Kingdom
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Reaves BJ, Wallis C, McCoy CJ, Lorenz WW, Rada B, Wolstenholme AJ. Recognition and killing of Brugia malayi microfilariae by human immune cells is dependent on the parasite sample and is not altered by ivermectin treatment. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist 2018; 8:587-595. [PMID: 30279092 PMCID: PMC6287470 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mass administration of macrocyclic lactones targets the transmission of the causative agents of lymphatic filariasis to their insect vectors by rapidly clearing microfilariae (Mf) from the circulation. It has been proposed that the anti-filarial action of these drugs may be mediated through the host immune system. We recently developed an in vitro assay for monitoring the attachment to and killing of B. malayi Mf by human neutrophils (PMNs) and monocytes (PBMCs), however, the levels of both cell to worm attachment and leukocyte mediated Mf killing varied greatly between individual experiments. To determine whether differences in an individual's immune cells or the Mf themselves might account for the variability in survival, PMNs and PBMCs were isolated from 12 donors every week for 4 weeks and the cells used for survival assays with a different batch of Mf, thereby keeping donors constant but varying the Mf sample. Results from these experiments indicate that, overall, killing is Mf-rather than donor-dependent. To assess whether ivermectin (IVM) or diethylcarbamazine (DEC) increase killing, Mf were incubated either alone or with immune cells in the presence of IVM or DEC. Neither drug induced a significant difference in the survival of Mf whether cultured with or without cells, with the exception of DEC at 2 h post incubation. In addition, human PBMCs and PMNs were incubated with IVM or DEC for 1 h or 16 h prior to RNA extraction and Illumina sequencing. Although donor-to-donor variation may mask subtle differences in gene expression, principle component analysis of the RNASeq data indicates that there is no significant change in the expression of any genes from the treated cells versus controls. Together these data suggest that IVM and DEC have little direct effect on immune cells involved in the rapid clearance of Mf from the circulation.
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- Barbara J Reaves
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA; Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA; Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Institute for Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA; Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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Narasimhan PB, Akabas L, Tariq S, Huda N, Bennuru S, Sabzevari H, Hofmeister R, Nutman TB, Tolouei Semnani R. Similarities and differences between helminth parasites and cancer cell lines in shaping human monocytes: Insights into parallel mechanisms of immune evasion. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018; 12:e0006404. [PMID: 29668679 PMCID: PMC5927465 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A number of features at the host-parasite interface are reminiscent of those that are also observed at the host-tumor interface. Both cancer cells and parasites establish a tissue microenvironment that allows for immune evasion and may reflect functional alterations of various innate cells. Here, we investigated how the phenotype and function of human monocytes is altered by exposure to cancer cell lines and if these functional and phenotypic alterations parallel those induced by exposure to helminth parasites. Thus, human monocytes were exposed to three different cancer cell lines (breast, ovarian, or glioblastoma) or to live microfilariae (mf) of Brugia malayi-a causative agent of lymphatic filariasis. After 2 days of co-culture, monocytes exposed to cancer cell lines showed markedly upregulated expression of M1-associated (TNF-α, IL-1β), M2-associated (CCL13, CD206), Mreg-associated (IL-10, TGF-β), and angiogenesis associated (MMP9, VEGF) genes. Similar to cancer cell lines, but less dramatically, mf altered the mRNA expression of IL-1β, CCL13, TGM2 and MMP9. When surface expression of the inhibitory ligands PDL1 and PDL2 was assessed, monocytes exposed to both cancer cell lines and to live mf significantly upregulated PDL1 and PDL2 expression. In contrast to exposure to mf, exposure to cancer cell lines increased the phagocytic ability of monocytes and reduced their ability to induce T cell proliferation and to expand Granzyme A+ CD8+ T cells. Our data suggest that despite the fact that helminth parasites and cancer cell lines are extraordinarily disparate, they share the ability to alter the phenotype of human monocytes.
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- Prakash Babu Narasimhan
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA, United States of America
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- EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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Cook JH, Ueno N, Lodoen MB. Toxoplasma gondii disrupts β1 integrin signaling and focal adhesion formation during monocyte hypermotility. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:3374-3385. [PMID: 29295815 PMCID: PMC5836128 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.793281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The motility of blood monocytes is orchestrated by the activity of cell-surface integrins, which translate extracellular signals into cytoskeletal changes to mediate adhesion and migration. Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite that infects migratory cells and enhances their motility, but the mechanisms underlying T. gondii-induced hypermotility are incompletely understood. We investigated the molecular basis for the hypermotility of primary human peripheral blood monocytes and THP-1 cells infected with T. gondii Compared with uninfected monocytes, T. gondii infection of monocytes reduced cell spreading and the number of activated β1 integrin clusters in contact with fibronectin during settling, an effect not observed in monocytes treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Escherichia coli Furthermore, T. gondii infection disrupted the phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) at tyrosine 397 (Tyr-397) and Tyr-925 and of the related protein proline-rich tyrosine kinase (Pyk2) at Tyr-402. The localization of paxillin, FAK, and vinculin to focal adhesions and the colocalization of these proteins with activated β1 integrins were also impaired in T. gondii-infected monocytes. Using time-lapse confocal microscopy of THP-1 cells expressing enhanced GFP (eGFP)-FAK during settling on fibronectin, we found that T. gondii-induced monocyte hypermotility was characterized by a reduced number of enhanced GFP-FAK-containing clusters over time compared with uninfected cells. This study demonstrates an integrin conformation-independent regulation of the β1 integrin adhesion pathway, providing further insight into the molecular mechanism of T. gondii-induced monocyte hypermotility.
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- Joshua H Cook
- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and the Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and the Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and the Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697
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Song HB, Jun HO, Kim JH, Lee YH, Choi MH, Kim JH. Disruption of outer blood-retinal barrier by Toxoplasma gondii-infected monocytes is mediated by paracrinely activated FAK signaling. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175159. [PMID: 28406972 PMCID: PMC5390985 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ocular toxoplasmosis is mediated by monocytes infected with Toxoplasma gondii that are disseminated to target organs. Although infected monocytes can easily access to outer blood-retinal barrier due to leaky choroidal vasculatures, not much is known about the effect of T. gondii-infected monocytes on outer blood-retinal barrier. We prepared human monocytes, THP-1, infected with T. gondii and human retinal pigment epithelial cells, ARPE-19, grown on transwells as an in vitro model of outer blood-retinal barrier. Exposure to infected monocytes resulted in disruption of tight junction protein, ZO-1, and decrease in transepithelial electrical resistance of retinal pigment epithelium. Supernatants alone separated from infected monocytes also decreased transepithelial electrical resistance and disrupted tight junction protein. Further investigation revealed that the supernatants could activate focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signaling in retinal pigment epithelium and the disruption was attenuated by FAK inhibitor. The disrupted barrier was partly restored by blocking CXCL8, a FAK activating factor secreted by infected monocytes. In this study, we demonstrated that monocytes infected with T. gondii can disrupt outer blood-retinal barrier, which is mediated by paracrinely activated FAK signaling. FAK signaling can be a target of therapeutic approach to prevent negative influence of infected monocytes on outer blood-retinal barrier.
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- Hyun Beom Song
- Fight against Angiogenesis-Related Blindness (FARB) Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Fight against Angiogenesis-Related Blindness (FARB) Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Fight against Angiogenesis-Related Blindness (FARB) Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Infection Biology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (JHK); (MHC)
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- Fight against Angiogenesis-Related Blindness (FARB) Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (JHK); (MHC)
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Aral Akarsu G, Biriken D, Karahan ZC. [Investigation of cytokine responses and variations in the expression of beta-defensin-3 of Caco-2 human colon epidermal adenocarsinoma and THP-1 human leukemia monocyte cell lines in response to Toxoplasma gondii under various conditions]. MIKROBIYOL BUL 2017; 51:156-164. [PMID: 28566079] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Mononuclear phogocytic cells and epithelial cells are effective during the initiation and regulation of the innate immune response. They have an active role in mucosal immune response both mechanically and by interaction with other cells with cytokine release. Defensins are microbicidal peptides that are expressed in various cells and are thought to be effective in the first line defense against pathogens. IL-12 and IL-10, showing proinflamatory and antiinflamatory activities, respectively, are actors of the cellular immunity and limit the infection of the host without causing immunopathology. The aim of this study was to observe the differences in the release of IL-12 and IL-10 and the expression of human beta-defensin-3 (hBD-3) inCaco-2 (human colon epidermal adenocarcinoma cell) and THP-1 (human leukemia monocytic cell) cell lines cultured alone or in co-culture, by the stimulation of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites either in direct contact with the cells or separated by an insert filter from the cells. Twenty-four hours after the addition of RH strain tachyzoites to the cells, the supernatants were collected from the experiment wells, and commercial ELISA kits (Invitrogen) were used according to the manufacturers instructions to measure IL-12 and IL-10 levels. HBD-3 expression of cells collected from the experiment wells afterfour and 24 hourswere analyzed by using real time PCR. For this procedure, complementary c-DNA was obtained (Transcriptor High Fidelity cDNA Synthesis Kit, Roche Diagnostics, Germany)after the extraction of RNA with a commercial kit (High pure RNA isolation kit, Roche Diagnostics, Germany). IL-12 was higher than IL-10 in all experiment wells. IL-12 was induced more in the co-culture wells where Caco-2 and THP-1 cells were challenged together, than the wells in which the cells infected with T.gondii tachyzoites alone. No differences in respect to cytokine response were observed between the cells with which tachyzoites were in contact and the cells which were separated from the parasites with an insert. In hBD-3 experiments, Caco-2 and THP-1 cells interacted in co-culture wells when infected with tachyzoites and displayed a higher level of hBD-3 expression than the condition when they were infected alone. This study showed that, IL-12 release and hBD-3 expression, which play a role in innate immunity, are greater when various antigens of T.gondii interacted with stimulated mononuclear cell and epithelial cells.
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- Gülay Aral Akarsu
- Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Division of Medical Parasitology, Ankara, Turkey.
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Glennie ND, Volk SW, Scott P. Skin-resident CD4+ T cells protect against Leishmania major by recruiting and activating inflammatory monocytes. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006349. [PMID: 28419151 PMCID: PMC5409171 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Tissue-resident memory T cells are required for establishing protective immunity against a variety of different pathogens, although the mechanisms mediating protection by CD4+ resident memory T cells are still being defined. In this study we addressed this issue with a population of protective skin-resident, IFNγ-producing CD4+ memory T cells generated following Leishmania major infection. We previously found that resident memory T cells recruit circulating effector T cells to enhance immunity. Here we show that resident memory CD4+ T cells mediate the delayed-hypersensitivity response observed in immune mice and provide protection without circulating T cells. This protection occurs rapidly after challenge, and requires the recruitment and activation of inflammatory monocytes, which limit parasites by production of both reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide. Overall, these data highlight a novel role for tissue-resident memory cells in recruiting and activating inflammatory monocytes, and underscore the central role that skin-resident T cells play in immunity to cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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- Nelson D. Glennie
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Hurrell BP, Schuster S, Grün E, Coutaz M, Williams RA, Held W, Malissen B, Malissen M, Yousefi S, Simon HU, Müller AJ, Tacchini-Cottier F. Rapid Sequestration of Leishmania mexicana by Neutrophils Contributes to the Development of Chronic Lesion. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1004929. [PMID: 26020515 PMCID: PMC4447405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
The protozoan Leishmania mexicana parasite causes chronic non-healing cutaneous lesions in humans and mice with poor parasite control. The mechanisms preventing the development of a protective immune response against this parasite are unclear. Here we provide data demonstrating that parasite sequestration by neutrophils is responsible for disease progression in mice. Within hours of infection L. mexicana induced the local recruitment of neutrophils, which ingested parasites and formed extracellular traps without markedly impairing parasite survival. We further showed that the L. mexicana-induced recruitment of neutrophils impaired the early recruitment of dendritic cells at the site of infection as observed by intravital 2-photon microscopy and flow cytometry analysis. Indeed, infection of neutropenic Genista mice and of mice depleted of neutrophils at the onset of infection demonstrated a prominent role for neutrophils in this process. Furthermore, an increase in monocyte-derived dendritic cells was also observed in draining lymph nodes of neutropenic mice, correlating with subsequent increased frequency of IFNγ-secreting T helper cells, and better parasite control leading ultimately to complete healing of the lesion. Altogether, these findings show that L. mexicana exploits neutrophils to block the induction of a protective immune response and impairs the control of lesion development. Our data thus demonstrate an unanticipated negative role for these innate immune cells in host defense, suggesting that in certain forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis, regulating neutrophil recruitment could be a strategy to promote lesion healing. Infection with the protozoan Leishmania parasites causes a spectrum of diseases ranging from cutaneous to visceral forms that are fatal if left untreated. Among the different Leishmania species, Leishmania mexicana causes chronic cutaneous lesions in humans. To study this disease, we used a murine model. Following infection with Leishmania mexicana, most mouse species including C57BL/6 develop chronic non-healing lesion. Within hours of infection, neutrophils are recruited locally and they ingest the parasites. Although neutrophils are leukocytes that are able to rapidly kill pathogens using an arsenal of molecules, several microorganisms including some, but not all, Leishmania species are able to survive within these cells. Here, we show that L. mexicana elicits the rapid recruitment of neutrophils at the site of infection, survives within these cells and uses them to its advantage. Furthermore, transient parasite sequestration by neutrophils delays recruitment of other leukocytes such as monocytes, contributing to the impaired development of a protective immune response against the parasite and chronic lesion development. Thus, we describe a previously unanticipated pathogenic role for neutrophils in chronic lesion development. More importantly, our data suggest that in certain forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis, regulating neutrophil recruitment could be a strategy to promote lesion healing.
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- Benjamin P. Hurrell
- Department of Biochemistry, WHO-Immunology Research and Training Center, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, WHO-Immunology Research and Training Center, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, WHO-Immunology Research and Training Center, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, WHO-Immunology Research and Training Center, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
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- School of Science and Sport, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom
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- Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML) Aix Marseille Université, UM2, Marseille, France
- INSERM U1104, Marseille, France
- CNRS UMR7280, Marseille, France
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- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML) Aix Marseille Université, UM2, Marseille, France
- INSERM U1104, Marseille, France
- CNRS UMR7280, Marseille, France
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- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, WHO-Immunology Research and Training Center, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
- Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research- Braunschweig, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, WHO-Immunology Research and Training Center, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
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Stijlemans B, Leng L, Brys L, Sparkes A, Vansintjan L, Caljon G, Raes G, Van Den Abbeele J, Van Ginderachter JA, Beschin A, Bucala R, De Baetselier P. MIF contributes to Trypanosoma brucei associated immunopathogenicity development. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004414. [PMID: 25255103 PMCID: PMC4177988 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
African trypanosomiasis is a chronic debilitating disease affecting the health and economic well-being of many people in developing countries. The pathogenicity associated with this disease involves a persistent inflammatory response, whereby M1-type myeloid cells, including Ly6Chigh inflammatory monocytes, are centrally implicated. A comparative gene analysis between trypanosusceptible and trypanotolerant animals identified MIF (macrophage migrating inhibitory factor) as an important pathogenic candidate molecule. Using MIF-deficient mice and anti-MIF antibody treated mice, we show that MIF mediates the pathogenic inflammatory immune response and increases the recruitment of inflammatory monocytes and neutrophils to contribute to liver injury in Trypanosoma brucei infected mice. Moreover, neutrophil-derived MIF contributed more significantly than monocyte-derived MIF to increased pathogenic liver TNF production and liver injury during trypanosome infection. MIF deficient animals also featured limited anemia, coinciding with increased iron bio-availability, improved erythropoiesis and reduced RBC clearance during the chronic phase of infection. Our data suggest that MIF promotes the most prominent pathological features of experimental trypanosome infections (i.e. anemia and liver injury), and prompt considering MIF as a novel target for treatment of trypanosomiasis-associated immunopathogenicity. Uncontrolled inflammation is a major contributor to pathogenicity development during many chronic parasitic infections, including African trypanosome infections. Hence, therapies should aim at re-establishing the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses to reduce tissue damage. Our experiments uncovered that macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) plays a pivotal role in trypanosomiasis-associated pathogenicity development. Hereby, MIF-deficient and neutralizing anti-MIF antibody-treated wild type (WT) T. brucei-infected mice exhibited decreased inflammatory responses, reduced liver damage and anemia (i.e. the most prominent pathogenicity features) compared to WT control mice. The reduced tissue damage coincided with reduced infiltration of pathogenic monocytic cells and neutrophils, whereby neutrophil-derived MIF contributed more significantly than monocyte-derived MIF to tissue damage. MIF also promoted anemia development by suppressing red blood cell production and enhancing their clearance. The clinical significance of these findings follows from human genetic data indicating that low-expression (protective) MIF alleles are enriched in Africans. The current findings therefore offer promise for human translation and open the possibility of assessing MIF levels or MIF genotype as an indication of an individual's risk for severe trypanosomiasis. Furthermore, given the unmet medical need of African trypanosomiasis affecting millions of people, these findings highlight MIF as a potential new therapeutic target for treatment of trypanosomiasis-associated pathogenicity.
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- Benoît Stijlemans
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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- Unit of Veterinary Protozoology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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- Unit of Veterinary Protozoology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Brussels, Belgium
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Antonelli LRV, Leoratti FMS, Costa PAC, Rocha BC, Diniz SQ, Tada MS, Pereira DB, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Golenbock DT, Gonçalves R, Gazzinelli RT. The CD14+CD16+ inflammatory monocyte subset displays increased mitochondrial activity and effector function during acute Plasmodium vivax malaria. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004393. [PMID: 25233271 PMCID: PMC4169496 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Infection with Plasmodium vivax results in strong activation of monocytes, which are important components of both the systemic inflammatory response and parasite control. The overall goal of this study was to define the role of monocytes during P. vivax malaria. Here, we demonstrate that P. vivax-infected patients display significant increase in circulating monocytes, which were defined as CD14(+)CD16- (classical), CD14(+)CD16(+) (inflammatory), and CD14loCD16(+) (patrolling) cells. While the classical and inflammatory monocytes were found to be the primary source of pro-inflammatory cytokines, the CD16(+) cells, in particular the CD14(+)CD16(+) monocytes, expressed the highest levels of activation markers, which included chemokine receptors and adhesion molecules. Morphologically, CD14(+) were distinguished from CD14lo monocytes by displaying larger and more active mitochondria. CD14(+)CD16(+) monocytes were more efficient in phagocytizing P. vivax-infected reticulocytes, which induced them to produce high levels of intracellular TNF-α and reactive oxygen species. Importantly, antibodies specific for ICAM-1, PECAM-1 or LFA-1 efficiently blocked the phagocytosis of infected reticulocytes by monocytes. Hence, our results provide key information on the mechanism by which CD14(+)CD16(+) cells control parasite burden, supporting the hypothesis that they play a role in resistance to P. vivax infection.
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- Lis R. V. Antonelli
- Laboratório de Immunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Immunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Immunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Immunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Immunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Medicina Tropical de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Medicina Tropical de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Immunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Muñoz-Caro T, Silva LMR, Ritter C, Taubert A, Hermosilla C. Besnoitia besnoiti tachyzoites induce monocyte extracellular trap formation. Parasitol Res 2014; 113:4189-97. [PMID: 25193048 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4094-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Extracellular trap (ET) formation has been demonstrated as an important novel effector mechanism of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), eosinophils, mast cells and macrophages acting extracellularly against pathogens. In the present study, we show that tachyzoites of the emerging apicomplexan parasite Besnoitia besnoiti, that have recently been reported as potent inducers of PMN-derived ETosis, also trigger the release of ETs in an additional cell type, namely in monocytes. Fluorescence illustrations as well as scanning electron microscopy analyses (SEM) showed monocyte-promoted ET formation to be rapidly induced upon exposure to viable tachyzoites of B. besnoiti. Classical characteristics of ETs were confirmed by the co-localization of extracellular DNA with histones (H3) or myeloperoxidase (MPO) in parasite-entrapping structures. Monocyte-derived ETs were efficiently abolished by DNase I treatment and significantly reduced by treatments with inhibitors of MPO and NADPH oxidase, thus strengthening the key roles of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and MPO in monocyte ET formation. For comparative reasons, we additionally tested sporozoite stages of the closely related parasite Eimeria bovis for their capacity to induce monocyte-derived ETs and showed that these stages indeed induce ETs. To our best knowledge, we here report for the first time on monocyte ETs against the apicomplexan parasites B. besnoiti and E. bovis. Our results indicate that monocyte-triggered ETs may represent an important effector mechanism of the host early innate immune response against B. besnoiti and add a new cell type to the list of cells capable to release ETs.
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- Tamara Muñoz-Caro
- Institute of Parasitology, BFS, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Schubertstraße 81, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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Girgis NM, Gundra UM, Ward LN, Cabrera M, Frevert U, Loke P. Ly6C(high) monocytes become alternatively activated macrophages in schistosome granulomas with help from CD4+ cells. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004080. [PMID: 24967715 PMCID: PMC4072804 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Alternatively activated macrophages (AAM) that accumulate during chronic T helper 2 inflammatory conditions may arise through proliferation of resident macrophages or recruitment of monocyte-derived cells. Liver granulomas that form around eggs of the helminth parasite Schistosoma mansoni require AAM to limit tissue damage. Here, we characterized monocyte and macrophage dynamics in the livers of infected CX3CR1GFP/+ mice. CX3CR1-GFP+ monocytes and macrophages accumulated around eggs and in granulomas during infection and upregulated PD-L2 expression, indicating differentiation into AAM. Intravital imaging of CX3CR1-GFP+ Ly6Clow monocytes revealed alterations in patrolling behavior including arrest around eggs that were not encased in granulomas. Differential labeling of CX3CR1-GFP+ cells in the blood and the tissue showed CD4+ T cell dependent accumulation of PD-L2+ CX3CR1-GFP+ AAM in the tissues as granulomas form. By adoptive transfer of Ly6Chigh and Ly6Clow monocytes into infected mice, we found that AAM originate primarily from transferred Ly6Chigh monocytes, but that these cells may transition through a Ly6Clow state and adopt patrolling behavior in the vasculature. Thus, during chronic helminth infection AAM can arise from recruited Ly6Chigh monocytes via help from CD4+ T cells. Macrophages will adopt different characteristics based on different types of inflammatory responses. During infection by parasitic helminths such as Schistosoma mansoni, macrophages adopt an “alternatively activated” or M2 phenotype (AAM). These AAM are important for protecting liver hepatocytes from damage caused by the parasite eggs. Here, we examine the cellular source of AAM in the liver of mice infected with S. mansoni. We find that AAM during S. mansoni infection come from monocytes and not from tissue resident macrophages. Monocytes can be separated into Ly6Chigh and Ly6Clow monocyte subsets. We demonstrate that it is the Ly6Chigh monocytes that are the precursors of AAM in the liver granulomas, but they might adopt the behavior of Ly6Clow monocytes in response to schistosome eggs. Additionally, these Ly6CHigh monocytes require help from CD4+ T cells in order to differentiate into AAM or to maintain this phenotype.
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- Natasha M. Girgis
- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Novais FO, Nguyen BT, Beiting DP, Carvalho LP, Glennie ND, Passos S, Carvalho EM, Scott P. Human classical monocytes control the intracellular stage of Leishmania braziliensis by reactive oxygen species. J Infect Dis 2014; 209:1288-96. [PMID: 24403561 PMCID: PMC3969552 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Leishmania braziliensis are intracellular parasites that cause unique clinical forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Previous studies with other leishmania species demonstrated that reactive oxygen species (ROS) control promastigotes, the infective stage of the parasite, but not the amastigote form that exists in the mammalian host. Here we show that ROS inhibits growth of L. braziliensis amastigotes in resting monocytes, and that classical monocytes are primarily responsible for this control. ROS, but not nitric oxide, also contributed to killing of L. braziliensis by IFN-γ activated monocytes. Furthermore, by gene expression profiling of human lesions we found greater expression of genes associated with ROS, but not nitric oxide, compared to normal skin. This study shows that ROS are important for control of L. braziliensis both at the initial stages of infection, as well as at later time points, and highlights that monocyte subsets may play different roles during leishmaniasis.
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- Fernanda O. Novais
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais-INCT-DT(CNPq/MCT), Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitario Prof. Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais-INCT-DT(CNPq/MCT), Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitario Prof. Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais-INCT-DT(CNPq/MCT), Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitario Prof. Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Teo JDW, MacAry PA, Tan KSW. Pleiotropic effects of Blastocystis spp. Subtypes 4 and 7 on ligand-specific toll-like receptor signaling and NF-κB activation in a human monocyte cell line. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89036. [PMID: 24551212 PMCID: PMC3925187 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Blastocystis spp. is a common enteric stramenopile parasite that colonizes the colon of hosts of a diverse array of species, including humans. It has been shown to compromise intestinal epithelial cell barrier integrity and mediate the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Mucosal epithelial surfaces, including the intestinal epithelium, are increasingly recognized to perform a vital surveillance role in the context of innate immunity, through the expression of pathogen recognition receptors, such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs). In this study, we use the human TLR reporter monocytic cell line, THP1-Blue, which expresses all human TLRs, to investigate effects of Blastocystis on TLR activation, more specifically the activation of TLR-2, -4 and -5. We have observed that live Blastocystis spp. parasites and whole cell lysate (WCL) alone do not activate TLRs in THP1-Blue. Live ST4-WR1 parasites inhibited LPS-mediated NF-κB activation in THP1-Blue. In contrast, ST7-B WCL and ST4-WR1 WCL induced pleiotropic modulation of ligand-specific TLR-2 and TLR-4 activation, with no significant effects on flagellin-mediated TLR-5 activation. Real time-qPCR analysis on SEAP reporter gene confirmed the augmenting effect of ST7-B on LPS-mediated NF-κB activation in THP1-Blue. Taken together, this is the first study to characterize interactions between Blastocystis spp. and host TLR activation using an in vitro reporter model.
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- Joshua D. W. Teo
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Immunology Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Azcárate IG, Marín-García P, Kamali AN, Pérez-Benavente S, Puyet A, Diez A, Bautista JM. Differential immune response associated to malaria outcome is detectable in peripheral blood following Plasmodium yoelii infection in mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85664. [PMID: 24465641 PMCID: PMC3900426 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Malaria infection in humans elicits a wide range of immune responses that can be detected in peripheral blood, but we lack detailed long-term follow-up data on the primary and subsequent infections that lead to naturally acquired immunity. Studies on antimalarial immune responses in mice have been based on models yielding homogenous infection profiles. Here, we present a mouse model in which a heterogeneous course of Plasmodium yoelii lethal malaria infection is produced in a non-congenic ICR strain to allow comparison among different immunological and clinical outcomes. Three different disease courses were observed ranging from a fatal outcome, either early or late, to a self-resolved infection that conferred long-term immunity against re-infection. Qualitative and quantitative changes produced in leukocyte subpopulations and cytokine profiles detected in peripheral blood during the first week of infection revealed that monocytes, dendritic cells and immature B cells were the main cell subsets present in highly-parasitized mice dying in the first week after infection. Besides, CD4(+)CD25(high) T cells expanded at an earlier time point in early deceased mice than in surviving mice and expressed higher levels of intracellular Foxp3 protein. In contrast, survivors showed a limited increase of cytokines release and stable circulating innate cells. From the second week of infection, mice that would die or survive showed similar immune profiles, although CD4(+)CD25(high) T cells number increased earlier in mice with the worst prognosis. In surviving mice the expansion of activated circulating T cell and switched-class B cells with a long-term protective humoral response from the second infection week is remarkable. Our results demonstrate that the follow-up studies of immunological blood parameters during a malaria infection can offer information about the course of the pathological process and the immune response.
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- Isabel G. Azcárate
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IV, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Veterinaria, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
- Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IV, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Veterinaria, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IV, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Veterinaria, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IV, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Veterinaria, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IV, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Veterinaria, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
- Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IV, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Veterinaria, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
- Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IV, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Veterinaria, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
- Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain,
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Hill DL, Eriksson EM, Li Wai Suen CSN, Chiu CY, Ryg-Cornejo V, Robinson LJ, Siba PM, Mueller I, Hansen DS, Schofield L. Opsonising antibodies to P. falciparum merozoites associated with immunity to clinical malaria. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74627. [PMID: 24040299 PMCID: PMC3767630 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Naturally acquired humoral immunity to the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum can protect against disease, although the precise mechanisms remain unclear. Although antibody levels can be measured by ELISA, few studies have investigated functional antibody assays in relation to clinical outcomes. In this study we applied a recently developed functional assay of antibody-mediated opsonisation of merozoites, to plasma samples from a longitudinal cohort study conducted in a malaria endemic region of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Phagocytic activity was quantified by flow cytometry using a standardized and high-throughput protocol, and was subsequently evaluated for association with protection from clinical malaria and high-density parasitemia. Opsonising antibody responses were found to: i) increase with age, ii) be enhanced by concurrent infection, and iii) correlate with protection from clinical episodes and high-density parasitemia. Stronger protective associations were observed in individuals with no detectable parasitemia at baseline. This study presents the first evidence for merozoite phagocytosis as a correlate of acquired immunity and clinical protection against P. falciparum malaria.
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- Danika L. Hill
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Vector Borne Disease Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua, New Guinea
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- Vector Borne Disease Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua, New Guinea
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Barcelona Center for International Health, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Buxbaum LU. Leishmania mexicana infection induces IgG to parasite surface glycoinositol phospholipids that can induce IL-10 in mice and humans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013; 7:e2224. [PMID: 23675550 PMCID: PMC3649955 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Infection with the intracellular protozoan parasite Leishmania mexicana causes chronic disease in C57BL/6 mice, in which cutaneous lesions persist for many months with high parasite burdens (10(7)-10(8) parasites). This chronic disease process requires host IL-10 and FcγRIII. When Leishmania amastigotes are released from cells, surface-bound IgG can induce IL-10 and suppress IL-12 production from macrophages. These changes decrease IFN-γ from T cells and nitric oxide production in infected cells, which are both required for Leishmania control. However, antibodies targets and the kinetics of antibody production are unknown. Several groups have been unsuccessful in identifying amastigote surface proteins that bind IgG. We now show that glycoinositol phospholipids (GIPLs) of L. mexicana are recognized by mouse IgG1 by 6 weeks of infection, with a rapid increase between 12 and 16 weeks, consistent with the timing of chronic disease in C57BL/6 mice vs. healing in FcγRIII-deficient mice. A single prominent spot on TLC is recognized by IgG, and the glycolipid is a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol containing a branched mannose structure. We show that the lipid structure of the GIPL (the sn-2 fatty acid) is required for antibody recognition. This GIPL is abundant in L. mexicana amastigotes, rare in stationary-phase promastigotes, and absent in L. major, consistent with a role for antibodies to GIPLs in chronic disease. A mouse monoclonal anti-GIPL IgG recognizes GIPLs on the parasite surface, and induces IL-10 from macrophages. The current work also extends this mouse analysis to humans, finding that L. mexicana-infected humans with localized and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis have antibodies that recognize GIPLs, can bind to the surface of amastigotes, and can induce IL-10 from human monocytes. Further characterization of the target glycolipids will have important implications for drug and vaccine development and will elucidate the poorly understood role of glycolipids in the immunology of infections.
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- Laurence U Buxbaum
- Philadelphia Research and Education Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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Wolofsky KT, Ayi K, Branch DR, Hult AK, Olsson ML, Liles WC, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Kain KC. ABO blood groups influence macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. PLoS Pathog 2012; 8:e1002942. [PMID: 23071435 PMCID: PMC3469569 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Erythrocyte polymorphisms associated with a survival advantage to Plasmodium falciparum infection have undergone positive selection. There is a predominance of blood group O in malaria-endemic regions, and several lines of evidence suggest that ABO blood groups may influence the outcome of P. falciparum infection. Based on the hypothesis that enhanced innate clearance of infected polymorphic erythrocytes is associated with protection from severe malaria, we investigated whether P. falciparum-infected O erythrocytes are more efficiently cleared by macrophages than infected A and B erythrocytes. We show that human macrophages in vitro and mouse monocytes in vivo phagocytose P. falciparum-infected O erythrocytes more avidly than infected A and B erythrocytes and that uptake is associated with increased hemichrome deposition and high molecular weight band 3 aggregates in infected O erythrocytes. Using infected A1, A2, and O erythrocytes, we demonstrate an inverse association of phagocytic capacity with the amount of A antigen on the surface of infected erythrocytes. Finally, we report that enzymatic conversion of B erythrocytes to type as O before infection significantly enhances their uptake by macrophages to observed level comparable to that with infected O wild-type erythrocytes. These data provide the first evidence that ABO blood group antigens influence macrophage clearance of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes and suggest an additional mechanism by which blood group O may confer resistance to severe malaria. Plasmodium falciparum malaria is considered to be one of the strongest forces for evolutionary selection pressure on the human genome. Different red blood cell variants associated with a survival advantage to P. falciparum infection have undergone positive selection. Blood group O is found more frequently in malaria-endemic regions and has been associated with protection against severe malaria and death. However the biological basis of protection remains unclear. In this study, we investigated innate immune clearance of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes by macrophages as a possible mode of protection. We show that macrophages clear P. falciparum-infected O erythrocytes more avidly than infected A and B erythrocytes. We also report that enzymatic conversion of infected blood group B red cells to type as “O” like erythrocytes significantly enhances their uptake by macrophages to a level comparable to that observed with infected O wild type erythrocytes. These data provide the first evidence that clearance of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes is influenced by human ABO blood groups and suggest a new mechanism by which blood group O may contribute to protection against severe malaria.
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- Kayla T. Wolofsky
- Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, SA Rotman Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, SA Rotman Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Research and Development, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, SA Rotman Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, SA Rotman Laboratories, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Anyona SB, Kempaiah P, Raballah E, Davenport GC, Were T, Konah SN, Vulule JM, Hittner JB, Gichuki CW, Ong'echa JM, Perkins DJ. Reduced systemic bicyclo-prostaglandin-E2 and cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression are associated with inefficient erythropoiesis and enhanced uptake of monocytic hemozoin in children with severe malarial anemia. Am J Hematol 2012; 87:782-9. [PMID: 22730036 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas, severe malaria primarily occurs in children aged <48 months and manifests as severe malarial anemia [SMA; hemoglobin (Hb) < 6.0 g/dL]. Induction of high levels of prostaglandin-E(2) (PGE(2)) through inducible cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is an important host-defense mechanism against invading pathogens. We have previously shown that COX-2-derived PGE(2) levels are reduced in children residing in hyperendemic transmission regions with cerebral malaria and in those with mixed sequelae of anemia and hyperparasitemia. Our in vitro studies further demonstrated that reduced PGE(2) was due to downregulation of COX-2 gene products following phagocytosis of malarial pigment (hemozoin, PfHz). However, as COX-2-PGE(2) pathways and the impact of naturally acquired PfHz on erythropoietic responses have not been determined in children with SMA, plasma and urinary bicyclo-PGE(2)/creatinine and leukocytic COX-2 transcripts were determined in parasitized children (<36 months) stratified into SMA (n = 36) and non-SMA (Hb ≥ 6.0 g/dL; n = 38). Children with SMA had significantly reduced plasma (P = 0.001) and urinary (P < 0.001) bicyclo-PGE(2)/creatinine and COX-2 transcripts (P = 0.007). There was a significant positive association between Hb and both plasma (r = 0.363, P = 0.002) and urinary (r = 0.500, P = 0.001)] bicyclo-PGE(2)/creatinine. Furthermore, decreased systemic bicyclo-PGE(2)/creatinine was associated with inefficient erythropoiesis (i.e., reticulocyte production index; RPI < 2.0, P = 0.026). Additional analyses demonstrated that plasma (P = 0.031) and urinary (P = 0.070) bicyclo-PGE(2)/creatinine and COX-2 transcripts (P = 0.026) progressively declined with increasing concentrations of naturally acquired PfHz by monocytes. Results presented here support a model in which reduced COX-2-derived PGE(2), driven in part by naturally acquired PfHz by monocytes, promotes decreased erythropoietic responses in children with SMA.
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- Samuel B Anyona
- Laboratories of Parasitic and Viral Diseases, Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, University of New Mexico, Kisumu, Kenya
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Leoratti FMDS, Trevelin SC, Cunha FQ, Rocha BC, Costa PAC, Gravina HD, Tada MS, Pereira DB, Golenbock DT, do Valle Antonelli LR, Gazzinelli RT. Neutrophil paralysis in Plasmodium vivax malaria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012; 6:e1710. [PMID: 22745844 PMCID: PMC3383745 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The activation of innate immune responses by Plasmodium vivax results in activation of effector cells and an excessive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines that may culminate in deleterious effects. Here, we examined the activation and function of neutrophils during acute episodes of malaria. Materials and Methods Blood samples were collected from P. vivax-infected patients at admission (day 0) and 30–45 days after treatment with chloroquine and primaquine. Expression of activation markers and cytokine levels produced by highly purified monocytes and neutrophils were measured by the Cytometric Bead Assay. Phagocytic activity, superoxide production, chemotaxis and the presence of G protein-coupled receptor (GRK2) were also evaluated in neutrophils from malaria patients. Principal Findings Both monocytes and neutrophils from P. vivax-infected patients were highly activated. While monocytes were found to be the main source of cytokines in response to TLR ligands, neutrophils showed enhanced phagocytic activity and superoxide production. Interestingly, neutrophils from the malaria patients expressed high levels of GRK2, low levels of CXCR2, and displayed impaired chemotaxis towards IL-8 (CXCL8). Conclusion Activated neutrophils from malaria patients are a poor source of pro-inflammatory cytokines and display reduced chemotactic activity, suggesting a possible mechanism for an enhanced susceptibility to secondary bacterial infection during malaria. Plasmodium vivax is responsible for approximately 60–80% of the malaria cases in the world, and contributes to significant social and economic instability in the developing countries of Latin America and Asia. The pathogenesis of P. vivax malaria is a consequence of host derived inflammatory mediators. Hence, a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in induction of systemic inflammation during P. vivax malaria is critical for the clinical management and prevention of severe disease. The innate immune receptors recognize Plasmodium sp. and initiate a broad spectrum of host defense mechanisms that mediate resistance to infection. However, the innate immune response is the classic “two-edged sword”, and clinical malaria is associated with high levels of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines. Our findings show that both monocytes and neutrophils are highly activated during malaria. Monocytes produced high levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α during acute malaria. On the other hand, neutrophils were a poor source of cytokines, but displayed an enhanced phagocytic activity and superoxide production. Unexpectedly, we noticed an impaired chemotaxis of neutrophils towards an IL-8 (CXCL8) gradient. We proposed that neutrophil paralysis is in part responsible for the enhanced susceptibility to bacterial infection observed in malaria patients.
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas em Medicina Tropical de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Oladiran A, Belosevic M. Recombinant glycoprotein 63 (Gp63) of Trypanosoma carassii suppresses antimicrobial responses of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) monocytes and macrophages. Int J Parasitol 2012; 42:621-33. [PMID: 22584131 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We previously reported that proteins secreted by Trypanosoma carassii play a role in evasion of fish host immune responses. To further understand how these parasites survive in the host, we cloned and expressed T. carassii glycoprotein 63 (Tcagp63), and generated a rabbit polyclonal antibody to the recombinant protein (rTcagp63). Tcagp63 was similar to gp63 of other trypanosomes and grouped with Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei gp63 in phylogenetic analysis. We showed that rTcagp63 down-regulated Aeromonas salmonicida and recombinant goldfish TNFα2-induced production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates. Macrophages treated with rTcagp63 also exhibited significant reduction in the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-A, TNFα-1 and TNFα-2. Recombinant Tcagp63 bound to and was internalised by goldfish macrophages. The Tcagp63 may act by altering the signalling events important in downstream monocyte/macrophage antimicrobial and other cytokine-induced functions. We believe that this is the first report on downregulation of antimicrobial responses by trypanosome gp63.
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- Ayoola Oladiran
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Cheekatla SS, Aggarwal A, Naik S. mTOR signaling pathway regulates the IL-12/IL-10 axis in Leishmania donovani infection. Med Microbiol Immunol 2011; 201:37-46. [PMID: 21567173 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-011-0202-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Leishmania-induced interleukin-12 (IL-12) expression is negatively regulated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 pathways in human monocyte derived macrophages (MDMs). To extend these studies, we examined the pathways downstream from PI3K in L. donovani-induced reciprocal regulation of IL-12/IL-10 axis in THP-1-derived macrophages. We show for the first time that in THP-1-derived macrophages and human monocytes, mTOR inhibition by rapamycin reversed L. donovani-induced IL-12 and IL-10 modulation. L. donovani-induced phosphorylation of P70S6K, a correlate of mTOR activity, in TLR-stimulated THP-1 derived macrophages. This increase in P70S6K phosphorylation was completely blocked by rapamycin (mTOR inhibitor) and partially by wortmannin (PI3K inhibitor). These observations suggest that a PI3K independent pathway is operative in the modulation of IL-12 and IL-10. Blocking of TLR2 significantly attenuated IL-10 induced by the parasite, but did not affect IL-12 production. Thus, our data suggests that intracellular network of PI3K and mTOR pathway control IL-12/IL-10 modulation by L. donovani. mTOR inhibitors may be attractive molecules to reverse this modulation and may result in control of disease.
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Witola WH, Mui E, Hargrave A, Liu S, Hypolite M, Montpetit A, Cavailles P, Bisanz C, Cesbron-Delauw MF, Fournié GJ, McLeod R. NALP1 influences susceptibility to human congenital toxoplasmosis, proinflammatory cytokine response, and fate of Toxoplasma gondii-infected monocytic cells. Infect Immun 2011; 79:756-66. [PMID: 21098108 PMCID: PMC3028851 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00898-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [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] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Revised: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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NALP1 is a member of the NOD-like receptor (NLR) family of proteins that form inflammasomes. Upon cellular infection or stress, inflammasomes are activated, triggering maturation of proinflammatory cytokines and downstream cellular signaling mediated through the MyD88 adaptor. Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that stimulates production of high levels of proinflammatory cytokines that are important in innate immunity. In this study, susceptibility alleles for human congenital toxoplasmosis were identified in the NALP1 gene. To investigate the role of the NALP1 inflammasome during infection with T. gondii, we genetically engineered a human monocytic cell line for NALP1 gene knockdown by RNA interference. NALP1 silencing attenuated progression of T. gondii infection, with accelerated host cell death and eventual cell disintegration. In line with this observation, upregulation of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-18, and IL-12 upon T. gondii infection was not observed in monocytic cells with NALP1 knockdown. These findings suggest that the NALP1 inflammasome is critical for mediating innate immune responses to T. gondii infection and pathogenesis. Although there have been recent advances in understanding the potent activity of inflammasomes in directing innate immune responses to disease, this is the first report, to our knowledge, on the crucial role of the NALP1 inflammasome in the pathogenesis of T. gondii infections in humans.
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- William H. Witola
- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Surgery (Ophthalmology) and Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, Laboratoire Adaptation et Pathogénie des Micro-Organismes, CNRS UMR 5163, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Jean Roget, BP 170, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France, Centre d'Innovation, Génome Québec, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada, INSERM, U563, F-31000 Toulouse, France, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31000 Toulouse, France
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Modhiran N, Kalayanarooj S, Ubol S. Subversion of innate defenses by the interplay between DENV and pre-existing enhancing antibodies: TLRs signaling collapse. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010; 4:e924. [PMID: 21200427 PMCID: PMC3006139 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background The phenomenon of antibody dependent enhancement as a major determinant that exacerbates disease severity in DENV infections is well accepted. While the detailed mechanism of antibody enhanced disease severity is unclear, evidence suggests that it is associated with both increased DENV infectivity and suppression of the type I IFN and pro-inflammatory cytokine responses. Therefore, it is imperative for us to understand the intracellular mechanisms altered during ADE infection to decipher the mechanism of severe pathogenesis. Methodology/Principal Findings In this present work, qRT-PCR, immunoblotting and gene array analysis were conducted to determine whether DENV-antibody complex infection exerts a suppressive effect on the expression and/or function of the pathogen recognition patterns, focusing on the TLR-signaling pathway. We show here that FcγRI and FcγRIIa synergistically facilitated entry of DENV-antibody complexes into monocytic THP-1 cells. Ligation between DENV-antibody complexes and FcR not only down regulated TLRs gene expression but also up regulated SARM, TANK, and negative regulators of the NF-κB pathway, resulting in suppression of innate responses but increased viral production. These results were confirmed by blocking with anti-FcγRI or anti-FcγRIIa antibodies which reduced viral production, up-regulated IFN-β synthesis, and increased gene expression in the TLR-dependent signaling pathway. The negative impact of DENV-ADE infection on the TLR-dependent pathway was strongly supported by gene array screening which revealed that both MyD88-dependent and –independent signaling molecules were down regulated during DENV-ADE infection. Importantly, the same phenomenon was seen in PBMC of secondary DHF/DSS patients but not in PBMC of DF patients. Conclusions/Significance Our present work demonstrates the mechanism by which DENV uses pre-existing immune mediators to defeat the principal activating pathway of innate defense resulting in suppression of an array of innate immune responses. Interestingly, this phenomenon specifically occurred during the severe form of DENV infection but not in the mild form of disease. Dengue is the most common vector-borne viral disease in humans, with 50–100 million infections per year. The severity of dengue ranges from an acute febrile illness, DF, to a life-threatening vascular leakage syndrome with or without shock, DHF/DSS. Determinants of these syndromes are mainly host factors including non protective but cross reactive antibodies which are known as preexisting enhancing antibodies. These antibodies enhance disease severity through increasing the virus infected cell mass and facilitating intracellular virus replication. Here we demonstrate that DENV exploits preexisting subneutralizing antibodies to defeat the pathogen recognition system and to down regulate the TLR signaling pathway resulting in suppression of an array of innate immune responses. Furthermore, we also show that this phenomenon specifically occurs in the severe form of dengue but not in the mild form of disease.
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- Naphak Modhiran
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- WHO Collaborating Centre Case Management of Dengue/DHF/DSS, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Romero I, Téllez J, Suárez Y, Cardona M, Figueroa R, Zelazny A, Gore Saravia N. Viability and burden of Leishmania in extralesional sites during human dermal leishmaniasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010; 4. [PMID: 20856851 PMCID: PMC2939031 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 08/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The clinical and epidemiological significance of Leishmania DNA in extralesional sites is obscured by uncertainty of whether the DNA derives from viable parasites. To examine dissemination of Leishmania during active disease and the potential participation of human infection in transmission, Leishmania 7SLRNA was exploited to establish viability and estimate parasite burden in extralesional sites of dermal leishmaniasis patients. Methods The feasibility of discriminating parasite viability by PCR of Leishmania 7SLRNA was evaluated in relation with luciferase activity of luc transfected intracellular amastigotes in dose-response assays of Glucantime cytotoxicity. Monocytes, tonsil swabs, aspirates of normal skin and lesions of 28 cutaneous and 2 mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients were screened by kDNA amplification/Southern blot. Positive samples were analyzed by quantitative PCR of Leishmania 7SLRNA genes and transcripts. Results 7SLRNA amplification coincided with luciferase activity, confirming discrimination of parasite viability. Of 22 patients presenting kDNA in extralesional samples, Leishmania 7SLRNA genes or transcripts were detected in one or more kDNA positive samples in 100% and 73% of patients, respectively. Gene and transcript copy number amplified from extralesional tissues were comparable to lesions. 7SLRNA transcripts were detected in 13/19 (68%) monocyte samples, 5/12 (42%) tonsil swabs, 4/11 (36%) normal skin aspirates, and 22/25 (88%) lesions; genes were quantifiable in 15/19 (79%) monocyte samples, 12/13 (92%) tonsil swabs, 8/11 (73%) normal skin aspirates. Conclusion Viable parasites are present in extralesional sites, including blood monocytes, tonsils and normal skin of dermal leishmaniasis patients. Leishmania 7SLRNA is an informative target for clinical and epidemiologic investigations of human leishmaniasis. Understanding of the dynamics and distribution of Leishmania in the human host is fundamental to the targeting of control measures and their evaluation. Amplification of parasite gene sequences in clinical samples from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients has provided evidence of Leishmania in blood, other tissues and sites distinct from the lesion and of persistence of infection after clinical resolution of disease. However, there is uncertainty about the interpretation of the presence of Leishmania DNA as indicative of viable parasites. Because RNA is short-lived and labile, its presence provides an indicator of viability. We amplified Leishmania 7SLRNA, a molecule involved in intracellular protein translocation, to establish viability and estimate parasite load in blood monocytes, tonsil swab samples, and tissue fluid from healthy skin of patients with dermal leishmaniasis. Results showed that during active dermal leishmaniasis, viable Leishmania are present in blood monocytes, tonsils and normal skin in quantities similar to that in lesions, demonstrating widespread dissemination of infection and subclinical involvement of tissues beyond the lesion site. Leishmania 7SLRNA will be useful in deciphering the role of human infection in transmission.
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- Ibeth Romero
- Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
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- Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
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- Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
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- Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
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- Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
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- Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
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Bonadiman SF, Miranda FJB, Ribeiro MLS, Rabelo G, Lainson R, Silva EO, DaMatta RA. Hematological parameters of Ameiva ameiva (Reptilia: Teiidae) naturally infected with hemogregarine: Confirmation of monocytosis. Vet Parasitol 2010; 171:146-50. [PMID: 20409641 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2009] [Revised: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Sergio F Bonadiman
- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Parque Califórnia, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000 Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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Grecco SS, Reimão JQ, Tempone AG, Sartorelli P, Romoff P, Ferreira MJP, Fávero OA, Lago JHG. Isolation of an antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal flavanone from the leaves of Baccharis retusa DC. (Asteraceae). Parasitol Res 2010; 106:1245-8. [PMID: 20165875 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1771-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In the course of selection of new bioactive compounds from Brazilian flora, the crude MeOH extract from the leaves of Baccharis retusa DC. (Asteraceae) showed potential against Leishmania sp. and Trypanosoma cruzi. Chromatographic fractionation of the dichloromethane phase from MeOH extract yielded great amounts of the bioactive derivative, which was characterized as 5,6,7-trihydroxy-4'-methoxyflavanone. The structure of this compound was established on the basis of spectroscopic data analysis, mainly nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry.
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- Simone S Grecco
- Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Campus Diadema, 09972-270, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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Chimma P, Roussilhon C, Sratongno P, Ruangveerayuth R, Pattanapanyasat K, Pérignon JL, Roberts DJ, Druilhe P. A distinct peripheral blood monocyte phenotype is associated with parasite inhibitory activity in acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. PLoS Pathog 2009; 5:e1000631. [PMID: 19851453 PMCID: PMC2759288 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Monocyte (MO) subpopulations display distinct phenotypes and functions which can drastically change during inflammatory states. We hypothesized that discrete MO subpopulations are induced during malaria infection and associated with anti-parasitic activity. We characterized the phenotype of blood MO from healthy malaria-exposed individuals and that of patients with acute uncomplicated malaria by flow cytometry. In addition, MO defense function was evaluated by an in vitro antibody dependent cellular inhibition (ADCI) assay. At the time of admission, the percentages and absolute numbers of CD16+ MO, and CCR2+CX3CR1+ MO, were high in a majority of patients. Remarkably, expression of CCR2 and CX3CR1 on the CD14(high (hi)) MO subset defined two subgroups of patients that also differed significantly in their functional ability to limit the parasite growth, through the ADCI mechanism. In the group of patients with the highest percentages and absolute numbers of CD14(hi)CCR2+CX3CR1+ MO and the highest mean levels of ADCI activity, blood parasitemias were lower (0.14+/-0.34%) than in the second group (1.30+/-3.34%; p = 0.0053). Data showed that, during a malaria attack, some patients' MO can exert a strong ADCI activity. These results bring new insight into the complex relationships between the phenotype and the functional activity of blood MO from patients and healthy malaria-exposed individuals and suggest discrete MO subpopulations are induced during malaria infection and are associated with anti-parasitic activity.
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- Pattamawan Chimma
- Bio-medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Center of Excellence for Flow Cytometry, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence for Flow Cytometry, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence for Flow Cytometry, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
- National Blood Service Oxford Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Bio-medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Conroy A, Serghides L, Finney C, Owino SO, Kumar S, Gowda DC, Liles WC, Moore JM, Kain KC. C5a enhances dysregulated inflammatory and angiogenic responses to malaria in vitro: potential implications for placental malaria. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4953. [PMID: 19308263 PMCID: PMC2655724 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Placental malaria (PM) is a leading cause of maternal and infant mortality. Although the accumulation of parasitized erythrocytes (PEs) and monocytes within the placenta is thought to contribute to the pathophysiology of PM, the molecular mechanisms underlying PM remain unclear. Based on the hypothesis that excessive complement activation may contribute to PM, in particular generation of the potent inflammatory peptide C5a, we investigated the role of C5a in the pathogenesis of PM in vitro and in vivo. Methodology and Principal Findings Using primary human monocytes, the interaction between C5a and malaria in vitro was assessed. CSA- and CD36-binding PEs induced activation of C5 in the presence of human serum. Plasmodium falciparum GPI (pfGPI) enhanced C5a receptor expression (CD88) on monocytes, and the co-incubation of monocytes with C5a and pfGPI resulted in the synergistic induction of cytokines (IL-6, TNF, IL-1β, and IL-10), chemokines (IL-8, MCP-1, MIP1α, MIP1β) and the anti-angiogenic factor sFlt-1 in a time and dose-dependent manner. This dysregulated response was abrogated by C5a receptor blockade. To assess the potential role of C5a in PM, C5a plasma levels were measured in malaria-exposed primigravid women in western Kenya. Compared to pregnant women without malaria, C5a levels were significantly elevated in women with PM. Conclusions and Significance These results suggest that C5a may contribute to the pathogenesis of PM by inducing dysregulated inflammatory and angiogenic responses that impair placental function.
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- Andrea Conroy
- McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto General Hospital, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto General Hospital, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto General Hospital, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto General Hospital, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Health Network-Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto General Hospital, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Health Network-Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dunay IR, DaMatta RA, Fux B, Presti R, Greco S, Colonna M, Sibley LD. Gr1(+) inflammatory monocytes are required for mucosal resistance to the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. Immunity 2008; 29:306-17. [PMID: 18691912 PMCID: PMC2605393 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [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] [Received: 12/02/2007] [Revised: 04/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/15/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The enteric pathogen Toxoplasma gondii is controlled by a vigorous innate T helper 1 (Th1) cell response in the murine model. We demonstrated that after oral infection, the parasite rapidly recruited inflammatory monocytes [Gr1(+) (Ly6C(+), Ly6G(-)) F4/80(+)CD11b(+)CD11c(-)], which established a vital defensive perimeter within the villi of the ileum in the small intestine. Mice deficient of the chemokine receptor CCR2 or the ligand CCL2 failed to recruit Gr1(+) inflammatory monocytes, whereas dendritic cells and resident tissue macrophages remained unaltered. The selective lack of Gr1(+) inflammatory monocytes resulted in an inability of mice to control replication of the parasite, high influx of neutrophils, extensive intestinal necrosis, and rapid death. Adoptive transfer of sorted Gr1(+) inflammatory monocytes demonstrated their ability to home to the ileum in infected animals and protect Ccr2(-/-) mice, which were otherwise highly susceptible to oral toxoplasmosis. Collectively, these findings illustrate the critical importance of inflammatory monocytes as a first line of defense in controlling intestinal pathogens.
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- Ildiko R. Dunay
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Schwarzer E, Skorokhod OA, Barrera V, Arese P. Hemozoin and the human monocyte--a brief review of their interactions. Parassitologia 2008; 50:143-145. [PMID: 18693582] [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: 05/26/2023]
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In vitro, human monocytes avidly ingest hemozoin (HZ) that modifies a number of monocyte functions. Inhibitory effects: inhibition of: PMA-elicited respiratory burst, ability to killing and repeat phagocytosis, activity of NADPH-oxidase and PKC, expression of ICAM-1, integrin-CD11c, MHC-class-II (IFN-gamma-mediated), differentiation to functional, antigen-presenting dendritic cells. Stimulatory effects: increase in phagocytosis-related respiratory burst and accumulation of lipoperoxidation products; induction of metalloproteinase-9 and pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Mechanism of action: HZ generates by nonenzymatic catalysis large amounts of lipoperoxidation products, such as monohydroxy derivatives of arachidonic (HETE) and linoleic (HODE) acid, and 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE). Several HZ effects were reproduced by supplementation with plausible concentrations of HETE or HNE, the first most likely via interaction with PPAR-receptors, the second via adduct or crosslinks formation with critical targets.
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- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, Via Santena 5 bis, 10126 Torino, Italy
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BACKGROUND Placental malaria causes fetal growth retardation (FGR), which has been linked epidemiologically to placental monocyte infiltrates. We investigated whether parasite or monocyte infiltrates were associated with placental hypoxia, as a potential mechanism underlying malarial FGR. METHODS We studied the hypoxia markers hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), placental growth factor, VEGF receptor 1 and its soluble form, and VEGF receptor 2. We used real-time polymerase chain reaction (in 59 women) to examine gene transcription, immunohistochemistry (in 30 women) to describe protein expression, and laser-capture microdissection (in 23 women) to examine syncytiotrophoblast-specific changes in gene expression. We compared gene and protein expression in relation to malaria infection, monocyte infiltrates, and birth weight. RESULTS We could not associate any hallmark of placental malaria with a transcription, expression, or tissue-distribution profile characteristic of a response to hypoxia, but we found higher HIF-1alpha levels (P= .0005) and lower VEGF levels (P= .0026) in the syncytiotrophoblasts of cases of malaria than in those of asymptomatic control placentas. CONCLUSIONS Our data are inconsistent with a role for placental hypoxia in the pathogenesis of malaria-associated FGR. The laser-capture microdissection study was small, but its results suggest (1) that malaria affects syncytiotrophoblast-gene transcription and (2) novel potential mechanisms for placental malaria-associated FGR.
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- Philippe Boeuf
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Dendritic cells are potent immune-activating cells, which traditionally are thought of as presenters of protein antigen to lymphocytes to initiate an immune response. Recently, another mechanism of immune surveillance, the detection of lipid antigens, has been found to be mediated by the nonpolymorphic family of CD1 molecules. There are two different CD1 families, Group 1 consisting of CD1a, CD1b and CD1c, and Group 2 consisting only of CD1d. Leishmania donovani-infected dendritic cells have previously been demonstrated to exhibit decreased surface levels of Group 1 CD1 molecules and are no longer able to initiate a CD1b-restricted T cell response. In contrast to L. donovani, which disseminates to the visceral organs, L. major remains localized, forming a cutaneous lesion. We investigate here whether L. major, the aetiological agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis, also inhibits CD1 expression. We demonstrate that infection of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells with either L. major or L. donovani results in transcriptional down-regulation of both Groups 1 and 2 CD1 molecules. Furthermore, infection of monocytes during differentiation results in a cell phenotype similar to undifferentiated monocytes. Finally, we demonstrate that this down-regulation is not mediated by lipophosphoglycan or other phosphoglycans.
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- Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46656, USA
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Favali C, Tavares N, Clarêncio J, Barral A, Barral-Netto M, Brodskyn C. Leishmania amazonensis infection impairs differentiation and function of human dendritic cells. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 82:1401-6. [PMID: 17890507 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0307187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are of utmost importance in initiating an immune response and may also function as targets for pathogens. The presence of pathogens inside DCs is likely to impair their functions and thus, influence immune responses. In the present report, we evaluated the impact of the presence of Leishmania amazonensis during differentiation and maturation of human monocyte-derived DCs. The presence of live L. amazonensis parasites during DC differentiation led to a significant decrease in CD80 (92%) and CD1a (56%) expression and an increase in CD86 (56%) cell surface expression. Phenotypic changes were accompanied by a lower secretion of IL-6, observed after 6 days of DC differentiation in the presence of L. amazonensis. DCs differentiated in the presence of L. amazonensis were used as APC in an autologous coculture, and lower amounts of IFN-gamma were obtained compared with control DCs differentiated in the absence of parasites. The effect of heat-killed parasites, but not of Leishmania antigen, during DC differentiation and maturation was similar to that observed with viable parasites. During maturation, the presence of live L. amazonensis parasites, but not of soluble Leishmania antigen, led to a decrease in IL-6 and IL-10 production. In this way, we observed that the parasite is able to abrogate full DC differentiation, causing a delay in the immune response and likely, favoring its establishment in human hosts.
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- Cecilia Favali
- Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Akilov OE, Kosaka S, O'Riordan K, Hasan T. Parasiticidal effect of ?-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis is indirect and mediated through the killing of the host cells. Exp Dermatol 2007; 16:651-60. [PMID: 17620092 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Several clinical reports have shown promising, but not optimal, results from photodynamic therapy with delta-aminolevulinic acid-derived protoporphyrin IX, termed ALA-PDT, as a treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Therefore, understanding the basis of the phototoxic response of Leishmania parasites to ALA-PDT may be critical for optimization. We report here both in vitro and in vivo mechanistic studies of ALA-PDT against CL. Following in vitro co-incubation of Leishmania major with 0.1 microM ALA, the PpIX concentration remained at the basal level, whereas after co-incubation with 0.1 microM exogenous PpIX, the PpIX level was 100-fold higher. No differences in ALA-derived PpIX levels were detected between Leishmania-infected and non-infected J774.2 cells, and PDT did not demonstrate any parasiticidal effects on amastigotes. In contrast, in vivo topical ALA-PDT, performed on a murine CL model, resulted in significant reductions of the parasite loads and vigorous tissue destruction. After ALA-PDT, a dramatically decreased percentage of macrophages and increased levels of interleukin-6 were observed in the infected skin. The clinical outcome observed with ALA-PDT is likely the result of unspecific tissue destruction accompanied by depopulation of macrophages rather than direct killing of parasites.
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- Oleg E Akilov
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Buache E, Garnotel R, Aubert D, Gillery P, Villena I. Reduced secretion and expression of gelatinase profile in Toxoplasma gondii-infected human monocytic cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 359:298-303. [PMID: 17540340 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.05.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasite, can infect humans and a wide range of vertebrates. Following oral infection, the parasite invades tissues by crossing non-permissive biological barriers such as the placenta or the blood-brain barrier. But the molecular mechanisms underlying migration of T. gondii remain poorly characterized. The crossing of various basal membranes and infiltration into the extracellular matrix by T. gondii could involve matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). We demonstrated a decrease in proMMP-2 and proMMP-9 secretion by THP-1 cells at 24 and 48h post invasion with regulation at the mRNA level throughout infection. This down regulation was associated with a decrease in TIMP-2 secretion and an inhibition of its expression. Moreover, results showed an activation of MT1-MMP; its expression was regulated after 6, 24, and 48h.
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- Emilie Buache
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 6198, IFR 53, UFR Médecine, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51095 Reims cedex, France
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Sampaio WM, Moura EP, Arruda FCS, Ribeiro RR, Alves CF, Melo FA, Fernandes APSM, Michalick MSM, Melo MN, Tafuri WL, Tafuri WL. In vitro binding and survival assays of Leishmania parasites to peripherical blood monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages isolated from dogs naturally and experimentally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. BMC Vet Res 2007; 3:11. [PMID: 17537246 PMCID: PMC1894629 DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There are a few works considering the characterization of canine monocyte-derived macrophages as well as a standardized procedure for isolation, culture, and infection of these cells with Leishmania. We have performed several modifications in order to improve the canine monocyte-derived macrophage cultures. In addition, we have done a comparative study between monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages from dogs naturally and experimentally infected with L. chagasi. RESULTS In the presence of exogenous serum, opsonized Leishmania promastigotes binds better to monocytes/macrophages than without serum. Otherwise, this binding occurs due to the strict correlation between the opsonized biologic particles with the third receptor of the complement (CR3-CD11b/CD18). In fact, our assays with CD11b confirmed the importance of this receptor for canine cells and the L. chagasi experimental system. Moreover, monocytes obtained from naturally infected dogs have shown a higher number of monocytes bounded to promastigotes. The experimental results regarding survival have shown that promastigote forms of opsonized L. chagasi were more infective, because we found higher numbers of promastigotes bound to the different cells. As a consequence, after forty-eight hours of binding, higher numbers of amastigotes appeared inside monocyte-macrophages. CONCLUSION These studies have given support to continue comparative studies involving canine monocytes, monocyte-derived macrophages and peritoneal macrophages. Since we have standardized the canine cell culture, we are looking forward to determining the phenotypic properties of these cells before and after L. chagasi infection using flow cytometry.
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- Weverton M Sampaio
- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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Coelho AC, Messier N, Ouellette M, Cotrim PC. Role of the ABC transporter PRP1 (ABCC7) in pentamidine resistance in Leishmania amastigotes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:3030-2. [PMID: 17452480 PMCID: PMC1932501 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00404-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pentamidine is a second-line agent in the treatment of leishmaniasis whose mode of action and resistance mechanism are not well understood. In this work, we show that the intracellular ABC protein PRP1 (pentamidine resistance protein 1) (ABCC7) can confer resistance to pentamidine in Leishmania sp. parasites in the intracellular stage.
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- Adriano C Coelho
- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, 4 andar, São Paulo, Brazil
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Placido R, Auricchio G, Falzoni S, Battistini L, Colizzi V, Brunetti E, Di Virgilio F, Mancino G. P2X(7) purinergic receptors and extracellular ATP mediate apoptosis of human monocytes/macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis reducing the intracellular bacterial viability. Cell Immunol 2007; 244:10-8. [PMID: 17433275 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2007.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2006] [Revised: 02/12/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a monocyte/macrophage (M/M) parasite, which has developed several mechanisms to survive and multiply intracellularly. On the other hand, infected cells are engaged in the effort to reduce mycobacterial viability. On this ground, we report that MTB infection predisposes M/M to a pro-apoptotic ATP-based signalling, which is aimed at decreasing MTB replication. In fact, we show that mycobacterial infection leads to an increased expression of P2X(7) purinergic receptors, which is paralleled by intracellular accumulation and subsequent extracellular release of ATP by infected macrophages. Activation of this signal is conceived to induce apoptosis in MTB-infected cells, since blocking P2X(7) receptor by means of oxidized ATP (oATP) prevents MTB induced cell death. Finally, we show that an ATP stimulation of MTB-infected M/M, besides increasing cellular apoptosis, strongly enhances intracellular MTB killing, as evaluated through Colony Forming Unit assay, and such effect is subverted through oATP pulsing of infected cells. Taken together, our data indicate a role of P2X(7) purinergic receptors in MTB-induced M/M apoptosis, suggesting the existence of an autocrine/paracrine loop leading to apoptosis of infected M/M and the feasible protective role of ATP-triggered cell death in tuberculosis.
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- Roberta Placido
- Neuroimmunology Unit, European Centre for Brain Research, S. Lucia Foundation, I.R.C.C.S, Rome, Italy
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Skorokhod A, Schwarzer E, Gremo G, Arese P. HNE produced by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum generates HNE-protein adducts and decreases erythrocyte deformability. Redox Rep 2007; 12:73-5. [PMID: 17263914 DOI: 10.1179/135100007x162284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 10/31/2022] Open
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In Plasmodium falciparum-parasitized erythrocytes, hemozoin (HZ) formation was accompanied by enhanced formation of 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE)-protein adducts on the cell surface, reaching in the HZ-rich schizont forms the 16.8-fold amount of control non-parasitized cells. The addition of 1-100 microM exogenous HNE to control non-parasitized cells generated HNE-adducts on surface proteins in amounts similar to those found in schizonts. Parasitized as well as HNE-treated non-parasitized erythrocytes showed decreased cell deformability (measured as decreased filterability through cylindrical-pore filters) related to the amount of HNE adducts. In vivo, the HZ-containing trophozoites and schizonts are phagocytic targets for monocytes/macrophages. The reduced deformability of circulating erythrocytes carrying HNE-adducts may increase their phagocytic elimination. Uncontrolled HNE production by parasitized erythrocytes may additionally modify non-parasitized bystander erythrocytes, induce their phagocytosis, and contribute to malarial anemia, which is predominantly due to the removal of large numbers of indirectly damaged non-parasitized erythrocytes.
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- Aleksei Skorokhod
- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino Medical School, Torino, Italy
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