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The Combined Deficiency of Immunoproteasome Subunits Affects Both the Magnitude and Quality of Pathogen- and Genetic Vaccination-Induced CD8.sup.+ T Cell Responses to the Human Protozoan Parasite Trypanosoma cruzi

Ersching, Jonatan ; Vasconcelos, Jose R ; Ferreira, Camila P ; Caetano, Braulia C ; Machado, Alexandre V ; Bruna-Romero, Oscar ; Baron, Monique A ; Ferreira, Ludmila R. P ; Cunha-Neto, Edecio ; Rock, Kenneth L ; Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ; Rodrigues, Mauricio M

PLoS pathogens, 2016-04, Vol.12 (4) [Periódico revisado por pares]

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  • Título:
    The Combined Deficiency of Immunoproteasome Subunits Affects Both the Magnitude and Quality of Pathogen- and Genetic Vaccination-Induced CD8.sup.+ T Cell Responses to the Human Protozoan Parasite Trypanosoma cruzi
  • Autor: Ersching, Jonatan ; Vasconcelos, Jose R ; Ferreira, Camila P ; Caetano, Braulia C ; Machado, Alexandre V ; Bruna-Romero, Oscar ; Baron, Monique A ; Ferreira, Ludmila R. P ; Cunha-Neto, Edecio ; Rock, Kenneth L ; Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ; Rodrigues, Mauricio M
  • Assuntos: Antigenic determinants ; Chagas disease ; Drug resistance in microorganisms ; Genetic aspects ; Genetic transcription ; Health aspects ; House mouse ; Infection ; Mice ; Microbial drug resistance ; T cells ; Transcription (Genetics) ; Vaccination
  • É parte de: PLoS pathogens, 2016-04, Vol.12 (4)
  • Descrição: The [beta]1i, [beta]2i and [beta]5i immunoproteasome subunits have an important role in defining the repertoire of MHC class I-restricted epitopes. However, the impact of combined deficiency of the three immunoproteasome subunits in the development of protective immunity to intracellular pathogens has not been investigated. Here, we demonstrate that immunoproteasomes play a key role in host resistance and genetic vaccination-induced protection against the human pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi (the causative agent of Chagas disease), immunity to which is dependent on CD8.sup.+ T cells and IFN-[gamma] (the classical immunoproteasome inducer). We observed that infection with T. cruzi triggers the transcription of immunoproteasome genes, both in mice and humans. Importantly, genetically vaccinated or T. cruzi-infected [beta]1i, [beta]2i and [beta]5i triple knockout (TKO) mice presented significantly lower frequencies and numbers of splenic CD8.sup.+ effector T cells (CD8.sup.+ CD44.sup.high CD62L.sup.low) specific for the previously characterized immunodominant (VNHRFTLV) H-2K.sup.b -restricted T. cruzi epitope. Not only the quantity, but also the quality of parasite-specific CD8.sup.+ T cell responses was altered in TKO mice. Hence, the frequency of double-positive (IFN-[gamma].sup.+ /TNF.sup.+) or single-positive (IFN-[gamma].sup.+) cells specific for the H-2K.sup.b -restricted immunodominant as well as subdominant T. cruzi epitopes were higher in WT mice, whereas TNF single-positive cells prevailed among CD8.sup.+ T cells from TKO mice. Contrasting with their WT counterparts, TKO animals were also lethally susceptible to T. cruzi challenge, even after an otherwise protective vaccination with DNA and adenoviral vectors. We conclude that the immunoproteasome subunits are key determinants in host resistance to T. cruzi infection by influencing both the magnitude and quality of CD8.sup.+ T cell responses.
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  • Idioma: Inglês
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