Leishmania mexicana infection induces IgG to parasite surface glycoinositol phospholipids that can induce IL-10 in mice and humans.
Leishmania mexicana infection induces IgG to parasite surface glycoinositol phospholipids that can induce IL-10 in mice and humans.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0002224
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Buxbaum LU
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作者:
Buxbaum LU
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 (107–108 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. Leishmania mexicana is a single-celled parasite that causes chronic skin disease in humans and mice. Antibodies on the surface of parasites lead to the production of a protein called interleukin-10 (IL-10), which blocks an effective immune response needed to kill parasites and resolve skin lesions. In mice, IL-10 is required to maintain chronic, non-healing lesions. Parasite surface targets of these antibodies have not been identified. Using biochemical and immunologic techniques, we have shown that antibodies bind to parasite surface glycolipids (molecules with sugars that are anchored to the membrane by lipids), rather than to protein targets. We have determined some basic structural features of these glycolipids and shown that antibodies to them bind the surface of parasites and can induce IL-10 from mouse cells. We have extended this work to humans by showing that people infected with this parasite also make antibodies that bind to these glycolipids and to the surface of parasites, and that can induce IL-10 from human white blood cells. Further characterization of these glycolipids may have important implications for the development of a drug or vaccine for this and related parasite infections, and may shed light on poorly understood immunologic pathways by which glycolipids induce antibody responses.
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