STUDIES OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS

沙眼衣原体的研究

• 批准号: 6099529
• 负责人: Priscilla B. Wyrick
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6099529
• 关键词: Chlamydia trachomatis; antigen presentation; apical membrane; bacterial antigens; bacterial proteins; basolateral membrane; brefeldin A; cellular polarity; cooperative study; endometrium; epithelium; fluorescence microscopy; glycolipids; histocompatibility antigens; host organism interaction; human tissue; immunoelectron microscopy; inclusion body; lipopolysaccharides; membrane proteins; microorganism immunology; secretion; stress proteins; surface antigens; tissue /cell culture

C. trachomatis is the leading cause of bacerially-acquired sexually transmitted infections in the USA and is responsible for 25-50% of the estimate 1 million cases per year of pelvic inflammatory disease. Sequelae include ectopic pregnancy and sterility. To begin to dissect the destructive versus the protective response as well as identify potential vaccine candidates, our overall goal is to understand the cell and molecular biology of chlamydial antigen sorting and secretion in infected polarized human endometrial epithelial cells. We have detected escape of chlamydial LPS and the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) to the surface of infected cells prior to the natural release of chlamydiae at the end of the developmental cycle. Do chlamydial stress response proteins also escape to the infected cell surface: What pathway do these antigens take from the inclusion and how are the surface exposed antigens perceived by the host immune response: We shall use the powerful technique of post-embedding immunoelectron microscopy on Lowicryl-processed samples to determine in Specific Aim 1 if C. trachomatis serovar E GroEL and DnaK are also secreted to the surface of normally infected and penicillin and interferon gamma-induced persistently infected human endometrial epithelial cells, and in Specific Aim 2 to continue to assess whether or not chlamydial antigens are secreted in a polarized direction. Primary antibodies (ABY) directed against chlamydia specific histones will serve as a control marker for antigens which do not escape the inclusion and mABY directed against Class 1 molecules will serve as a marker for the basolateral domain. Digitized fluorescence microscopy of duplicate samples will give a more quantitative assessment of the pattern of directed antigen secretion. In Specific Aim 3, we shall investigate if chlamydial surface antigen secretion is modulated by estrogen and progesterone. Since the trans- golgi excytosis inhibitor Brefeldin A reduces escape of LPS and MOMP from inclusions, chlamydial antigens may exploit the secretory pathway to reach the infected cell surface. In Specific Aim 4, we shall analyze the pathway of chlamydial antigen sorting by co-localizing escaped chlamydial antigen with the golgi markers beta-COP, p58 and C6-NBD-ceramide. Finally, to begin to examine immune control of chlamydial growth, we have established an in vitro co-cultivation model to assess host effector PMN and T cell responses to infected human epithelial cells.

沙眼衣原体是细菌性获得性性病的主要原因 在美国传播的感染，占 25-50% 估计每年有 100 万例盆腔炎病例。 后遗症包括宫外孕和不孕。 开始剖析 破坏性反应与保护性反应以及识别潜在的 候选疫苗，我们的总体目标是了解细胞和 感染者衣原体抗原分选和分泌的分子生物学 极化的人子宫内膜上皮细胞。 我们检测到衣原体脂多糖和主要外膜的逃逸 蛋白质（MOMP）先于自然感染细胞表面 在发育周期结束时释放衣原体。 做 衣原体应激反应蛋白也逃逸至受感染的细胞 表面：这些抗原从包涵体中采取什么途径以及如何进行 是宿主免疫反应感知到的表面暴露抗原： 我们将使用强大的后嵌入免疫电子技术 对经过 Lowicryl 处理的样品进行显微镜检查，以确定特定目标 1 中是否 沙眼衣原体血清型 E GroEL 和 DnaK 也分泌到表面 正常感染以及青霉素和干扰素γ诱导的 持续感染的人子宫内膜上皮细胞，并且在特定情况下 目标 2 继续评估衣原体抗原是否 沿极化方向分泌。 一抗 (ABY) 定向 抗衣原体特异性组蛋白将作为对照标记 无法逃脱包涵体和针对的 mABY 的抗原 1 类分子将作为基底外侧域的标记。 重复样品的数字化荧光显微镜将提供更多信息 定向抗原分泌模式的定量评估。 在 具体目标3，我们将调查衣原体表面抗原是否 分泌受雌激素和孕激素调节。 自从跨 高尔基体胞吐作用抑制剂 Brefeldin A 可减少 LPS 和 MOMP 的逃逸 包涵体，衣原体抗原可能利用分泌途径到达 受感染的细胞表面。 在具体目标 4 中，我们将分析 通过共定位逃逸衣原体进行衣原体抗原分选途径 具有高尔基体标记 β-COP、p58 和 C6-NBD-神经酰胺的抗原。 最后，为了开始检查衣原体生长的免疫控制，我们有 建立体外共培养模型来评估宿主效应PMN 和 T 细胞对受感染的人类上皮细胞的反应。