The Germinal Center and T cell help in Three Phases of Clearance of Plasmodium

生发中心和 T 细胞帮助清除疟原虫的三个阶段

• 批准号: 10664202
• 负责人: Robin Stephens
• 金额: $ 22.31万
• 依托单位: RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-11-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10664202
• 关键词: Germinal; Center; cell; help; Three

ABSTRACT Despite improvements in infection control, one child dies every minute from malaria, which is caused by infection by Plasmodium parasites. Children develop immunity to malaria slowly after multiple exposures, and lose immunity in the absence of continuous exposure. A lack of critical knowledge about the antibody response that controls this infection hinders vaccine development. Early IFN-γ from Th1 cells limits early parasite growth and correlates with protection. CD4 T helper cells (Th) also promote parasite-specific antibody, which we have proposed is primarily required for full parasite clearance, which takes over a month. IL-21 promotes B cell responses and is also required for clearance of Plasmodium. Splenic germinal centers optimize B:T cell interactions that promote isotype switching and affinity maturation of antibodies, and long-lived plasma cell generation. However, the appearance of GCs is delayed until late in infection by the Th1 response. This slow response may explain the delay of development of immunity observed in the field. However, there is a significant extrafollicular antibody response that is faster, and actually corresponds with dramatic control of the parasite. In addition, our preliminary data showing that knockout mice lacking germinal centers (GC) control infection, led us to develop a working model of protection consisting of three phases. First, Th1 cytokines limit parasite growth; next, GC-independent factors control the parasite to low, but chronic levels without pathology; when finally, GCs play a role in complete clearance. Yet, the types of Th cells required, and the dominant mechanisms of antibody-mediated parasite killing are not yet clear, especially in the control phase. The role of IL-21 in an extrafollicular response has not been sufficiently studied to understand the mechanisms or importance. Therefore, we hypothesize that GC-independent mechanisms driven by IL-21 make a significant contribution to the control of Plasmodium infection. To test this, in Aim 1, we will compare the contribution of GCs and IL-21 for control of parasite. We will determine the importance of GC-driven antibody changes by using novel mouse models separately deficient in isotype switching and affinity maturation. There are also important unanswered questions about the type of Th cells that help B cells make antibody in malaria infection. We and others have recently discovered that the effector T helper cell response to mouse and human malaria is composed largely of a hybrid IFN-γ+ IL-21+ Th1/Tfh cell type that has all the hallmarks of both Th1 and Tfh. While IFN-γ was recently shown to inhibit GC formation, the role of hybrid IFN-γ+/IL-21+ T cells' contribution to antibody production in vivo, and their role in protection from parasitemia and pathology in malaria, have not been tested. Therefore, In Aim 2 we will evaluate the efficacy of hybrid IFN-γ+/IL-21+ Th1/Tfh in protection, by sorting them using cytokine reporter mice, and determine the phases of infection where IL-21 is critical. Understanding the mechanisms of both the control phase and final clearance is critical because control of parasite corresponds with termination of malaria pathology and may suggest novel vaccine strategies.

摘要 尽管感染控制有所改善，但每分钟仍有一名儿童死于疟疾， 疟原虫感染。儿童在多次接触疟疾后， 在没有持续接触的情况下失去免疫力。缺乏关于抗体反应的关键知识 控制这种感染阻碍了疫苗的开发。来自Th 1细胞的早期IFN-γ限制早期寄生虫生长 与保护相关。CD 4辅助性T细胞（Th）也促进寄生虫特异性抗体，这是我们发现的。 建议的主要是需要完全清除寄生虫，这需要一个多月。IL-21促进B细胞 反应，也需要清除疟原虫。脾生发中心优化B：T细胞 促进抗体同种型转换和亲和力成熟的相互作用，以及长寿命的浆细胞 一代然而，GCs的出现被Th 1应答延迟到感染后期。这种缓慢 反应可以解释在现场观察到的免疫力发展延迟。但有一个 显着的滤泡外抗体反应更快，实际上对应于戏剧性的控制， 寄生虫此外，我们的初步数据显示，基因敲除小鼠缺乏生发中心（GC）控制 感染，使我们制定了一个工作模式的保护，包括三个阶段。首先，Th 1细胞因子限制 寄生虫生长;其次，GC-独立的因素控制寄生虫低，但慢性水平无病理; 最后，GC在完全清除中发挥作用。然而，所需的Th细胞类型和占主导地位的 抗体介导的寄生虫杀灭机制尚不清楚，尤其是在控制阶段。的 IL-21在卵泡外反应中的作用尚未得到充分研究，以了解其机制或 重要性因此，我们假设由IL-21驱动的GC非依赖性机制对IL-21的表达有显著影响。 有助于控制疟原虫感染。为了验证这一点，在目标1中，我们将比较 GC和IL-21用于控制寄生虫。我们将确定GC驱动的抗体变化的重要性， 使用分别缺乏同种型转换和亲和力成熟的新型小鼠模型。也有 关于在疟疾感染中帮助B细胞产生抗体的Th细胞类型的重要未解问题。 我们和其他人最近发现，效应T辅助细胞对小鼠和人类疟疾的反应， 主要由具有Th 1和Tfh的所有标志的杂交IFN-γ+ IL-21+ Th 1/Tfh细胞类型组成。 虽然IFN-γ最近被证明可以抑制GC的形成，但IFN-γ+/IL-21+ T细胞在促进GC形成中的作用， 体内抗体的产生，以及它们在疟疾中对寄生虫血症和病理学的保护作用， 被测试过了因此，在目的2中，我们将通过以下方法评估杂合IFN-γ+/IL-21+ Th 1/Tfh在保护中的功效： 使用细胞因子报告小鼠分选它们，并确定IL-21至关重要的感染阶段。 了解控制阶段和最终清除的机制至关重要，因为控制 寄生虫与疟疾病理学的终止相对应，并可能提出新的疫苗策略。

项目成果

Boosting Live Malaria Vaccine with Cytomegalovirus Vector Can Prolong Immunity through Innate and Adaptive Mechanisms.

用巨细胞病毒载体增强疟疾活疫苗可以通过先天和适应性机制延长免疫力。

• DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.02.539025
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
• 作者: Gbedande,Komi;Ibitokou,SamadA;Ong,MoniqueL;Degli-Esposti,MariapiaA;Brown,MichaelG;Stephens,Robin
• 通讯作者: Stephens,Robin

Effects of Low-Level Persistent Infection on Maintenance of Immunity by CD4 T Cell Subsets and Th1 Cytokines.

• DOI: 10.1128/iai.00531-22
• 发表时间: 2023-03-15
• 期刊: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Ibitokou, Samad A. A.;Gbedande, Komi;Opata, Michael M. M.;Carpio, Victor H. H.;Marshall, Karis M. M.;Stephens, Robin
• 通讯作者: Stephens, Robin

Using two phases of the CD4 T cell response to blood-stage murine malaria to understand regulation of systemic immunity and placental pathology in Plasmodium falciparum infection.

使用CD4 T细胞对血液阶段鼠类疟疾的反应的两个阶段，了解恶性疟原虫感染中系统性免疫和胎盘病理学的调节。

• DOI: 10.1111/imr.12835
• 发表时间: 2020-01
• 期刊: Immunological reviews
• 影响因子: 8.7
• 作者: Gbedande K;Carpio VH;Stephens R
• 通讯作者: Stephens R