血感染促进基因组不稳定性和艾滋病依赖B细胞淋巴瘤
Davide F Robbiani1, Stephanie Deroubaix1, Niklas Feldhahn1
1Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Cell
|August 16, 2015
概括
慢性疟疾感染通过延长生殖中心B细胞的DNA损伤促进成熟的B细胞淋巴瘤,导致染色体转移. 这种机制解释了寄生虫疾病与癌症发展之间的联系.
科学领域:
- 免疫学
- 癌症学
- 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 慢性菌感染与勃基特淋巴瘤有关, 这是一种成熟的B细胞癌症.
- 寄生虫感染促进B细胞淋巴瘤的机制尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究寄生病与淋巴发育之间的关系.
- 阐明疟疾感染影响B细胞癌症发展的机制.
主要方法:
- 使用Plasmodium chabaudi (Pc) 在小鼠中诱导慢性疟疾感染.
- 分析了生殖中心 (GC) B细胞反应,DNA损伤和染色体转移.
主要成果:
- Pc感染导致长时间的GC扩张和增加GCB细胞的DNA损伤.
- 疟疾感染有利于艾滋病依赖的成熟B细胞淋巴瘤的发展.
- 感染并没有改变淋巴发育的总速度,但改变了其特征.
结论:
- 慢性疟疾感染通过诱导GCB细胞中持续激活诱导的cytidine deaminase (AID) 表达促进成熟的B细胞癌症.
- 这种长期的AID活动导致DNA损伤和染色体转移,有利于淋巴发育.
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