乙菌抗原B对巨细胞炎症激活的调节作用
Ana Maite Folle1,2, Sofía Lagos Magallanes1,2, Martín Fló3
1Unidad de Inmunología, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
|April 2, 2024
概括
原生和重组的 Echinococcus granulosus抗原B (EgAgB) 调节巨细胞的炎症反应. 这项研究揭示了EgAgB8/1亚单元.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 鸟利用脂质结合蛋白来运输营养,其中埃奇诺科克细粒菌抗原B (EgAgB) 是一个关键的脂蛋白.
- EgAgB对于囊性赤道球菌病的诊断至关重要,但其免疫生物学的作用尚不清楚,特别是在原生与变质形式之间.
- 之前关于EgAgB免疫调节特性的研究使用了变质制剂,限制了对原生EgAgB效应的解释.
研究的目的:
- 分析原生EgAgB (nEgAgB) 和重组EgAgB8/1亚单元 (rEgAgB8/1) 在巨细胞上的免疫调节作用.
- 为了比较nEgAgB和rEgAgB8/1对体外和体外炎症反应的影响.
- 阐明EgAgB8/1亚单元对EgAgB免疫调节功能的贡献.
主要方法:
- 使用新型抗EgAgB8/1纳米体的免疫亲和染色学净化nEgAgB和rEgAgB8 / 1.
- 两种制剂的脂蛋白大小和脂质组成的表征.
- 使用人类和小鼠巨细胞进行体外分析,以评估LPS驱动的激活,细胞因子分泌 (IL-1β,IL-6,IL-12p40,IFN-β) 和氧化 (NO) 生成.
- 在体内研究评估LPS诱导的细胞因子产生 (IL-6,IL-10) 和巨细胞激活标志物 (MHC-II,CD86,CD40) 在腹膜.
主要成果:
- nEgAgB和rEgAgB8/1表现出不同的尺寸和脂质配置文件,rEgAgB8/1形成较大的脂蛋白,脂质较少多样化.
- 在体外,nEgAgB和rEgAgB8/1都抑制了LPS诱导的巨细胞激活,减少了细胞因子的分泌和NO的产生.
- 在体内,这两种药物都调节了LPS诱导的细胞因子产生和巨细胞激活,尽管rEgAgB8/1的效果不那么强大.
结论:
- 已经证实EgAgB是Echinococcus granulosus的一个免疫调节成分.
- EgAgB8/1亚单元在EgAgB调节巨细胞炎症激活方面发挥着重要作用.
- 虽然nEgAgB的脂质成分可能有所贡献,但EgAgB8/1亚单元对巨细胞调节的直接作用得到了支持.
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