TY - JOUR
T1 - Programmed cell death protein 1-PDL1 interaction prevents heart damage in chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection
AU - Fonseca, Raíssa
AU - Salgado, Rafael Moysés
AU - da Silva, Henrique Borges
AU - do Nascimento, Rogério Silva
AU - D'Império-Lima, Maria Regina
AU - Alvarez, José Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Fonseca, Salgado, Borges da Silva, Nascimento, D'Império-Lima and Alvarez.
PY - 2018/5/7
Y1 - 2018/5/7
N2 - Chagas disease is a neglected parasitic infection that affects around six to seven million people, mainly in Latin America. About 30-35% of infected people present chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC), which eventually leads to death. This condition is characterized by local parasite persistence and leukocyte infiltration. In a murine model of CCC, we observed that among infiltrating leukocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were in higher frequency in the heart of chronically infected mice, although elevated expression of the regulatory molecules programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) and PDL1 suggested these cells could be inhibited. To investigate if PD1-PDL1 interaction in the heart of chronically infected mice negatively impacts on the local immune response, facilitating parasite persistence, and progression to CCC, we attempted to recover the local immune response by treating chronically infected mice with anti-PD1 and anti-PDL1-blocking antibodies together with irradiated Trypanosoma cruzi, which provides immune response boosting. Irradiated parasites promote expression of costimulatory molecules in dendritic cells and provide specific parasite antigen, which should aid T cell reactivation upon checkpoint blockade. Following treatment, there was an increased frequency of heart-infiltrating CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with an effector memory phenotype, an increased histopathology score and decreased heart rate, supporting our previous hypothesis of local immunosuppression induced by this pathway during CCC. In addition, blood parasitemia was reduced, which was associated with increased T. cruzi-specific immunoglobulin G 1 antibodies. However, no difference was observed in cytokine production or T. cruzi burden in the hearts of treated mice. Taken together, our results suggest PD1-PDL1 interaction protects the heart from excessive immune response.
AB - Chagas disease is a neglected parasitic infection that affects around six to seven million people, mainly in Latin America. About 30-35% of infected people present chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC), which eventually leads to death. This condition is characterized by local parasite persistence and leukocyte infiltration. In a murine model of CCC, we observed that among infiltrating leukocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were in higher frequency in the heart of chronically infected mice, although elevated expression of the regulatory molecules programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) and PDL1 suggested these cells could be inhibited. To investigate if PD1-PDL1 interaction in the heart of chronically infected mice negatively impacts on the local immune response, facilitating parasite persistence, and progression to CCC, we attempted to recover the local immune response by treating chronically infected mice with anti-PD1 and anti-PDL1-blocking antibodies together with irradiated Trypanosoma cruzi, which provides immune response boosting. Irradiated parasites promote expression of costimulatory molecules in dendritic cells and provide specific parasite antigen, which should aid T cell reactivation upon checkpoint blockade. Following treatment, there was an increased frequency of heart-infiltrating CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with an effector memory phenotype, an increased histopathology score and decreased heart rate, supporting our previous hypothesis of local immunosuppression induced by this pathway during CCC. In addition, blood parasitemia was reduced, which was associated with increased T. cruzi-specific immunoglobulin G 1 antibodies. However, no difference was observed in cytokine production or T. cruzi burden in the hearts of treated mice. Taken together, our results suggest PD1-PDL1 interaction protects the heart from excessive immune response.
KW - Chagas disease
KW - Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy
KW - Immunosuppression
KW - PDL1
KW - Programmed cell death protein 1
KW - Regulation
KW - Trypanosoma cruzi
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U2 - 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00997
DO - 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00997
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046634075
SN - 1664-3224
VL - 9
JO - Frontiers in immunology
JF - Frontiers in immunology
IS - MAY
M1 - 997
ER -