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Clin Sci (Lond) ; 127(6): 391-403, 2014 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24689690

RESUMO

DTH (delayed type hypersensitivity) reactions are secondary cellular immune responses that appear 24-72 h after antigen exposure. Tuberculous pleurisy is a common manifestation of extrapulmonary TB (tuberculosis) and is considered a human model of Th1-mediated DTH. In order to identify functional cross-talk among cellular populations sited in this inflammatory microenvironment, we analysed phenotypic and functional features of human B-cells isolated from the PF (pleural fluid) of TB patients. Freshly isolated PF-B-cells displayed a lower expression of CD20, CD1d and HLA-DR, and a higher expression of CD95, CD38, CD25, CXCR3 (CXC chemokine receptor 3) and CXCR4 (CXC chemokine receptor 4) than their PB (peripheral blood) counterparts, suggesting a non-classical in situ activation. Although memory PF-T-cell frequencies were increased, the frequencies of memory PF-B-cells were not. We demonstrated that, upon stimulation with γ-irradiated M. tuberculosis, mycobacterially secreted proteins or a lectin mitogen, PF-B-cells had a strong activation and produced IL-10 by a mechanism that was dependent on bystander activation of CD19(-) PF cells. Besides, within PF cells, B-cells diminished in vitro M. tuberculosis-induced IFN (interferon)-γ production by T-cells and NK (natural killer) cells in an IL-10-dependent manner. Finally, we found that the lower the frequency of B-cells, the higher the ratio of IFN-γ/IL-10 within PF. Thus our results suggest that B-cells can regulate a human DTH reaction induced by M. tuberculosis.


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Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Hipersensibilidade Tardia/imunologia , Interferon gama/biossíntese , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Tuberculose Pleural/microbiologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Humanos , Imunidade Celular/imunologia , Interleucina-10/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Tuberculose Pleural/imunologia
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Front Cell Infect Microbiol ; 12: 841741, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35360105

RESUMO

Alterations of myeloid cell populations have been reported in patients with tuberculosis (TB). In this work, we studied the relationship between myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) and monocytes subsets with the immunological responsiveness of TB patients. Individuals with active TB were classified as low responders (LR-TB) or high responders (HR-TB) according to their T cell responses against a cell lysate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb-Ag). Thus, LR-TB, individuals with severe disease, display a weaker immune response to Mtb compare to HR-TB, subjects with strong immunity against the bacteria. We observed that LR-TB presented higher percentages of CD16 positive monocytes as compared to HR-TB and healthy donors. Moreover, monocyte-like (M-MDSC) and polymorphonuclear-like (PMN-MDSC) MDSC were increased in patients and the proportion of M-MDSC inversely correlated with IFN-γ levels released after Mtb-Ag stimulation in HR-TB. We also found that LR-TB displayed the highest percentages of circulating M-MDSC. These results demonstrate that CD16 positive monocytes and M-MDSC frequencies could be used as another immunological classification parameter. Interestingly, in LR-TB, frequencies of CD16 positive monocytes and M-MDSC were restored after only three weeks of anti-TB treatment. Together, our findings show a link between the immunological status of TB patients and the levels of different circulating myeloid cell populations.


Assuntos
Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Células Supressoras Mieloides , Tuberculose , Humanos , Monócitos , Células Mieloides
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Sci Rep ; 10(1): 7472, 2020 05 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32366931

RESUMO

Tuberculin skin test (TST) and IFN-γ release assays are currently used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection but none of them differentiate active from latent infection (LTBI). Since improved tests to diagnose Mtb infection are required, we studied the immune response to Mtb latency antigen Rv2626c in individuals exposed to the bacteria during different periods. Tuberculosis patients (TB), TB close contacts (CC: subjects exposed to Mtb for less than three months) and healthcare workers (HW: individuals exposed to Mtb at least two years) were recruited and QuantiFERON (QFT) assay, TST and IFN-γ secretion to Rv2626c were analyzed. Twenty-two percent of the individuals assessed had discordant results between QFT and TST tests. Furthermore, QFT negative and QFT positive individuals produced differential levels of IFN-γ against Rv2626c, in direct association with their exposure period to Mtb. Actually, 91% of CC QFT negative subjects secreted low levels of IFN-γ to Rv2626c, whereas 43% of HW QFT negative people produced elevated IFN-γ amounts against Rv2626c. Conversely, 69% of CC QFT positive subjects didn´t produce IFN-γ to Rv2626c. Interestingly, a similar pattern of IgG anti-Rv2626c plasma levels was observed. Therefore, determination of IFN-γ and IgG levels against the dormancy antigen Rv2626c allows to identify established LTBI.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Antibacterianos , Antígenos de Bactérias , Imunoglobulina G , Interferon gama , Tuberculose Latente , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Anticorpos Antibacterianos/sangue , Anticorpos Antibacterianos/imunologia , Antígenos de Bactérias/sangue , Antígenos de Bactérias/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Interferon gama/sangue , Interferon gama/imunologia , Tuberculose Latente/sangue , Tuberculose Latente/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Latente/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/imunologia , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/metabolismo
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