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Front Immunol ; 15: 1408173, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39136024

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Introduction: The human leukocyte antigen complex (HLA) is essential for inducing specific immune responses to cancer by presenting tumor-associated peptides (TAP) to T cells. Overexpressed tumor associated antigens, mainly cancer-testis antigens (CTA), are outlined as essential targets for immunotherapy in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). This study assessed the degree to which presentation, gene expression, and antibody response (AR) of TAP, mainly CTA, are correlated in OPSCC patients to evaluate their potential as immunotherapy targets. Materials and methods: Snap-frozen tumor (NLigand/RNA=40), healthy mucosa (NRNA=6), and healthy tonsils (NLigand=5) samples were obtained. RNA-Seq was performed using Illumina HiSeq 2500/NovaSeq 6000 and whole exome sequencing (WES) utilizing NextSeq500. HLA ligands were isolated from tumor tissue using immunoaffinity purification, UHPLC, and analyzed by tandem MS. Antibodies were measured in serum (NAb=27) utilizing the KREX™ CT262 protein array. Data analysis focused on 312 proteins (KREX™ CT262 panel + overexpressed self-proteins). Results: 183 and 94 of HLA class I and II TAP were identified by comparative profiling with healthy tonsils. Genes from 26 TAP were overexpressed in tumors compared to healthy mucosa (LFC>1; FDR<0.05). Low concordance (r=0.25; p<0.0001) was found between upregulated mRNA and class I TAP. The specific mode of correlation of TAP was found to be dependent on clinical parameters. A lack of correlation was observed both between mRNA and class II TAP, as well as between class II tumor-unique TAP (TAP-U) presentation and antibody response (AR) levels. Discussion: This study demonstrates that focusing exclusively on gene transcript levels fails to capture the full extent of TAP presentation in OPSCC. Furthermore, our findings reveal that although CTA are presented at relatively low levels, a few CTA TAP-U show potential as targets for immunotherapy.


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Antígenos de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas , Humanos , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/imunologia , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/genética , Antígenos de Neoplasias/imunologia , Antígenos de Neoplasias/genética , Masculino , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Apresentação de Antígeno/imunologia , Idoso , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Adulto , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/imunologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Sequenciamento do Exoma , Multiômica
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Skin Res Technol ; 30(8): e13875, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39120064

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BACKGROUND: Recent studies increasingly suggest that microbial infections and the immune responses they elicit play significant roles in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory skin diseases. This study uses Mendelian randomization (MR) and Bayesian weighted Mendelian randomization (BWMR) to explore the causal relationships between immune antibody responses and four common skin diseases: psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (AD), rosacea, and vitiligo. METHODS: We utilized summary statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for antibody responses to 13 infectious pathogens and four skin diseases. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected as instrumental variables (IVs) to assess causal relationships using multiple MR methods, including inverse variance weighted (IVW), MR Egger, and weighted median. BWMR was also employed to confirm findings and address potential pleiotropy. RESULTS: The IVW analysis identified significant associations between specific antibody responses and the skin diseases studied. Key findings include protective associations of anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) IgG seropositivity and Helicobacter pylori UREA antibody levels with psoriasis and AD. anti-chlamydia trachomatis IgG seropositivity, anti-polyomavirus 2 IgG seropositivity, and varicella zoster virus glycoprotein E and I antibody levels were negatively associated with rosacea, while EBV Elevated levels of the early antigen (EA-D) antibody levels and HHV-6 IE1B antibody levels were positively associated with rosacea. H. pylori Catalase antibody levels were protectively associated with vitiligo, whereas anti-herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) IgG seropositivity was positively associated with vitiligo. The BWMR analysis confirmed these associations. CONCLUSION: This study underscores the significant role of H. pylori and other pathogens in these skin diseases, suggesting both protective and exacerbating effects depending on the specific condition. Understanding these pathogen-immune interactions can lead to the development of more effective, personalized treatments and preventative strategies, ultimately improving patient outcomes and quality of life.


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Teorema de Bayes , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Análise da Randomização Mendeliana , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Humanos , Dermatite Atópica/imunologia , Dermatite Atópica/genética , Dermatite Atópica/microbiologia , Dermatite Atópica/sangue , Rosácea/imunologia , Rosácea/genética , Vitiligo/genética , Vitiligo/imunologia , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Psoríase/imunologia , Psoríase/genética , Dermatopatias/imunologia , Dermatopatias/genética
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(21)2022 Oct 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36362010

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Mutations in surface proteins enable emerging variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to escape a substantial fraction of neutralizing antibodies and may thus weaken vaccine-driven immunity. To compare available vaccines and justify revaccination, rapid evaluation of antibody (Ab) responses to currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest (VOI) and concern (VOC) is needed. Here, we developed a multiplex protein microarray-based system for rapid profiling of anti-SARS-CoV-2 Ab levels in human sera. The microarray system was validated using sera samples from SARS-CoV-2-free donors and those diagnosed with COVID-19 based on PCR and enzyme immunoassays. Microarray-based profiling of vaccinated donors revealed a substantial difference in anti-VOC Ab levels elicited by the replication-deficient adenovirus vector-base (Sputnik V) and whole-virion (CoviVac Russia COVID-19) vaccines. Whole-virion vaccine-induced Abs showed minor but statistically significant cross-reactivity with the human blood coagulation factor 1 (fibrinogen) and thrombin. However, their effects on blood clotting were negligible, according to thrombin time tests, providing evidence against the concept of pronounced cross-reactivity-related side effects of the vaccine. Importantly, all samples were collected in the pre-Omicron period but showed noticeable responses to the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the Omicron spike protein. Thus, using the new express Ab-profiling system, we confirmed the inter-variant cross-reactivity of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 Abs and demonstrated the relative potency of the vaccines against new VOCs.


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Formação de Anticorpos , Vacinas contra COVID-19 , Humanos , Anticorpos Neutralizantes , Anticorpos Antivirais , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , SARS-CoV-2 , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/genética , Vacinação , Vacinas Virais/genética , Vacinas Virais/farmacologia , Vacinas contra COVID-19/genética , Vacinas contra COVID-19/farmacologia , Análise em Microsséries
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 119(10): e2123002119, 2022 03 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35235456

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Therapeutic human IgG antibodies are routinely tested in mouse models of oncologic, infectious, and autoimmune diseases. However, assessing the efficacy and safety of long-term administration of these agents has been limited by endogenous anti-human IgG immune responses that act to clear human IgG from serum and relevant tissues, thereby reducing their efficacy and contributing to immune complex­mediated pathologies, confounding evaluation of potential toxicity. For this reason, human antibody treatment in mice is generally limited in duration and dosing, thus failing to recapitulate the potential clinical applications of these therapeutics. Here, we report the development of a mouse model that is tolerant of chronic human antibody administration. This model combines both a human IgG1 heavy chain knock-in and a full recapitulation of human Fc receptor (FcγR) expression, providing a unique platform for in vivo testing of human monoclonal antibodies with relevant receptors beyond the short term. Compared to controls, hIgG1 knock-in mice mount minimal anti-human IgG responses, allowing for the persistence of therapeutically active circulating human IgG even in the late stages of treatment in chronic models of immune thrombocytopenic purpura and metastatic melanoma.


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Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/administração & dosagem , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/uso terapêutico , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/toxicidade , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Doença Crônica , Humanos , Tolerância Imunológica , Imunoglobulina G/administração & dosagem , Imunoglobulina G/genética , Cadeias Pesadas de Imunoglobulinas/genética , Melanoma Experimental/imunologia , Melanoma Experimental/terapia , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Modelos Animais , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/imunologia , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/terapia
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Clin Cancer Res ; 27(22): 6075-6082, 2021 11 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34230025

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The role of B cells in the tumor microenvironment and B-cell-mediated antitumor immune responses remains relatively understudied. Recent seminal studies have discovered that B cells and associated tertiary lymphoid structures correlate with responses to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy and are prognostic for overall survival of cancer patients. B-cell subsets have remarkable functional diversity and include professional antigen-presenting cells, regulatory cells, memory populations, and antibody-producing plasma cells. Importantly, secreted antibodies can independently activate innate immune responses and induce the cancer immunity cycle. Thus, B cells and B-cell-mediated antibody responses comprise the largely underappreciated second arm of the adaptive immune system and certainly deserve further attention in the field of oncology. Here, we review the known functions of B cells in the tumor microenvironment, the contribution of B cells to the antitumor activity of immunotherapies, and the role of B cells in the overall survival of cancer patients.


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Linfócitos B/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Inibidores de Checkpoint Imunológico/uso terapêutico , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Neoplasias/mortalidade , Neoplasias/terapia , Animais , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Células Apresentadoras de Antígenos/imunologia , Células Apresentadoras de Antígenos/metabolismo , Biomarcadores , Gerenciamento Clínico , Humanos , Inibidores de Checkpoint Imunológico/farmacologia , Imunomodulação , Linfopoese , Terapia de Alvo Molecular/efeitos adversos , Terapia de Alvo Molecular/métodos , Neoplasias/diagnóstico , Neoplasias/etiologia , Prognóstico , Resultado do Tratamento , Microambiente Tumoral/genética , Microambiente Tumoral/imunologia
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Mucosal Immunol ; 14(5): 1144-1159, 2021 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34050324

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Increased IgE is a typical feature of allergic rhinitis. Local class-switch recombination has been intimated but B cell precursors and mechanisms remain elusive. Here we describe the dynamics underlying the generation of IgE-antibody secreting cells (ASC) in human nasal polyps (NP), mucosal tissues rich in ASC without germinal centers (GC). Using VH next generation sequencing, we identified an extrafollicular (EF) mucosal IgD+ naïve-like intermediate B cell population with high connectivity to the mucosal IgE ASC. Mucosal IgD+ B cells, express germline epsilon transcripts and predominantly co-express IgM. However, a small but significant fraction co-express IgG or IgA instead which also show connectivity to ASC IgE. Phenotypically, NP IgD+ B cells display an activated profile and molecular evidence of BCR engagement. Transcriptionally, mucosal IgD+ B cells reveal an intermediate profile between naïve B cells and ASC. Single cell IgE ASC analysis demonstrates lower mutational frequencies relative to IgG, IgA, and IgD ASC consistent with IgE ASC derivation from mucosal IgD+ B cell with low mutational load. In conclusion, we describe a novel mechanism of GC-independent, extrafollicular IgE ASC formation at the nasal mucosa whereby activated IgD+ naïve B cells locally undergo direct and indirect (through IgG and IgA), IgE class switch.


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Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos B/imunologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Imunoglobulina D/imunologia , Imunoglobulina E/imunologia , Mucosa Nasal/imunologia , Mucosa Nasal/metabolismo , Adulto , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Células Produtoras de Anticorpos/imunologia , Células Produtoras de Anticorpos/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Hipersensibilidade/etiologia , Hipersensibilidade/metabolismo , Switching de Imunoglobulina/genética , Switching de Imunoglobulina/imunologia , Isotipos de Imunoglobulinas/genética , Isotipos de Imunoglobulinas/imunologia , Imunofenotipagem , Pólipos Nasais/etiologia , Pólipos Nasais/metabolismo , Pólipos Nasais/patologia , Pólen/imunologia , Estações do Ano , Hipermutação Somática de Imunoglobulina
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Front Immunol ; 12: 639358, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33868267

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People living with HIV (PWH) often exhibit poor responses to influenza vaccination despite effective combination anti-retroviral (ART) mediated viral suppression. There exists a paucity of data in identifying immune correlates of influenza vaccine response in context of HIV infection that would be useful in improving its efficacy in PWH, especially in younger individuals. Transcriptomic data were obtained by microarray from whole blood isolated from aviremic pediatric and adolescent HIV-infected individuals (4-25 yrs) given two doses of Novartis/H1N1 09 vaccine during the pandemic H1N1 influenza outbreak. Supervised clustering and gene set enrichment identified contrasts between individuals exhibiting high and low antibody responses to vaccination. High responders exhibited hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers >1:40 post-first dose and 4-fold increase over baseline. Baseline molecular profiles indicated increased gene expression in metabolic stress pathways in low responders compared to high responders. Inflammation-related and interferon-inducible gene expression pathways were higher in low responders 3 wks post-vaccination. The broad age range and developmental stage of participants in this study prompted additional analysis by age group (e.g. <13yrs and ≥13yrs). This analysis revealed differential enrichment of gene pathways before and after vaccination in the two age groups. Notably, CXCR5, a homing marker expressed on T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, was enriched in high responders (>13yrs) following vaccination which was accompanied by peripheral Tfh expansion. Our results comprise a valuable resource of immune correlates of vaccine response to pandemic influenza in HIV infected children that may be used to identify favorable targets for improved vaccine design in different age groups.


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Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/genética , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Vacinas contra Influenza/imunologia , Pandemias/prevenção & controle , Transcrição Gênica/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Testes de Inibição da Hemaglutinação/métodos , Humanos , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H1N1/imunologia , Influenza Humana/genética , Influenza Humana/imunologia , Masculino , Receptores CXCR5/imunologia , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares/imunologia , Vacinação/métodos , Adulto Jovem
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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 1491, 2021 01 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33452310

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Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is a biopharmaceutical drug given to patients who have a low hemoglobin related to chronic kidney disease, cancer or anemia. However, some patients repeatedly receiving rHuEPO develop anti-rHuEPO neutralizing antibodies leading to the development of pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). The immunogenic antibody response activated by rHuEPO is believed to be triggered by T-cells recognizing EPO epitopes bound to MHC molecules displayed on the cell surface of APCs. Previous studies have reported an association between the development of anti-rHuEpo-associated PRCA and the HLA-DRB1*09 gene, which is reported to be entrenched in the Thai population. In this study, we used computational design to screen for immunogenic hotspots recognized by HLA-DRB1*09, and predicted seventeen mutants having anywhere between one through four mutations that reduce affinity for the allele, without disrupting the structural integrity and bioactivity. Five out of seventeen mutants were less immunogenic in vitro while retaining similar or slightly reduced bioactivity than rHuEPO. These engineered proteins could be the potential candidates to treat patients who are rHuEpo-dependent and express the HLA-DRB1*09 allele.


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Eritropoetina/imunologia , Eritropoetina/metabolismo , Alelos , Anemia/tratamento farmacológico , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Linhagem Celular , Eritropoetina/genética , Humanos , Complexo Principal de Histocompatibilidade/genética , Engenharia de Proteínas/métodos , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/imunologia , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Aplasia Pura de Série Vermelha/tratamento farmacológico , Aplasia Pura de Série Vermelha/imunologia , Aplasia Pura de Série Vermelha/fisiopatologia , Diálise Renal
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Arch Virol ; 166(1): 213-217, 2021 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33067651

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Recombinant protein technology enables the engineering of modern vaccines composed of a carrier protein displaying poorly immunogenic heterologous antigens. One promising carrier is based on the rotavirus inner-capsid VP6 protein. We explored different VP6 insertion sites for the presentation of two peptides (23 and 140 amino acids) derived from the M2 and HA genes of influenza A virus. Both termini and three surface loops of VP6 were successfully exploited as genetic fusion sites, as demonstrated by the expression of the fusion proteins. However, further studies are needed to assess the morphology and immunogenicity of these constructs.


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Antígenos Virais/genética , Proteínas do Capsídeo/genética , Vírus da Influenza A/genética , Peptídeos/genética , Rotavirus/genética , Anticorpos Antivirais/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Capsídeo/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética
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Clin Immunol ; 222: 108638, 2021 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33276124

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To assess how B cell phenotype analysis correlates with antigen responses in patients with class switch recombination defects (CSRD) we quantified memory B cells by flow-cytometry and immunized CSRD patients with the neoantigen bacteriophage phiX174 (phage). CSRD patients showed uniformly absent or markedly reduced switched memory B cells (IgM-IgD-CD27+). CD40L patients had reduced CD27+ memory B cells (both non-switched and switched). In NEMO patients, results varied depending on the IKKγ gene variant. Three of four AID patients had normal percentages of CD27+ memory B cells while CD27+IgM-IgD- switched memory B cells were markedly reduced in all AID patients. Antibody response to phage was remarkably decreased with lack of memory amplification and class-switching in immunized CD40L, UNG deficient, and NEMO patients. Distinct B-cell phenotype pattern correlated with abnormal antibody responses to a T-cell dependent neoantigen, representing a powerful tool to identify CSRD patients.


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Linfócitos B/citologia , Bacteriófago phi X 174/imunologia , Switching de Imunoglobulina/genética , Switching de Imunoglobulina/imunologia , Síndromes de Imunodeficiência/genética , Síndromes de Imunodeficiência/imunologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Ligante de CD40/deficiência , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Proteínas I-kappa B/genética , Imunização , Imunoglobulina D/imunologia , Imunoglobulina M/imunologia , Síndromes de Imunodeficiência/patologia , Memória Imunológica/genética , Memória Imunológica/imunologia , Lactente , Masculino , Membro 7 da Superfamília de Receptores de Fatores de Necrose Tumoral/imunologia
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Genome Med ; 12(1): 93, 2020 10 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33109261

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BACKGROUND: Humans and viruses have co-evolved for millennia resulting in a complex host genetic architecture. Understanding the genetic mechanisms of immune response to viral infection provides insight into disease etiology and therapeutic opportunities. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive study including genome-wide and transcriptome-wide association analyses to identify genetic loci associated with immunoglobulin G antibody response to 28 antigens for 16 viruses using serological data from 7924 European ancestry participants in the UK Biobank cohort. RESULTS: Signals in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II region dominated the landscape of viral antibody response, with 40 independent loci and 14 independent classical alleles, 7 of which exhibited pleiotropic effects across viral families. We identified specific amino acid (AA) residues that are associated with seroreactivity, the strongest associations presented in a range of AA positions within DRß1 at positions 11, 13, 71, and 74 for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Varicella zoster virus (VZV), human herpesvirus 7, (HHV7), and Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV). Genome-wide association analyses discovered 7 novel genetic loci outside the HLA associated with viral antibody response (P < 5.0 × 10-8), including FUT2 (19q13.33) for human polyomavirus BK (BKV), STING1 (5q31.2) for MCV, and CXCR5 (11q23.3) and TBKBP1 (17q21.32) for HHV7. Transcriptome-wide association analyses identified 114 genes associated with response to viral infection, 12 outside of the HLA region, including ECSCR: P = 5.0 × 10-15 (MCV), NTN5: P = 1.1 × 10-9 (BKV), and P2RY13: P = 1.1 × 10-8 EBV nuclear antigen. We also demonstrated pleiotropy between viral response genes and complex diseases, from autoimmune disorders to cancer to neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the importance of the HLA region in host response to viral infection and elucidates novel genetic determinants beyond the HLA that contribute to host-virus interaction.


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Suscetibilidade a Doenças , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno/genética , Viroses/etiologia , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Suscetibilidade a Doenças/imunologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Antígenos HLA/genética , Antígenos HLA/imunologia , Humanos , Imunidade , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Característica Quantitativa Herdável
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Immunol Rev ; 296(1): 87-103, 2020 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32592168

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Plasma cells (PC) are key to protective immunity because they secrete antibodies. Surviving for periods ranging from days to decades in mammals, PC possess varying survival times that cannot be entirely stochastic or extrinsically set, as presumed half-lives vary with antigenic specificity. Here, we review the signals that impart survival potential to PC. These include signals provided during formation, and signals experienced once generated and embedded in the so-called long-lived niche. These signals all feed into survival by maintaining PC expression of MCL1, potentially synergistically with influences of other BCL2 family members. Herein, we propose that each formed PC has a capacity to respond to extrinsic cues that sets an upper maximum to its lifespan, but survival is also affected by variable availability of signals provided in BM survival niches. PC survival thus becomes a function of immunogen characteristics and niche anatomy, determined by the weighted survival benefit ascribed to each involved factor. Most factors, such as supporting cell types and secreted proteins, are predicted to influence survival times varying temporally by orders of magnitude, rather than absolute PC abundances measured at a single time, which may account for the variation in PC lifespan evident in the literature.


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Imunidade Humoral , Memória Imunológica , Imunomodulação , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Plasmócitos/metabolismo , Animais , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Medula Óssea/imunologia , Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Sobrevivência Celular/imunologia , Microambiente Celular/imunologia , Humanos , Imunomodulação/genética
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J Allergy Clin Immunol ; 146(5): 1109-1120.e4, 2020 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32298700

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BACKGROUND: Interactions between the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand superfamily and TNF receptor superfamily play critical roles in B-cell development and maturation. A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), a member of the TNF ligand superfamily, is secreted from myeloid cells and known to induce the differentiation of memory B cells to plasmacytes. OBJECTIVE: We sought to elucidate the role of APRIL in B-cell differentiation and immunoglobulin production through the analysis of complete APRIL deficiency in human. METHODS: We performed whole exome sequencing in a patient with adult common variable immunodeficiency. His parents were in a consanguineous marriage. TNFSF13 mRNA and protein expression were analyzed in the primary cells and plasma from the patient and in cDNA-transfected cells and supernatants of the cultures in vitro. Immunologic analysis was performed by using flow cytometry and next-generation sequencing. Monocyte-derived dendritic cells differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC-moDCs) were cocultured with memory B cells from healthy controls to examine in vitro plasmacyte differentiation. RESULTS: We identified a homozygous frameshift mutation in TNFSF13, the gene encoding APRIL, in the patient. APRIL mRNA and protein were completely absent in the monocytes and iPSC-moDCs of the patient. In contrast to the results of previous animal model studies, the patient showed hypogammaglobulinemia with a markedly reduced level of plasmacytes in peripheral blood and a clearly increased level of circulating marginal zone B cells. Although iPSC-moDC-induced in vitro plasmacyte differentiation was reduced in the patient, recombinant APRIL supplementation corrected this abnormality. CONCLUSION: The first APRIL deficiency in an adult patient with common variable immunodeficiency revealed the role of APRIL in lifelong maintenance of plasmacytes and immunoglobulin production in humans.


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Agamaglobulinemia/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Membro 13 da Superfamília de Ligantes de Fatores de Necrose Tumoral/genética , Adulto , Diferenciação Celular , Células Cultivadas , Consanguinidade , Humanos , Memória Imunológica , Ativação Linfocitária , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação/genética , Linhagem , Sequenciamento do Exoma
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Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev ; 29(7): 1475-1481, 2020 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32332031

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BACKGROUND: While Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the major cause of gastric cancer, it has also been suggested to be involved in colorectal cancer development. However, prospective studies addressing H. pylori and colorectal cancer are sparse and inconclusive. We assessed the association of antibody responses to H. pylori proteins with colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. METHODS: We applied H. pylori multiplex serology to measure antibody responses to 13 H. pylori proteins in prediagnostic serum samples from 485 colorectal cancer cases and 485 matched controls nested within the EPIC study. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using multivariable conditional logistic regression to estimate the association of H. pylori overall and protein-specific seropositivity with odds of developing colorectal cancer. RESULTS: Fifty-one percent of colorectal cancer cases were H. pylori seropositive compared with 44% of controls, resulting in an OR of 1.36 (95% CI, 1.00-1.85). Among the 13 individual H. pylori proteins, the association was driven mostly by seropositivity to Helicobacter cysteine-rich protein C (HcpC; OR: 1.66; 95% CI, 1.19-2.30) and Vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) (OR: 1.34; 95% CI, 0.99-1.82), the latter being nonstatistically significant only in the fully adjusted model. CONCLUSIONS: In this prospective multicenter European study, antibody responses to H. pylori proteins, specifically HcpC and VacA, were associated with an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. IMPACT: Biological mechanisms for a potential causal role of H. pylori in colorectal carcinogenesis need to be elucidated, and subsequently whether H. pylori eradication may decrease colorectal cancer incidence.


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Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/virologia , Helicobacter pylori/patogenicidade , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Estudos de Coortes , Europa (Continente) , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Risco
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Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother ; 39(2): 51-56, 2020 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32216700

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Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that can infect a wide range of warm-blooded animals. Humans as an intermediate host are infected by ingesting infectious oocytes or tissue cysts, or passing through the placenta in pregnant women. The aim of this study is producing monoclonal antibodies against a synthetic peptide from (surface antigen 1 [SAG1] or P30) protein of T. gondii. A synthetic peptide from SAG1 (P30) protein was conjugated to Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH (and then used for immunization of two BALB/c mice. The produced antibody was purified by affinity chromatography and its specific interaction with the immunized peptide was then determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Immunoreactivity of the antibody was also tested by Western blot in T. gondii cell lysate. The results show that the produced antibody has excellent reactivity with the immunizing peptide and also detects a single band of 30 kDa, which corresponds to SAG1 protein. This antibody can be used as a tool in different applications in T. gondii research areas, including diagnosis, therapy, and infection inhibition.


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Antígenos de Protozoários/imunologia , Peptídeos/imunologia , Proteínas de Protozoários/imunologia , Toxoplasma/imunologia , Toxoplasmose/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/genética , Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/imunologia , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Antígenos de Protozoários/genética , Antígenos de Superfície , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Camundongos , Peptídeos/genética , Peptídeos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética , Toxoplasma/genética , Toxoplasma/patogenicidade , Toxoplasmose/tratamento farmacológico , Toxoplasmose/parasitologia
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J Cell Mol Med ; 24(7): 4171-4182, 2020 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32141701

RESUMO

FAM46C, frequently mutated in multiple myeloma (MM), has recently been shown to encode a non-canonical poly(A) polymerase (ncPAP). However, its target mRNAs and its role in MM pathogenesis remain mostly unknown. Using CRISPR-Cas9 technology and gene expression analysis, we found that the inactivation of FAM46C in MM down-regulates immunoglobulins (Igs) and several mRNAs encoding ER-resident proteins, including some involved in unfolded protein response and others that affect glycosylation. Interestingly, we show that FAM46C expression is induced during plasma cell (PC) differentiation and that Ig mRNAs encoding heavy and light chains are substrates of the ncPAP, as revealed by poly(A) tail-length determination assays. The absence of the ncPAP results in Ig mRNA poly(A) tail-shortening, leading to a reduction in mRNA and protein abundance. On the other hand, loss of FAM46C up-regulates metastasis-associated lncRNA MALAT1 and results in a sharp increase in the migration ability. This phenotype depends mainly on the activation of PI3K/Rac1 signalling, which might have significant therapeutic implications. In conclusion, our results identify Ig mRNAs as targets of FAM46C, reveal an important function of this protein during PC maturation to increase antibody production and suggest that its role as a tumour suppressor might be related to the inhibition of myeloma cell migration.


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Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Imunoglobulinas/imunologia , Mieloma Múltiplo/genética , Nucleotidiltransferases/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/genética , Proliferação de Células/genética , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Humanos , Imunoglobulinas/biossíntese , Mieloma Múltiplo/imunologia , Mieloma Múltiplo/patologia , Nucleotidiltransferases/imunologia , Poliadenilação/imunologia , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Resposta a Proteínas não Dobradas
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Nat Med ; 26(4): 618-629, 2020 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32094927

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Responses to vaccination and to diseases vary widely across individuals, which may be partly due to baseline immune variations. Identifying such baseline predictors of immune responses and their biological basis is of broad interest, given their potential importance for cancer immunotherapy, disease outcomes, vaccination and infection responses. Here we uncover baseline blood transcriptional signatures predictive of antibody responses to both influenza and yellow fever vaccinations in healthy subjects. These same signatures evaluated at clinical quiescence are correlated with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with plasmablast-associated flares. CITE-seq profiling of 82 surface proteins and transcriptomes of 53,201 single cells from healthy high and low influenza vaccination responders revealed that our signatures reflect the extent of activation in a plasmacytoid dendritic cell-type I IFN-T/B lymphocyte network. Our findings raise the prospect that modulating such immune baseline states may improve vaccine responsiveness and mitigate undesirable autoimmune disease activity.


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Imunidade Adaptativa/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Vacinas contra Influenza/imunologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/imunologia , Transcriptoma , Vacina contra Febre Amarela/imunologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Linfócitos B , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Influenza Humana/prevenção & controle , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/genética , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Transcriptoma/imunologia , Vacinação , Febre Amarela/prevenção & controle , Adulto Jovem
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Cell Rep ; 30(4): 997-1012.e6, 2020 01 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31995768

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Control of established chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection requires the production of neutralizing antibodies, but it remains unknown how the ensemble of antibodies evolves during ongoing infection. Here, we analyze the evolution of antibody responses during acute or chronic LCMV infection, combining quantitative functional assays and time-resolved antibody repertoire sequencing. We establish that antibody responses initially converge in both infection types on a functional and repertoire level, but diverge later during chronic infection, showing increased clonal diversity, the appearance of mouse-specific persistent clones, and distinct phylogenetic signatures. Chronic infection is characterized by a longer-lasting germinal center reaction and a continuous differentiation of plasma cells, resulting in the emergence of higher-affinity plasma cells exhibiting increased antibody secretion rates. Taken together, our findings reveal the emergence of a personalized antibody response in chronic infection and support the concept that maintaining B cell diversity throughout chronic LCMV infection correlates with the development of infection-resolving antibodies.


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Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Diversidade de Anticorpos/genética , Evolução Clonal/imunologia , Imunidade Humoral/genética , Coriomeningite Linfocítica/imunologia , Coriomeningite Linfocítica/virologia , Vírus da Coriomeningite Linfocítica/imunologia , Doença Aguda , Animais , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Linhagem Celular , Doença Crônica , Evolução Clonal/genética , Centro Germinativo/metabolismo , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Vírus da Coriomeningite Linfocítica/patogenicidade , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Filogenia , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Plasmócitos/metabolismo , Hipermutação Somática de Imunoglobulina
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Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev ; 36(2): 57-80, 2020 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33393433

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Accumulated Toxicity, disease recurrence and drug resistivity problems have been observed due to the synthetic and semisynthetic therapeutic practices, which alternatively led to focus on Bio-therapeutics production than xenobiotics. Quick plasma clearance and high potency are the reasons for trending research with huge pharma market of numerous Bio-therapeutics than ever before. Researchers proved that most of the nano and micro Bio-therapeutics have multiple beneficial therapeutic effects. We have analyzed the past, and present scenario of some notable clinically approved Bio-therapeutics to identify the future formulation needs with advanced techniques. Protein-related drugs are the foremost Bio-therapeutics such as antibodies, enzymes, and short, fragmented polypeptides show aggregation properties during storage, naked peptide moieties are resisted by the polar cell membrane, and also the antidrug antibodies were reported. Even though Nucleic acid nano-bodies are excellent target binders than proteins, they had only a few minutes of half-life. Maintaining homogeneousness upon storage of Bio-therapeutics is still a significant challenge in industrial-scale formulation. Notably, plant systems are identified as most useful cost-effective hosts to produce human enzymes than animal systems without any possible viral loads. Irrespective of numerous advancements in routes of administration and additives, subcutaneous is still a golden one to achieve better dynamics. Additionally, the interactions and effective bonds made by each class of well-known aptamer biotherapeutics which are considered as future drugs were studied.


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Produtos Biológicos/síntese química , Enzimas/genética , Peptídeos/síntese química , Plantas/genética , Anticorpos/química , Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Produtos Biológicos/uso terapêutico , Resistência a Medicamentos/efeitos dos fármacos , Resistência a Medicamentos/genética , Enzimas/biossíntese , Humanos , Peptídeos/uso terapêutico
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BMB Rep ; 52(12): 671-678, 2019 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31619318

RESUMO

The random V(D)J recombination process ensures the diversity of the primary immunoglobulin (Ig) repertoire. In two thirds of cases, imprecise recombination between variable (V), diversity (D), and joining (J) segments induces a frameshift in the open reading frame that leads to the appearance of premature termination codons (PTCs). Thus, many B lineage cells harbour biallelic V(D)J-rearrangements of Ig heavy or light chain genes, with a productively-recombined allele encoding the functional Ig chain and a nonproductive allele potentially encoding truncated Ig polypeptides. Since the pattern of Ig gene expression is mostly biallelic, transcription initiated from nonproductive Ig alleles generates considerable amounts of primary transcripts with out-of-frame V(D)J junctions. How RNA surveillance pathways cooperate to control the noise from nonproductive Ig genes will be discussed in this review, focusing on the benefits of nonsense- mediated mRNA decay (NMD) activation during B-cell development and detrimental effects of nonsense-associated altered splicing (NAS) in terminally differentiated plasma cells. [BMB Reports 2019; 52(12): 671-678].


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Linfócitos B/imunologia , Genes de Imunoglobulinas , Imunoglobulinas/genética , Degradação do RNAm Mediada por Códon sem Sentido , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Recombinação V(D)J/genética , Alelos , Animais , Formação de Anticorpos/genética , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Códon sem Sentido/metabolismo , Humanos , Imunoglobulinas/imunologia , Plasmócitos/metabolismo , Splicing de RNA , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Recombinação V(D)J/imunologia
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