Frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD8+ T-cells in the course of anti-tuberculosis treatment

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Anti-tuberculosis drug treatment is known to affect the number, phenotype, and effector functionality of antigen-specific T-cells. In order to objectively gauge Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific CD8+ T-cells at the single-cell level, we developed soluble major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I multimers/peptide multimers, which allow analysis of antigen-specific T-cells without ex vivo manipulation or functional tests. We constructed 38 MHC class I multimers covering some of the most frequent MHC class I alleles (HLA-A*02:01, A*24:02, A*30:01, A*30:02, A*68:01, B*58:01, and C*07:01) pertinent to a South African or Zambian population, and presenting the following MTB-derived peptides: the early expressed secreted antigens TB10.4 (Rv0288), Ag85B (Rv1886c), and ESAT-6 (Rv3875), as well as intracellular enzymes, i.e., glycosyltransferase 1 (Rv2957), glycosyltransferase 2 (Rv2958c), and cyclopropane fatty acid synthase (Rv0447c). Anti-TB treatment appeared to impact on the frequency of multimer-positive CD8+ T-cells, with a general decrease after 6 months of therapy. Also, a reduction in the total central memory CD8+ T-cell frequencies, as well as the antigen-specific compartment in CD45RA-CCR7+ T-cells was observed. We discuss our findings on the basis of differential dynamics of MTB-specific T-cell frequencies, impact of MTB antigen load on T-cell phenotype, and antigen-specific T-cell responses in tuberculosis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 32(2015) vom: 01. März, Seite 23-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Axelsson-Robertson, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Loxton, Andre G [VerfasserIn]
Walzl, Gerhard [VerfasserIn]
Bates, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Zumla, Alimuddin [VerfasserIn]
Maeurer, Markus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigens, Bacterial
CD8+ T-cells
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
Journal Article
MHC
Multimers
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tetramers

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Date Completed 12.02.2016

Date Revised 09.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2015.01.017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM247433071