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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/iai.00029-23
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single-cell RNA sequencing; single-cell TCR sequencing; single-cell BCR sequencing; Echinococcus granulosus; immune cells; Tregs
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This study used single-cell RNA sequencing and immunome repertoire sequencing to analyze immune cell changes in mice infected with Echinococcus granulosus. The results showed tissue-specific alterations in the immune system, including the induction of specific CD4(+) cells and the presence of different Treg cell subpopulations. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the immunomodulatory mechanisms in E. granulosus infection.
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a common zoonotic parasitic disease that seriously impacts public health. However, the full spectrum of immune cell changes in Echinococcus granulosus infection, especially the negative immune regulation of subpopulations of regulatory T (Treg) cells, are not yet well understood. In this study, we used single-cell RNA sequencing and immunome repertoire (IR) sequencing to analyze 53,298 cells from the spleens and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of healthy and E. granulosus-infected mice. We used immunofluorescence combined with RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization and quantitative real-time PCR to verify the sequencing results. Our results showed tissue-specific immune system alterations in mice infected with E. granulosus. E. granulosus-infected mice induced a subpopulation of CD4(+) cells with type I interferon production potential. Furthermore, there were six different Treg cell subpopulations in vivo at three stages of differentiation, and Treg subpopulations of different classes and different stages of differentiation showed tissue specificity. After infection, the Lag3(hi) Treg and Gpr83(+)Igfbp4(+) naive Treg subpopulations were specifically induced in PBMCs and the spleen, respectively. Furthermore, T follicular helper 2 (Tfh2) cells with high expression of Cxxc5 and Spock2 were found in E. granulosus-infected mice. Our data uncovered changes in the full spectrum of immune cells in mice following the late stages of E. granulosus infection, including subpopulations of cells that have not been emphasized in previous studies. These results further enrich the study of the bidirectional immunomodulatory mechanism and offer a different perspective for subsequent studies of infection in E. granulosus.
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