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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 51, 期 3, 页码 603-619出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201848071
关键词
B cells; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; MHC class II; macrophages; T cells
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt of India [BT/HRD/35/01/03/2018, BT/PR12817/COE/34/23/2015]
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
PPE18 protein inhibits MHC class II-mediated antigen presentation by macrophages, leading to decreased activation of CD4 T cells and compromised adaptive immune responses. This study sheds light on the host-pathogen interaction and potential therapeutic strategies targeting PPE18.
PPE18 protein belongs to PE/PPE family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We reported earlier that PPE18 protein provides survival advantage to M. tuberculosis during infection. In the current study, we found that PPE18 inhibits MHC class II-mediated antigen presentation by macrophages in a dose-dependent manner without affecting the surface level of MHC class II or co-stimulatory molecules. PPE18 does not affect antigen uptake or presentation of preprocessed peptide by macrophages. Antigen degradation was found to be inhibited by PPE18 protein due to perturbation in phagolysosomal acidification. PPE18-mediated inhibition of MHC class II antigen presentation caused poorer activation of CD4 T cells. Mice infected with M. smegmatis expressing PPE18 exhibited reduced maturation and activation of B cells and had decreased Mycobacteria-specific antibody titers. Thus M. tuberculosis probably utilizes PPE18 to inhibit MHC class II antigen presentation causing poorer activation of adaptive immune responses. This study may be useful in understanding host-pathogen interaction and open up directions of designing novel therapeutics targeting PPE18 to tackle this nefarious pathogen.
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