Evaluation of IFN‐γ production by CD8+ T lymphocytes in response to the K1 peptide from KMP‐11 protein in patients infected with Trypanosoma cruzi
- 16 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Parasite Immunology
- Vol. 28 (3), 101-105
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3024.2005.00815.x
Abstract
The cellular response mediated by MHC class I restricted CD8+ T cells has been shown to be crucial in the control of Chagas disease. The K1 peptide derived from T. cruzi KMP-11 protein has a high binding affinity to the HLA-A*0201 molecule. Nevertheless, it is not known whether this peptide is processed and displayed as an MHC class I epitope during natural infection by T. cruzi. The aim of this study was to evaluate, by ELISPOT assay, the ability of K1 peptide to activate CD8+ T lymphocytes to produce IFN-gamma. Therefore, CD8+ T lymphocytes from 22 HLA-A*0201+ individuals, 12 chronic chagasic patients and 10 uninfected controls, were analysed. The results revealed that two of the chagasic patients had IFN-gamma-secreting CD8+ T cells that were able to respond to K1 peptide with a relative frequency of 110 and 230 per million CD8+ T cells. In contrast, none of HLA-A*0201+ uninfected controls responded to K1 peptide. Responses to HLA-A*0201 restricted peptide from the influenza matrix protein were found in six chagasic patients and four uninfected controls with an average frequency of 175 and 111 cells per million CD8+ T cells, respectively. Moreover, a flow cytometric assay for degranulation showed that chagasic responders had K1-specific cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. It is shown here for the first time that the K1 peptide is efficiently processed, presented and recognized by CD8+ T lymphocytes during the natural course of Chagas disease.Keywords
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