Xu Yanquan, Lin Jinsi, Bian Meng, Chen Wenjun, Liang Pei, Wang Xiaoyun, Shang Mei, Qu Hongling, Wu Zhongdao, Huang Yan, Yu Xinbing
Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
Parasitol Res. 2015 Jun;114(6):2371-9. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4435-x. Epub 2015 Apr 2.
Many parasites can trigger the host immune response by releasing excretory/secretory proteins (ESPs). CsRNASET2, a glycosylated T2 ribonuclease present in ESPs of Clonorchis sinensis (C. sinensis, Cs), has recently been reported to possess potent effects in regulating mouse dendritic cells (DCs). However, it is unclear whether CsRNASET2 can induce adaptive immune response. In this study, we carried out further investigations on biochemical features of CsRNASET2. Besides, we immunized Balb/c mice with CsRNASET2 and orally infected Balb/c mice with C. sinensis, respectively. Sera of immunized mice were collected and evaluated for specific antibody titers by ELISA. Splenocytes of experimental mice were isolated and stimulated in vitro. The expression levels of IL-4 and IFN-γ in splenocytes of immunized mice and infected mice were detected by ELISA and flow cytometry. Our results showed that the sequence of CsRNASET2 had close relationship with the homologue from Echinococcus multilocularis. The conserved active site (CAS) motifs, active histidine residues, and N-linked glycosylation region of CsRNASET2 were close to each other in the three-dimensional structure. In addition, sera of CsRNASET2 immunized mice had obviously higher levels of specific antibody titers. Splenocytes from both CsRNASET2 immunized mice and C. sinensis infected mice expressed increased levels of IL-4, while the production of IFN-γ exhibited no significant difference. Immunization with CsRNASET2 elicited Th2 immune response by promoting the synthesis of IL-4, consistent with the immune response initiated by infection of C. sinensis. Taken together, these data suggested that CsRNASET2 was important for C. sinensis to trigger Th2 immune response.
许多寄生虫可通过释放排泄/分泌蛋白(ESPs)来触发宿主免疫反应。华支睾吸虫(C. sinensis,Cs)的ESPs中存在一种糖基化的T2核糖核酸酶CsRNASET2,最近有报道称其在调节小鼠树突状细胞(DCs)方面具有显著作用。然而,尚不清楚CsRNASET2是否能诱导适应性免疫反应。在本研究中,我们对CsRNASET2的生化特性进行了进一步研究。此外,我们分别用CsRNASET2免疫Balb/c小鼠,并经口感染Balb/c小鼠华支睾吸虫。收集免疫小鼠的血清,通过ELISA评估特异性抗体滴度。分离实验小鼠的脾细胞并进行体外刺激。通过ELISA和流式细胞术检测免疫小鼠和感染小鼠脾细胞中IL-4和IFN-γ的表达水平。我们的结果表明,CsRNASET2的序列与多房棘球绦虫的同源物关系密切。CsRNASET2的保守活性位点(CAS)基序、活性组氨酸残基和N-连接糖基化区域在三维结构中彼此靠近。此外,CsRNASET2免疫小鼠的血清特异性抗体滴度明显更高。CsRNASET2免疫小鼠和华支睾吸虫感染小鼠的脾细胞中IL-4的表达水平均升高,而IFN-γ的产生无显著差异。用CsRNASET2免疫通过促进IL-4的合成引发了Th2免疫反应,这与华支睾吸虫感染引发的免疫反应一致。综上所述,这些数据表明CsRNASET2对华支睾吸虫触发Th2免疫反应很重要。