Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1999
Publication Title
Infection and Immunity
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated that surface antigen proteins, in particular SAG-1, of Toxoplasma gondii are important to this parasite as attachment ligands for the host cell. An in vitro assay was developed to test whether these ligands and other secretory proteins are involved in the immune response of human cells to toxoplasma. Human monocytes were infected with tachyzoites in the presence of antiparasite antibodies, and their effect on mitogen-induced lymphoproliferation was examined. The presence of antibody to either parasite-excreted proteins (MIC-1 and MIC-2) or surface proteins (SAG-1 and SAG-2) during infection neutralized the marked decrease seen in mitogen-induced lymphoproliferation in the presence of infected monocytes. Conversely, antibodies to other secreted proteins (ROP-1) and cytoplasmic molecules had no effect on parasite-induced, monocyte-mediated downregulation. Fluorescence microscope analysis detected microneme and surface antigen proteins on the monocyte cell surface during infection. These results suggest that microneme and surface antigen proteins trigger monocytes to downregulate mitogen-induced lymphoproliferation.
Original Citation
Channon JY, Suh EI, Seguin RM, Kasper LH. Attachment ligands of viable Toxoplasma gondii induce soluble immunosuppressive factors in human monocytes. Infect Immun. 1999;67(5):2547-2551. doi:10.1128/IAI.67.5.2547-2551.1999
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Channon, Jacqueline Y.; Suh, Edward I.; Seguin, Rosanne M.; and Kasper, Lloyd H., "Attachment Ligands of Viable Toxoplasma gondii Induce Soluble Immunosuppressive Factors in Human Monocytes" (1999). Dartmouth Scholarship. 986.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/986
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