The Journal of Immunology, Vol 159, Issue 10 4983-4989, Copyright © 1997 by American Association of Immunologists

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Alteration of macrophage function by a Trypanosoma cruzi membrane mucin

J de Diego, C Punzon, M Duarte and M Fresno
Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.

Cytokines secreted by macrophages play important roles in the immune response to Trypanosoma cruzi. Here, we report that a purified glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored mucin from the T. cruzi membrane, Ag C10, is able to bind to the macrophage cell surface and blocks the subsequent binding of mAb against CD62L/L-selectin, whereas binding of mAbs directed against other monocyte surface molecules is unaffected. In addition, Ag C10 binding to macrophages triggered a CD54/ICAM-1-mediated cell adhesion as well as an increase in intracellular Ca2+, which was further augmented by cross-linking the Ag C10-bound surface receptors by mAb against Ag C10. Interestingly, Ag C10-treated monocytes secreted IL-1beta, but not TNF-alpha or IL-12. Moreover, these cells could secrete IL-1beta, but not TNF-alpha or IL- 12, after activation with LPS. T. cruzi-infected macrophages displayed similar alterations in cytokine secretion, with an impaired ability to secrete IL-12 and TNF-alpha, but not IL-1beta, upon LPS activation. These effects were substantially inhibited by neutralizing mAb against Ag C10. These effects appeared to take place at the transcriptional level, since mRNA for TNF-alpha, but not that for IL-1beta, was drastically reduced in LPS-stimulated infected cells treated with Ag C10. Conceivably, inhibition of TNF-alpha and IL-12 by T. cruzi could be involved in the evasion of the immune response by this parasite.

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