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Leishmania-Induced Inhibition of Macrophage Antigen Presentation Analyzed at the Single-Cell Level ¹

Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

A number of studies have previously examined the capacity of intracellular Leishmania parasites to modulate the capacity of macrophages to process and present Ags to MHC class II-restricted CD4⁺ T cells. However, the bulk culture approaches used for assessing T cell activation make interpretation of some of these studies difficult. To gain a more precise understanding of the interaction between Leishmania-infected macrophages and effector T cells, we have analyzed various parameters of T cell activation in individual macrophage-T cell conjugates. Leishmania-infected macrophages efficiently stimulate Ag-independent as well as Ag-dependent, TCR-mediated capping of cortical F-actin in DO.11 T cells. However, infected macrophages are less efficient at promoting the sustained TCR signaling necessary for reorientation of the T cell microtubule organizing center and for IFN- production. A reduced ability to activate these T cell responses was not due to altered levels of surface-expressed MHC class II-peptide complexes. This study represents the first direct single-cell analysis of the impact of intracellular infection on the interaction of macrophages with T cells and serves to emphasize the subtle influence Leishmania has on APC function.

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