African trypanosomes expressing multiple VSGs are rapidly eliminated by the host immune system.

Abstract:

:Trypanosoma brucei parasites successfully evade the host immune system by periodically switching the dense coat of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) at the cell surface. Each parasite expresses VSGs in a monoallelic fashion that is tightly regulated. The consequences of exposing multiple VSGs during an infection, in terms of antibody response and disease severity, remain unknown. In this study, we overexpressed a high-mobility group box protein, TDP1, which was sufficient to open the chromatin of silent VSG expression sites, to disrupt VSG monoallelic expression, and to generate viable and healthy parasites with a mixed VSG coat. Mice infected with these parasites mounted a multi-VSG antibody response, which rapidly reduced parasitemia. Consequently, we observed prolonged survival in which nearly 90% of the mice survived a 30-d period of infection with undetectable parasitemia. Immunodeficient RAG2 knock-out mice were unable to control infection with TDP1-overexpressing parasites, showing that the adaptive immune response is critical to reducing disease severity. This study shows that simultaneous exposure of multiple VSGs is highly detrimental to the parasite, even at the very early stages of infection, suggesting that drugs that disrupt VSG monoallelic expression could be used to treat trypanosomiasis.

authors

Aresta-Branco F,Sanches-Vaz M,Bento F,Rodrigues JA,Figueiredo LM

doi

10.1073/pnas.1905120116

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-10-08 00:00:00

pages

20725-20735

issue

41

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

pii

1905120116

journal_volume

116

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