Inducible Costimulator: a Modulator of Ifn-gamma Production in Human Tuberculosis.
From: Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Paraguay 2155 P.12, Capital Federal, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
- Publish Date: May 2006
- ISSN: 0022-1767
- Volume: 176
- Issue: 10
- Pages: 5965-74
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Quiroga María F, Pasquinelli Virginia, Martínez Gustavo J, et al. Inducible Costimulator: a Modulator of Ifn-gamma Production in Human Tuberculosis.. J. Immunol. May 2006;176:5965-74
Abstract
Effective host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires the induction of Th1 cytokine responses. We investigated the regulated expression and functional role of the inducible costimulator (ICOS), a receptor known to regulate Th cytokine production, in the context of human tuberculosis. Patients with active disease, classified as high responder (HR) or low responder (LR) patients according to their in vitro T cell responses against the Ag, were evaluated for T cell expression of ICOS after M. tuberculosis-stimulation. We found that ICOS expression significantly correlated with IFN-gamma production by tuberculosis patients. ICOS expression levels were regulated in HR patients by Th cytokines: Th1 cytokines increased ICOS levels, whereas Th2-polarizing conditions down-regulated ICOS in these individuals. Besides, in human polarized Th cells, engagement of ICOS increased M. tuberculosis IFN-gamma production with a magnitude proportional to ICOS levels on those cells. Moreover, ICOS ligation augmented Ag-specific secretion of the Th1 cytokine IFN-gamma from responsive individuals. In contrast, neither Th1 nor Th2 cytokines dramatically affected ICOS levels on Ag-stimulated T cells from LR patients, and ICOS activation did not enhance IFN-gamma production. However, simultaneous activation of ICOS and CD3 slightly augmented IFN-gamma secretion by LR patients. Together, our data suggest that the regulation of ICOS expression depends primarily on the response of T cells from tuberculosis patients to the specific Ag. IFN-gamma released by M. tuberculosis-specific T cells modulates ICOS levels, and accordingly, ICOS ligation induces IFN-gamma secretion. Thus, ICOS activation may promote the induction of protective Th1 cytokine responses to intracellular bacterial pathogens.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Interferon Type II, Intracellular Fluid, Ligands, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, Th1 Cells, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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