scholarly journals Helicobacter pylori-Associated Gastritis in Mice is Host and Strain Specific

1999 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 3040-3046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie E. M. van Doorn ◽  
Ferry Namavar ◽  
Marion Sparrius ◽  
Jeroen Stoof ◽  
Emmelien P. van Rees ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The vacA and cagA geno- and phenotypes of two mouse-adapted strains of Helicobacter pylori, SS1 and SPM326, were determined. The SS1 strain, which had thecagA + and vacA s2-m2 genotype, induced neither vacuole formation in HeLa cells nor interleukin-8 (IL-8) production in KATO III cells. In contrast, H. pyloriSPM326, with the cagA + and vacAs1b-m1 genotype, induced vacuoles as well as IL-8 production in vitro. Furthermore, a spontaneous mutant of SPM326, which produced a vacuolating cytotoxin but was not able to induce IL-8 production (SPM326/IL-8−), was detected. C57Bl/6 and BALB/c mice were infected with these three strains to investigate the colonization pattern and the effect on the immune response in vivo. The SS1 strain colonized the stomachs of all mice in large numbers which remained constant over time. Colonization with the SPM326/IL-8+ and SPM326/IL-8− strains was lesser, or even absent, and decreased over time. At 5 weeks postinoculation all three H. pylori strains induced a mild increase of neutrophil count in the gastric corpus of C57Bl/6 mice, which disappeared by 12 weeks. At both 5 and 12 weeks postinoculation C57Bl/6 mice colonized with SPM326/IL-8+ showed an increased expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen in the cardia which was accompanied by an increased number of T cells. C57Bl/6 mice that were infected with SS1 and SPM326/IL-8− did not show chronic inflammation. BALB/c mice colonized with SS1 and SPM326/IL-8− also showed an increase in neutrophil count at 5 weeks, which normalized again by 12 weeks postinoculation. At this time point SS1-infected mice showed inflammation in the corpus and antrum. At these sites an increased expression of MHC class II antigens and an increased number of T cells were observed. Although small lymphoid follicles were already observed 5 weeks after inoculation with SS1, their incidence as well as their number was increased at 12 weeks. These results show that inflammation induced by H. pyloridepends both on the bacterial strain and the host.

Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (21) ◽  
pp. 4026-4026
Author(s):  
Caisheng Lu ◽  
Huihui Ma ◽  
Ailing Liu ◽  
MeiHua Jin ◽  
Shirong Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 4026 Interferon-g/STAT1 signaling plays a critical role in regulating dendritic cell activation and function. Blockade of IFN-g signaling leads to reduced DC activation and impaired anti-tumor and acquired adaptive immunity. We recently reported that lack of IFN-g/STAT1 in donor lymphocytes leads to reduced GVHD induction in both MHC- and mHA-mismatched mouse BMT models. In this study, we addressed the role of host STAT1 in the regulation of GVHD. Wildtype or STAT1-deficient 129 mice (H2b) underwent allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) following lethal irradiation (1044 rad). GVHD was induced using either BALB/c or B6 donor spleen cells. We unexpectedly observed that absence of STAT1 in recipient mice led to increased GVHD-associated mortality in both MHC-mismatched (MST 5 vs. 8, p=0.01) and mHA-mismatched (MST 11 vs. 23, p<0.01) BMT settings. The enhanced GVHD induction was found to be associated with increased activation (expression of CD69 and CD25) and allo-antigen driven proliferation of donor CD4 and CD8 T cells as determined by CFSE-dilution. As host APCs have been reported to being crucial for induction of GVHD, we phenotypically and functionally characterized STAT1 deficient DCs. Our studies revealed that STAT1-deficient bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) which were maturated in the presence of LPS showed significantly increased MHC class II, CD86, CD80 and CD40 expression compared with wildtype BMDCs. Furthermore, STAT1-deficient BMDC showed significantly increased direct allo-stimulatory capacity resulting in increased responder cell proliferation as determined by standard MLR assays using 3H-Thymidine uptake assays as well as CFSE-dilution studies. STAT1−/− BMDCs significantly promoted CD44+CD62L- expression in responder CD4 and CD8 T cells compared to wild type BMDCs (all p<0.001). The increased MHC II expression in STAT1-deficient DC was further confirmed in host CD11b+ and CD11c+ cells following GVHD induction in vivo. To determine whether non-hematopoietic cells in STAT1−/− host contribute to the increased GVHD induction, we created radiation chimeras in which STAT1 was only deficient in the hematopoietic compartment by transplanting 129.STAT1−/− BMC into 129.STAT1+/+ recipients following lethal irradiation. 120 days later GVHD was induced using fully MHC-mismatched BALB/c donor splenocytes. Similar to STAT1-deficient recipients STAT1−/− ®WT chimeras showed enhanced GVHD induction compared to STAT1+/+®WT chimeras (MST 11 vs. 5, p<0.05). To determine the mechanism underlying the enhanced expansion of donor T cells in response to stimulation with STAT1-deficient APC, we hypothesized that STAT-deficiency may impair expression of the T cell inhibitory molecules Programed Cell Death-Ligand1 or-2 (PD-L1,-L2) on APC. We therefore studied the expression of PD-L1 and PD-L2 expression on wildtype and STAT1-deficient DC. Indeed, were able to demonstrate that absence of STAT1 significantly suppressed PD-L1 expression on BMDCs upon in vitro LPS stimulation (Mean Fluorescence Intensity 167.2± 15.9 vs. 532.5±7.6, p<0.001) and also in vivo tested on day+ 6 post-BMT in the mHA-mismatched setting. In line with these results using in vitro stimulation we could demonstrate significantly reduced Activation Induced Cell Death (AICD) in activated B6.SJL CD69+ CD4 and CD8 cells stimulated with 129.STAT1−/− BMDCs compared to cells stimulated with 129.STAT1+/+ BMDCs (10.6±1.5% vs. 28.2±1.9 % for CD4; 13.0±0.7% vs. 30.5±1.1% for CD8 respectively, p<0.001 for all). Importantly, blocking IFN-g with neutralizing antibodies significantly increased MHC class II, CD86 expression and reduced reduced PD-L1 expression on BMDCs upon LPS stimulation. In summary, our data suggest two mechanisms how the absence of STAT1 signaling in host hematopoietic cells may promote the development of GVHD: First, increased expression of MHC II and co-stimulatory molecule in STAT1-deficient APC may lead to enhanced activation and proliferation of donor lymphocytes. Second, absence of STAT1 in maturated host DC inhibits PD-L1 expression thus leading to reduced AICD of activated donor lymphocytes. These findings suggest that STAT1-signaling modulates host APC function and shapes the GVH-response by causing increased allo-antigen-specific donor T cell activation, survival and proliferation. Disclosures: Lentzsch: Centocor Ortho Biotech: Research Funding; Genzyme: Consultancy; Onyx: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding.


Open Biology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 190235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie J. Crowley ◽  
Patrick T. Bruck ◽  
Md Aladdin Bhuiyan ◽  
Amelia Mitchell-Gears ◽  
Michael J. Walsh ◽  
...  

Cancer-specific mutations can lead to peptides of unique sequence presented on MHC class I to CD8 T cells. These neoantigens can be potent tumour-rejection antigens, appear to be the driving force behind responsiveness to anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD1/L1-based therapies and have been used to develop personalized vaccines. The platform for delivering neoantigen-based vaccines has varied, and further optimization of both platform and adjuvant will be necessary to achieve scalable vaccine products that are therapeutically effective at a reasonable cost. Here, we developed a platform for testing potential CD8 T cell tumour vaccine candidates. We used a high-affinity alpaca-derived VHH against MHC class II to deliver peptides to professional antigen-presenting cells. We show in vitro and in vivo that peptides derived from the model antigen ovalbumin are better able to activate naive ovalbumin-specific CD8 T cells when conjugated to an MHC class II-specific VHH when compared with an irrelevant control VHH. We then used the VHH-peptide platform to evaluate a panel of candidate neoantigens in vivo in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer. None of the candidate neoantigens tested led to protection from tumour challenge; however, we were able to show vaccine-induced CD8 T cell responses to a melanoma self-antigen that was augmented by combination therapy with the synthetic cytokine mimetic Neo2/15.


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 456-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavan Reddy ◽  
Yoshinobu Maeda ◽  
Raimon Duran-Struuck ◽  
Oleg Krijanovski ◽  
Charles Dinarello ◽  
...  

Abstract We and others have recently demonstrated that suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor with anti-neoplastic properties, reduces experimental acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). We have now investigated the mechanisms of action of two HDAC inhibitors, SAHA and ITF 2357, on allogeneic immune responses. Bone marrow derived dendritic cells (DCs) were preincubated with the HDAC inhibitors at nanomolar concentrations for 16–18 hours and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Pretreatment of DCs caused a significant reduction in the secretion of TNF-α, IL-12p70 and IL-6 compared to the untreated controls (P< 0.005). Similar effects were seen using human peripheral blood mononuclear cell derived DCs. Pre-treatment of both murine and human DCs also significantly reduced their in vitro stimulation of allogeneic T cells as measured by proliferation and IFN-γ production (P<0.01). We determined the in vivo relevance of these observations utilizing a mouse model where the responses of allogeneic donor bm12 T cells depended on the function of injected host B6 DCs would stimulate. Recipient Class-II −/− B6 (H-2b) received 11 Gy on day -1 and were injected with 4–5 x 106 wild type B6 DCs treated with SAHA or with media on days -1 and 0 and then transplanted with 2 x 106 T cells and 5 x 106 TCDBM cells from either syngeneic B6 or allogeneic bm12 donors. SAHA treatment of DCs significantly reduced expansion of allogeneic donor CD4+ T cells on day +7 after BMT compared to controls (P<0.05). SAHA treatment induced a similarly significant reduction in the expansion of CD8+ cells in Class I disparate [bm1→β2M−/−] model. In vitro, SAHA treatment significantly suppressed the expression of CD40 and CD80 but did not alter MHC class II expression. Surprisingly, when mixed with normal DCs at 1:1 ratio, SAHA treated DCs dominantly suppressed allogeneic T cell responses. The regulation of T cell proliferation was not reversible by addition of IL-12, TNF-α, IL-18, anti-IL-10 or anti-TGFβ, either alone or in combination. Suppression of allogeneic responses was contact dependent in trans-well experiments. To address whether the regulation of SAHA treated DCs required contact with T cells, we devised a three cell experiment where SAHA treated DCs lacked the capacity to present antigens to T cells. DCs from B6 MHC Class II deficient (H-2b) were treated with SAHA and co-cultured with wild type B6 (H-2b) DCs along with purified allogeneic BALB/c (H-2d) CD4+ T cells in an MLR. Allogeneic CD4+ T cells proliferated well, demonstrating the regulation to be dependent on contact between SAHA treated DCs and T cells. To address the in vivo relevance of this suppression, we utilized a well characterized [BALB/c →B6] mouse model of acute GVHD. Recipient B6 animals received 11Gy on day -1 and were injected with of 5 million host type SAHA treated or control DCs on days −1, 0, and +2. Mice were transplanted on day 0 with 2 x 106 T cells and 5 x 106 BM from either syngeneic B6 or allogeneic BALB/c donors. Injection of SAHA treated DCs resulted in significantly better survival (60% vs. 10%, P < 0.01) and significantly reduced serum levels of TNF-α, donor T cell expansion and histopathology of GVHD on day +7 after BMT compared to the controls. We conclue that HDAC inhibitors are novel immunomodulators that regulate DC function and might represent a novel strategy to prevent GVHD.


1989 ◽  
Vol 169 (6) ◽  
pp. 2085-2096 ◽  
Author(s):  
J C Zuñiga-Pflücker ◽  
S A McCarthy ◽  
M Weston ◽  
D L Longo ◽  
A Singer ◽  
...  

We examined the possible role of CD4 molecules during in vivo and in vitro fetal thymic development. Our results show that fetal thymi treated with intact anti-CD4 mAbs fail to generate CD4 single-positive T cells, while the generation of the other phenotypes remains unchanged. Most importantly, the use of F(ab')2 and Fab anti-CD4 mAb gave identical results, i.e., failure to generate CD4+/CD8- T cells, with no effect on the generation of CD4+/CD8+ T cells. Since F(ab')2 and Fab anti-CD4 fail to deplete CD4+/CD8- in adult mice, these results strongly argue that the absence of CD4+/CD8- T cells is not due to depletion, but rather, is caused by a lack of positive selection, attributable to an obstructed CD4-MHC class II interaction. Furthermore, we also observed an increase in TCR/CD3 expression after anti-CD4 (divalent or monovalent) mAb treatment. The TCR/CD3 upregulation occurs in the double-positive population, and may result from CD4 signaling after mAb engagement, or may be a consequence of the blocked CD4-class II interactions. One proposed model argues that the CD3 upregulation occurs in an effort to compensate for the reduction in avidity or signaling that is normally provided by the interaction of the CD4 accessory molecule and its ligand. As a whole, our findings advocate that CD4 molecules play a decisive role in the differentiation of thymocytes.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
LiNa Jiang ◽  
GuoMu Liu ◽  
WeiHua Ni ◽  
NanNan Zhang ◽  
Jing Jie ◽  
...  

To explore whether TLR2/TLR4 could be involved in the maturation of dendritic cells and polarization of CD4+T cells induced by dendritic cells stimulated with MBP and BCG, in vitro and in vivo experiments using TLR2−/−or TLR4−/−mice were employed. MBP and BCG elevated CD80, CD86 and MHC class II expressed on dendritic cells and increased IL-12 protein, induced DC maturation, and indirectly promoted Th1 activation. Moreover, MBP and BCG upregulated costimulatory molecules on DCs in a TLR2- and TLR4-dependent manner. The levels of IFN-γ, IL-4, and IL-10 in CD4+T cells cocultured with dendritic cells from different types of mice were determined with ELISPOT or ELISA method. TLR2/TLR4 is important in the maturation and activation of dendritic cells and the activation of Th1 cells induced by stimulation with MBP and BCG. In conclusion, TLR2 and TLR4 play an important role in the upregulation of costimulatory molecules and MHC class II molecules on dendritic cells and the activation of Th1 cells induced by stimulation with MBP and BCG. The results above indicate that the combination of MBP and BCG induced the maturation and activation of dendritic cells and promoted Th1 activation via TLR2/TLR4.


2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 859-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Else Marit Inderberg ◽  
Sébastien Wälchli

AbstractWe have established a platform for the isolation of tumour-specific TCR from T cells of patients who experienced clinical benefit from cancer vaccination. In this review we will present the rationale behind this strategy and discuss the advantages of working with “natural” wild type TCRs. Indeed, the general trend in the field has been to use various modifications to enhance the affinity of such therapeutic TCRs. This was done to obtain stronger T cell responses, often at the cost of safety. We further describe antigen targets and recent in vitro and in vivo results obtained to validate them. We finally discuss the use of MHC class II-restricted TCR in immunotherapy. Typically cellular anti-tumour immune responses have been attributed to CD8 T cells; however, we isolated mainly CD4 T cells. Importantly, these MHC class II-restricted TCRs have the potential to induce broad, long lasting immune responses that enable cancer control. The use of CD4 T cell-derived TCRs for adoptive immunotherapy has so far been limited and we will here discuss their therapeutic potential.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lorena Harvey ◽  
Aung Soe Lin ◽  
Lili Sun ◽  
Tatsuki Koyama ◽  
Jennifer H. B. Shuman ◽  
...  

Helicobacter pylori genomes encode >60 predicted outer membrane proteins (OMPs). Several OMPs in the Hop family act as adhesins, but the functions of most Hop proteins are unknown. To identify hop mutant strains that exhibit altered fitness in vivo compared to fitness in vitro , we used a genetic barcoding method that allowed us to track changes in the proportional abundance of H. pylori strains within a mixed population. We generated a library of hop mutant strains, each containing a unique nucleotide barcode, as well as a library of control strains, each containing a nucleotide barcode in an intergenic region predicted to be a neutral locus unrelated to bacterial fitness. We orogastrically inoculated each of the libraries into mice and analyzed compositional changes in the populations over time in vivo compared to changes detected in the populations during library passage in vitro . The control library proliferated as a relatively stable community in vitro, but there was a reduction in the population diversity of this library in vivo and marked variation in the dominant strains recovered from individual animals, consistent with the existence of a non-selective bottleneck in vivo . We did not identify any OMP mutants exhibiting fitness defects exclusively in vivo without corresponding fitness defects in vitro . Conversely, a babA mutant exhibited a strong fitness advantage in vivo but not in vitro . These findings, when taken together with results of other studies, suggest that production of BabA may have differential effects on H. pylori fitness depending on the environmental conditions.


2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1378-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionyssios N. Sgouras ◽  
Effrosini G. Panayotopoulou ◽  
Beatriz Martinez-Gonzalez ◽  
Kalliopi Petraki ◽  
Spyros Michopoulos ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT In clinical settings, Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 administration has been reported to have a favorable effect on Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis, although the mechanism remains unclear. We administered, continuously through the water supply, live La1 to H. pylori-infected C57BL/6 mice and followed colonization, the development of H. pylori-associated gastritis in the lamina propria, and the levels of proinflammatory chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2) and keratinocyte-derived cytokine (KC) in the serum and gastric tissue over a period of 3 months. We documented a significant attenuation in both lymphocytic (P = 0.038) and neutrophilic (P = 0.003) inflammatory infiltration in the lamina propria as well as in the circulating levels of anti-H. pylori immunoglobulin G antibodies (P = 0.003), although we did not observe a suppressive effect of La1 on H. pylori colonizing numbers. Other lactobacilli, such as L. amylovorus DCE 471 and L. acidophilus IBB 801, did not attenuate H. pylori-associated gastritis to the same extent. MIP-2 serum levels were distinctly reduced during the early stages of H. pylori infection in the La1-treated animals, as were gastric mucosal levels of MIP-2 and KC. Finally, we also observed a significant reduction (P = 0.046) in H. pylori-induced interleukin-8 secretion by human adenocarcinoma AGS cells in vitro in the presence of neutralized (pH 6.8) La1 spent culture supernatants, without concomitant loss of H. pylori viability. These observations suggest that during the early infection stages, administration of La1 can attenuate H. pylori-induced gastritis in vivo, possibly by reducing proinflammatory chemotactic signals responsible for the recruitment of lymphocytes and neutrophils in the lamina propria.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihua Wu ◽  
Chunmei Bao ◽  
Ruilin Wang ◽  
Xiaomei Zhang ◽  
Sijia Gao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Zuojin Pill (ZJP), a famous Chinese medicinal formula, widely accepted for treatment of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) in China. This study aimed to explore the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of ZJP in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) - induced chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) in vivo and in vitro. Methods: CAG rat model was induced by H. pylori. ZJP (0.63, 1.26, and 2.52 g/kg, respectively) was administered orally for four weeks. Therapeutic effects of ZJP were identified by H&E staining and serum indices. In addition, cell viability, morphology and proliferation were detected by cell counting kit-8 (CCK8) and high-content screening assay (HCS), respectively. Moreover, relative mRNA expression and protein expression related to JMJD2B/COX-2/VEGF axis was detected to investigate the potential mechanisms of ZJP in CAG. Results: Results showed the symptoms (weight loss and gastric mucosa damage) of CAG were alleviated, and the contents of TNF-α in serum was markedly decreased after treating with ZJP. Moreover, cell viability, proliferation and morphology changes of GES-1 cells were ameliorated by ZJP intervention. In addition, proinflammatory genes and JMJD2B/COX-2/VEGF axis related genes were suppressed by ZJP administration in vitro and in vivo. Meanwhile, immunohistochemistry (IHC) and western blot confirmed down-regulation of these genes by ZJP intervention. Conclusion: ZJP treatment can alleviate gastric mucosal damage induced by H. pylori via JMJD2B/COX-2/VEGF axis.


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