DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies

Autores
Levitus, Gabriela Laura; Grippo, Vanina; Labovsky, Vivian; Abascal, Sergio; Hontebeyrie, Mireille; Levin, Mariano Jorge
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2003
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Patients with chronic Chagas' heart disease (cChHD) develop a strong IgG response against the C-terminal region of the Trypanosoma cruzi ribosomal P2beta protein (TcP2beta). These antibodies have been shown to exert an in vitro chronotropic effect on cardiocytes through stimulation of the beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1-AR). Moreover, the presence of antibodies recognizing the TcP2beta C-terminus was associated with cardiac alterations in mice immunized with the corresponding recombinant protein. Here, we demonstrate that DNA immunization could be used to modulate the specificity of the anti-TcP2beta humoral response in order to avoid the production of pathogenic antibodies. After DNA injection, we detected IgG antibodies that were directed only to internal epitopes of the TcP2beta molecule and that did not exert anti-beta1-AR functional activity, measured as an increase in intracellular cAMP levels of transfected COS-7 cells. Accordingly, DNA-immunized mice did not present electrocardiographic alterations. These data demonstrate that anti-TcP2beta antibodies elicited by DNA immunization are completely different in their specificity and functional activity from those produced during T. cruzi infection
Fil: Levitus, Gabriela Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina
Fil: Grippo, Vanina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
Fil: Labovsky, Vivian. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
Fil: Abascal, Sergio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
Fil: Hontebeyrie, Mireille. Instituto Pasteur. Departement de Biologie Structurale Et Chimie; Francia
Fil: Levin, Mariano Jorge. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
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Trypanosoma Cruzi
Dna Immunization
Ribosomal P2 Protein
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
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spelling DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodiesLevitus, Gabriela LauraGrippo, VaninaLabovsky, VivianAbascal, SergioHontebeyrie, MireilleLevin, Mariano JorgeTrypanosoma CruziDna ImmunizationRibosomal P2 ProteinRecombinant Fusion Proteinshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Patients with chronic Chagas' heart disease (cChHD) develop a strong IgG response against the C-terminal region of the Trypanosoma cruzi ribosomal P2beta protein (TcP2beta). These antibodies have been shown to exert an in vitro chronotropic effect on cardiocytes through stimulation of the beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1-AR). Moreover, the presence of antibodies recognizing the TcP2beta C-terminus was associated with cardiac alterations in mice immunized with the corresponding recombinant protein. Here, we demonstrate that DNA immunization could be used to modulate the specificity of the anti-TcP2beta humoral response in order to avoid the production of pathogenic antibodies. After DNA injection, we detected IgG antibodies that were directed only to internal epitopes of the TcP2beta molecule and that did not exert anti-beta1-AR functional activity, measured as an increase in intracellular cAMP levels of transfected COS-7 cells. Accordingly, DNA-immunized mice did not present electrocardiographic alterations. These data demonstrate that anti-TcP2beta antibodies elicited by DNA immunization are completely different in their specificity and functional activity from those produced during T. cruzi infectionFil: Levitus, Gabriela Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; ArgentinaFil: Grippo, Vanina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; ArgentinaFil: Labovsky, Vivian. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; ArgentinaFil: Abascal, Sergio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; ArgentinaFil: Hontebeyrie, Mireille. Instituto Pasteur. Departement de Biologie Structurale Et Chimie; FranciaFil: Levin, Mariano Jorge. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; ArgentinaElsevier Science2003-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/36270Levitus, Gabriela Laura; Grippo, Vanina; Labovsky, Vivian; Abascal, Sergio; Hontebeyrie, Mireille; et al.; DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies; Elsevier Science; Microbes and Infection; 5; 15; 12-2003; 1381-13881286-45791769-714XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457903002570?via%3Dihubinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.micinf.2003.09.016info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/14670451info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T14:46:27Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/36270instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 14:46:27.463CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
title DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
spellingShingle DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
Levitus, Gabriela Laura
Trypanosoma Cruzi
Dna Immunization
Ribosomal P2 Protein
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
title_short DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
title_full DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
title_fullStr DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
title_full_unstemmed DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
title_sort DNA immunization with the ribosomal P2beta gene of Trypanosoma cruzi fails to induce pathogenic antibodies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Levitus, Gabriela Laura
Grippo, Vanina
Labovsky, Vivian
Abascal, Sergio
Hontebeyrie, Mireille
Levin, Mariano Jorge
author Levitus, Gabriela Laura
author_facet Levitus, Gabriela Laura
Grippo, Vanina
Labovsky, Vivian
Abascal, Sergio
Hontebeyrie, Mireille
Levin, Mariano Jorge
author_role author
author2 Grippo, Vanina
Labovsky, Vivian
Abascal, Sergio
Hontebeyrie, Mireille
Levin, Mariano Jorge
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Trypanosoma Cruzi
Dna Immunization
Ribosomal P2 Protein
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
topic Trypanosoma Cruzi
Dna Immunization
Ribosomal P2 Protein
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Patients with chronic Chagas' heart disease (cChHD) develop a strong IgG response against the C-terminal region of the Trypanosoma cruzi ribosomal P2beta protein (TcP2beta). These antibodies have been shown to exert an in vitro chronotropic effect on cardiocytes through stimulation of the beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1-AR). Moreover, the presence of antibodies recognizing the TcP2beta C-terminus was associated with cardiac alterations in mice immunized with the corresponding recombinant protein. Here, we demonstrate that DNA immunization could be used to modulate the specificity of the anti-TcP2beta humoral response in order to avoid the production of pathogenic antibodies. After DNA injection, we detected IgG antibodies that were directed only to internal epitopes of the TcP2beta molecule and that did not exert anti-beta1-AR functional activity, measured as an increase in intracellular cAMP levels of transfected COS-7 cells. Accordingly, DNA-immunized mice did not present electrocardiographic alterations. These data demonstrate that anti-TcP2beta antibodies elicited by DNA immunization are completely different in their specificity and functional activity from those produced during T. cruzi infection
Fil: Levitus, Gabriela Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina
Fil: Grippo, Vanina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
Fil: Labovsky, Vivian. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
Fil: Abascal, Sergio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
Fil: Hontebeyrie, Mireille. Instituto Pasteur. Departement de Biologie Structurale Et Chimie; Francia
Fil: Levin, Mariano Jorge. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular. Laboratorio de Fisiología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular ; Argentina
description Patients with chronic Chagas' heart disease (cChHD) develop a strong IgG response against the C-terminal region of the Trypanosoma cruzi ribosomal P2beta protein (TcP2beta). These antibodies have been shown to exert an in vitro chronotropic effect on cardiocytes through stimulation of the beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1-AR). Moreover, the presence of antibodies recognizing the TcP2beta C-terminus was associated with cardiac alterations in mice immunized with the corresponding recombinant protein. Here, we demonstrate that DNA immunization could be used to modulate the specificity of the anti-TcP2beta humoral response in order to avoid the production of pathogenic antibodies. After DNA injection, we detected IgG antibodies that were directed only to internal epitopes of the TcP2beta molecule and that did not exert anti-beta1-AR functional activity, measured as an increase in intracellular cAMP levels of transfected COS-7 cells. Accordingly, DNA-immunized mice did not present electrocardiographic alterations. These data demonstrate that anti-TcP2beta antibodies elicited by DNA immunization are completely different in their specificity and functional activity from those produced during T. cruzi infection
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