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Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy
Several Mycobacterial infections including leprosy and tuberculosis are known to evoke autoimmune responses by modulating homeostatic mechanism of the host. Presence of autoantibodies like, rheumatoid factor, anti-nuclear factor and antibodies to host, collagen, keratin, myelin basic protein (MBP) a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34952925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04135-5 |
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author | Pathak, Vinay Kumar Singh, Itu Singh, Shoor Vir Sengupta, Utpal |
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description | Several Mycobacterial infections including leprosy and tuberculosis are known to evoke autoimmune responses by modulating homeostatic mechanism of the host. Presence of autoantibodies like, rheumatoid factor, anti-nuclear factor and antibodies to host, collagen, keratin, myelin basic protein (MBP) and myosin, have been earlier reported in leprosy patients. In the present study, we detected the role of mimicking epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host components in the induction of autoimmune response in leprosy. Based on our previous findings, we predicted and synthesized a total of 15 mimicking linear B cell epitopes (BCE) and 9 mimicking linear T cell epitopes (TCE) of keratin and MBP. Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses against these epitopes were investigated in Non-reaction (NR), Type 1 reaction (T1R) leprosy patients, and healthy controls. We observed significantly higher levels of antibodies against 8 BCE in T1R in comparison to NR leprosy patients. Further, we also found 5 TCE significantly associated with lymphocyte proliferation in the T1R group. Our results indicated that these epitopes play a key role in the induction of autoimmune response in leprosy and are also strongly associated with the inflammatory episodes of T1R. Conclusively, these molecules may be employed as a biomarker to predict the inflammatory episodes of T1R. |
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spelling | pubmed-87098602021-12-28 Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy Pathak, Vinay Kumar Singh, Itu Singh, Shoor Vir Sengupta, Utpal Sci Rep Article Several Mycobacterial infections including leprosy and tuberculosis are known to evoke autoimmune responses by modulating homeostatic mechanism of the host. Presence of autoantibodies like, rheumatoid factor, anti-nuclear factor and antibodies to host, collagen, keratin, myelin basic protein (MBP) and myosin, have been earlier reported in leprosy patients. In the present study, we detected the role of mimicking epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host components in the induction of autoimmune response in leprosy. Based on our previous findings, we predicted and synthesized a total of 15 mimicking linear B cell epitopes (BCE) and 9 mimicking linear T cell epitopes (TCE) of keratin and MBP. Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses against these epitopes were investigated in Non-reaction (NR), Type 1 reaction (T1R) leprosy patients, and healthy controls. We observed significantly higher levels of antibodies against 8 BCE in T1R in comparison to NR leprosy patients. Further, we also found 5 TCE significantly associated with lymphocyte proliferation in the T1R group. Our results indicated that these epitopes play a key role in the induction of autoimmune response in leprosy and are also strongly associated with the inflammatory episodes of T1R. Conclusively, these molecules may be employed as a biomarker to predict the inflammatory episodes of T1R. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8709860/ /pubmed/34952925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04135-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Pathak, Vinay Kumar Singh, Itu Singh, Shoor Vir Sengupta, Utpal Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy |
title | Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy |
title_full | Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy |
title_fullStr | Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy |
title_full_unstemmed | Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy |
title_short | Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy |
title_sort | mimicking b and t cell epitopes between mycobacterium leprae and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34952925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04135-5 |
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