Avaliação da influência das moléculas PD-1, CD39 e CD73 na imunomodulação induzida pela infecção com a bactéria Brucella Abortus

Abstract

Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella that affect humans and a wide variety of domestic animals, resulting in significant economic losses to production systems. In humans the infection can cause undulant fever, endocarditis, arthritis, osteomyelitis and neurological complications while in animals leads to abortion and infertility. It is known that the immune response to intracellular bacteria such as Brucella occurs primarily by cell-mediated immunity, macrophage being especially important in fighting infection. However, despite the effectiveness of the response, B. abortus has several avoidance schemes, which ensures their survival in the host organism. Among these mechanisms, modulation of antigen-presenting cells has been identified as one of the most relevant. Recently, several studies have shown the importance NTPDase and PD-1 molecule to modulate the immune response. The NTPDase are envolidas with the production of adenosine which presents immunomodulatory relevant character. Since PD-1 molecule is associated with induction of an anti-inflammatory profile with decreased IL-12 and IL-10 increase. In this context, the aim of this study was to determine whether infection with B. abortus is able to alter the expression of these molecules and thus limit the action of the immune system, favoring the survival of the pathogen. To this end, RAW 264.7 cells were infected with B.abortus and modulation of CD80 molecules, CD86, CD40, MHCII, was evaluated by flow cytometry. Then the CD39 expression was also determined by flow cytometry and Western blot. Finally, we analyze possible changes in PD-1 molecule expression induced by bacteria. As a result, it was confirmed that the infection is capable of inhibiting expression of CD80, CD86 and CD40, although this has not been observed with MHCII. Additionally, CD40 expression showed decreased even after the stimulation with LPS. Surprisingly, it was observed a decrease in the expression of CD39 and PD-1 molecules, which can be explained by the lower cellular activation induced by the infection. Thus, the data obtained so far show that the PD-1 and CD39 molecules are not used by Brucella Modular APCs but are less influenced by cellular activation induced by the pathogen.