CD8+ T cells remove cysts of Toxoplasma gondii from the brain mostly by recognizing epitopes commonly expressed by or cross-reactive between type II and type III strains of the parasite

Eri Ochiai; Qila Sa; Sara Perkins; Michael E. Grigg; Yasuhiro Suzuki

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2016.03.013

CD8⁺ T cells remove cysts of Toxoplasma gondii from the brain mostly by recognizing epitopes commonly expressed by or cross-reactive between type II and type III strains of the parasite

Eri Ochiai, Qila Sa, Sara Perkins, Michael E. Grigg, Yasuhiro Suzuki

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

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Abstract

Our previous study demonstrated that CD8⁺ T cells remove cysts of Toxoplasma gondii from the brain through perforin-mediated mechanisms. We here show that a transfer of CD8⁺ immune T cells primed with a type II or a type III strain of T. gondii both efficiently removed cysts of a type II strain from infected SCID mice, although the former tended to be slightly more efficient than the latter. Similarly, a transfer of type II-primed CD8⁺ T cells removed cysts of a type III strain. Therefore, CD8⁺ T cells are capable of removing T. gondii cysts by recognizing epitopes commonly expressed in types II and III strains or cross-reactive between these two genotypes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-522
Number of pages	6
Journal	Microbes and Infection
Volume	18
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2016.03.013
State	Published - Jul 1 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The studies are supported in part by NIH grants ( AI095032 , AI073576 , and AI078756 ) (Y.S.). This work was also supported, in part, by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, NIAID (M.E.G.) . M.E.G. is a Scholar of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Integrated Microbial Biodiversity program.

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Keywords

CD8 T cells
Cyst
Genotype
Perforin
Toxoplasma gondii

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Immunology
Infectious Diseases

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In: Microbes and Infection, Vol. 18, No. 7-8, 01.07.2016, p. 517-522.

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