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GENETIC POLYMORPHISM AT CCL5 IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROTECTION IN CHAGAS' HEART DISEASE: ANTAGONISTIC PARTICIPATION OF CCR1⁺ AND CCR5⁺ CELLS IN CHRONIC CHAGASIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
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Chronic cardiomyopathy is the main clinical manifestation of Chagas disease (CD), a disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection. A hallmark of chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC) is a fibrogenic inflammation mainly composed of CD8⁺ and CD4⁺ T cells and macrophages. CC-chemokine ligands and receptors have been proposed to drive cell migration toward the heart tissue of CD patients. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CC-chemokine ligand and receptor genes may determine protein expression. Herein, we evaluated the association of SNPs in the CC-chemokines CCL2 (rs1024611) and CCL5 (rs2107538, rs2280788) and the CCL5/RANTES receptors CCR1 (rs3181077, rs1491961, rs3136672) and CCR5 (rs1799987) with risk and progression toward CCC. We performed a cross-sectional association study of 406 seropositive patients from endemic areas for CD in the State of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. The patients were classified as non-cardiopathic (A, n = 110) or cardiopathic (mild, B1, n = 163; severe, C, n = 133). Serum levels of CCL5 and CCL2/MCP-1 were elevated in CD patients but were neither associated with risk/severity of CCC nor with SNP genotypes. After logistic regression analysis with adjustment for the covariates gender and ethnicity, CCL5 −403 (rs2107538) CT heterozygotes (OR = 0.5, P-value = 0.04) and T carriers (OR = 0.5, P-value = 0.01) were associated with protection against CCC. To gain insight into the participation of the CCL5–CCR5/CCR1 axis in CCC, mice were infected with the Colombian T. cruzi strain. Increased CCL5 concentrations were detected in cardiac tissue. In spleen, frequencies of CCR1⁺ CD8⁺ T cells and CD14⁺ macrophages were decreased, while frequencies of CCR5⁺ cells were increased. Importantly, CCR1⁺CD14⁺ macrophages were mainly IL-10⁺, while CCR5⁺ cells were mostly TNF⁺. CCR5-deficient infected mice presented reduced TNF concentrations and injury in heart tissue. Selective blockade of CCR1 (Met-RANTES therapy) in infected Ccr5ˉ/ˉ mice supported a protective role for CCR1 in CCC. Furthermore, parasite antigen stimulation of CD patient blood cells increased the frequency of CCR1⁺CD8⁺ T cells and CCL5 production. Collectively, our data support that a genetic variant of CCL5 and CCR1⁺ cells confer protection against Chagas heart disease, identifying the CCL5-CCR1 axis as a target for immunostimulation.
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BATISTA, Angelica Martins et al. Genetic polymorphism at CCL5 is associated with protection in Chagas' heart disease: antagonistic participation of CCR1⁺ and CCR5⁺ cells in chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy. Frontiers in Immunology, v. 9, p. 1-16, 10 Apr. 2018.DOI
10.3389/fimmu.2018.00615ISSN
1664-3224Notes
Produção científica do Laboratório de Biologia das Interações.Produção científica do Laboratório de Hanseníase.
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