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Aptamer against mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan inhibits virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice and rhesus monkeys.

ABSTRACT: The major surface lipoglycan of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM), is an immunosuppressive epitope of M. tb. We used systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) to generate an aptamer (ZXL1) that specifically bound to ManLAM from the virulent M. tb strain H37Rv. Aptamer ZXL1 had the highest binding affinity, with an equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of 436.3?±?37.84 nmol/l, and competed with the mannose receptor for binding to ManLAM and M. tb H37Rv. ZXL1 significantly inhibited the ManLAM-induced immunosuppression of CD11c(+) dendritic cells (DCs) and enhanced the M. tb antigen-presenting activity of DCs for naive CD4(+) Th1 cell activation. More importantly, we demonstrated that injection of aptamer ZXL1 significantly reduced the progression of M. tb H37Rv infections and bacterial loads in lungs of mice and rhesus monkeys. These results suggest that the aptamer ZXL1 is a new potential antimycobacterial agent and tuberculosis vaccine immune adjuvant.

SUBMITTER: Pan Q

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4015227 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Aptamer against mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan inhibits virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice and rhesus monkeys.

Pan Qin Q Wang Qilong Q Sun Xiaoming X Xia Xianru X Wu Shimin S Luo Fengling F Zhang Xiao-Lian XL

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 20140227 5

The major surface lipoglycan of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM), is an immunosuppressive epitope of M. tb. We used systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) to generate an aptamer (ZXL1) that specifically bound to ManLAM from the virulent M. tb strain H37Rv. Aptamer ZXL1 had the highest binding affinity, with an equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of 436.3 ± 37.84 nmol/l, and competed with the mannose receptor for binding t ...[more]

PMID: 24572295

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Project description:CD4+ T cells have a central role in controlling Mtb infection (1). Despite immune control, Mtb persists by interfering with macrophage and T cell function, allowing for pathogen survival. Our group has demonstrated direct and indirect inhibition of CD4+ T cell activation by different Mtb molecules including lipoproteins LpqH, LprA and LprG, and ManLAM (2-5). ManLAM is an abundant glycolipid in the Mtb cell wall and interferes with TCR signaling by down-regulating phosphorylation of Lck, CD3, ZAP70 and LAT (6). Activation through the TCR-CD3 complex leads to marked changes in the proteome of T cells. Entry into cell cycle, production of cytokines and differentiation from naïve to effector and memory T cell are all reflected in the production and modification of multiple proteins. Mass spectrometry (MS) has been used to characterize TCR complex formation (7-11) and the effect of a range of stressors on the T cell proteome (12-14). Recent advances have overcome technical issues in quantitative MS and allow analysis of the complexity and dynamic range of the cellular proteome (15). To extract biological meaning different bioinformatic tools have been developed for MS based cellular studies (16, 17). In this study we used label-free quantitative MS to characterize the effect of ManLAM on the proteome of activated CD4+ T cells. Approximately 5000 peptides were identified and quantitated from three biological experimental datasets in primary murine CD4+ T cells treated with or without ManLAM and activated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 monoclonal antibodies (mAb). Peptides with varying abundance were selected by likelihood ratio based statistical significance by comparing the intensities under different experimental conditions. ManLAM treatment resulted in abundance changes for 149 peptides representing 131 proteins in the activated CD4+ T cell proteome that affected a variety of enriched cluster modules and pathways. Validation experiments confirmed Man LAM induced inhibition of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) that regulates cell cycle progression. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis revealed a central role for the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. WB studies revealed decreased phosphorylation of both Akt and mTOR in ManLAM treated CD4+ T cells as well as decreased expression of Otub1, a key molecule regulated by mTOR. Thus disruption of the activated CD4+ T cell proteome by ManLAM-mediated inhibition of proximal TCR signaling is primarily mediated through inhibition of Akt-mTOR signaling.

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Aptamer against mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan inhibits virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice and rhesus monkeys.

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Aptamer against mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan inhibits virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice and rhesus monkeys.

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