Tissue damage during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection is associated with reduced reparative regulatory T cell response and can be attenuated by early interleukin-33 administration
Date
2024-02-24Author
Boccardo, Santiago
Rodriguez, Constanza
Araujo Furlan, Cintia L.
Abrate, Carolina P.
Almada, Laura
Giménez, Camila M. S.
Saldivia Concepción, Manuel A.
Skewes-Cox, Peter
Rao, Srinivasa P. S.
Montes, Carolina L.
Gruppi, Adriana
Acosta Rodríguez, Eva V.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9578-495Xhttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-1527-870X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6606-6091
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-5190
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5871-2391
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Tissue-repair regulatory T cells (trTregs) constitute a specialized regulatory subset renowned for orchestrating tissue homeostasis and repair. While extensively investigated in sterile injury models, their role in infection-induced tissue damage and the regulation of protective antimicrobial immunity remains largely unexplored. This investigation examines trTregs dynamics during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection, a unique scenario combining extensive tissue damage with robust antiparasitic CD8+ immunity. Contrary to conventional models of sterile injury, our findings reveal a pronounced reduction of trTregs in secondary lymphoid organs and tissues during acute T. cruzi infection. This unexpected decline correlates with systemic as well local tissue damage, as evidenced by histological alterations and downregulation of repair-associated genes in skeletal muscle. Remarkably, a parallel decrease in systemic levels of IL-33, a crucial factor for trTregs survival and expansion, was detected. We found that early treatment with systemic recombinant IL-33 during infection induces a notable surge in trTregs, accompanied by an expansion of type 2 innate lymphoid cells and parasite-specific CD8+ cells. This intervention results in a mitigated tissue damage profile and reduced parasite burden in infected mice. These findings shed light on trTregs biology during infection-induced injury and demonstrate the feasibility of enhancing a specialized Tregs response without impairing the magnitude of effector immune mechanisms, ultimately benefiting the host. Furthermore, this study settles groundwork of relevance for potential therapeutic strategies in Chagas’ disease and other infections.
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Santiago Boccardo, Constanza Rodriguez, Cintia L. Araujo Furlan, Carolina P. Abrate, Laura Almada, Camila M. S. Giménez, Manuel A. Saldivia Concepción, Peter Skewes-Cox, Srinivasa P. S. Rao, Carolina L. Montes, Adriana Gruppi, Eva V. Acosta Rodríguez bioRxiv 2024.02.15.580513; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.15.580513
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