| Title: |
Immunogenicity of Mycobacterial Extracellular Vesicles Isolated From Host-Related Conditions Informs About Tuberculosis Disease Status. |
| Authors: |
Schirmer, Sebastian, Rauh, Lucas, Alebouyeh, Sogol, Delgado-Velandia, Mario, Salgueiro, Vivian C., Lerma, Laura, Serrano-Mestre, José L., Azkargorta, Mikel, Elortza, Félix, Lavín, José L., García, Maria Jesus, Tórtola Fernández, María Teresa, Gola, Susanne, Prados-Rosales, Rafael |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Microbiology; 6/22/2022, Vol. 13, p1-13, 13p |
| Subject Terms: |
TUBERCULOSIS, EXTRACELLULAR vesicles, NUCLEIC acid amplification techniques, MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, VESICLES (Cytology), IMMUNE response |
| Abstract: |
Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a major global health problem affecting over 10 million people worldwide. The gold-standard procedures for TB diagnosis are culture and nucleic acid amplification techniques. In this context, both lipoarabinomannan (LAM) urine test and rapid molecular tests have been major game changers. However, the low sensitivity of the former and the cost and the prohibitive infrastructure requirements to scale-up in endemic regions of the latter, make the improvement of the TB diagnostic landscape a priority. Most forms of life produce extracellular vesicles (EVs), including bacteria despite differences in bacterial cell envelope architecture. We demonstrated that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of TB, produces EVs in vitro and in vivo as part of a sophisticated mechanism to manipulate host cellular physiology and to evade the host immune system. In a previous serology study, we showed that the recognition of several mycobacterial extracellular vesicles (MEV) associated proteins could have diagnostic properties. In this study, we pursued to expand the capabilities of MEVs in the context of TB diagnostics by analyzing the composition of MEVs isolated from Mtb cultures submitted to iron starvation and, testing their immunogenicity against a new cohort of serum samples derived from TB+ patients, latent TB-infected (LTBI) patients and healthy donors. We found that despite the stringent condition imposed by iron starvation, Mtb reduces the number of MEV associated proteins relative to iron sufficient conditions. In addition, TB serology revealed three new MEV antigens with specific biomarker capacity. These results suggest the feasibility of developing a point-of-care (POC) device based on selected MEV-associated proteins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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