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ArticleCellular immunology2015

Cell clustering and delay/arrest in T-cell division implicate a novel mechanism of immune modulation by E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin B-subunits.

Seham El-Kassas, Rawah Faraj, Karmarcha Martin, George Hajishengallis, Terry D Connell, Toufic Nashar

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Article in Cellular immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Seham El-KassasCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health, Department of Pathobiology, Tuskegee University, 1200 Montgomery Road, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA; Kafrelshikh University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt.
Rawah FarajCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health, Department of Pathobiology, Tuskegee University, 1200 Montgomery Road, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA; Middle Technical University, Institute of Medical Technology, Department of Community Health, Baghdad, Iraq.
Karmarcha MartinCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health, Department of Pathobiology, Tuskegee University, 1200 Montgomery Road, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA.
George HajishengallisPennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Terry D ConnellThe Department of Microbiology & Immunology and The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 138 Farber Hall, 3435 Main St., University at Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
Toufic NasharCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health, Department of Pathobiology, Tuskegee University, 1200 Montgomery Road, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA. Electronic address: tnashar@mytu.tuskegee.edu.
Tuskegee University · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Oral Immunity and Adjuvant ReceptorsR01DE017138 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAJISHENGALLIS, GEORGIOS · 2006 to 2014
$3.8M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017138NIMHD NIH HHS G12MD00758-23
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The B-subunits of heat-labile enterotoxins LT-I (LT-IB) and LT-IIa (LT-IIaB) are strong adjuvants that bind to cell-surface receptors, including gangliosides G(M1) and GD1b, respectively. LT-IIaB also binds TLR-2. We demonstrate for the first time that co-incubation with the B-subunits induces significant clustering of B cells after only 4h, and B and T cells in 24h. Clustering was dependent on intact B-subunits, but not on the TLR-2 binding activity of LT-IIaB, indicating it was ganglioside-mediated. Treatment of B cells with LT-IB, a mixture of LT-IB+LT-IIaB, but not LT-IIaB alone, caused a delay in T cell division following ovalbumin endocytosis. B cell receptor-mediated uptake in presence of each treatment caused an arrest, but with increased production of IL-2. Further, treatments differentially increased the proportion of macrophages expressing MHC class-II. These results highlight the outcomes of interplay between signals involving different receptors and implicate a novel mechanism of adjuvanticity.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsBacterial ToxinsCell CycleCell LineCell SurvivalEnterotoxinsEscherichia coli ProteinsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIInterleukin-2MacrophagesMiceOvalbuminReceptors, Cell SurfaceT-LymphocytesAdjuvants, ImmunologicBacterial ToxinsEnterotoxinsEscherichia coli Proteinsheat-labile enterotoxin, E coliHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIInterleukin-2OvalbuminReceptors, Cell SurfaceAdjuvantB cellsEnterotoxinsGangliosidesGD1GM1T cellsTLR-2Vaccine

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PMID25880107
PMCPMC4439354
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