The heat shock proteins, Hsp70 and Hsp83, of Leishmania infantum are mitogens for mouse B cells

AUTOR(ES)

Rico, Ana I.

FONTE

Cell Stress Society International

RESUMO

Extending earlier studies, this report demonstrates that Leishmania infantum heat shock proteins (Hsps), Hsp70 and Hsp83, expressed as recombinant proteins fused to the Escherichia coli maltose-binding protein (MBP), are potent mitogens for murine splenocytes. The response was not due to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) because the stimulatory activity of Hsp preparations was sensitive to boiling and trypsin treatments, whereas the corresponding activity of LPS was resistant to both treatments. It was found that in vitro incubation of spleen cells with the Leishmania Hsps leads to the expansion of CD220-bearing populations, suggesting a direct effect of these proteins on B lymphocytes. In fact, splenocytes from B cell–deficient mice did not proliferate in response to the Leishmania Hsps. In contrast, spleen cells from athymic nude mice were significantly stimulated by these recombinant proteins as an indication that the MBP-Hsp70 and MBP-Hsp83 recombinant proteins behave as T cell–independent mitogens of B cells. Furthermore, both proteins were able to induce proliferation on B cell populations purified from BALB/c spleen.

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