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- Title
Immunogenic Properties of Archaeal Species Found in Bioaerosols.
- Authors
Lecours, Pascale Blais; Duchaine, Caroline; Taillefer, Michel; Tremblay, Claudine; Veillette, Marc; Cormier, Yvon; Marsolais, David
- Abstract
The etiology of bioaerosol-related pulmonary diseases remains poorly understood. Recently, archaea emerged as prominent airborne components of agricultural environments, but the consequences of airway exposure to archaea remain unknown. Since subcomponents of archaea can be immunogenic, we used a murine model to study the pulmonary immune responses to two archaeal species found in agricultural facilities: Methanobrevibacter smithii (MBS) and Methanosphaera stadtmanae (MSS). Mice were administered intranasally with 6.25, 25 or 100 &mgr;g of MBS or MSS, once daily, 3 days a week, for 3 weeks. MSS induced more severe histopathological alterations than MBS with perivascular accumulation of granulocytes, pronounced thickening of the alveolar septa, alveolar macrophages accumulation and increased perivascular mononucleated cell accumulation. Analyses of bronchoalveolar lavage fluids revealed up to 3 times greater leukocyte accumulation with MSS compared to MBS. Instillation of 100 mg of MBS or MSS caused predominant accumulation of monocyte/macrophages (4.5&times:105 and 4.8&times:105 cells/ml respectively) followed by CD4+ T cells (1.386105 and 1.94×105 cells/ml respectively), B cells (0.73&times:105 and 1.28&times:105 cells/ml respectively), and CD8+ T cells (0.20×105 and 0.316105 cells/ml respectively) in the airways. Both archaeal species induced similar titers of antigen-specific IgGs in plasma. MSS but not MBS caused an accumulation of eosinophils and neutrophils in the lungs, which surprisingly, correlated inversely with the size of the inoculum. Stronger immunogenicity of MSS was confirmed by a 3 fold higher accumulation of myeloid dendritic cells in the airways, compared to MBS. Thus, the dose and species of archaea determine the magnitude and nature of the pulmonary immune response. This is the first report of an immunomodulatory role of archaeal species found in bioaerosols.
- Subjects
LUNG diseases; ANTIGEN presenting cells; T cells; RETICULO-endothelial system; LUNG disease diagnosis; LYMPHOID tissue; HISTOPATHOLOGY; DOSE-effect relationship in pharmacology; BRONCHOALVEOLAR lavage
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0023326