Mimicking B and T cell epitopes between <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i> and host as predictive biomarkers in type 1 reaction in leprosy

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Several Mycobacterial infections including leprosy and tuberculosis are known to evoke autoimmune responses by modulating homeostatic mechanism of the host. Presence of autoantibodies like, rheumatoid factor, anti-nuclear factor and antibodies to host, collagen, keratin, myelin basic protein (MBP) and myosin, have been earlier reported in leprosy patients. In the present study, we detected the role of mimicking epitopes between Mycobacterium leprae and host components in the induction of autoimmune response in leprosy. Based on our previous findings, we predicted and synthesized a total of 15 mimicking linear B cell epitopes (BCE) and 9 mimicking linear T cell epitopes (TCE) of keratin and MBP. Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses against these epitopes were investigated in Non-reaction (NR), Type 1 reaction (T1R) leprosy patients, and healthy controls. We observed significantly higher levels of antibodies against 8 BCE in T1R in comparison to NR leprosy patients. Further, we also found 5 TCE significantly associated with lymphocyte proliferation in the T1R group. Our results indicated that these epitopes play a key role in the induction of autoimmune response in leprosy and are also strongly associated with the inflammatory episodes of T1R. Conclusively, these molecules may be employed as a biomarker to predict the inflammatory episodes of T1R.

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An 8-year prospective study of a cohort of 176 newly diagnosed leprosy patients was conducted to examine the possible influence of age, sex, multidrug therapy (MDT), and duration of illness on the risk of either type 1 or type 2 reactions. Patients were enrolled over a 5-year period (1984-1989) and followed for a minimum of 3 years. All reactions studied were severe enough to warrant hospital admission. Overall, 45% of this cohort developed a reaction; 32% of patients considered at risk developed type 1 reactions, and 37% of patients considered at risk developed type 2 reactions. Despite the predominance of men among the leprosy patients, type 1 reactions occurred with significantly greater frequency in women, and did not appear to be influenced by age of onset of leprosy. Individuals experiencing one type 1 reaction were not likely to experience a recurrence, suggesting that the immunologic mechanisms of this reaction may be limited or regulated by genetic or immunologic factors. Type 2 reactions, on the other hand, occurred with equal frequency in both males and females, but were highly associated with onset of leprosy in the second decade of life. Individuals who experienced type 2 reactions often had one or more recurrence of the reaction. No increased risk was seen for either reaction with longer duration of leprosy or longer duration of treatment. The mechanisms by which these differences relate to the pathogenesis of leprosy reactions remains unclear, but future studies of clinical and immunological parameters of leprosy reactions may benefit from stratification of data by gender and age of onset of leprosy in addition to the routine grouping of results by leprosy classification.

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Itu Singh: itusingh@gmail.com

Utpal Sengupta: usengupta2002@yahoo.com

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sci Rep

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sci Rep

Title: Scientific Reports

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 2045-2322

Publication date (Electronic): 24 December 2021

Publication date PMC-release: 24 December 2021

Publication date Collection: 2021

Volume: 11

Electronic Location Identifier: 24431

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[1 ]Stanley Browne Laboratory, The Leprosy Mission Community Hospital, Nand Nagari, Shahdara, New Delhi, India 110093

[2 ]GRID grid.448881.9, ISNI 0000 0004 1774 2318, GLA University, ; Mathura, UP India 281406

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Publisher ID: 4135

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04135-5

PMC ID: 8709860

PubMed ID: 34952925

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Date received : 12 August 2021

Date accepted : 16 December 2021

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Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001411, Indian Council of Medical Research;

Award ID: 5/8/3(8)2013-ECD-I and Fellowship/lep/2/2018-ECD-I

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