Author/Authors :
Ghafari-Khamene، Maryam نويسنده Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Ghafari-Khamene, Maryam , Torabi-Goudarzi، Saeedeh نويسنده Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Torabi-Goudarzi, Saeedeh , Hosseini، Maryam نويسنده Faculty of Health and Nutrition , , HAJI FATAHALIHA، Mostafa نويسنده Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Dept. of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran HAJI FATAHALIHA, Mostafa , Sadreddini، Sanam نويسنده Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Sadreddini, Sanam , Seyfi-Najmi، Mehrnosh نويسنده Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Seyfi-Najmi, Mehrnosh , Majidi، Jafar نويسنده Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. , , yousefi ، Mehdi نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Tetanus is caused by the tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT), a 150 kDa single polypeptide molecule which is cleaved into active two-chain molecules composed of a 50 kDa N-terminal light (L) and a 100 kDa C-terminal heavy (H) chains. Fragment C is further subdivided into two subdomains: the proximal HCN subdomain and the extreme carboxy subdomain, HCC. HCC is considered as an immunodominant part of TeNT and is responsible for TeNT binding activity to neurons.In the present study, we investigated the ability of recombinant HCC(r HCC) to induce T cell activation. Our results showed that recombinant HCC has a stimulatory effect on IFN-γ secretion by T cells after 48h co-incubation in the presence of anti-TLR-2 Ab. Also, Hcc can induce the expression of CD69 on T cells.Our finding indicated that stimulatory effects of HCC on T cells are TLR-2 independent and anti-TLR-2 inhibitory antibody fails to neutralize HCC stimulatory effects on T cells.Furthermore, HCC is critical for immunogenic activity of TeNT and is able to induce T cells through TLR-2 independent pathway.
