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Friday 19 March 2010

Host-Parasite Co-Evolution… To whose advantage?

Rick Maizels

Institute of Immunology & Infection Research Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution

University of Edinburgh

h"p://maizelsgroup.biology.ed.ac.uk/  

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DC

Mφ

Neutrophil

T cell

Mast Cell Eosinophil NK cell

B cell

Basophil

Immune system has evolved complexity of cell types

Antigen presenters, sentinels, interpret threat

Adaptive immunity, precise specificity, antibodies, memory

Innate immunity, no specificity, numerous and lethal

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TH 1 cell

TH 2 cell

NaïveT cell

IL-12

IL-4

Regulatory T cell

Immunity to Helminths

Beneficial Commensals (Bacteriodes, Lactobacillus)

The immune system evolved to fight many enemies

Intracellular bacteria, protozoa

TGF-β

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TH 1 cell

TH 2 cell

NaïveT cell

IL-12

IL-4

Regulatory T cell

Allergy

Cancer

The immune system also makes mistakes

Autoimmunity

TGF-β

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Regulatory T Cells

TGF-β

IL-10

CD25

CTLA-4

Block Th1 autoimmunity - Enforce Self-tolerance

Maintain food tolerance

Block Th2 Allergies

But… may block immunity to infection, tumours Th1

Th2 Treg

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Long lived parasites

Filarial nematodes eg Brugia malayi inhabiting human lymphatics and blood

Schistosomes eg Schistosoma mansoni, living in hepatic

vasculature

Induce Immune System’s own Down-Regulatory Mechanisms

Like Self antigens ? Th1

Th2 Treg

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Schistosoma mansoni and other schistosome species 200 million Lymphatic Filaria 140 million (Brugia malayi and Wuchereria bancrofti) Trichuris trichiura 795 million Ancylostoma and other 740 million hookworms Ascaris lumbricoides 1221 million

Species No. infected

Helminth Parasites Infect 25% of the Human Population

Figures from Elliott et al (2007) Int J Parasitol 37:457

Current global

population 6,850 million

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Uninfected despite exposure

Infected no pathology

Infected pathology

Frequency

From Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Leiden Univ.

Spectrum of outcomes in helminth infections

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“The Hygiene Hypothesis”, 1990’s

Reduced exposure to microbial infections in developed countries has resulted in exaggerated Th2 responsiveness - and the allergy epidemic

(Bacterial infection) Allergy

Th1

Th2 Th2

First mooted by Strachan (1989, BMJ 299:1259) “Hay fever, hygiene and household size”

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But… Th2-driving infections also fell in developed countries

TB “Th1”

Ascaris “Th2”

Asthma

Eczema

Rhinitis

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… and Th1 autoimmune diseases also

rising

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Helminth (Th2)-infected children have less allergy*

Uninfected Schistosoma haematobium

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van den Biggelaar & Yazdanbakhsh, Leiden University *

Th1 Th2

Treg

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Correale et al (2007) Annals of Neurology 61:97-108

Helminths may mitigate multiple sclerosis

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Clinical treatments are now being offered using live Trichuris suis to alleviate chronic inflammatory diseases of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease

Trials now under way for Necator americanus therapy, and for helminth therapy of multiple sclerosis and allergic rhinitis

Summers et al (2005) Gut 54: 87-90 Summers et al (2005) Gastroenterology 128: 825-832 Bager et al (2010) J Allergy Clin Immunol 125:123-30 Feary et al (2010) Clin Exp Allergy 40: 299-306

http://www.ovamed.org/

Helminths as therapy ?

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Infection with H. polygyrus

H. polygyrus - model system gut nematode in mice

• Natural parasite of mice • Establishes chronic infection in most strains • Entirely enteric - does not transit lungs

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Models of airway allergy

Model 1 C57BL/6 mice sensitised and challenged with Der p1 from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Model 2 BALB/c mice sensitised and challenged with Ovalbumin

(OVA).

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Day 0 28 42 56 59 60

H polygyrus infection (200 L3)

10µg Allergen/ Alum (i.p.)

Sensitisation

10µg Allergen (i.t.) Airway Challenge

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Naïve D:D Hp:D:D

P<0.0005

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Naïve O:O Hp:O:O

P<0.0005

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Foxp3 CD25

Helminths induce Regulatory T cells

IL-10, TGF-β

CD

25

Uninfected Brugia malayi infected

FoxP3

Treg

CD

25

GFP (Foxp3)

Uninfected H. polygyrus infected

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TH 1 cell

TH 2 cell

NaïveT cell

IL-12

IL-4

Regulatory T cell

Immunity to Helminths

TGF-β

Helminths mimic TGFβ to exploit host pathway

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If parasites dampen the immune system, we will have evolved to compensate

Strength of Immune Response

Parasite Suppression

Immune Fitness

Morbidity from infection

Super- infection

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In absence of parasites… Strength of Immune Response

Parasite Suppression

Immune Fitness

Allergy and

Autoimmunity

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• Greater parasite “species richness” associated with 6/9 CD/IBD predisposition alleles

J Exp Med 206 : 1395 (2009)

• Populations with greater helminth species diversity have greater immune gene polymorphism

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Helminths may promote immune polymorphism

TLR CLR

NLR

MHC

CD25 CTLA-4

ICOS IL-10

TGF-β

IFN-γ IL-4

IL-13 IL-2/IL-21 IL-4R

STAT-4 STAT6

PTPN2/22

Pathogen killing Allergy

Autoimmunity

Immunomodulation Susceptibility to infection

Treg

Mostly structural polymorphisms determining ligand binding

TCR

Mostly regulatory polymorphisms controlling quantitative effects

Dendritic Cell

Naïve T Cell

Micro- or Macro- Parasites

Effector T cell subsets (Th1, Th2, Th17…)

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Immune polymorphisms – mostly fine tuning

T reg

Pro-inflammation Anti-inflammation

Autoimmunity and/or Allergy

Chronic Helminths Commensal Microbiota Nonpathogenic Mycobacteria “Cowshed” Acinetobacter Early-life Endotoxin Ectoparasites

TLR4/CD14 alleles Low Endotoxin

Early-life Antibiotics Acute Helminth

Infection

Th1 Th2

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) can control immune pathologies of Th1 autoimmunity and Th2 allergy

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Expanded Hygiene Hypothesis, 2010

Kara Filbey John Grainger Yvonne Harcus James Hewitson Henry McSorley Janice Murray Mark Pearson Lisa Reynolds Mary O’Gorman Katie Smith

Maizels Lab Edinburgh

Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Leiden Judi Allen

Matt Taylor

Alexander Rudensky : Foxp3-GFP

David Knox, Moredun

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