Dynamics of tissue repair regulatory T cells and damage in acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

Dynamics of tissue repair regulatory T cells and damage in acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

Tissue-repair regulatory T cells (trTregs) comprise a specialized cell subset essential for tissue homeostasis and repair. While well-studied in sterile injury models, their role in infection-induced tissue damage and antimicrobial immunity is less understood. We investigated trTreg dynamics during...

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Main Authors: Santiago Boccardo, Constanza Rodriguez, Camila M S Gimenez, Cintia L Araujo Furlan, Carolina P Abrate, Laura Almada, Manuel A Saldivia Concepción, Peter Skewes-Cox, Srinivasa P S Rao, Jorge H Mukdsi, Carolina L Montes, Adriana Gruppi, Eva V Acosta Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012906
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Summary:Tissue-repair regulatory T cells (trTregs) comprise a specialized cell subset essential for tissue homeostasis and repair. While well-studied in sterile injury models, their role in infection-induced tissue damage and antimicrobial immunity is less understood. We investigated trTreg dynamics during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection, marked by extensive tissue damage and strong CD8+ immunity. Unlike sterile injury models, trTregs significantly declined in secondary lymphoid organs and non-lymphoid target tissues during infection, correlating with systemic and local tissue damage, and downregulation of function-associated genes in skeletal muscle. This decline was linked to decreased systemic IL-33 levels, a key trTreg growth factor, and promoted by the Th1 cytokine IFN-γ. Early recombinant IL-33 treatment increased trTregs, type 2 innate lymphoid cells, and parasite-specific CD8+ cells at specific time points after infection, leading to reduced tissue damage, lower parasite burden, and improved disease outcome. Our findings not only provide novel insights into trTregs during infection but also highlight the potential of optimizing immune balance by modulating trTreg responses to promote tissue repair while maintaining effective pathogen control during infection-induced injury.
ISSN:1553-7366
1553-7374

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