Le diabète de type 1 (DT1) est une maladie auto-immune caractérisée par la destruction sélective des cellules β pancréatiques entraînant une hyperglycémie et nécessitant un traitement par insulinothérapie à vie. La physiopathologie du DT1 est complexe et fait intervenir les cellules immunitaires innées et adaptatives dans la pathogenèse et la régulation du DT1. Alors que le développement du diabète peut être associé à des facteurs génétiques, des facteurs environnementaux sont également impliqués dans le déclenchement de cette maladie. Des études récentes ont mis en évidence le rôle du microbiote intestinal dans le développement ou la protection du DT1. Des modifications du microbiote ont par ailleurs été observées chez les patients DT1 avant le déclenchement de la maladie. Plusieurs études ont également décrit des altérations de la muqueuse intestinale chez les souris NOD et chez les patients DT1. Les cellules MAIT sont des lymphocytes T de type inné reconnaissant la molécule de MR1 et exprimant un TCR Va semi-invariant (Vα7.2-Jα33 chez l'homme et Vα19-Jα33 chez la souris). Les cellules MAIT sont activées par des métabolites bactériens, dérivés de la synthèse de la riboflavine. Leur particularité est de produire rapidement diverses cytokines telles que le TNF-α, l’IFN-γ et l’IL-17 et le granzyme B. La localisation et la fonction des cellules MAIT suggèrent qu'elles pourraient jouer un rôle clé dans le maintien de l'intégrité intestinale et le développement des réponses auto-immunes dirigées contre les cellules β. Dans l’ensemble, nos résultats chez les patients DT1 et chez les souris NOD montrent une activation anormale des cellules MAIT chez les patients DT1. Ces anomalies peuvent être détectées avant le déclenchement de la maladie. L'analyse des tissus périphériques de souris NOD souligne le rôle des cellules MAIT dans deux tissus, le pancréas et la muqueuse intestinale. Dans le pancréas, la fréquence des cellules MAIT est augmentée. Dans ce tissu les cellules MAIT semblent participer à la destruction des cellules β. Contrairement au pancréas, les cellules MAIT situées dans la muqueuse intestinale semblent jouer un rôle protecteur grâce à leur production de cytokines IL-22 et IL-17. Nos données chez les souris NOD Mr1-/-, dépourvues de cellules MAIT, soulignent le rôle protecteur des cellules MAIT lors du développement du DT1 en participant au maintien de l'intégrité intestinale. En outre, la présence d'altérations intestinales à mesure que la maladie progresse chez les souris NOD souligne l'importance des cellules MAIT dans le maintien de l'homéostasie intestinale. De manière intéressante, les cellules MAIT pourraient représenter un nouveau biomarqueur de la maladie et permettre de développer des stratégies thérapeutiques innovantes basées sur l’activation locale des cellules MAIT. / Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an auto-immune disease characterized by the selective destruction of pancreatic islet β cells resulting in hyperglycemia and requiring a life-long insulin replacement therapy. The physiopathology of T1D is complex and still not entirely understood. Both innate and adaptive immune cells are involved in the pathogenesis and the regulation of T1D. While diabetes development can clearly be associated with genetic inheritance, environmental factors were also implicated in this autoimmune diseases. Recent studies have highlighted the role of the intestinal microbiota in the development or protection against T1D. Gut microbiota analyses in patients have shown differences before the onset of T1D. Moreover, several studies also described gut mucosa alterations in NOD mice and in T1D patients. MAIT (Mucosal Associated Invariant T) cells are innate-like T cells recognizing the MR1 molecule and expressing a semi-invariant receptor Vα chain (Vα7.2-Jα33 and Vα19-Jα33 in mice). MAIT cells are activated by bacterial metabolites, derived from the synthesis of riboflavin. Their particularity is to rapidly produce various cytokines such as TNF-α IFN-γ, IL-17 and granzyme B. The localization and the function of MAIT cells suggest that they could exert a key role in the maintenance of gut integrity, thereby controlling the development of autoimmune responses against pancreatic β cells. To summarize, our results in T1D patients and in NOD mice indicate an abnormal MAIT cell activation in this pathology, which occurs before disease onset. The analysis of peripheral tissues from NOD mice highlights the role of MAIT cells in two tissues, the pancreas and the gut mucosa. In the pancreas, MAIT cells frequency is elevated and they could participate to the β cells death. In contrast to the pancreas, in the gut mucosa MAIT cells could play a protective role through their cytokines production of IL-22 and IL-17. Our data in Mr1-/- NOD mice, lacking MAIT cells, reveal that these cells play a protective role against diabetes development and in the maintenance of gut mucosa integrity. Moreover, the presence of gut alteration as T1D progress in NOD mice underscores the importance of MAIT cells in maintaining gut mucosa homeostasis. Interestingly, MAIT cells could represent a new biomarker towards T1D progression and open new avenues for innovative therapeutic strategies based on their local triggering.

Orientador: Hélio José Montassier / Banca: Adolorata Aparecida Bianco Carvalho / Banca: Clarice Weins Arns / Banca: Geraldo Aleixo da Silva Passos Júnior / Banca: Liana Brentano / Resumo: As respostas imunes inatas e adquiridas, incluindo-se aí tanto as mediadas por fatores humorais como celulares normalmente induzidas após a infecção ou vacinação com o vírus da BI (VBI), são caracterizadas por sua grande complexidade e por aspectos relevantes que ainda são pouco conhecidos, no que tange aos elementos capazes de exercer uma ou mais ações efetoras contra esse patógeno e que culminassem na restrição da replicação viral, seguido de sua eliminação do organismo hospedeiro e também no impedimento de lesões mais severas. Isso posto, foi formulado o presente estudo com o fito principal de fazer a avaliação das respostas imunes humorais e celulares em diferentes intervalos pós-desafio com o VBI de aves previamente vacinadas ou não, realizando-se a mensuração de anticorpos no soro e na lágrima, e a quantificação da expressão de genes relacionados às respostas imunes na superfície traqueal, a fim de correlacionar tais parâmetros com o estado de proteção ao desafio. Os resultados demonstraram que os aumentos significativos nos níveis de anticorpos lacrimais dos isótipos IgG e IgA nas aves previamente vacinadas e também na expressão dos genes relacionados às respostas imunes, sobretudo o CD8, a Granzima A e o IFNg foram correlacionados negativamente com um ou mais parâmetros de alterações patológicas traqueais. Constatou-se também, que a memória das respostas imunes humorais e cito-mediadas conferida por uma única vacinação contra a BI no primeiro dia de idade é dependente da dose vacinal administrada / Abstract: Avian infectious bronchitis virus (IB) is a worldwide infectious disease which causes significant economic losses in poultry industry. The innate and acquired immune responses, including whether there mediated by both cellular and humoral factors that are induced after infection or vaccination with IB virus (IBV) are characterized by their higher complexity and for the relevant aspects that are still poorly known, with respect to the elements able to exercise one or more actions against the pathogen and that culminate in the restriction of its propagation and also on your clearance of the host organism. So, this project was formulated with the main done to make the evaluation of cellular and humoral immune responses at different intervals post-immunization or postchallenge with IBV poultry previously vaccinated or not, performing the measurement of antibodies in serum or tears and quantitation of the expression of genes related to immune responses in tracheal surface, correlating these parameters with the protection against IBV. The results showed that both significative increase of IgG and IgA isotypes in tears of previously vaccinated chickens and the expression levels of genes related to immune responses, especially CD8, Granzyme A and IFN g were negatively correlated with one or more parameters of pathological lesions at trachea. Moreover, we found that the immune memory conferred by vaccination against BI on the first day of age is dependent on vaccine dose administered / Doutor

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Numerous studies have focused on identifying novel probiotic-based treatment options for immune homeostasis maintenance and favorable modulation of the gut microbiota which acts as a key regulator of the gut-brain axis. Recently, probiotics interventions are gaining interest as effective approaches to treat neuropsychiatric disorders through the gut-brain axis. However, there is limiting knowledge about probiotics' effects during puberty on the developing brain and immune responses. Probiotic intake could offer a strategy to counteract the immune, microbial and behavioral disturbances induced by inflammatory LPS. Thus, we hypothesized that the intake of a novel probiotic bacterium Rouxiella badensis subsp. acadiensis would modulate the immune response and that pubertal administration could mitigate LPS- induced inflammation and prevent enduring behavioral changes later in life. We investigated the interaction of the probiotic with the intestinal mucosa and its ability of modulating the gut mucosal immunity (Article 1). Next, we examined the ability of pubertal treatment with R. badensis subsp. acadiensis to alleviate LPS-induced anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors in adult male and female mice and to affect the expression of 5HT1A receptors in specific brain areas of adult mice (Article 2). We finally studied the ability of R. badensis subsp. acadiensis treatment during puberty to mitigate the effects of LPS on the immune system and on the gut microbiome composition (Article 3). These studies have demonstrated the ability of R. badensis subsp. acadiensis to survive the gastrointestinal conditions, interact with the gut epithelium and modulate the intestinal homeostasis. Pubertal use of the bacterium was associated with sex-specific effects on the acute immune response, microbiome structure, enduring neurobehavioral outcomes and the expression of 5HT1A receptors in specific brain areas, later in life. This dissertation emphasizes on the importance of puberty as a window of opportunities during which probiotic use can alleviate the long-term neural, behavioral, immunological and microbiome alterations induced by stress.

Clinical and experimental studies have shown that estradiol (E2) can enhance protection against sexually transmitted infections such as HSV-2 and HIV-1. Antigen presenting cells (APCs) such as Dendritic cells (DCs) are critical for generating immune responses against these infections, and it is unclear whether unique factors present in the genital mucosa can influence immune responses by directly modulating the phenotype and function of local APCs. To address this, I hypothesized that sex hormones, such as E2 and innate factors in the local microenvironment can regulate the phenotype and function of vaginal APCs. The work summarized in this thesis addressed this central hypothesis. In the first section of the thesis, I examined whether vaginal APCs were distinct in their phenotype and function compared to those in other mucosal tissues or spleen. The results show that the vagina was enriched in CD11c+ CD11b+ MHCII− DCs. Functionally, vaginal tissue cells (TC) and CD11c+ DCs were more potent inducers of Th17 responses in co-cultures with CD4+ T cells, compared to lung, small intestine or spleen APCs. E2 was critical for the conditioning of vaginal DCs to prime these Th17 responses through an IL-1-dependent pathway, indicating that sex hormones such as E2 can directly influence the function of vaginal APCs. In the next section, I determined whether other co-factors in the genital microenvironment such as microflora and innate lymphocytes could also influence vaginal APC functions. We found that while microflora was not essential, IL-17 produced by innate lymphocytes was critical for the induction of IL-1 from DCs, and consequently for potentiating Th17 responses. Finally, I attempted to develop an in vivo mouse model where the effect of E2 on vaginal APCs could be examined in the context of genital HSV-2 infection. I tested a 7-day injectable E2 and a 21-day E2 pellet delivery model, and found that both regimes had limitations for examining E2-effects on anti-viral responses. Yet, subsequent to the work done in this thesis, we were able to confirm our observations of E2-conditioned Th17 responses in vivo in an intranasal immunization model utilizing E2 pellet delivery, and thereby addressed the mechanism underlying enhanced anti-viral protection following E2-treatment. In conclusion, this is the first study to show the effect of E2 on genital tract APCs and their ability to prime Th17 responses. It provides future avenues to examine whether modulation of this microenvironment can help optimize vaccine-induced immune responses against STIs. On a more fundamental level, it highlights the need to consider the inherent distinctions in APC populations among different mucosal tissues. / Dissertation / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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