PMID- 31818980 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200810 LR - 20200810 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 204 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Jan 15 TI - Borrelia miyamotoi Activates Human Dendritic Cells and Elicits T Cell Responses. PG - 386-393 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1801589 [doi] AB - The spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi has recently been shown to cause relapsing fever. Like the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, B. miyamotoi is transmitted through the bite of infected ticks; however, little is known about the response of the immune system upon infection. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in the early immune response against B. burgdorferi We investigated the response of DCs to two different strains of B. miyamotoi using in vitro and ex vivo models and compared this to the response elicited by B. burgdorferi. Our findings show that B. miyamotoi is phagocytosed by monocyte-derived DCs, causing upregulation of activation markers and production of proinflammatory cytokines in a similar manner to B. burgdorferi. Recognition of B. miyamotoi was demonstrated to be partially mediated by TLR2. DCs migrated out of human skin explants upon inoculation of the skin with B. miyamotoi. Finally, we showed that B. miyamotoi-stimulated DCs induced proliferation of naive CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells to a larger extent than B. burgdorferi. In conclusion, we show in this study that DCs respond to and mount an immune response against B. miyamotoi that is similar to the response to B. burgdorferi and is able to induce T cell proliferation. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. FAU - Mason, Lauren M K AU - Mason LMK AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands; l.m.mason@amc.uva.nl. FAU - Koetsveld, Joris AU - Koetsveld J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4604-5111 AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Trentelman, Jos J A AU - Trentelman JJA AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Kaptein, Tanja M AU - Kaptein TM AD - Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Hoornstra, Dieuwertje AU - Hoornstra D AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Wagemakers, Alex AU - Wagemakers A AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Fikrig, Michelle M AU - Fikrig MM AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Ersoz, Jasmin I AU - Ersoz JI AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Oei, Anneke AU - Oei A AD - Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and. FAU - Geijtenbeek, Teunis B H AU - Geijtenbeek TBH AD - Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Hovius, Joppe W R AU - Hovius JWR AD - Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Division of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam Multidisciplinary Lyme Borreliosis Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20191209 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (TLR2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 2) RN - Borrelia miyamotoi SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Borrelia/*physiology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism MH - Insect Bites and Stings/*immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Phagocytosis MH - Relapsing Fever/*immunology MH - Skin/*pathology MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Ticks/*immunology/microbiology MH - Toll-Like Receptor 2/metabolism EDAT- 2019/12/11 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/11 06:00 CRDT- 2019/12/11 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/12/11 06:00 [entrez] AID - jimmunol.1801589 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1801589 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2020 Jan 15;204(2):386-393. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801589. Epub 2019 Dec 9.