title: Abnormalities in intracellular processing and expression of interferon-gamma receptor in adherent cells from lepromatous leprosy patients.
abstract: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells in lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients produce low levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-12 (IL-12), and these cells exhibit partial or complete deficiency in the IL-12 receptor. The behavior of the IFN-gamma receptor (IFN-gamma R) has not been described in cells from people with leprosy. We found higher levels of mRNA for IFN-gamma R1 and IFN-gamma R2 in adherent cells stimulated with IFN-gamma and Mycobacterium leprae membrane proteins from LL patients compared with healthy subjects. Flow cytometry showed no significant difference in IFN-gamma R1 expression between LL patients and healthy subjects. Immunoblotting detected only the mature glycosylated form of the 61-67 kDa IFN-gamma R2 protein in healthy subjects. In contrast, cells from LL patients showed three different expression patterns: (1) the immature deglycosylated form of the 34.8 kDa IFN-gamma R2 protein, (2) the mature glycosylated 61-67 kDa form, and (3) both forms. Our data indicate the existence of abnormalities in the intracellular processing and protein expression of the IFN-gamma R in response to specific stimuli such as IFN-gamma and M. leprae membrane proteins in adherent cells of LL patients.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Inmunología y Dermatología, Departamento de Fisiología, CUCS, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Velázquez
authors.forename: Rocio I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Lopez-Roa
authors.forename: Vidal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delgado-Rizo
authors.forename: Cecilia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Guillen-Vargas
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montoya-Buelna
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fafutis-Morris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D005260:Female; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017471:Receptors, Interferon / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor