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dc.contributor.authorCuypers, B.
dc.contributor.authorLecordier, L.
dc.contributor.authorMeehan, Conor J.
dc.contributor.authorVan den Broeck, F.
dc.contributor.authorImamura, H.
dc.contributor.authorBüscher, P.
dc.contributor.authorDujardin, J.-C.
dc.contributor.authorLaukens, K.
dc.contributor.authorSchnaufer, A.
dc.contributor.authorDewar, C.
dc.contributor.authorLewis, M.
dc.contributor.authorBalmer, O.
dc.contributor.authorAzurago, T.
dc.contributor.authorKyei-Faried, S.
dc.contributor.authorOhene, S.-A.
dc.contributor.authorDuah, B.
dc.contributor.authorHomiah, P.
dc.contributor.authorMensah, E.K.
dc.contributor.authorAnleah, F.
dc.contributor.authorJose Ramon, F.
dc.contributor.authorPays, E.
dc.contributor.authorDeborggraeve, S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-24T10:49:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-18T11:10:48Z
dc.date.available2019-09-24T10:49:05Z
dc.date.available2019-10-18T11:10:48Z
dc.date.issued12/04/2016
dc.identifier.citationCuypers B, Lecordier L, Meehan CJ et al (2016) Apolipoprotein L1 Variant Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Trypanosome Infection. mBio. 7 (2): e02198-15.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/17307
dc.descriptionYes
dc.description.abstractAfrican trypanosomes, except Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which cause human African trypanosomiasis, are lysed by the human serum protein apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1). These two subspecies can resist human ApoL1 because they express the serum resistance proteins T. b. gambiense glycoprotein (TgsGP) and serum resistance-associated protein (SRA), respectively. Whereas in T. b. rhodesiense, SRA is necessary and sufficient to inhibit ApoL1, in T. b. gambiense, TgsGP cannot protect against high ApoL1 uptake, so different additional mechanisms contribute to limit this uptake. Here we report a complex interplay between trypanosomes and an ApoL1 variant, revealing important insights into innate human immunity against these parasites. Using whole-genome sequencing, we characterized an atypical T. b. gambiense infection in a patient in Ghana. We show that the infecting trypanosome has diverged from the classical T. b. gambiense strains and lacks the TgsGP defense mechanism against human serum. By sequencing the ApoL1 gene of the patient and subsequent in vitro mutagenesis experiments, we demonstrate that a homozygous missense substitution (N264K) in the membrane-addressing domain of this ApoL1 variant knocks down the trypanolytic activity, allowing the trypanosome to avoid ApoL1-mediated immunity. IMPORTANCE. Most African trypanosomes are lysed by the ApoL1 protein in human serum. Only the subspecies Trypanosoma b. gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense can resist lysis by ApoL1 because they express specific serum resistance proteins. We here report a complex interplay between trypanosomes and an ApoL1 variant characterized by a homozygous missense substitution (N264K) in the domain that we hypothesize interacts with the endolysosomal membranes of trypanosomes. The N264K substitution knocks down the lytic activity of ApoL1 against T. b. gambiense strains lacking the TgsGP defense mechanism and against T. b. rhodesiense if N264K is accompanied by additional substitutions in the SRA-interacting domain. Our data suggest that populations with high frequencies of the homozygous N264K ApoL1 variant may be at increased risk of contracting human African trypanosomiasis.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work, including the efforts of Stijn Deborggraeve, was funded by Research Foundation Flanders (1501413N). This work, including the efforts of Bart Cuypers, was funded by Research Foundation Flanders (11O1614N). This work, including the efforts of Jean-Claude Dujardin and Etienne Pays, was funded by Interuniversity Attraction Poles Program of Belgian Science Policy (P7/41). This work, including the efforts of Jean-Claude Dujardin, was funded by Flemish Ministry of Sciences (SOFI-B SINGLE). This work, including the efforts of Etienne Pays, was funded by EC | European Research Council (ERC) (APOLs 669007).
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights© 2016 Cuypers et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license, which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.subjectApolipoprotein L1
dc.subjectApoL1
dc.subjectTrypanosome Infection
dc.subjectAfrican trypanosomiasis
dc.titleApolipoprotein L1 Variant Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Trypanosome Infection
dc.status.refereedYes
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.versionPublished version
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02198-15
dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-SA
dc.date.updated2019-09-24T09:49:07Z
refterms.dateFOA2019-10-18T11:11:21Z
dc.openaccess.statusopenAccess
dc.date.accepted12/04/2016


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