The protective effects of antigen-specific IgY on pyocyanin-treated human lymphoma Raji cells

Heni Susilowati; Sidna Artanto; Heribertus Dedy Kusuma Yulianto; Wihaskoro Sosroseno; Suryani Hutomo

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The protective effects of antigen-specific IgY on pyocyanin-treated human lymphoma Raji cells

[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Heni Susilowati ¹, Sidna Artanto², Heribertus Dedy Kusuma Yulianto³, Wihaskoro Sosroseno⁴, Suryani Hutomo⁵

Heni Susilowati ¹, Sidna Artanto², [...] Heribertus Dedy Kusuma Yulianto³, Wihaskoro Sosroseno⁴, Suryani Hutomo⁵

PUBLISHED 04 Jul 2019

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¹ Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
² Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veteriner, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
³ Department of Dental Biomedical Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
⁴ Faculty of Dentistry, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah, 08100, Malaysia
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dutawacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, 55225, Indonesia

Heni Susilowati
Roles: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Funding Acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft Preparation

Sidna Artanto
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Heribertus Dedy Kusuma Yulianto
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Wihaskoro Sosroseno
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Suryani Hutomo
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Abstract

Background: Pyocyanin (PCN), a highly pathogenic pigment produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, induces caspase 3-dependent human B cell (Raji cells) death. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to assess whether antigen-specific IgY antibodies may be protective on PCN-induced Raji cell death.
Methods: Chickens were subcutaneously immunized with Freund's complete adjuvant containing PCN, and then given two boosted immunizations. Anti-PCN IgY antibodies were purified from egg yolk and detected using an agar gel precipitation test (AGPT) and ELISA. Protective effects of antigen-specific IgY on Raji cells were tested using a cell viability assay.
Results: AGPT results showed the formation of strong immune complex precipitates, whilst ELISA further confirmed the presence of IgY antibodies specific to PCN at significant concentration. Further experiments showed that anti-PCN IgY antibodies significantly increased PCN-treated Raji cell viability in a dose-dependent fashion (p<0.05).
Conclusions: The results of the present study suggest that anti-PCN IgY antibodies may be protective on PCN-induced Raji cell death.

Keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pyocyanin, IgY, protective effect

Corresponding author: Heni Susilowati

Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed.

Grant information: This study was supported by a research grant (no. 1048/UN1-P.III/LT/DIT-LIT/2016) from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, the Indonesian Government.

Copyright: © 2019 Susilowati H et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to cite: Susilowati H, Artanto S, Yulianto HDK et al. The protective effects of antigen-specific IgY on pyocyanin-treated human lymphoma Raji cells [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. F1000Research 2019, 8:1008 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19327.1) First published: 04 Jul 2019, 8:1008 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19327.1) Latest published: 17 Dec 2019, 8:1008 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19327.2)

Introduction

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic Gram-negative bacterium, is found in the environment with a broad spectrum of habitats and is responsible for severe nosocomial infections in the urinary tract¹, the respiratory tract², the vascular system³ and the central nervous system⁴. It is known for one of the most common pathogens infecting patients with cystic fibrosis, leading to increase its morbidity and mortality due to the resisting abilities of this pathogen to against antibiotic treatments^5,6. The presence of P. aeruginosa in dental pulp and periapical lesions may cause failure of endodontic treatments^7,8. In the initial stage of infection, P. aeruginosa releases various virulent mediators, such as elastases, proteases, exotoxin A, and pyocyanin (PCN), after which chronic infection and persistent bacterial colonization at the P. aeruginosa-infected sites would be established⁹. PCN, a blue redox-active secondary metabolite and a member of tricyclic phenazine family, is known to function as a gene controller during the stationary growth phase¹⁰, an antibiotic¹¹, an electron transfer facilitator¹², and a potent mammary cell-damaging virulence factor¹³. Reports indicate that PCN inhibits B cell, T cell and macrophage functions^14,15 and induces neutrophil apoptosis¹⁶, suggesting that PCN suppresses both innate and antigen-specific adaptive immune response.

The existence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa leads to the development of alternative treatment strategies to eradicate an established chronic P. aeruginosa infection. Of these treatments, both active and passive immunotherapies have been reported. Active immunization with P. aeruginosa-derived flagella in cystic fibrosis patients resulted in increased serum antigen-specific IgG antibodies and reduced number of P. aeruginosa strains, suggesting the reduction of P. aeruginosa infection risk in cystic fibrosis patients by active vaccination¹⁷. Passive immunization with egg yolk immunoglobulin (IgY) specific to P. aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis prevented bacterial colonization and infection, perhaps by acting as an opsonin, which in turn enhanced neutrophil phagocytosis to this pathogen^18–20. A recent study showed that PCN induces caspase 3-dependent human B cell (Raji Cells) death²¹. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to determine whether antigen-specific IgY antibodies may prevent PCN-induced Raji cell death.

Methods

IgY preparation and purification

PCN (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) was dissolved in DMSO at a concentration of 1 mg/ml. Five Leghorn chickens aged 3 months were subcutaneously immunized with 500 μl of Freund's complete adjuvant (Sigma-Aldrich) containing 100 μg of PCN in the back of the neck. Two weeks later, a booster was given by injecting 500 μl incomplete Freund adjuvant containing 40 μg PCN as above and the same immunization regime was repeated two weeks later. Eggs were collected one week after the last immunization and IgY was isolated by using Pierce® Chicken IgY Purification Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific Pierche Biotechnology, Rockford, USA) according to the manufacturer. The presence of anti-PCN IgY antibodies was detected using the agarose gel precipitation test (AGPT) as previously reported²² and its concentration was assessed using the Chicken IgY ELISA Kit (Elabscience Biotechnology Co., Ltd, USA). The AGPT test was performed three times, each of 4 isolates from the first and second IgY purification results. The ELISA was then performed on two IgY batches.

Cell cultures

Raji cells, a human B cell line, obtained from central university laboratory LPPT, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 100 UI/ml of penicillin-streptomycin, and 250 μl/ml of amphotericin B and then incubated in 5% CO₂ humidity. All materials for culture medium were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. The cells were cultured in 96-well plates and five replicates were carried out for assays.

Cell viability

PCN (Sigma-Aldrich) was initially dissolved in DMSO (Sigma-Aldrich) at a concentration of 1 mg/ml and then diluted in RPMI to a final concentration of 1 μg/ml, 10 μg/ml, 25 μg/ml, and 50 μg/ml. Raji cells at 2 × 10⁴ cells incubated without the presence of PCN were used as a negative control. After exposure to various concentration of PCN then the cultures were incubated at 37°C for 24 hours. In the next experiments, the cells, at a concentration of 2 × 10⁴ cells/well, were treated with 50 μg/ml PCN with or without the presence of various concentration (6.71 μg/ml, 13.42 μg/ml, 28.19 μg/ml, 55.49 μg/ml, 111.87 μg/ml, and 223.75 μg/ml) of anti-PCN IgY were cultured in 96-well plates and incubated for 16 hours. Cell survivability was assessed by MTT assay as described previously²¹. Experiments were carried out three times with 8 replicates in each group.

In order to assess cell viability, 5 × 10⁴ cells/well were cultured on sterile coverslips in 24-well plates for 24 hours and then treated with PCN in the presence or absence of anti-PCN IgY (55.49 µg/ml) for 16 hours. Subsequently, the cells were stained with acrydine orange/ethidium bromide and viewed under Digital Carl Zeiss-Axioscope 40 (Carl Zeiss Vision, Oberkochen, Germany) by which viable and death cells appeared as green and orange/red, respectively.

Statistical analysis

The results of PCN cytotoxicity assay on Raji cells were analyzed by using one way analysis of variance followed by LSD test. Data obtained from the experiments on the effects of anti-PCN IgY on PCN-treated Raji cells was analysed by using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s Test. Statistical analysis was calculated by using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 22 (SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., Chicago, IL).

Results

Following isolation and purification of IgY from the immunized chickens, PCN-IgY complexes were detected by using AGPT. As seen in Figure 1, clear lines of precipitates from two IgY batches in the agarose matrix indicated the presence of PCN-specific antibodies. A further assessment using ELISA demonstrated that the first batch gives high amount of specific IgY antibodies (8.95 μg/μl) than that one of the second (3.02 µg/µl) which were then used for the rest of experiments.

Figure 1. Agarose gel precipitation test of pyocyanin (PCN)-IgY antibody complex batch I and II.

The presence of PCN-IgY antibody was detected through the presence of precipitates formed on agarose gel.

The results of this study showed that PCN at 1 mg/ml was toxic to the Raji cells. This cytotoxic effect of PCN on the cells was steadily increased in a dose dependent fashion (p<0.05) (Figure 2).

Figure 2. The effects of pyocyanin (PCN) on Raji cell survivability.

After incubation with various concentration of PCN, Raji cell viabilities were assessed by MTT assay. PCN-treated Raji cell survivability was calculated against the control cells. *p<0.05.

Further experimentation demonstrated that anti-PCN IgY at concentrations of 28.19 μg/mL or higher was able to suppress the cytotoxic effect of PCN on Raji cells as compared with the negative control (p<0.05) (Figure 3). No significant differences between the cells treated with PCN and specific anti-PCN IgY antibodies at the concentration above 55 μg/ml were observed, however (p>0.05) (Figure 3). Microscopically, the number of viable cells treated with PCN-IgY complexes was much higher than those treated with PCN only (Figure 4). Raw cell viability counts, along with other raw results and images, are available as Underlying data²³.

Figure 3. The effects of IgY specific antibodies on pyocyanin (PCN)-treated Raji cell survivability.

PCN was incubated with various concentration of IgY antibodies. Raji cells were then incubated with the PCN-IgY mixtures. Viable cells were assessed by MTT and their percentage was calculated as in Figure 2. *p<0.05.

Figure 4. Microscopic features of Raji cells treated with pyocyanin (PCN) or PCN-IgY antibody complexes.

Raji cells were incubated without PCN (A) and with PCN (B) or the mixture of PCN-IgY antibodies (C) and then stained with acrydine orange/ethidium bromide. Green or orange fluorescence stained cells are viable and dead cells, respectively.

Discussion

The results of the present study showed that PCN does induce cell death in Raji cells as also seen in our previous report²¹. Similarly, other also demonstrated that PCN of P. aeruginosa plays an important role in the invasion of host cells by inducing neutrophil cell death¹⁶. Therefore, efforts to inhibit excessive host cell damage induced by PCN are imminent.

Further results of the present study demonstrated that anti-PCN IgY antibodies specific to PCN significantly reduce the ability of this virulence to induce Raji cell death in a dose-dependent fashion. Whilst no previous studies showing prevention of PCN-induced cell death by antigen-specific IgY have yet been reported to our knowledge, the present results are supported by the fact that antigen-specific IgY antibodies did prevent P. aeruginosa infection in humans by both active and passive immunization^17–19, suggesting that P. aeruginosa-specific IgY antibodies may inhibit cellular inflammatory responses induced by this pathogen. Antigen-specific IgY antibodies also stimulated P. aeruginosa aggregation and increased human neutrophil phagocytic activities²⁰. The exact mechanism by which antigen-specific IgY antibodies inhibited PCN-induced Raji cell death seen in the present study remains unclear, however. Our previous study indicated that PCN induced Raji cell death via a caspase 3-activation pathway²¹. It seems plausible, therefore, that PCN-IgY antibody complexes may fail to activate Raji cell-derived caspase 3 and hence, inhibit cell death. However, more studies are required to delineate this speculation.

The extrapolation of the results of the present study in the therapy of P. aeruginosa infection remains to be further investigated. P. aeruginosa with its multiple mechanisms for adaptation and survival is well known as one of the main pathogens that lead to increase nosocomial infections^1–4 and morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis patients⁵. The difficulty to eradicate P. aeruginosa infection has been even more complicated by the presence of MDR P. aeruginosa, and hence alternative supplemental treatment approaches have been put forward based upon its bacterial virulent factors, such as exotoxin, lipopolysaccharide, and flagellin²⁴. Immunotherapies using IgY specific to P. aeruginosa to delay initial infection and reduce both frequency of infection and development of chronic infection seem to be promising. Both passive and active immunization with antigen-specific IgY antibodies in humans resulted in inhibition of P. aeruginosa infection. For example, oral immunization with specific IgY antibodies in patients with cystic fibrosis led to the inhibition of P. aeruginosa colonization^18,19, suggesting the usefulness of antigen-specific IgY antibodies an immunotherapy to prevent P. aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis. Therefore, PCN-specific IgY antibodies used as an immunotherapy alongside with the common antibiotic treatments for P. aeruginosa infection are highly possible.

In conclusion, the present study showed that eggs from PCN-immunized chickens contain substantial amount of IgY antibodies that recognize PCN. Furthermore, antigen-specific IgY antibodies were able to inhibit PCN-induced Raji cell death, suggesting that PCN-specific IgY antibodies may be protective against PCN-induced Raji cell death.

Data availability

Figshare: Cytotoxicity of PCN.xlsx. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8115701.v1²³.

This project contains the following underlying data:

Cytotoxicity of PCN.xlsx (raw cell viability data following treatment with pyocyanin)
The effect of IgY on cell viability.xlsx (raw cell viability data following treatment with pyocyanin and IgY)
Fig 4A untreated cells.JPG (raw image used for Figure 4A)
Fig 4B PCN-treated cells.JPG (raw image used for Figure 4B)
Fig 4C PCN IgY-treated cells.JPG (raw image used for Figure 4C)
IMG-AGPT.jpg (raw image of agar gel precipitation test)
Elisa results Sept 1.xls (raw ELISA data)

Data are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0).

Grant information

This study was supported by a research grant (no. 1048/UN1-P.III/LT/DIT-LIT/2016) from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, the Indonesian Government.

Acknowledgements

We also express our gratitude to Ericko Tedy Hananto, who has helped with full responsibility during antibody preparation.

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Overall, the study design is of an acceptable quality. Immunotherapy using IgY specific to P. aeruginosa looks promising. Minor English editing and grammar check are required.

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Overall, the study design is of an acceptable quality. Immunotherapy using IgY specific to P. aeruginosa looks promising. Minor English editing and grammar check are required.

Magnification/Scale on Figure 4 is missing. Best to include this.
Why isn't there a positive control? I can only see results with negative control. Please provide a justification for not including a positive control.
Best to also include other articles from year 2018-2019.

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General comments:

In this manuscript, the authors provide data account of an IgY-antibody that was purified from eggs of hens immunized with PCN secreted by P. aeruginosa. The specificity of PCN-IgY binding was determined by using AGPT, and it was further examined in vitro experiment to mimic the naturally occurring of bacterium-host cell interaction. In my opinion, it is necessary to explain (in the discussion session), when the toxin (PCN) is secreted and injected into host cells. For example, after cell contact (adherence phase).

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Methods:

In the experiment, PCN was added into the cultured cell in the presence or absence of anti-PCN IgY (acted as control). This means, in the absence of the IgY, the toxin can enter the host cell (might be in adherence phase) due to the presence of a receptor, then induced the intracellular pathway leading to human B cell (Raji Cells) death (21). If this is the case, please explain it in the discussion session.

Results:

In order to exclude chicken serum as the other IgY source, please change “the immunized chickens” to “egg of immunized chickens”.
In this study, they used a microscope (fluorescence microscope?) to compare the Raji cells number between groups tested, qualitatively, thus the obtained results was not quantitative.

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”anti-PCN IgY antibodies specific ………….to this virulence”. I suggest changing this virulence with this pathogen.
“the present results are supported by the fact that antigen-specific IgY antibodies did prevent P. aeruginosa infection…….., suggesting that P. aeruginosa-specific IgY antibodies may inhibit cellular inflammatory responses induced by this pathogen”. Since the IgY used in this study was specifically bind to the secreted PCN, not to bacterium’s whole cell, the rationale behind using this antibody is need to be explored.
According to the reference (16), the toxin is not having a role in the bacterial invasion into the host cell, but it involves in the mechanisms by which the bacterium kills the host cell tested (neutrophils).
“Furthermore, antigen-specific IgY antibodies were……, suggesting that PCN-specific IgY antibodies may be protective against PCN-induced Raji cell death”. Not clear, what (cell surface) antigen/s that the authors assumed to bind specifically to the IgY, in addition to the secreted toxin (PCN).
Based on this study, please suggest, what should be done in future studies.

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In the experiment, PCN was added into the cultured cell in the presence or absence of anti-PCN IgY (acted as control). This means, in the absence of the IgY, the toxin can enter the host cell (might be in adherence phase) due to the presence of a receptor, then induced the intracellular pathway leading to human B cell (Raji Cells) death (21). If this is the case, please explain it in the discussion session.

Results:

In order to exclude chicken serum as the other IgY source, please change “the immunized chickens” to “egg of immunized chickens”.
In this study, they used a microscope (fluorescence microscope?) to compare the Raji cells number between groups tested, qualitatively, thus the obtained results was not quantitative.

Discussion:

”anti-PCN IgY antibodies specific ………….to this virulence”. I suggest changing this virulence with this pathogen.
“the present results are supported by the fact that antigen-specific IgY antibodies did prevent P. aeruginosa infection…….., suggesting that P. aeruginosa-specific IgY antibodies may inhibit cellular inflammatory responses induced by this pathogen”. Since the IgY used in this study was specifically bind to the secreted PCN, not to bacterium’s whole cell, the rationale behind using this antibody is need to be explored.
According to the reference (16), the toxin is not having a role in the bacterial invasion into the host cell, but it involves in the mechanisms by which the bacterium kills the host cell tested (neutrophils).
“Furthermore, antigen-specific IgY antibodies were……, suggesting that PCN-specific IgY antibodies may be protective against PCN-induced Raji cell death”. Not clear, what (cell surface) antigen/s that the authors assumed to bind specifically to the IgY, in addition to the secreted toxin (PCN).
Based on this study, please suggest, what should be done in future studies.

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The protective effects of antigen-specific IgY on pyocyanin-treated human lymphoma Raji cells

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IgY preparation and purification

Cell cultures

Cell viability

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Figure 1. Agarose gel precipitation test of pyocyanin (PCN)-IgY antibody complex batch I and II.

Figure 2. The effects of pyocyanin (PCN) on Raji cell survivability.

Figure 3. The effects of IgY specific antibodies on pyocyanin (PCN)-treated Raji cell survivability.

Figure 4. Microscopic features of Raji cells treated with pyocyanin (PCN) or PCN-IgY antibody complexes.

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