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From the * Division of Basic Immunology, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and
Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206; and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, § Departments of Immunology and Medicine, and
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Genetics, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colorado 80262
Staphylococcus aureus produces a set of proteins (e.g., staphylococcal enterotoxin A [SEA], SEB, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 [TSST-1]) which act both as superantigens (SAgs) and toxins. Although their mode of action as SAgs is well understood, little is known about how they enter the body via the intestine and cause food poisoning. To examine this problem we used an in vitro culture system to study the capacity of class II MHC-negative human intestinal epithelial cells (Caco-2) to transcytose several staphylococcal toxins. We found that Caco-2 cells are capable of dosedependent, facilitated transcytosis of SEB and TSST-1, but not SEA. We extended these studies in vivo in mice by showing that ingested SEB appears in the blood more efficiently than SEA. Our data suggest that these toxins can cross the epithelium in an immunologically intact form. These results may have important implications for the pathogenesis of food poisoning.
Staphylococcus aureus produces a set of exotoxins including staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs)1 and toxic shock
syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) which cause food poisoning and
toxic shock syndrome in human beings and other species
(1). These toxins are intermediate molecular weight proteins (22-30 kD) that also act as superantigens (SAgs; 5-7),
due to their ability to bind to MHC class II molecules on
APCs, and stimulate all T cells bearing particular V On the other hand, in toxin-mediated food poisoning,
the symptoms of which include diarrhea and vomiting within
about 4-6 h of ingesting contaminated food, pathogenesis
is not so well understood. It is possible that these toxins stimulate intestinal lymphocytes to release cytokines which induce the symptoms by local inflammation. Alternatively,
they may have an additional functional domain which can
interact directly with receptors on the cells lining the intestine to cause the symptoms. Distinguishing between these
possibilities has been difficult due to the lack of a rodent
model for toxin-mediated food poisoning.
To shed some light on the problem, we performed experiments to see if these toxins can cross the intestinal epithelium, since to stimulate T cells, ingested toxin must escape
the intestine in an intact form that is capable of interacting
with the host immune system. We performed two types of
experiments. In the first we directly examined transepithelial transcytosis of toxins in vitro using a well-characterized
human enterocytic cell line, Caco-2 (16, 17). In the second
we used T cell stimulation/deletion assays to detect toxins
in the blood of mice after they had been fed toxins. Our
results show that these toxins cross epithelial membranes, in
some cases by a facilitated mechanism. While our results do
not rule out a direct effect of these toxins on intestinal epithelium, they show that the toxins can gain rapid access to the
immune system after ingestion supporting a role for T cells in the pathogenesis of food poisoning.
Cell Lines.
The human adenocarcinoma cell line, Caco-2
(18), was obtained from American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, MD). Two T cell hybridomas were used in these studies.
2B10.D20 (V Toxins.
SEA and TSST-1 were obtained from Toxin Technology (Madison, WI). Recombinant wild-type and mutant SEB
proteins were affinity purified from lysates of Escherichia coli transfected with plasmids encoding the appropriate toxins as previously described (22).
Mice.
B10. BR animals were bred in the animal care facility
at the National Jewish Center (Denver, CO).
mAbs.
In this study, three anti-SEB mAbs (B327, 2B33, and
B344; reference 23), two anti-SEA mAbs (A116.3 and A108.6;
Kappler, J., and P. Marrack, unpublished data), and two anti-
TSST-1 mAbs (TS327H1.1 and 477L; reference 24) were used.
The anti-TSST-1 mAbs were a gift of M. Matsumura (NeXstar
Pharmaceuticals, Lakewood, CO). Detecting mAbs were biotinylated using NHS-S-S-biotin (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis,
MO). Biotin conjugated anti-TCR V Preparation and Selection of Complete Monolayers.
Caco-2 cells were
grown to confluence on plastic flasks (225 cm2) and subcultured
every week using trypsin-EDTA (GIBCO BRL, Gaithersburg, MD). After trypsinization, the cells (between passages 11-32) were
washed once, separated from dead cells using ficoll-hypaque density gradient centrifugation, washed again, and then resuspended in tissue culture medium at 5 × 105 cells/ml. Cell suspensions
(400 µl) were added to the chambers of 12-mm nitrocellulose filters (Millicell-HA; Millipore Corp., Bedford, MA) and placed into
24-well tissue culture plates containing 400 µl culture medium.
Medium was replaced every other day until confluent monolayers
with tight junctions developed as assessed by a hydrostatic pressure test and transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) of monolayers. The hydrostatic pressure test was performed on filters 24 h
before an experiment. Each monolayer was filled with medium to
the rim and incubated overnight at 37°C. Any filter that showed
appreciable leakage was excluded. Transepithelial electrical resistance across other membranes that passed the hydrostatic pressure
test was measured with a Millicell-ERS instrument (Millipore Corp., reference 26). Only monolayers with TEER of
Measurement of Transcytosis.
The ability of Caco-2 cells to transcytose toxins was tested using confluent monolayers grown on
Millicell-HA filters as described above. Media were removed
from selected filters and 400 µl of fresh culture medium containing various concentrations of each toxin (SEA, SEB, TSST-1) were
added together to either the same apical (upper) or basal (lower)
chamber of each culture. In each case an equal quantity of the enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was added as an internal
control for nonspecific transcytosis due to leakage, fluid pinocytosis, etc. Among the available fluid phase markers, HRP (40 kD)
was chosen because its molecular weight is close to those of the
toxins (22-28 kD) so their pinocytosis should occur at more or
less the same rate. Another 400 µl of culture medium was added
to the other chamber. After incubation at 37°C for the indicated
period of time, apical or basal media were collected depending on
whether toxins were added to the basal or apical media. Amounts
of each toxin and HRP present in collected samples were assayed
as described below.
ELISA Analysis.
A capture ELISA was used to determine
amounts of each toxin present in different samples. For SEB, wells
of Immulon® 3 plates (Dynatech Labs., Inc., Chantilly, VA) were
coated overnight at 4°C with 100 µl of capture antibody B327
(10 µg/ml PBS), washed, and blocked with 25% FCS. Serial dilutions of the samples were added and the plates incubated overnight at 4°C. The captured toxin was detected using biotinylated
B344 mAb followed by alkaline phosphatase-conjugated extravidin (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA) and p-nitrophenyl phosphate as substrate. The binding sites on SEB of B327 and B344 do
not overlap, nor does substitution of residue N23 or F44 significantly reduce their binding (23). The OD of the wells was read at
405 nm using an automated plate reader (Bio-Tek Instrs. Inc.,
Winooski, VT). Samples containing a known concentration of SEB
were used to construct a standard curve. The amount of SEB
present in each sample was calculated by comparison to the standard using a multiple regression computer program MKASSAY
(available on request). In the experiments where all toxins (SEA,
SEB, and TSST-1) and HRP were added to the same filter, specific sets of mAbs (descibed above) were used to determine the
concentration of each toxin in the sample using essentially the
same procedure.
s on
their T cell receptors (5). For example, the mouse in
SEA stimulates T cells bearing V
s 1, 3, 11, 17, and the
closely related SEB and SECs stimulate T cells bearing V
7
and members of the V
8 family (12). TSST-1 stimulates nearly all T cells bearing V
15 in the mouse or V
2 in human (13). Thus, an individual toxin can potentially activate
a very high proportion of T cells (5-30%). The toxic shock
associated with these toxins has been attributed to the flood
of cytokines (TNF, IL-2, etc.) released during this massive
T cell stimulation. For example, in mice SEB can cause a
shock-like syndrome resulting in rapid weight loss and death
(14). Nude mice or mice lacking T cells bearing the relevant
V
elements are resistant to the toxic effects of SEB (14). A
role for T cells in generation of shock is also suggested by the
greatly elevated percentage of T cells bearing V
2 in patients
with TSST-1-mediated toxic shock syndrome (13, 15).
8.2+) was derived from a B10.D2 mouse and recognizes SEB presented by a variety of class II MHC molecules
(Kappler, J., and P. Marrack, unpublished data). 5KC (V
3+) was
derived from a B10.BR mouse and responds to SEA, again presented by class II MHC molecules (19). The HLA-DR1 transfected fibroblast, DAP-DR1, and the B lymphoblastoid cell line,
LG2, were used as APCs for SEB and SEA (20).
mAbs, KJ25 (anti-V
3),
and F23.1 (V
8) were purchased from PharMingen (San Diego,
CA). The anti-CD4 mAb GK1.5 (25) was FITC labeled using a
standard protocol.
150
ohm × cm2 after correction for intrinsic value of empty filter
were used in the experiments described in this study (Fig. 1). At
this point the medium in both the filter inserts (apical medium)
and culture wells (basal medium) was replaced and the cultures
were used to study transcytosis.
Fig. 1.
Caco-2 cells grown
on filters make complete monolayers within 6-8 d. 2 × 105 cells
were added per filter that was
placed into a 24-well plate at
37°C. Apical and basal media were
replaced every other day and
TEERs of monolayers were measured using Millicell-ERS (Millipore Corp.). Monolayers were
considered confluent when TEER
reached 150 ohm × cm2 (arrow).
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IL-2 Assay. Stimulations of T cell hybridomas to produce IL-2 was done in 96-well microtiter plates as previously described (27) using 5 × 104 hybridoma cells and 5 × 104 DR1-transfected fibroblast (DAP-DR1) as APCs of toxins. IL-2 production was used as a readout of T cell activation and was measured using the MTT (3-[4-5-Dimethylthiazol-2-LX]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay (28).
Flow Cytometric Analysis.
T cells purified from blood of mice
treated with SEA or SEB were stained simultaneously with biotinylated anti-V and FITC-conjugated anti-CD4 antibodies and
analyzed on a FACScan® (Becton Dickinson, San Jose, CA) as described elsewhere (12).
Oral Administration of Toxins to Mice. Toxins were administered to mice either orally or intraperitoneally. For oral administration of toxins, a special curved needle (Fisher Scientific) was used. Soybean trypsin inhibitor (Sigma Chemical Co.) was added to reduce gastric digestion of orally administered toxins (29). Sera were collected from the treated mice and then tested for presence of toxins as described below.
Levels of Functional Toxins in Sera.
The ELISA described above
was not sensitive enough to detect the low levels of toxins present
in the blood of mice a few hours after administration of the toxins. Therefore, a functional assay was used which was at least one
order of magnitude more sensitive than the ELISA. Dilutions of a
serum to be tested for SEA or SEB were used in vitro to stimulate
a T cell hybridoma bearing the appropriate V element (V
3 for
SEA and V
8.2 for SEB). At 24 h, the level of IL-2 produced
was assayed as described above. As controls, dilutions of a standard preparation of SEA or SEB were tested similarly. A plot of
the volume of sera or standard used versus the amount of IL-2
produced was constructed and the amount of toxin in the sera
calculated by comparison to the SAg standard using multiple regression. Since the highest amount of serum that could be added
to a culture was 10 µl, the limit of sensitivity of this assay was
~10 pg/ml for SEA and ~100 pg/ml for SEB.
We prepared two chambered cultures separated by a monolayer of confluent Caco-2 cells as described in Materials and Methods (see Fig. 1). We initially studied SEB transcytosis to characterize this system, using HRP as an internal control to distinguish between specific transcytosis and nonspecific mechanisms such as paracellular diffusion with water (30). Two types of experiments were done. In both, SEB and HRP were added to either apical or basal media and their appearance in the opposite chamber assessed as described in the Materials and Methods. In the first experiment (Fig. 2 a), a fixed concentration of each protein (7.5 µg/ml) was used and the kinetics of transcytosis followed in either direction through the monolayer. In the second (Fig. 2 b), various concentrations of the protein were added to the apical media and the amount transcytosed to the basal medium assayed at 90 min. These results established several points. First, transcytosis of SEB was detected in both directions across the Caco-2 monolayer and the rate of SEB transcytosis was linear for the 24 h of the experiment. Second, SEB was transcytosed faster than HRP, especially in the apical to basolateral direction where the SEB transcytosis rate was usually three to six times faster than that of HRP. These results suggested that the transcytosis of SEB by Caco-2 was facilitated, perhaps by a specific surface receptor. However, we found no evidence in these experiments for saturation of the SEB transcytosis mechanism even using concentrations of SEB up to 300 µg/ml (Fig. 2 b).
Facilitated Transcytosis of SEB and TSST-1 but Not SEA by Caco-2 Cells.
To see if this accelerated transcytosis was
specific to SEB, we tested two other staphylococcal exotoxins in this system, SEA and TSST-1. All three toxins
were added to either the basal or apical medium of Caco-2
cultures and their appearance in the opposite chamber followed. Again, HRP was included in each culture as internal control. The results (Fig. 3) showed that TSST-1 was transcytosed by Caco-2 cells similarly to SEB. In each case,
transcytosis was bidirectional and severalfold faster than the
rate of HRP transcytosis. Also in both cases we again saw
no evidence for saturation of the transcytosis mechanism
with the concentration of toxins used here (up to 4 µg/ml).
The results with SEA were very different. Although SEA
was transcytosed in both directions, the rate was very similar to that of HRP, suggesting that SEA crossed the monolayer nonspecifically with water.
SEB Transcytosis by Caco-2 Cells Is Affected by Mutations of Residues N23 and F44.
Residues N23 and F44 of SEB
play critical roles in its SAg activity. Previously, we have
shown that residue N23 is essential for interaction with the
TCR (22), whereas the stretch of six amino acids located in
the loop between SEB strands 1 and 2 (including residue
F44) are involved in binding to MHC class II molecules
(22, 31, 32). In an attempt to determine if these domains of
SEB also may play a role in transcytosis, we compared the
rate of transcytosis of SEB through Caco-2 monolayers to
that of two SEB mutants: N23 >K and F44 >S. Although,
in our experience, these mutations do not affect the sensitivity of SEB detection by the pair of the mAbs used (23),
standard curves of mutants were used to calibrate their concentrations in the tested supernatants as an added precaution. These mutant SEBs are reduced in their capacity to
stimulate T cells by at least 1,000-fold (22). Either mutation
reduced the rate of SEB transcytosis by 50-70% (Fig. 4).
These results suggest that these regions of SEB have a function in the transcytosis and provide additional evidence for
the specificity of SEB transcytosis by Caco-2 cells.
Presentation of SEB but Not SEA to T Cells by Caco-2.
Our results suggested that transcytosis by Caco-2 cells of
SEB, but not SEA, may be facilitated by a specific receptor.
To examine this idea further, we tested the ability of Caco-2
cells to present SEA and SEB to T cell hybridomas bearing
the appropriate V regions in their T cell receptors. This
experiment was possible because, unlike normal T cells, T
cell hybridomas do not require professional APC-specific coreceptors for activation. Also, recent experiments have established that MHC class II is not an essential part of the
SAg ligand for T cells, provided that the SAg is presented in the proper orientation for T cell receptor interaction
(23, 33).
We cultured a V3 and V
8.2 T cell hybridoma with
various concentrations of SEA or SEB in the presence of
either Caco-2 or DR1+ fibroblasts as the APCs. The results
are shown in Fig. 5. The DR1-bearing fibroblast presented
both SEA and SEB efficiently to the appropriate T cell hybridoma. On the other hand, Caco-2 presented SEB, but
not SEA. However, Caco-2 was about 100-fold less efficient than the DR1+ fibroblast in presenting SEB, possibly
indicating a very low affinity receptor.
Transcytosis of SEA and SEB in Mice.
Transcytosis of SEB
and TSST-1 by Caco-2 cells shows that intestinal epithelia
have the potential to deliver toxins across the intestine. To
study transcytosis under more physiological conditions, we
tested the ability of orally administered toxins to cross the
intestinal barrier of mice and enter systemic circulation without altering their functional capacity. Since TSST-1 is
labile to digestion by proteolytic enzymes of the gastrointestinal tract especially pepsin (36), we limited the in vivo
experiments to SEA and SEB which are fairly resistant to
digestion by gastrointestinal secretions (37). SEA or SEB
were introduced into the stomachs of mice and the appearance of the functional toxin in the circulation was followed
either by using serum from these mice to stimulate in vitro
T cell hybridomas bearing the appropriate V elements or
by following the in vivo deletion of T cells bearing these V
s over the course of several weeks.
Results from the in vitro stimulation experiments are
shown in Fig. 6. Various quantities of sera taken from mice
after feeding either SEA or SEB were assessed for their ability to stimulate IL-2 production by V3- or V
8.2-bearing
T cell hybridomas, respectively, using DR1+ APCs. Preliminary experiments established that serum levels of toxins
peaked at about 2 h (data not shown). Typical titrations are
shown in Fig. 6 a. These titration data were used to calculate the levels of functional toxins in the sera as described in
Materials and Methods. These data are summarized for all
mice in Fig. 6 b. Functional SEB and SEA were easily detected in the sera of most of the mice. There was considerable variation in the levels achieved, particularly of SEB,
but on average SEB reached levels (2,750 pg/ml) more than
20 times those of SEA (100 pg/ml). This difference may be
related to the facilitated transcytosis of SEB versus the apparently passive transcytosis of SEA seen in vitro with human Caco-2 cells. However, other explanations such as differential degradation or clearance of the two toxins in vivo
cannot be excluded by our data.
As a second indication of the transcytosis of functional
SEA and SEB in these mice, we followed in vivo the fate
of V3- and V
8-bearing T cells. Exposure of mice to systemic injections of SAgs usually leads to expansion of T
cells (maximum around day 2) bearing the appropriate V
s
followed by clonal deletion that becomes evident between
7 and 10 d after injection (38). Therefore, we examined the
blood of the mice for the levels of T cells bearing these V
s
on day 2 and 10 after feeding SEA or SEB, and compared these results to those obtained with an intraperitoneal injection of the same dose of toxins. The results are shown in
Fig. 7. In both cases, as expected, intraperitoneal injection
led to expansion of the appropriate T cell pool on day 2 followed by substantial deletion by day 10. Feeding the
same amount of toxin, however, led to substantial deletion
on day 10 that was not preceded by an expansion on day 2. The most likely explanation for this difference lies in the
lower effective level of toxin achieved with feeding over
direct injection, since direct injection of very low doses of
toxin has been shown to lead to in vivo T cell deletion that is not preceded by detectable T cell expansion (38). Taken
together, these results show that SEB and SEA readily cross
the intestinal epithelium and enter the blood stream in a
fully functional form.
The main conclusion of these studies is that the staphylococcal exotoxins, SEB, SEA, and TSST-1, can rapidly cross an epithelial membrane in intact, fully functional forms. These findings have implications for the role of SEB, SEA, and similar SAg enterotoxins in food poisoning since, if the SAg activity of these toxins is important in this pathology, they must have the ability to cross the intestinal epithelium intact to gain access to T cells.
Our experiments with the human polarized enterocytic
cell line Caco-2, suggest that these toxins may cross intestinal epithelium by more than one mechanism. The rate of
SEA transcytosis was similar to that of a marker for water
transport, HRP, suggesting a nonspecific mechanism. SEB,
on the other hand, was transcytosed at three to six times
the rate of HRP, suggesting a receptor-facilitated process. Correlating with this idea was the ability of Caco-2 to act
as an APC for SEB, but not SEA, in stimulating T cell hybridomas bearing the appropriate V element. Other evidence in support of this conclusion was the inhibition of
SEB transcytosis by mutations in N23 or F44. These mutations also interfere with the SAg activity of SEB by disrupting T cell receptor and MHC class II binding, respectively.
Previously, Harris et al. (37) has shown that these mutations also interfere with SEB-induced food poisoning in
monkeys. While interpreted at the time in terms of the SAg activity of SEB, our current findings suggest that the reduction in SEB transcytosis caused by these mutations may
have contributed as well to the results.
Despite the appearance of a receptor-mediated mechanism for SEB transcytosis, several features usually associated with such a mechanism were not observed. The rate of transcytosis was only slightly favored in the apical to basal direction through the Caco-2 monolayer. Usually, transcytosis is biased in one direction because the distribution of the receptor involved is polarized. For example, in intestinal and mammary epithelium, transcytosis of secretory IgA from the basal to apical surface occurs via an Fc receptor (pIgR) whose distribution is polarized in favor of the basolateral surface (39). Reciprocally, absorption of IgG from ingested milk in neonatal rats and mice is mediated by a special Fc receptor (FcRn), and polarized to the apical surface of the intestinal epithelium (44, 45). However, there are, in fact, examples of bidirectional transcytosis of ligands such as glutathione (46) and glycylsarcosine (47). Also, there is a recent description by Ellis and Luzio (48) of a novel receptor on Caco-2 cells that can transcytose in both directions.
More importantly, in our experiments we saw no evidence for saturation of SEB transcytosis, even using SEB
concentrations up to 300 µg/ml. If this were a receptormediated process, we would have expected the rate to
maximize as the receptor became saturated (at concentrations of ~10 times the kD). These results suggest that the
putative receptor must be of low affinity (~kD >5 × 105
M), a result consistent with the finding that SEB presentation to T cells by Caco-2 is much less efficient than by
MHC class II+ fibroblast. (The MHC class II affinity for
SEB is ~10
6 M.)
Surprisingly, we observed facilitated transcytosis of TSST-1
as well as SEB by Caco-2 cells. Again, this transcytosis occurred at a rate about fivefold greater than that of HRP and
was bidirectional and could not be saturated. TSST-1 is not an
enterotoxin, most likely because it is destroyed by digestive
enzymes in the stomach and intestine (49). However, TSST-1
is a major cause of toxic shock syndrome. In women,
TSST-1 produced in the vagina can find its way into the
blood stream, where the subsequent toxic shock is accompanied by massive stimulation of peripheral V2-bearing T cells (13, 15). Since these cases are often associated with use of a particular type of tampon during menses, the toxin
may enter the body via direct contact with blood. However, if the putative receptor mediating TSST-1 transcytosis through Caco-2 is common to other types of epithelium, then transcytosis may contribute as well to the uptake
of the toxin. This notion is supported by the ability of conjuctival epithelia and endothelia to endocytose and transcytose TSST-1 (50).
Previous studies have shown that there are non-MHC receptors for some of the staphylococcal toxins on intestinal epithelia, B cells, and mast cells (33). These studies showed that human intestinal epithelial cells and mouse B cells or mast cells could present SEB, but not SEA. In contrast, lymph node cells from class II-deficient mice could present SEC1-3 and SEE, but not SEB or SEA. Some of these results are similar to those described in this paper. Perhaps, the receptors which participate in toxins binding and transcytosis are related to some of these reported molecules.
In an attempt to relate our results to a more physiological
situation we documented the appearance of ingested SEA and
SEB in the blood of mice. Functional toxin was detected
both by the ability of serum from these animal to stimulate
the appropriate T cell hybridomas in vitro and by the in
vivo partial disappearance of T cells bearing the appropriate
V elements. These results extend those of Migita and
Ochi (29) who used Western blotting to show the appearance of intact SEB in the blood of mice fed the toxin. As in
our in vitro transcytosis studies, we found that the extent of
SEA uptake was less than that of SEB, although both rapidly reached functional levels in the serum. This could again reflect a passive versus active mechanism of transcytosis, but other mechanisms, such as differential degradation, are not
excluded by our results.
Address correspondence to Dr. John Kappler, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, 1400 Jackson St., Denver, CO 80206.
Received for publication 24 October 1996 and in revised form 14 February 1997.
1Abbreviations used in this paper: HRP, horseradish peroxidase; SAg, superantigen; SE, staphylococcal enterotoxins; TEER, transepithelial electrical resistance; TSST-1, toxic shock syndrome 1.We would like to thank Dr. Kathryn Howell (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO) for helpful suggestions and Dr. Masazumi Matsumura (Nextar Pharmaceutical, Boulder, CO) for the gift of anti-TSST-1 mAbs before publication. Thanks are also due to Janice White, Janice Clement, Ella Kushnir and Frances Crawford for their help and support. The critical proofreading of the manuscript by Janice White and Jeremy Bender is greatly appreciated.
This work was supported by U.S. Public Health grants AI-47134, AI-18785, and AI-22295.
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