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It has been reported that the immune response mediated by T CD8 +  lymphocytes plays a critical role in the control of  Trypanosoma cruzi  infection and that the clinical symptoms of Chagas disease appear to be related to the competence of the CD8 +  T immune response against the parasite. Herewith,  in silico  prediction and binding assays on TAP-deficient T2 cells were used to identify potential HLA-A*02:01 ligands in the  T .  cruzi  TcCA-2 protein. The TcCA-2-specific CD8 +  T cells were functionality evaluated by Granzyme B and cytokine production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from Chagas disease patients stimulated with the identified HLA-A*02:01 peptides. The specific cells were phenotypically characterized by flow cytometry using several surface markers and HLA-A*02:01 APC-labeled dextramer loaded with the peptides. In the  T .  cruzi  TcCA-2 protein four T CD8 +  epitopes were identified which are processed and presented during Chagas disease. Interestingly, a differential cellular phenotypic profile could be correlated with the severity of the disease. The TcCA-2-specific T CD8 +  cells from patients with cardiac symptoms are mainly effector memory cells (T EM  and T EMRA ) while, those present in the asymptomatic phase are predominantly naive cells (T NAIVE ). Moreover, in patients with cardiac symptoms the percentage of cells with senescence features is significantly higher than in patients at the asymptomatic phase of the disease. We consider that the identification of these new class I-restricted epitopes are helpful for designing biomarkers of sickness pathology as well as the development of immunotherapies against  T .  cruzi  infection.

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Differential Phenotypic and Functional Profiles of TcCA-2 -Specific Cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells in the Asymptomatic versus Cardiac Phase in Chagasic Patients