Abstract：
:The role of cytokines in Leishmania amazonensis experimental infection has not been as well studied as in Leishmania major infection model. Here we investigated the role of interleukin (IL)-4 and PGE(2) in L. amazonensis infection of susceptible BALB/c mice. IL-4 deficient (-/-) or wild-type (+/+) BALB/c mice were infected with different inocula of L. amazonensis. Two weeks after infection with 5x10(6) promastigotes/footpad, the production of interferon (IFN)-gamma upon L. amazonensis antigen stimulation was significantly higher in lymph node cell cultures of IL-4-/- mice than in IL-4+/+ mice. The levels of anti-leishmania IgG2a antibodies were also significantly higher in serum from IL-4-/- mice. In contrast, the levels of IgG1 antibodies were increased in IL-4+/+ mice and almost undetectable in IL-4-/- mice. Despite the increased Th1 response, lesions of IL-4-/- BALB/c mice progressed similarly to those of IL-4+/+ mice upon infection with the 5x10(6) inoculum. However, IL-4-/- mice developed smaller lesions upon infection with 10(5), 10(4) or 10(3) parasites than IL-4+/+ mice. The resistance of IL-4-/- correlated with higher Th1 response, compared to IL-4+/+ upon infection with 10(4)L. amazonensis. IL-4+/+ mice treated with indomethacin, an inhibitor of PGE(2) synthesis, during the first 3weeks of infection developed smaller lesions and lower parasitic load when compared to the control group. The lesions of indomethacin-treated groups contained mostly macrophages without vacuoles and small or absent necrotic areas. These results indicate that IL-4 and PGE(2) are susceptibility factors to L. amazonensis infection.
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Microbes Infectjournal_title
Microbes and infectionauthors
Guimarães ET,Santos LA,Ribeiro dos Santos R,Teixeira MM,dos Santos WL,Soares MBdoi
10.1016/j.micinf.2005.11.011subject
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2006-04-01 00:00:00pages
1219-26issue
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1286-4579issn
1769-714Xpii
S1286-4579(05)00460-0journal_volume
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