Abstract:
:Protective immunity against larval Taenia crassiceps has been shown to rely on T cells; however, the roles of the specific subsets of T cells during infection are not known. To investigate a possible role for gamma delta T cells, this study investigated larval infection in delta-chain knock-out C57BL/6 (deltaKO) and wild-type C57BL/6 mice. It was found that deltaKO mice and C57BL/6 mice were equally susceptible to infection suggesting gamma delta T cells do not play a major role in protective immunity. Cytokine production by concanavalin A (ConA)-stimulated spleen cells from infected deltaKO mice and C57BL/6 mice were determined. All infected mice demonstrated an increased IL-10 production suggesting a Th1-inhibitory function. Cells from infected deltaKO mice and C57BL/6 mice did not show increases in IL-4 production. Heavily-infected C57BL/6 mice showed a decrease in IFN-gamma production compared to deltaKO mice. These observations suggest that an increase in IL-10 production best correlates with a non-protective immune response. To make comparisons between in vitro cytokine production and systemic immune responses, cytokine levels in serum were determined. C57BL/6 mice and deltaKO mice showed increases in serum levels of IL-4 and IFN-gamma at 52 days post-infection. The systemic immune response of these mice, therefore, is a mixed Th1/Th2-type response and gamma delta T cells are apparently not responsible for the systemic increases in these cytokines.
journal_name
Parasitologyjournal_title
Parasitologyauthors
Toenjes SA,Spolski RJ,Mooney KA,Kuhn REdoi
10.1017/s0031182099004771subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-10-01 00:00:00pages
413-8eissn
0031-1820issn
1469-8161journal_volume
119 ( Pt 4)pub_type
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