Journal
PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 69-78Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2005.00746.x
Keywords
differential T helper response; excretory/secretory products; intestinal nematode; isolates
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- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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The J and S isolates of Trichuris muris have different infection profiles in C57BL/6 mice; J worms are expelled, S worms survive to chronicity. Building on this, the ability of the J and S isolates to survive, and the quality of the immune response induced was explored in three different strains of mouse. The resistant BALB/c mouse mounted a strong Th2 response against both isolates, which were quickly expelled. The susceptible AKR host mounted a Th1 response and retained both isolates. Despite equivalent worm exposure, mesenteric lymph node cells from AKR mice infected with the S isolate produced significantly higher levels of IL-12 and the intestinal mastocytosis was reduced. IgG1 and IgG2a from S-infected AKR mice recognized low molecular weight antigens not recognized by J-infected mice. Differential expulsion kinetics was observed in the slower-responding C57BL/6 strain; J worms were expelled but S isolate worms were retained. Survival of the S isolate was again associated with elevated IL-12 and decreased Th2 responses. In resistant mouse strains, the outcome of infection is thus dominantly influenced by host genetics. However, in the slower-responding host, isolate-derived factors may play a role in shaping the quality of the adaptive immune response, thus influencing parasite survival.
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