ArticleParasitology research2008
The induction of T helper type 1 response by cytokine gene transfection protects mice against secondary hydatidosis.
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Abstract
Infection of BALB/c mice with protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus constitutes a model for the study of secondary hydatidosis (SH) and the associated immune response in immunization and infection trials. This study aimed at testing the efficacy of the cytokine gene expression approach to modulate the immune response and the magnitude of cyst development in mice with secondary hydatidosis. At the time of cyst development (28 days post infection), mice were injected intramuscularly with an expression vector containing murine promoter and carrying the open reading frames of IFN-gamma, IL-12 (Th1 cytokines), or IL-4 (Th2 cytokine). Assessment of cyst load at 22 weeks of infection showed a significant reduction in cyst load in mice injected with IFN-gamma and IL-12 genes at 60% and 47%, respectively. In contrast, the IL-4-gene-injected mice displayed six times higher cyst load in comparison to control-infected mice (injected with empty plasmids). Parasite-specific IgG2a peaked in IL-12-gene-injected mice at week 7 of infection (3 weeks after gene transfection), whereas in IFN-gamma-gene-injected mice IgG2a started to elevate after week 9 and continued to increase steadily until the termination of the experiment (22 weeks post infection). In contrast, in IL-4-gene-transfected mice, the IgG1 elevation started after week 9 and continued steadily thereafter. In conclusion, a significant high protection rate against secondary hydatidosis in BALB/c mice was accompanied with the induction of Th1 response. Moreover, in vivo IL-12 gene expression induced earlier IgG2a in comparison to IFN-gamma.
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