Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

"Rabab Zalat"

Original Article

T Regulatory Cell Responses to Immunization with a Soluble Egg Antigen in Schistosoma mansoni-Infected Mice: Eman El-Ahwany, Ibrahim Rabia Bauiomy, Faten Nagy, Rabab Zalat, Ola Mahmoud, Suher Zada; Korean J Parasitol 2012;50(1):29-35.
Published online March 6, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.1.29

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The aim of the study is to characterize the phenotypes of CD4⁺ CD25⁺ T regulatory cells within the liver granulomas and association with both Foxp-3 gene expression and splenic cytokines. Na?ve C57BL/6 mice were intravenously injected with multiple doses of the soluble egg antigen (SEA) 7 days before cercarial infection. The immunized and infected control groups were sacrificed 8 and 16 weeks post-infection (PI). Histopathology, parasitological parameters, splenic phenotypes for T regulatory cells, the FOXP-3 expression in hepatic granuloma using real-time PCR, and the associated splenic cytokines were studied. Histopathological examination of the liver revealed remarkable increase in degenerated ova within hepatic granuloma which decreased in diameter at weeks 8 and 16 PI (P<0.01). The percentage of T regulatory cells (CD4⁺ CD25⁺) increased significantly (P<0.01) in the immunized group compared to the infected control at weeks 8 and 16 PI. The FOXP-3 expression in hepatic granulomas increased from 10 at week 8 to 30 fold at week 16 PI in the infected control group. However, its expression in the immunized group showed an increase from 30 at week 8 to 70 fold at week 16 PI. The splenic cytokine levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, IFN-γ, IL-4, and TNF-α, showed significant decreases (P<0.05) compared to the infected control group. In conclusion, the magnitude and phenotype of the egg-induced effects on T helper responses were found to be controlled by a parallel response within the T regulatory population which provides protection in worm parasite-induced immunopathology.

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