Marrow-derived CD40-positive cells are required for mice to clear Cryptosporidium parvum infection.
Marrow-derived CD40-positive cells are required for mice to clear Cryptosporidium parvum infection.
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小鼠需要骨髓来源的 CD40 阳性细胞来清除小隐孢子虫感染。
DOI:
10.1128/iai.69.3.1630-1634.2001
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Ponnuraj,EM
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作者:
Hayward,AR;Cosyns,M;Jones,M;Ponnuraj,EM
To clear aCryptosporidium parvuminfection, mice need CD4+T cells, major histocompatibility complex class II, and an intact CD40-CD154 signaling pathway. CD40 is constitutively expressed on marrow-derived cells such as dendritic cells and B lymphocytes and is induced by gamma interferon (IFN-γ) on most somatic cells. To determine whether the CD40 needed to clear aC. parvuminfection has to be on marrow-derived mononuclear cells or on the epithelial cells that normally harbor the parasite, we transplanted CD40−/−mice with CD40+/−bone marrow and then infected them withC. parvum. These chimeras cleared theC. parvuminfection, while CD40+/−controls transplanted with CD40−/−marrow cells remained infected. CD40 expression on marrow-derived cells therefore suffices for aC. parvuminfection to be cleared, while CD40 expression on intestinal epithelial cells is not sufficient. There was no difference between the acquisition of CD69 and CD154 by mesenteric lymph node T cells ofC. parvum-infected animals with intact or disrupted CD40-CD154 pathways. CD4 T cells entered the intestinal laminae propriae ofC. parvum-infected animals whether or not the CD40 genes of these recipients were intact. These results suggest that, for aC. parvuminfection to be cleared, CD40 is not necessary for T-cell activation but may instead contribute to an effector pathway of marrow-derived cells.