LEISHMANIA-MAJOR - ANALYSIS OF LYMPHOCYTE AND MACROPHAGE CELLULAR PHENOTYPES DURING INFECTION OF SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT MICE
LEISHMANIA-MAJOR - ANALYSIS OF LYMPHOCYTE AND MACROPHAGE CELLULAR PHENOTYPES DURING INFECTION OF SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT MICE
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4894(88)90130-0
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发表时间:
1988-04-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
LOCKSLEY, RM
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作者:
HEINZEL, FP;SADICK, MD;LOCKSLEY, RM
Genetically susceptible BALB/c and resistant C57BL/6 mice were infected with Leishmania major and the phenotypes of the responding cells in the draining lymph nodes and cutaneous lesions were analyzed. As early as 1 week, significantly increased numbers of L3T4+ cells as compared to Lyt-22 cells were present in BALB/c mice lymph nodes (P < 0.005). Increases in L3T4+ and Lyt-2+ cells were comparable in C57BL/6 mice, resulting in threefold lower L3T4/Lyt-2 ratio than in BALB/c mice. T cell subsets were activated in both strains to express interleukin-2 receptor (IL2R) above resting values, although greater numbers of activated L3T4+ cells were present in the draining lymph nodes from BALB/c at 1 and 3 weeks of infection than in C57BL/6 (P = 0.02). Despite the presence of activated L3T4+ cells in both strains, macrophages differed in the expression of immunologically important surface molecules during infection. Tissue macrophages from BALB/c mice were IgG1/G2b Fc receptor (FcR)+ and Ia- late in disease, whereas macrophages in C57BL/6 became FcR- and Ia+ during healing. BALB/c mice, treated with monoclonal antibody GK1.5 to transiently deplete L3T4+ cells, became resistant to subsequent infection and developed a macrophage phenotype that was FcR- and Ia+. These differences in macrophage phenotype were closed linked to susceptibility during infection with L. major and may play a role in the pathophysiology of murine leishmaniasis.