SUPPRESSION OF T-CELL PROLIFERATION BY CD8+ T-CELLS INDUCED IN THE PRESENCE OF PROTOSCOLICES OF ECHINOCOCCUS-MULTILOCULARIS INVITRO
SUPPRESSION OF T-CELL PROLIFERATION BY CD8+ T-CELLS INDUCED IN THE PRESENCE OF PROTOSCOLICES OF ECHINOCOCCUS-MULTILOCULARIS INVITRO
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.61.2.525-533.1993
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发表时间:
1993-02-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
ONOE, K
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作者:
KIZAKI, T;ISHIGE, M;ONOE, K
Immunoregulatory influences of protoscolices (PSC) of Echinococcus multilocularis on murine T-lymphocyte functions have been examined in an in vitro system. Proliferative responses of spleen cells stimulated with concanavalin A (ConA) or anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies were depressed by the addition of PSC. In the presence of PSC, both interleukin-2 (IL-2) production and IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) expression by lymphocytes stimulated with ConA were significantly reduced. However, exogenous IL-2 reconstituted both the ConA-stimulated proliferative responses and IL-2R expression. These findings suggest that PSC of E. multilocularis can suppress lymphoid cell responses via influences on IL-2 production. Indeed, addition of CD8+-enriched cells from cultures stimulated with ConA plus PSC to fresh spleen cells showed marked suppression of the ConA responses. IL-2 production as well as IL-2R expression on the spleen cells so treated were suppressed. These findings reveal a suppressive immunologic function induced by E. multilocularis PSC that involves inhibition of IL-2 production and reduction of IL-2R expression. The PSC-induced CD8+ cells appear to play a key role in the suppressive regulation of host immune responses against E. multilocularis.