Mice genetically deficient in immunoglobulin E are more permissive hosts than wild-type mice to a primary,but not secondary,infection with the filarial nematode Brugia malayi |
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| Authors: | Spencer L A Porte P Zetoff C Rajan T V |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3105, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Primary and secondary murine and human infections with Brugia malayi are characterized by substantial increases in levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE). To investigate whether this is necessary for worm clearance, IgE(-/-) mice were subjected to primary- and secondary-infection protocols. Following a primary infection, IgE(-/-) mice displayed a profound deficit in their ability to clear an intraperitoneal injection of L3 infective-stage larvae in comparison to wild-type counterparts and maintained substantial worm burdens as late as 10 weeks postinfection. Although viable adult parasites were recovered at this late time point from IgE(-/-) mice, the majority of the mice remained free of microfilariae. IgE(-/-) cohorts subjected to a secondary-infection protocol were able to clear the challenge inoculation in an accelerated manner, with kinetics similar to that observed in the wild-type animals. Analysis of the humoral response in IgE(-/-) mice following infection demonstrates a defect in IgG1 and IgG2a production, in addition to the expected lack of IgE. The IgG1 deficiency is no longer evident following a secondary infection. These data imply that deficiencies other than IgE production (i.e., IgG1 production) deficiency may be responsible for the increased permissiveness of IgE(-/-) mice as hosts following infection with B. malayi. |
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