Regulation of T helper cell differentiation in vivo by GP43 from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis provided by different antigen-presenting cells |
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Authors: | Ferreira K S Lopes J D Almeida S R |
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Institution: | Departamento de Análises Clínicase Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | Paracoccidioidomycosis, endemic in Latin America, is a progressive systemic mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The infection can evolve into different clinical forms that are associated with various degrees of suppressed cell-mediated immunity. Assuming that the effector immune response is a consequence of the preferential activation of either Th1 or Th2 subsets, in the present work we evaluated whether the nature of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) can influence the Th1/Th2 balance in vivo. It was observed that the injection of mature dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages and B cells primed the mice and induced a proliferation of T cells in vitro. It was seen that DCs from resistant mice stimulated predominantly interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), whereas macrophages activated IL-10, IL-4 and IFN-gamma-secreting T cells and B cells IL-4 and IL-10 only. Results presented here clearly demonstrate that DC drives the development of cells secreting Th1-derived cytokines, whereas B cells induce the differentiation of a Th2 phenotype in vivo. |
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