REGULATION OF MACROPHAGE-MEDIATED LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY IN ECHINOCOCCUS-GRANULOSUS AND MESOCESTOIDES-CORTI (CESTODA) INFECTION IN MICE

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作者
JENKINS, P [1 ]
DIXON, JB [1 ]
RAKHA, NK [1 ]
CARTER, SD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LIVERPOOL, DEPT VET CLIN SCI, LIVERPOOL L69 3BX, ENGLAND
关键词
cestode; cytokine; Echinococcus granulosus; macrophage; Mesocestoides corti;
D O I
10.1017/S0031182000061321
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Killing of metacestodes by normal or post-infection macrophages and the regulation of this activity by cytokines were studied in vitro. The protoscolecidal activity of normal macrophages against Echinococcus granulosus was inhibited by a product of naive T-enriched lymphocytes co-cultured with protoscoleces (PSC). By contrast, supernates from cocultures of Mesocestoides corti tetrathyridia (MCT) and T-enriched or B-enriched normal lymphocytes increased killing of MCT by normal macrophages. Larvicidal activity (against both PSC and MCT) was enhanced by high concentrations of macrophage-activating factors produced by Con A-stimulated rat lymphocytes (Con A-LK), but was reduced by low concentrations of these factors. Activation by synergism between Con A-LK and recombinant interferon-γ(Г. IFN-γ) was demonstrated in macrophage-mediated killing of MCT at high effector to target ratio. Cytokine-activation of normal or post-MCT infection macrophages was compared. Macrophages from both 8 and 20 week post-infection mice were refractory to lymphokines from lymphocyte-MCT cultures and displayed greatly reduced killing of MCT. Macrophage activation by Con A-LK and r. IFN-γ was also impaired, implying a general defect in the ability of these post-infection macrophages to respond to macrophage activating signals. The data indicate that two different mechanisms may exist by which metacestodes regulate potentially larvicidal effector mechanisms. E. granulosus can elicit the production of lymphokines suppressive for PSC killing, whereas M. corti appears directly to induce a refractory state in effector macrophages. © 1990, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
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