Immunomodulation by Histoplasma capsulatum products; polyclonal activation and mitogenic effects |
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Authors: | Blanca H Ruiz Roger E Carvajal |
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Institution: | (1) Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés La Paz, Bolivia;(2) Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad National Autónoma de México, 04510 México, D.F., México;(3) Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, 14080 México, D.F., México |
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Abstract: | The presence of reactive spleen cells to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) in nonimmunized BALB/c mice injected with histoplasmin, the culture filtrate of Histoplasma capsulatum, was monitored for 21 days following inoculation. Polyclonal activation, as evidenced by a sharp increase in the number of anti-SRBC rosetteforming cells (RFC), as well as an enhanced response to heterologous non-cross-reactive erythrocytes from other species, was found in the spleens of these rodents on Days 11 to 13. Elimination of B-cell-derived RFC by the addition of complement indicated that the erythrocyte-binding cells consisted of both T- and B-lymphocytes. An immunosuppressive effect was detected if histoplasmin was injected 2 days before the antigen (SRBC), but could be reversed by injecting the filtrate 30 min prior to the antigen, as is found with polyclonal activators displaying immunosuppressive activity. Histoplasmin also had a mitogenic effect on lymphocyte obtained from the spleen, bone marrow, and thymus similar in magnitude to that produced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and concanaval in A. The biological significance of these findings is discussed. |
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