Nippostrongylus brasiliensis: intestinal goblet-cell response in adoptively immunized rats. |
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Authors: | H R Miller Y Nawa |
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Institution: | Department of Immunology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, P.O. Box 334, Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia |
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Abstract: | Goblet-cell differentiation was studied in the intestinal epithelium of rats infected with the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. An increase in the proportion of goblet cells occurred at the time of worm expulsion in rats infected with 1000 or 4000 third stage larvae. Adoptive immunization of infected rats with immune-thoracic duct lymphocytes (TDL) induced extensive goblet-cell differentiation whereas the transfer of immune-TDL into normal rats had no effect. The extent of goblet-cell differentiation in adoptively immunized infected rats was proportional to the number of cells transferred. A goblet-cell response also occurred in adoptively immunized rats harboring implanted “normal” and “damaged” worms but recipients of normal worms which were not given cells were unable either to expel their worm burden or to induce a goblet-cell response. Experiments in which the parasites were expelled with an anthelmintic drug suggested that the goblet-cell increase was not simply a repair process associated with the expulsion of the parasites. In all situations where immune expulsion of the parasites occurred, there was a concomitant rise in the proportion of goblet cells. These experiments suggest that thoracic duct lymphocytes either directly or indirectly regulate the differentiation of intestinal goblet cells. |
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Keywords: | Nematode parasitic Rat Goblet-cell differentiation Lymphocytes Thoracic duct Epithelium intestinal Immunity mucosal Immunization adoptive |
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