Immune responses to Trichinella pseudospiralis and Trichinella spiralis in mice |
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Authors: | C Palmas D Wakelin W Cabaj |
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Affiliation: | 1. MRC Experimental Parasitology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.;2. Instituta di Parassitologia, Universita di Cagliari, SardiniaItaly;3. Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pasteura 3, 00-973 Warszawa, Poland |
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Abstract: | Primary infections with Trichinella pseudospiralis and Trichinella spiralis were followed in rapid- (NIH) and slow- (B10G) responder strains of mice. Expulsion of T. pseudospiralis was slower in both strains, but markedly so only in slower responder B10G mice. Blast cell activity in the mesenteric lymph nodes of the mice correlated with the expulsion patterns. In NIH mice, both parasites stimulated a strong response by day 8 of infection and activity had returned to control levels by day 11. In B10G mice, T. spiralis elicited an earlier peak response (day 12) than T. pseudospiralis (day 18), but in both, activity returned to control levels by day 21. Immunity to T. pseudospiralis and T. spiralis could be stimulated in NIH mice by prior infection with either parasite, by injection of T. spiralis larval antigen and by adoptive transfer of immune mesenteric lymph node cells taken from mice infected with either parasite. This extensive cross reactivity, and the differences seen during primary infections, are discussed in relation to the biology and specific identity of the two worms. |
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Keywords: | Immune responses immunization cross immunity adoptive transfer antigens blast cells nematodes |
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