Title |
Absence of IL-17A in Litomosoides sigmodontis-infected mice influences worm development and drives elevated filarial-specific IFN-γ
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Published in |
Parasitology Research, June 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s00436-018-5959-7 |
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Authors |
Manuel Ritter, Vanessa Krupp, Katharina Wiszniewsky, Anna Wiszniewsky, Gnatoulma Katawa, Ruth S. E. Tamadaho, Achim Hoerauf, Laura E. Layland |
Abstract |
Lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and loiasis are widespread neglected tropical diseases causing serious public health problems and impacting the socio-economic climate in endemic communities. More than 100 million people currently suffer from filarial infections but disease-related symptoms and infection-induced immune mechanisms are still ambiguous. Although most infected individuals have dominant Th2 and regulatory immune responses leading to a homeostatic regulated state, filarial-induced overt pathology like lymphedema, dermal pathologies or blindness can occur. Interestingly, besides dominant Th2 and regulatory T cell activation, increased Th17-induced immune responses were associated with filarial infection and overt helminth-induced pathology in humans. However, the immunological mechanisms of Th17 cells and the release of IL-17A during filarial infections remain unclear. To decipher the role of IL-17A during filarial infection, we naturally infected IL-17A-/- and wildtype C57BL/6 mice with the rodent filariae Litomosoides sigmodontis and analysed parasite development and immune alterations. Our study reveals that infected IL-17A-deficient C57BL/6 mice present reduced worm burden on days 7 and 28 p.i. but had longer adult worms on day 28 p.i. in the thoracic cavity (TC), the site of infection. In addition, infiltration of CD4+ T cells, CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T and functional CD4+Rorγt+pStat3+ Th17 cells in the TC was reduced in IL-17A-deficient mice accompanied by reduced eotaxin-1 and CCL17 levels. Furthermore, mediastinal lymph node cells isolated from IL-17A-/- mice showed increased filarial-specific IFN-γ but not IL-4, IL-6, or IL-21 secretion. This study shows that Th17 signalling is important for host immune responses against filarial infection but appears to facilitate worm growth in those that reach the TC. |
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