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Identification of larval cross-reactive and egg-specific antigens involved in granuloma formation in murine schistosomiasis mansoni.

Abstract
Cross-reactive humoral immune responses between antigens of different developmental stages of the worm Schistosoma mansoni have previously been demonstrated. In contrast, information on antigenic cross-reactivity at the T-cell level is still very sparse. The present study examined the cross-reactive T-cell responses to eggs and crude and fractionated soluble egg antigens (SEA) in infected mice prior to (from 0 to 4 weeks of infection) and after (5 weeks and onwards) egg deposition. Splenic lymphocyte proliferation to unfractionated SEA was detected as early as 2 weeks postinfection and increased rapidly by 4 weeks postinfection. Injections of live eggs into the lungs of infected mice at 4 weeks postinfection demonstrated enhanced granuloma formation, indicating the presence of primed T cells that respond to egg antigens. Further experiments with the artificial granuloma model and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis-separated SEA fractions demonstrated that in mice infected for 4 weeks the 60- to 66-, 93- to 125-, and greater than 200-kDa SEA fraction-coated beads elicited significant pulmonary granulomas. By 6 weeks postinfection, when eggs are deposited in the livers, in addition to the cross-reactive fractions (60 to 66, 93 to 125, and greater than 200 kDa), beads coated with fractions of 25 to 30, 32 to 38, and 70 to 90 kDa also elicited significant granulomatous reactions. These antigenic fractions are considered to have elicited egg stage-specific T-cell responsiveness. In addition hepatic granuloma T cells from the 6th week of infection demonstrated the strongest blastogenic response to the 60- to 66-kDa cross-reactive fraction. Thus, in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated T-cell cross-reactivity between the larval and egg stages of the worm. On the basis of these observations, the appearance of the primary circumovum granulomatous response in infected mice is considered to represent the sum of larval cross-reactive and egg-specific T-cell responsiveness.
AuthorsN W Lukacs, D L Boros
JournalInfection and immunity (Infect Immun) Vol. 59 Issue 9 Pg. 3237-42 (Sep 1991) ISSN: 0019-9567 [Print] United States
PMID1908830 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antigens, Helminth
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Helminth (immunology)
  • Cross Reactions
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Female
  • Granuloma (immunology, parasitology)
  • Lymphocyte Activation (immunology)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred CBA
  • Parasite Egg Count
  • Schistosoma mansoni (growth & development, immunology)
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni (immunology)
  • T-Lymphocytes (immunology)

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