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Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115;
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201; and
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
The development of Schistosoma mansoni ova-induced
granulomas is regulated by cytokines secreted by distinct Th cell
subsets. To determine the importance of Th1 and Th2 cells in granuloma
formation, we have studied the immune response to S.
mansoni ova in Stat4- and Stat6-deficient mice, which lack Th1
and Th2 cells, respectively. Lymphocytes from both naive and infected
Stat6-deficient mice produced minimal levels of Th2 cell cytokines and
Ag-specific IgG1 and IgE, but showed enhanced production of IFN-
and
Ag-specific IgG2a and IgG2b following schistosome egg injection. This
shift away from a Th2 cell-mediated immune response was coupled with
the development of pulmonary and hepatic granulomas that were greatly
decreased in size compared with those in control littermates. Hepatic
granulomas in Stat6-deficient mice were composed of predominantly
mononuclear cells with very sparse appearance of eosinophils, and their
diminished size was accompanied by decreased amounts of liver
hydroxyproline content as a measure of collagen deposition. In
contrast, lymphocytes from infected Stat4-deficient mice produced Th2
cell cytokines in amounts comparable to those produced by control
littermates, but low levels of IFN-
. While infected Stat4-deficient
mice developed pulmonary granulomas following schistosome egg injection
that were modestly impaired in size, the granuloma size and amount of
collagen deposition in the liver were equivalent to those seen in
control littermates. These studies demonstrate that Th2 cells are
required for the full development of the granulomas and
tissue-destructive fibrotic pathology associated with the immune
response to S. mansoni ova.
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