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The Journal of Immunology, 2002, 169: 2553-2560.
Copyright © 2002 by The American Association of Immunologists

IL-18 Regulates Intestinal Mastocytosis and Th2 Cytokine Production Independently of IFN-{gamma} During Trichinella spiralis Infection1

Helena Helmby2 and Richard K. Grencis

School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Expulsion of the gastrointestinal nematode Trichinella spiralis is associated with pronounced mastocytosis mediated by a Th2-type response involving IL-4, IL-10, and IL-13. Here we demonstrate that IL-18 is a key negative regulator of protective immune responses against T. spiralis in vivo. IL-18 knockout mice are highly resistant to T. spiralis infection, expel the worms rapidly and subsequently develop low levels of encysted muscle larvae. The increased speed of expulsion is correlated with high numbers of mucosal mast cells and an increase in IL-13 and IL-10 secretion. When normal mice were treated with rIL-18 in vivo, worm expulsion was notably delayed, and the development of mastocytosis and Th2 cytokine production was significantly reduced. The treatment had no effect on intestinal eosinophilia or goblet cell hyperplasia but specifically inhibited the development of mastocytosis. Addition of rIL-18 to in vitro cultures of bone marrow-derived mast cells resulted in a significant reduction in cell yields as well as in the number of IL-4-secreting mast cells. In vivo treatment of T. spiralis-infected IFN-{gamma} knockout mice with rIL-18 demonstrated that the inhibitory effect of IL-18 on mastocytosis and Th2 cytokine secretion is independent of IFN-{gamma}. Hence, IL-18 plays a significant biological role as a negative regulator of intestinal mast cell responses and may promote the survival of intestinal parasites in vivo.




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