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The Journal of Immunology, 2004, 172: 7635-7641.
Copyright © 2004 by The American Association of Immunologists

WSX-1: A Key Role in Induction of Chronic Intestinal Nematode Infection1

Allison J. Bancroft2,*, Neil E. Humphreys*, John J. Worthington*, Hiroki Yoshida{dagger},{ddagger} and Richard K. Grencis*

* School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; {dagger} Division of Molecular and Cellular Immunoscience, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan; and {ddagger} PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Chronic infection by the gastrointestinal nematode Trichuris muris in susceptible AKR mice, which mount a Th1 response, is associated with IL-27p28 expression in the cecum. In contrast to wild-type mice, mice that lack the WSX-1/IL-27R gene fail to harbor a chronic infection, having significantly lower Th1 responses. The lower level of Ag-specific IFN-{gamma}-positive cells in WSX-1 knockout (KO) mice was found to be CD4+ T cell specific, and the KO mice also had increased levels of IL-4-positive CD4+ T cells. Polyclonal activation of mesenteric lymph node cells from naive WSX-1 KO or wild-type mice demonstrated that there was no inherent defect in the production of IFN-{gamma} by CD4+ T cells, suggesting the decrease in these cells seen in infected WSX-1 KO mice is an in vivo Ag-driven effect. IL-12 treatment of WSX-1 KO mice failed to rescue the type 1 response, resulting in unaltered type-2-driven resistance. Infection of WSX-1 KO mice was also associated with a reduction of IL-27/WSX-1 downstream signaling gene expression within the cecum. These studies demonstrate an important role for WSX-1 signaling in the promotion of type 1 responses and chronic gastrointestinal nematode infection.




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