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Infect Immun. 1993 July; 61(7): 2952-2959

Immune responses associated with susceptibility of C57BL/10 mice to Leishmania amazonensis.

Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

ABSTRACT

Leishmaniae are protozoans which, depending upon both the host and parasite species, can cause either a healing or nonhealing infection. While C57BL/10 mice are able to heal following infection with Leishmania major, they fail to heal following infection with Leishmania amazonensis. In order to address the role of Th1 and Th2 cell responses in the outcome of these infections in C57BL/10 mice, gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) production was assessed. While cells from L. major-infected C57BL/10 mice produced high levels of IFN-gamma, cells from L. amazonensis-infected animals produced little or no IFN-gamma. On the other hand, IL-4 was produced only by cells from L. amazonensis-infected C57BL/10 mice, but this production was restricted to the first few weeks of infection. Later in infection, when lesions were evident, no IL-4 was detected. Treatment of BALB/c mice with a monoclonal antibody (11B11) directed against IL-4 induced a dramatic reduction in L. amazonensis lesions. This reduction was associated with a decrease in IL-4 levels and an increase in IFN-gamma production. However, only a slight reduction in lesion sizes and parasite numbers was observed when anti-IL-4-treated C57BL/10 mice were infected with L. amazonensis. These results suggest that IL-4 may have an important role in mediating susceptibility to L. amazonensis in BALB/c mice, as previously demonstrated for L. major. More importantly, however, the data suggest that susceptibility to L. amazonensis in C57BL/10 mice is due to the absence of a Th1 cell response, rather than to the presence of a Th2 cell response.

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