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Infect. Immun., Jul 1997, 2583-2586, Vol 65, No. 7
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Unimpaired down-modulation of the hepatic granulomatous response in CD8 T-cell- and gamma interferon-deficient mice chronically infected with Schistosoma mansoni

G Yap, A Cheever, P Caspar, D Jankovic and A Sher
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20982, USA.

The granulomatous response to schistosome eggs is a CD4 T-cell- dependent, Th2-cytokine-dominated immunopathologic response. As infection proceeds to chronicity, both granuloma formation and egg- induced cytokine production become downregulated, and previous experiments have implicated CD8 T cells in this process. One mechanism by which CD8 T cells could suppress immunopathology is through the production of the counterregulatory cytokine gamma interferon (IFN- gamma), but no in vivo evidence exists to directly support this hypothesis. In this study, we analyzed hepatic granuloma formation and egg-induced cytokine production in Schistosoma mansoni-infected gene knockout mice deficient in either CD8 lymphocytes or IFN-gamma. Surprisingly, we found that neither immunologic component plays an essential function in the control of granuloma and cytokine responses during either the acute or chronic stage of infection. Thus, other mechanisms may be more important in the regulation of immunopathology in schistosomiasis.

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