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Infection and Immunity, February 1999, p. 636-642, Vol. 67, No. 2
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Role of Adult Worm Antigen-Specific Immunoglobulin E in Acquired Immunity to Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Baboons

Mramba Nyindo,1 Thomas M. Kariuki,1 Paul W. Mola,1 Idle O. Farah,1 Lynne Elson,1 Ronald E. Blanton,2 and Christopher L. King2,*

Division of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya,1 and Division of Geographic Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio2

Received 29 July 1998/Returned for modification 2 September 1998/Accepted 17 November 1998

Allergic-type immune responses, particularly immunoglobulin E (IgE), correlate with protective immunity in human schistosomiasis. To better understand the mechanisms of parasite elimination we examined the immune correlates of protection in baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis), which are natural hosts for Schistosoma mansoni and also develop allergic-type immunity with infection. In one experiment, animals were exposed to a single infection (1,000 cercariae) or were exposed multiple times (100 cercariae per week for 10 weeks) and subsequently were cured with praziquantel prior to challenge with 1,000 cercariae. Singly and multiply infected animals mounted 59 and 80% reductions in worm burden, respectively (P < 0.01). In a second experiment, animals were inoculated with S. mansoni ova and recombinant human interleukin 12 (IL-12). This produced a 37 to 39% reduction in adult worm burden after challenge (P < 0.05). Parasite-specific IgG, IgE, IgM, and peripheral blood cytokine production were evaluated. The only immune correlate of protection in both experiments was levels of soluble adult worm antigen (SWAP)-specific IgE in serum at the time of challenge infection and/or 6 weeks later. Baboons repeatedly infected with cercariae or immunized with ova and IL-12 developed two- to sixfold-greater levels of SWAP-specific IgE in serum than did controls, and this correlated with reductions in worm burden (r2, -0.40 to -0.64; P, <0.01). Thus, in baboons and unlike mice, adult worm-specific IgE is uniquely associated with acquired immunity to S. mansoni infection. This similar association of parasite-specific IgE and protection among primates infected with schistosomiasis, along with similar pathology, anatomy, and genetic make-up, indicates that baboons provide an excellent permissive experimental model for better understanding the mechanisms of innate and acquired immunity to schistosomiasis in humans.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Geographic Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 2109 Adelbert Rd., W137, Cleveland, OH 44106-4983. Phone: (216) 368-4817. Fax: (216) 368-4825. E-mail: cxk21{at}po.cwru.edu.

Infection and Immunity, February 1999, p. 636-642, Vol. 67, No. 2
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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