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Infection and Immunity, January 2000, p. 197-204, Vol. 68, No. 1
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Involvement of CD4+ Th1 Cells in Systemic Immunity Protective against Primary and Secondary Challenges with Trypanosoma cruzi

Daniel F. Hoft,1,* Anita R. Schnapp,1 Christopher S. Eickhoff,1 and Stanford T. Roodman2

Departments of Internal Medicine1 and Pathology,2 Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Received 24 March 1999/Returned for modification 18 May 1999/Accepted 11 October 1999

In general, gamma interferon (IFN-gamma )-producing CD4+ Th1 cells are important for the immunological control of intracellular pathogens. We previously demonstrated an association between parasite-specific induction of IFN-gamma responses and resistance to the intracellular protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. To investigate a potential causal relationship between Th1 responses and T. cruzi resistance, we studied the ability of Th1 cells to protect susceptible BALB/c mice against virulent parasite challenges. We developed immunization protocols capable of inducing polarized Th1 and Th2 responses in vivo. Induction of parasite-specific Th1 responses, but not Th2 responses, protected BALB/c mice against virulent T. cruzi challenges. We generated T. cruzi-specific CD4+ Th1 and Th2 cell lines from BALB/c mice that were activated by infected macrophages to produce their corresponding cytokine response profiles. Th1 cells, but not Th2 cells, induced nitric oxide production and inhibited intracellular parasite replication in T. cruzi-infected macrophages. Despite the ability to inhibit parasite replication in vitro, Th1 cells alone could not adoptively transfer protection against T. cruzi to SCID mice. In addition, despite the fact that the adoptive transfer of CD4+ T lymphocytes was shown to be necessary for the development of immunity protective against primary T. cruzi infection in our SCID mouse model, protective secondary effector functions could be transferred to SCID mice from memory-immune BALB/c mice in the absence of CD4+ T lymphocytes. These results indicate that, although CD4+ Th1 cells can directly inhibit intracellular parasite replication, a more important role for these cells in T. cruzi systemic immunity may be to provide helper activity for the development of other effector functions protective in vivo.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, 3635 Vista Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 577-8648. Fax: (314) 771-3816. E-mail: hoftdf{at}slu.edu.

Infection and Immunity, January 2000, p. 197-204, Vol. 68, No. 1
0019-9567/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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