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Infection and Immunity, May 2004, p. 2817-2826, Vol. 72, No. 5
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2817-2826.2004
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Comparative Study of Brain CD8⁺ T Cells Induced by Sporozoites and Those Induced by Blood-Stage Plasmodium berghei ANKA Involved in the Development of Cerebral Malaria

Unité d'Immunophysiopathologie Infectieuse, CNRS URA 1961, Université Pierre et Marie Curie,¹ Unité Cellulaire Antivirale, Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France,³ Centro de Malaria e Outras Doenças Tropicaís, IHMT, Universidade Nova do Lisboa, Lisbon,² Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal⁴

Received 3 September 2003/ Returned for modification 10 November 2003/ Accepted 17 December 2003

	ABSTRACT

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To obtain insight into the mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis of Plasmodium infections, we developed an improved rodent model that mimics human malaria closely by inducing cerebral malaria (CM) through sporozoite infection. We used this model to carry out a detailed study on isolated T cells recruited from the brains of mice during the development of CM. We compared several aspects of the immune response related to the experimental model of Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection induced by sporozoites in C57BL/6 mice and those related to a blood-stage infection. Our data show that in both models, oligoclonal TCRVß4⁺, TCRVß6⁺, TCRVß8.1⁺, and TCRVß11⁺ major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted CD8 T cells were present in the brains of CM⁺ mice. These CD8⁺ T cells display an activated phenotype, do not undergo apoptosis, secrete gamma interferon or tumor necrosis factor alpha, and are associated with the development of the neurological syndrome.

	INTRODUCTION

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Cerebral malaria (CM) continues to contribute to the deaths of more than two million people every year in areas of endemic infection (World Health Organization, 1998, http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact094.html). Although the physiopathology of Plasmodium infection has been extensively investigated, we still know relatively little about the precise mechanisms that contribute to its pathogenesis, in particular during CM. Two main factors have been implicated: (i) the sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-parasitized red blood cells (8, 27, 35, 37) and leukocytes (33, 36, 38) within brain vessels and (ii) the involvement of T cells activated by Plasmodium antigens (29, 41). These two main mechanisms act together under the control of mediators of the inflammatory responses released during the infection such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-) and gamma interferon (IFN-) (13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, 25). The up regulation of adhesion molecules such as CD36, intercellular cell adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), and thrombospondin, which lead to the adherence of infected erythrocytes and leukocytes to endothelial cells of the brain microvessels, is a common feature of the physiological events that occur during CM (4, 7, 15, 39).

Host CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the development of fatal murine CM, as demonstrated by depletion of these cells with anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 monoclonal antibodies (MAb) and by using mice that are genetically deficient in the expression of either CD4 or CD8 (2, 5, 12, 17, 18, 30, 42). This suggests that the immunopathological process that occurs during CM involves both CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T-cell subsets. However, the way in which CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ cells contribute to the development of pathogenicity during fatal CM remains to be elucidated.

The purpose of this study, therefore, was to develop an alternative model for CM, using sporozoites of P. berghei ANKA strain clone 1. 49L to initiate the infection in order to compare the pathogenic T-cell responses that occur during sporozoite- and blood-stage-induced infection in mice with CM. Such responses were followed up by examining the peripheral blood, lymph nodes, spleen, and brain at the time when neurological symptoms were apparent.

We demonstrated that the development of CM in sporozoite- or blood-stage parasite-induced infection is in both cases associated with the preferential recruitment of CD8⁺ T-cell subsets within the brain. These subsets were further compared by identifying their phenotype, their TCRVß chain repertoire, the intracellular cytokine pattern, and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules involved in the restriction of the response. Their functional association with the development of CM was demonstrated in vivo by using different strains of mice with a CD8 deficiency and by specific T-cell depletion with MAb.

	MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Mice. C57BL/6J specific-pathogen-free mice, 8 to 10 weeks old, were purchased from Elevage JANVIER (Le Genest St-Isle, France). CD8^–/– (25), ß₂m^–/– (26), H-2K^b–/–, H-2D^b–/– and H-2KD^b–/– (27) C57BL/6 mice were maintained in animal facilities at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, under specific-pathogen-free conditions.

Parasites, inoculation and CM clinical features. Red blood cells infected with P. berghei ANKA clone 1.49L were provided by D. Walliker (Institute of Genetics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and maintained in C57BL/6J mice. This clone was selected for its capacity to induce CM (40). The parasite was conserved as stabilates of 10⁷ parasitized C57BL/6J red blood cells (PRBC) stored under liquid nitrogen in Alsever's solution containing 10% glycerol. For blood-stage infections, mice were injected intraperitoneally with 10⁶ PRBC. For sporozoite-induced infection, parasites were obtained from infected salivary glands of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes 16 to 21 days after the ingestion of an infected blood meal. After aseptic dissection, salivary glands were homogenized in a glass grinder and diluted in sterile phosphate-buffered saline. Mice were infected by intravenous injection of 1 x 10³, 5 x 10³, 1 x 10⁴, 5 x 10⁴, and 1 x 10⁵ sporozoites.

CM⁺ mice first displayed clinical signs between 6 and 8 days postinfection. These signs include ataxia, paralysis (mono-, hemi-, para-, or tetraplegia), deviation of the head, convulsions, and coma followed by death. In the C57BL/6 strain, the neurological signs developed at a low level of parasitaemia (less than 15%).

Parasitaemia in the different groups of infected mice was determined on Giemsa-stained thin blood smears every days and is expressed as the percentage of infected red blood cells (PRBC).

Isolation of lymphoid cells. Peripheral blood was collected on heparin by retro-orbital puncture. Lymphocytes (peripheral blood lymphocytes [PBL]) were then isolated on a Ficoll gradient (Pharmacia, Saclay, France). Lymphoid cells from the spleens and lymph nodes (LN) of uninfected control and infected C57BL/6 mice developing CM were isolated after these organs were homogenized in saline buffer containing 3% feetal calf serum (FCS). The brain lymphoid cells were obtained after tissue homogenization in RPMI 1640 medium and centrifugation at 500 x g for 20 min in 35% (vol/vol) Percoll (Pharmacia).

The brains of CM⁺ C57BL/6 mice were stained with phycoerythrin-conjugated anti-CD8 MAb and pooled. CD8⁺ T cells were purified from the pooled brains by use of a MoFlo cell sorter (Cytomation, Fort Collins, Colo., and Pharmingen, San Diego, Calif.). Dead cells were excluded using propidium iodide (PI) at a final concentration of 1 µg/ml (Sigma, Saint Quentin Fallavier, France).

Antibodies and FACS analysis. Anti-mouse CD3 (145-2C11) fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated MAb, biotinylated anti-CD25 (PC61), anti-Vß4 (KT4), anti-Vß6 (RR4-7), anti-Vß8.1 + 8.2 (KJ16), and anti-Vß11 (RR-3-15) subpopulations were prepared in our laboratory. Phycoerythrin-conjugated anti-CD4 (H129.19) was obtained from Boehringer Mannheim (Meylan, France). Anti-CD8 Quantum Red (53-6.7) was obtained from Sigma. Biotinylated MAb directed against activation markers such as CD69 (H1.2F3), CD44 (IM7), CD62L (MEL-14), and adhesion molecules LFA-1 (M17/4) and ICAM-1 (3E2), allophycocyanin-conjugated anti-cytokine antibodies, anti-IFN- (XMG1.2), anti-TNF- (MP6-XT22), anti-interleukin-4 (IL-4) (11B11) and anti-IL-10 (JES5-16E3) were purchased from BD-Pharmingen.

Fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis was carried out using a FACScan cytofluorometer (Becton Dickinson, Grenoble, France), and data were processed with CellQuest software. Lymphocytes were carefully gated by light scattering (forward scattering and side scattering). Ten thousand events were acquired and recorded per sample. The percentage of positive fluorescent cells was determined by integrating profiles on the basis of the numbers of viable lymphocytes.

Intracellular staining of cytokines. Lymphocytes isolated from the brain were incubated at 37°C for 90 min with phorbol myristate acetate (50 ng/ml), ionomycin (500 ng/ml), and brefeldin A (10 ng/ml) (Sigma) in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10% FCS under in a 5% CO₂ atmosphere. The negative control consisted of splenocytes from naive C57BL/6 mice, which were treated in the same manner as the lymphocytes. After incubation with the anti-mouse CD8 phycoerythrin-conjugated MAb, cells were washed in saline buffer containing 3% FCS and fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde in saline buffer at room temperature for 1 h in the dark. The cells were then permeabilized using the Perm/Wash buffer. They were then incubated for 1 h with the APC-conjugated anti-cytokine antibodies: anti-IFN- (XMG1.2), anti-TNF- (MP6-XT22), anti-IL-4 (11B11), and anti-IL-10 (JES5-16E3) that had been diluted in saline buffer containing 3% FCS. Finally, the intracellular cytokines were stained.

CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte apoptosis versus necrosis assessment. Apoptotic cells were detected by analyzing the expression of phosphatidylserine on the outer leaflet of the membrane by cytofluorometry using annexin-V Fluo (Roche, Meylan, France) and PI (Sigma) PI was used to distinguish apoptotic cells (annexin V⁺ PI^–) from necrotic cells (annexin V⁺ PI⁺).

CDR3 spectratyping analysis of the CD8 T-cell repertoire. Total RNA was extracted from sorted CD8⁺ T cells by use of the Tri Reagent kit (Molecular Research Center, Cincinnati, Ohio). One microlitre of 20-mg/ml glycogen (Roche) was used to ensure the optimal precipitation of RNA and pellet visualization. Single-stranded cDNA was synthesized with the avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase (Roche) synthesis kit. CDR3 spectratyping was done using the immunoscope method as described previously (28). The primer sequences used were as described previously (26), except for BV8.3 (TGCTGGCAACCTTCAAATAGGA) and BV13 (AGGCCTAAAGGAACTAACTCCAC). Twenty-one PCR tubes were set up per sample. Aliquots (2 µl) of the PCR products were then used in a runoff primer extension reaction in a 10-µl final volume containing 0.2 U of Taq polymerase, 0.2 mM each deoxynucleoside triphosphate, 3 mM MgCl₂, and 0.1 µM fluorophore-labeled BC5-Fam primer (Fam-CTTGGGTGGAGTCACATTTCTC). Extension was carried out in five cycles. Finally, 10 µl of 20 mM formamide-EDTA was added. After 10 min of denaturation at 80°C, samples were loaded onto a 6% acrylamide sequencing gel on an automatic sequencer (Applied Biosystems model 373). The GS-350 (Applied Biosystems) nucleotide length marker was coloaded in some wells. Products were separated on the basis of their nucleotide length, forming a profile of peaks for each primer combination, separated by 3 nucleotides as expected for in-frame transcripts. The raw data were analyzed with the Immunoscope software using the ISEApeaks software package utilities (6, 6a).

Depletion studies. (i)CD8⁺ T-cell depletion. Mice were injected intraperitoneally with 100 µg of purified immunoglobulin G anti-mouse CD8 ß chain (H35.17.2) every 4 days starting 9 days before infection. Depletion was confirmed by PBL staining with a Quantum Red-labeled anti-CD8 MAb (53-6.7) followed by FACS analysis.

(ii) TCRVß⁺-cell depletion. TCRVß4, TCRVß6, TCRVß11, and TCRVß8.1,2-positive T cells were depleted in vivo by intraperitoneal injection of 50 µg of anti-TCRVß4 (KT4), anti-TCRVß6 (RR4-7), anti-TCRVß11 (RR-3-15), and 100 µg of anti TCRVß8.1,2 (KJ16), respectively. Depletions were initiated 3 days before infection and were repeated every 3 days thereafter until the death of the animals; they were confirmed 24 h after the first injection of antibodies by FACS using the same MAb and F23.2 (Vß8.2) as were used for Vß8-positive T cells.

Statistical analysis. Parasitemia is expressed as mean ± standard deviation for different mice in several experiments. Results were compared with Statview 4.5 software. Survival curves were compared after Kaplan-Meyer analysis with the Logrank (Mantel-Cox) test. Student's t test and the analysis of variance test were considered significant for P < 0.05.

	RESULTS

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Comparison of the clinical and parasitological status of CM induced by sporozoite or blood-stage P. berghei ANKA in C57BL/6 mice. The manifestations of CM characterized by a neurological syndrome, including clinical signs such as ataxia, paralysis, deviation of the head, convulsions, and coma followed by death, were compared in C57BL/6 mice infected with different doses of sporozoites (1 x 10³, 5 x 10³, 1 x 10⁴, 5 x 10⁴, and 1 x 10⁵) of P. berghei ANKA clone 1.49L and mice infected with blood stages (10⁶ PRBC) from the same parasite clone. The percentage of mice that developed CM was dependent on the number of sporozoites used to initiate infection (Fig. 1A). Unexpectedly, the clinical signs did not appear significantly later in mice infected with sporozoites than in PRBC-infected CM⁺ mice (P = 0.0671, ² = 8.7, and degrees of freedom = 4). The neurological signs appeared at roughly the same time in sporozoite- and PRBC-infected mice, 6 to 9 days after infection (P = 0.1642, ² = 7.858, and degrees of freedom = 5).

View larger version (12K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 1. Comparison of CM in sporozoite- and PRBC-infected mice. (A) Survival curves for groups of five mice infected with different doses of sporozoites (SPZ) (1 x 103, 5 x 103, 1 x 104, 5 x 104, and 105) and a group of eight mice infected with 106 PRBC. (B) Parasitemia was estimated during the course of infection (days 3, 5, and 6) for all mice in the different groups by using Giemsa-stained, thick blood smears. (C) Student's t test was used to compare the levels of parasitemia on the day of CM manifestation for 14 CM+ and 6 CM– mice infected with 50,000 sporozoites (SPZ) and for 13 CM+ and 4 CM– mice infected with 106 PRBC.

Analysis of T-cell responses in sporozoite- and blood-stage-induced CM. We used cytofluorometry to analyze the T-cell distribution and phenotypes in PBL, spleen, and LN isolated on day 7 from mice infected with 1 x 10⁶ PRBC or 5 x 10⁴ sporozoites and exhibiting clinical signs of CM. The total number of T lymphocytes was smaller in PBL, spleen, and LN from PRBC-infected mice (p = 0.0001, 0.0077, and 0.0097, respectively) and in PBL and LN from the sporozoite-infected group (P = 0.0014 and 0.0001, respectively) than in the uninfected control mice (Fig. 2). The decrease in the T-cell number during CM affected both the ß and lineages and the CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ subpopulations. In contrast, sporozoite infection induced a significant increase in the total number of both CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ ßT cells (1.76 x 10⁶ and 2.14 x 10⁶, respectively) in the spleen (P = 0.0013).

View larger version (33K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 2. T-cell counts during CM in PBL, spleen, and LN. Total numbers of TCRß+, TCR+, CD4+, and CD8+ among CD3+ cells are expressed per milliliter of blood for PBL and as the total number of cells for spleen and pooled peripheral LN taken when mice exhibited clinical signs of CM. Results for four CM+ PRBC-infected mice and eight CM+ sporozoite-infected mice are shown. For the two types of infection, eight uninfected mice were used as a control. Bar charts show the mean numbers of cells and standard deviation for two separate experiments.

View larger version (11K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 3. Apoptosis occurs in peripheral CD4+ but not in CD8+ T-cell subpopulations. The percentage of early apoptotic cells (annexin V+ PI–) was determined among CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subpopulations in the blood of uninfected controls (n = 5) and in mice infected with either sporozoites or PRBC and exhibiting clinical signs of CM (n = 5).

View larger version (13K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 4. Selective accumulation of CD8+ T cells in the brain during CM. The analysis was done twice with T lymphocytes isolated from the pooled brains of nine control uninfected mice, three CM+ PRBC-infected mice, and five CM+ sporozoite-infected mice. , control; , CM.

View larger version (26K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 5. Phenotype of CD8+ T lymphocytes isolated from the brains of CM+ mice. (A) Activation markers. Lymphoid cells isolated from brains of CM+ mice were doubly stained with anti-CD8 followed by anti-activation marker antibodies: CD25, CD44, CD62L, and CD69. Shown is a dot plot analysis indicating the activation markers expressed on naive cells from the LN of uninfected C57BL/6 mice (first row), CM+ mice infected with PRBC (second row), and CM+ mice infected with sporozoites (third row). (B) Adhesion molecules. The level of expression of the adhesion molecules on pooled lymphoid cells isolated from the brains of PRBC-infected CM+ mice after double staining with CD8 and ICAM-1 or LFA-1 (solid lines) was compared with that on naive T CD8+ cells isolated from the blood (dotted lines).

View larger version (13K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 6. T cells in the brains of CM+ mice are not apoptotic. The percentage of early apoptotic cells (annexin V+ PI–) in pools of lymphoid cells isolated from the brains of five uninfected control mice and five CM+ mice infected with either sporozoites or PRBC is shown.

View larger version (35K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 7. Cytokine spectrum of CD8+ T cells from CM+ mice. Lymphoid cells isolated from the brains of five CM+ mice were subjected to FACS analysis after intracellular staining for IFN-, TNF-, IL-4, and IL-10. Cytokine production was analyzed on gated CD8-positive cells.

View larger version (17K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 8. CD8+ T-cell repertoire during experimental CM. (A) Sorted CD8+ T lymphocytes isolated from the brains of five mice infected with sporozoites or PRBC were subjected to immunoscope analysis to determine the Vß-Cß repertoire. In this figure, only the profiles showing oligoclonal expansion are presented (Vß4, Vß6, Vß8.1, and Vß11); the other profiles had a Gaussian bell shape. (B) The percentage of TCR Vß-positive cells was estimated by cytofluorometry of a pool of CD8 T cells isolated from the lymphoid compartments of five control or infected mice. , control; •, CM.

View larger version (23K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 9. CM susceptibility of CD8-deficient mice. (A) Mortality due to CM in CD8–/– (n = 5 for PRBC and n = 5 for sporozoite infection), ß2m–/– (n = 10 for PRBC and n = 6 for sporozoites), and CD8 MAb-depleted (CD8 depl) (n = 5 for PRBC) mice after infection with 106 PRBC or 50,000 sporozoites of P. berghei ANKA is shown. Survival curves for C57BL/6 mice (n = 5 for PRBC and n = 7 for sporozoites) are included as a reference for CM susceptibility. The shaded portion represents the time window of mortality from CM. (B) Parasitemia was determined on the day of death, whether it was early or late, for all the mice.

View larger version (24K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 10. Susceptibility of H-2Kb, H-2Db, H-2KbDb, and CD1 knockout mice to CM. (A) Mortality due to CM in Kb–/– (n = 10 for PRBC and n = 6 for sporozoites), Db–/– (n = 9 for PRBC and n = 5 for sporozoites), CD1d–/– (n = 10 for PRBC), and Kb–/–Db–/– (n = 10 for PRBC and n = 6 for sporozoites) mice after infection with 106 PRBC or 50,000 sporozoites of P. berghei ANKA is shown. Survival curves for C57BL/6 mice (n = 5 for PRBC and n = 6 for sporozoites) are included as a reference for CM susceptibility. The shaded portion represents the time window of mortality from CM. (B) Parasitemia was determined on the day of death for all the mice.

View larger version (20K): [in this window] [in a new window]   FIG. 11. In vivo depletion of T cells bearing TCRVß8.1 and TCRVß8.2 segments. Survival of mice depleted for Vß4 (n = 5), Vß6 (n = 5), Vß8.1 and Vß8.2 (n = 5), and Vß11 (n = 5) or for all of these Vß subpopulations (n = 5) after infection with 106 PRBC of P. berghei ANKA is shown. The C57BL/6 survival curve (n = 6) is included as a CM reference. The shaded part represents the time window of mortality from CM.

	DISCUSSION

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To further analyze the extent to which the intrahepatic phase of malaria parasites is involved in the pathogenic response leading to CM, we developed an improved model of murine CM by using sporozoites to induce disease. We used this model to carry out a comparative study of several aspects of the immune response to P. berghei ANKA infection induced by sporozoites in C57BL/6 mice and the immune response to a blood stage infection. Our data show that in both models, CD8⁺ T cells are particularly important in the development of CM.

C57BL/6 mice infected with sporozoites do exhibit clinical signs of CM between 6 and 9 days postinoculation as do the PRBC-infected mice. The onset and outcome of CM in sporozoite-infected mice was dependent on the number of parasites injected. For example, a minimum of 5 x 10⁴ sporozoites is required if assessed by 100% early mortality with neurological signs. A comparison of the blood parasite load during CM syndrome clearly showed that blood from mice infected with PRBC contained significantly more parasites than did blood from mice infected with sporozoites. These findings strongly suggest that the induction of CM does not necessarily depend on high parasite loads in the blood but, instead, depends on the number of parasites in the inoculum. It is also noteworthy that the different doses of sporozoites used were not correlated with the levels of parasitemia.

To analyze differences in the pathological process induced by the different types of infections, T lymphocytes were compared in CM⁺ mice. Lymphopenia was observed in all CM⁺ mice. This decrease in T-cell numbers affected both CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ cell populations, and, surprisingly, we observed that it was not correlated with the presence of a larger number of annexin-positive T cells in PBL and peripheral LN and spleen cells (13, 16, 19). We used flow cytometry to study and to quantify T-lymphocyte populations isolated from the brains of CM⁺ mice, and we compared their phenotype with those of cells from uninfected mice. The number of T cells in the brains of CM⁺ mice increased significantly. The infiltrate in the two models of infection was composed mainly of a CD8⁺ ß T-cell subpopulation. Only a small number of CD4⁺ T cells were present in the brain, and some of them were apoptotic. Whether these residual CD4⁺ T cells in the brain are functional requires further investigations.

CD8⁺ T cells isolated from the brains of CM⁺ mice exhibited an activated phenotype, as demonstrated by the expression of the CD69 and CD25 surface markers in both types of infection. However, the proportion of the CD8 subsets expressing CD25 was higher in mice infected with PRBC. Several hypotheses can be drawn from these observations: (i) there are two types of CD8⁺ T-cell population within the brain, CD25⁺ and CD25^–; (ii) after migrating into the brain, CD8⁺ T cells may lose their CD25 marker; and (iii) both activated and nonactivated CD8⁺ T cells could migrate into the brain during the inflammatory process that characterizes CM. The finding that the expression of CD44 was up regulated and that of CD26L was down regulated also confirms the activated phenotype of the brain CD8⁺ cells (10, 23, 34). Their ability to migrate into the brain as the disease proceeds was confirmed by the high expression levels of adhesion molecules such as LFA-1 and ICAM-1. LFA-1 molecules also play a role in CM, as demonstrated by the fact that mice treated with a MAb against LFA-1 did not develop the neuropathogenesis (1, 32). Anti LFA-1 antibodies may act by interfering with the migration of pathological CD8⁺ T cells in the brain.

Sporozoite-infected mice, which have a low level of parasitemia and small numbers of CD8⁺ T cells in the brain, develop the disease at the same time as do blood-stage-infected mice. We hypothesize that the priming of pathological T-cell clones is more efficient in sporozoite-induced infection than in blood-stage-induced infection. Preerythrocytic stages of the malaria parasite may also play a role by modulating the T-cell responses induced by the blood-stage parasite, which is associated with the pathogenic process notably through the stimulation of MHC class I-restricted T lymphocytes or through cytokines (31). We showed that MHC class I-dependent effector CD8⁺ T cells are directly involved because several lines of CD8⁺ T-cell-deficient mice, obtained by inactivating genes encoding either the CD8 molecules or molecules implicated in antigen presentation such as ß₂-microglobulin or MHC class I molecules themselves, are resistant to CM induced by sporozoites or blood-stage parasites. The mechanisms by which the CD8⁺ T cells that accumulate within the brain participate in the disease have not yet been clearly defined, proving that CM is a multiple and complex pathogenic process. Nevertheless, these cells may constitute a source of proinflammatory cytokines such as IFN- and TNF-, which play an essential role in the pathogenesis associated with CM.

The exhaustive comparison of CDR3 length spectratyping from CD8⁺ cells isolated from the brains of sporozoite- or PRBC-infected CM⁺ animals showed the oligoclonal expansion of subpopulations of cells bearing Vß4, Vß8.1, Vß11, and, to a lesser extent, Vß6 T-cell receptor (TCR) chains. This suggests a restricted selection of CD8⁺ cell subsets that migrated into the brains of CM⁺ mice.

Finally, the results obtained following the in vivo depletion of Vß6, Vß8.1, and Vß11 cell subpopulations suggest that TCRVß8.1⁺ subpopulations are directly involved in CM since the manifestation of the disease in the mice depleted with an antibody directed against TCRVß8.1⁺ is significantly delayed. This observation is reminiscent of those made with B10.D2 mice (3, 6a, 11) and with CXD2 recombinant inbred mice (6, 11), showing that an increase in the number of CD8⁺ Vß8.1⁺ T cells is correlated with the development of CM and that deletion of these cells is correlated with protection against the disease linked to CM.

In summary, we have shown, using a murine model of CM initiated by P. berghei ANKA sporozoites, that activated CD8 T cells are present in the brains of mice developing CM, as in the classical experimental model using blood-stage parasites. These CD8 T cells are associated with the development of the neurological syndrome. Nevertheless, the exact mechanism by which CD8 T cells are involved in the pathology remains to be elucidated.

	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 
A.C. and S.B. were recipients of a fellowship from the French Ministery of Research. S.B. is a recipient of a fellowship from the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale. S.P. and P.A.C. were recipients of Visiting Scientist fellowship from the FCT, Portugal. This work was supported by PRFMMIP from the French Ministery of Research, INCO-DC IC18CT980363, and FCT/POCTI/36369/MGI/2000. This work was conducted in the frame of the CNRS Laboratoire Européen Associé "Génétique et Développement de la Tolérance Naturelle."

We thank Marie-Christine Wagner, Christelle Sellier, and Sao Alpercia for technical assistance and Anne Louise for T-cell sorting. We thank G. Milon and D. Rueff-Juy for critical reading of the manuscript.

	FOOTNOTES

 
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité d'Immunophysiopathologie Infectieuse—Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: 33 (0)1 45 68 84 65. Fax: 33 (0)1 40 61 30 66. E-mail: spied{at}pasteur.fr.

Editor: W. A. Petri, Jr.

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