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Infect. Immun., Aug 1997, 3100-3106, Vol 65, No. 8
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Effects of Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi on modulation of the host immune response: induction of a TH2 cytokine response in Lyme disease-susceptible (C3H/HeJ) mice but not in disease-resistant (BALB/c) mice

N Zeidner, ML Mbow, M Dolan, R Massung, E Baca and J Piesman
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA.

Previous studies have demonstrated that both Ixodes scapularis saliva and Borrelia burgdorferi antigens modulated lymphokines and monokines in vitro. The studies presented here were designed to delineate the role of I. scapularis and B. burgdorferi in modulation of the host immune response in vivo. Infestation of C3H/HeJ mice with infected I. scapularis resulted in an up regulation of IL-4 as early as 8 days after tick infestation, while the levels of T helper cell type 1 (TH1) cytokines, interleukin-2 (IL-2) and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), were significantly decreased by days 10 to 12. In contrast, the cytokine profile of BALB/c mice exposed to infected nymphal ticks resulted in only transient alterations in IL-4, IL-2, and IFN-gamma production throughout a 12-day period postinfestation. Although the IL-10 level was elevated in both C3H/HeJ and BALB/c mice infested with infected nymphal ticks, no significant difference in the levels of IL-10 was noted between the mouse strains. Flow-cytometric analysis demonstrated increases in the numbers of splenic B-cell and CD4+ lymphocytes in C3H/HeJ but not BALB/c mice exposed to infected ticks. Cell depletion experiments with C3H/HeJ mice demonstrated that CD4+ cells were the sole producers of IFN-gamma and IL-10 while both CD4+ and CD8+ splenocytes contributed to the production of IL-2 and IL-4. These findings suggest that B and CD4+ splenocytes are activated, increase in number, and produce a polarized TH2 response in C3H/HeJ mice exposed to infected I. scapularis. Given that C3H/HeJ mice are susceptible to Lyme disease and the initial TH2 polarization is not evident in BALB/c mice, effective control of this response may have ramifications for spirochete transmission in vivo.

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