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T cell-dependent elimination of dividing Trypanosoma grosi from the bloodstream of Mongolian jirds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

H. SATO ,
K. ISHITA ,
A. OSANAI ,
M. YAGISAWA ,
H. KAMIYA  and
M. ITO
H. SATO
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
K. ISHITA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
A. OSANAI
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
M. YAGISAWA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
H. KAMIYA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan
M. ITO
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Immunology, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki 216-0001, Japan
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Abstract

Mongolian jirds, Meriones unguiculatus, are susceptible to infection with Trypanosoma grosi, which naturally parasitizes Apodemus spp. The present study investigated T cell dependence of elimination of T. grosi from the bloodstream of jirds by in vivo T cell depletion using a monoclonal antibody (HUSM-M.g.15). In T cell-depleted jirds, elimination of T. grosi, particularly the dividing forms, from the bloodstream was significantly delayed, occurring at around week 3 p.i. The kinetics of serum levels of IgM and IgG specific to trypanosomes in T cell-depleted and control immunocompetent jirds were different; peak levels of IgM were noted on days 6–8 p.i. around the time of peak parasitaemia (day 6 p.i.) in immunocompetent jirds, whereas the serum levels began to increase abruptly after day 10 p.i., peaking at around day 18 p.i. in T cell-depleted jirds. Similarly, serum IgG increased after day 6 p.i. in immunocompetent jirds, in contrast to after day 12 p.i. in T cell-depleted jirds, and the level increased steadily even after disappearance of parasitaemia. Our findings indicate that T cells play a major role at least in the ‘first crisis’ during elimination of dividing T. grosi from the bloodstream.

Keywords

Trypanosoma grosiMeriones unguiculatuseliminationT cellparasitaemiahumoral immune response
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 128 , Issue 3 , March 2004 , pp. 295 - 304
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2004 Cambridge University Press

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