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| Author(s): |
Andressa de Paiva Chiarella
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. , gráficos, ilustrações, tabelas. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2003-04-17 |
| Examining board members: |
Vera Lucia Garcia Calich;
Sandro Rogerio de Almeida;
Marcelo de Franco
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| Advisor: | Vera Lucia Garcia Calich |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Immunology |
| Indexed in: | Banco de Dados Bibliográficos da USP-DEDALUS |
| Location: | Universidade de São Paulo. Biblioteca do Conjunto das Química; 615.37; C532c |
| Abstract | |
To investigate the role of T lymphocytes in the pulmonary model of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), resistant and susceptible mice were in vivo depleted of T CD4+ and T CD8+ cells by intraperitoneal injection of specific monoclonal (mAb) antibodies and infected intratracheally with one million yeast cells of a virulent isolate of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. When compared with the non-depleted group, at week 4 after infection A/J mice presented increased dissemination of yeasts to liver; however, at week 8 A/J-depleted mice showed decreased fungal loads in the lungs. In contrast, depletion of TCD4+ cells of B10.A mice did not alter the severity of disease at any periods of infection assayed. Treatment with anti-CD4 mAb diminished the delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions (DTH) of resistant mice but the cutaneous anergy of B10.A mice was not modified. In addition, CD4-depleted A/Sn and B10.A mice presented decreased titers of P.brasiliensis specific antibodies at both the 4th and 8th week postinfection. Regarding pulmonary cytokines, at week 4 of infection A/J-depleted mice presented diminished levels of IL-12 but at week 8 IL-10, IL-4, IL-S, IL-2 and GM-CSF appeared in lower levels. Only IL-12 was detected in lower levels in the lungs of B10.A-depleted mice at week 8 after infection. Depletion of CD8+ cells led to a more severe disease in both mouse strains. A/J-treated mice presented increased fungal burdens in the lungs whereas in the B10.A strain increased number of yeast cells was detected in the lungs and liver. Importantly, neutralization of CD8+ cells reverted the DTH anergy of susceptible mice. These data suggest the existence of two T CD8+ subpopulations in B10.A mice, a protective that controls fungal growth and another one that suppresses DTH reactions. The production of P.brasiliensis specific antibodies by resistant and susceptible mice depleted of CD8+ T cells was similar to that of mice given control antibody. Neutralization of CD8+ cells, however, induced significant alterations in the concentrations of pulmonary cytokines. In A/J-treated mice, higher levels of IL-4, IL-12, IL-3 and GM-CSF were concomitant with reduced amounts of IL-2. B10.A mice depleted of CD8+ cells presented higher levels of pulmonary IL-10, IL-12, IL-3 and IFN-γ than their controls. As a whole, our results demonstrate that CD4+ T cells have no influence on the control of disease severity of B10.A mice. Depending on the period of the infection, A/J mice develop two subpopulations of CD4+ T cells: one protective subset which appeared early in the infection, followed by a subpopulation that lead to disease exacerbation. Moreover, in both mouse strains CD8+ T cells are protective and able to control fungal growth. It was also verified that DTH reactions and antibody production in murine PCM are CD4+ T cells mediated. Finally, only in B10.A mice a regulatory CD8+ T cell subpopulation was characterized by its ability to suppress DTH reactions (AU) | |