Else K J, Grencis R K
School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Infect Immun. 1996 Aug;64(8):2950-4. doi: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2950-2954.1996.
The development of a strong Th2-type immune response is essential in resistance to the intestinal nematode parasite Trichuris muris. Although the underlying cell-regulatory mechanisms important in protective immunity are well defined, the actual Th2-controlled effector mechanisms culminating in worm expulsion are uncharacterized. Using methodology involving the selective reconstitution of severe combined immunodeficiency mice with highly pure populations of CD4+ T cells from immune BALB/c donors, we show here that antibody is not an essential component in resistance to T. muris. Thus, CD4+ T cells purified from BALB/c donor mice at a time point when Th2 cells are in dominance (days 19 to 21 postinfection) confer resistance to infection on recipient severe combined immunodeficiency mice in the complete absence of an antibody response.
强大的Th2型免疫反应的发展对于抵抗肠道线虫寄生虫毛首鞭形线虫至关重要。尽管在保护性免疫中重要的潜在细胞调节机制已得到明确界定,但最终导致蠕虫排出的实际Th2控制的效应机制仍未得到表征。利用涉及用来自免疫BALB/c供体的高度纯化的CD4+ T细胞群体选择性重建严重联合免疫缺陷小鼠的方法,我们在此表明抗体不是抵抗毛首鞭形线虫的必需成分。因此,在Th2细胞占优势的时间点(感染后第19至21天)从BALB/c供体小鼠纯化的CD4+ T细胞在完全没有抗体反应的情况下赋予受体严重联合免疫缺陷小鼠抗感染能力。