title: Interleukin-2 reverses T cell unresponsiveness to Plasmodium falciparum-antigen in malaria immune subjects.
abstract: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from a large proportion of 34 healthy adult native residents in a malaria endemic area showed null or marginal proliferative response (low-responders) to schizont-enriched Plasmodium falciparum malaria antigen (M.Ag) but good response to pokeweed mitogen. In contrast, substantial proliferative response to M.Ag was observed in 8/8 adult temporary residents with a history of one to three acute malaria episodes. Purified CD4+ T cells preferentially responded to M.Ag, however in low-responders CD4+ T cell proliferation was poor. Moreover, no inhibition of CD4+ T cell proliferation was observed when graded numbers of CD8+ T cells were added in culture. The addition of recombinant interleukin 2 (rIL-2) to M.Ag restored the proliferative response of low-responders' PBMC. This response was M.Ag-specific when CD4+ T cells grown in M.Ag plus rIL-2, but not in rIL-2 alone, were tested in secondary cultures.
authors.affiliation: Centre International de Recherches Médicales, Franceville, Gabon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chizzolini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geinoz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schrijvers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins