title: Taenia taeniaeformis: early inflammatory response around developing metacestodes in the liver of resistant and susceptible mice I. Identification of leukocyte response with monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Female BALB/cJ (resistant), C3H/HeJ (intermediate resistant), and C3H/HeDub (susceptible) inbred mice, 4-5 wk old, were infected with Taenia taeniaeformis. Liver sections were stained by an immunoperoxidase technique (avidin-biotin complex, ABC) for the differentiation antigens Lyt-1, Lyt-2, Mac-1, Mac-2, Mac-3, and B220. Binding of ABC to the cytoplasm of hepatocytes around the developing parasite was observed at 4 days postinfection (PI) in all 3 strains of mice, persisting in BALB/cJ and C3H/HeJ liver sections at 5 and 6 days PI, suggesting the presence of high concentrations of biotin, a fatty acid synthesis mediator. Two cell populations were labeled with B220 monoclonal antibodies: lymphocytes and polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells. At 4 days PI the number of labeled PMN cells peaked in infected C3H/HeJ and BALB/cJ mice; however a low number of PMN cells were labeled in infected C3H/HeDub mice. Few lymphocytes bound the B220 antibody in either BALB/cJ, C3H/HeJ, or C3H/HeDub infected mice. The number of Mac-1+ cells detected in infected C3H/HeJ and BALB/cJ liver sections were similar whereas fewer Mac-1+ cells were present in infected C3H/HeDub mice. Mac-2+ cells appeared in high numbers around the growing parasite at 5 and 6 days PI in the liver of C3H/HeDub mice, but not in the liver of BALB/cJ mice. Mac-3+ cells followed a similar pattern to that of the cell population defined by Mac-2. Few Lyt-1+ and Lyt-2+ cells were detected around the parasite site in the 3 strains of mice.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Letonja
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hammerberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000276:immunology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D001360:Avidin; D001710:Biotin; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007249:Inflammation; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D013621:Taenia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D001360:Avidin; D001710:Biotin