title: Gamma delta T cells and acute primary Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice.
abstract: A murine model of Toxoplasma gondii infection was used to investigate whether gamma delta T cells are required to resist primary acute toxoplasmosis. The surface phenotype of peritoneal exudate and spleen cells obtained from T. gondii-infected mice was examined using anti-gamma delta T cell-specific reagents and flow cytometry. Survival of mice depleted of gamma delta T cells was also followed during the acute phase of toxoplasmosis. Numbers of gamma delta T cells did not increase in spleen or peritoneal exudates of mice infected with T. gondii. Moreover, infected mice depleted of gamma delta T cells survived as long as untreated infected mice. These results indicate that gamma delta T cells do not play an important role in host defense against T. gondii infection in mice.
authors.affiliation: Trudeau Institute, Inc., Saranac Lake, New York.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sayles
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rakhmilevich
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000276:immunology*; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D007371:Interferon-gamma