title: Interleukin-10 modulates susceptibility in experimental cerebral malaria.
abstract: In this study, we examined the effects of interleukin-10 (IL-10) on the outcome of experimental cerebral malaria (CM), a lethal neurological syndrome that occurs in susceptible strains of mice after infection with Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA). Constitutive IL-10 mRNA levels were significantly higher in the spleen and brain of resistant animals. In vivo neutralization of endogenous IL-10 in CM-resistant mice induced the neurological syndrome in 35.7% of these mice, as opposed to 7.7% in controls. IL-10 inhibited PbA antigen-specific interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production in vitro but not tumour necrosis factor (TNF) serum levels in vivo. Susceptible mice, on the other hand, were significantly protected against CM when injected with recombinant IL-10. Overall, our findings suggest that IL-10 plays a protective role against experimental cerebral malaria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kossodo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Juillard
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Velu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Grau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D015870:Gene Expression; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D010962:Plasmodium berghei; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma