title: Effect of CD4+CD25+ T cell-depletion on acute lethal infection of mice with Trypanosoma congolense.
abstract: Despite the immense socio-economic repercussions of African trypanosomosis (AT), there is currently no effective control measure against the disease. Characterization of mechanisms governing resistance and/or susceptibility to AT could suggest interventions that might lead to more effective disease control. The present study was designed in an attempt to address the possible role of CD4+CD25+ T cells during an acute lethal infection of mice with Trypanosoma congolense, the causative agent of AT in domestic animals, through selective depletion using anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody. Accordingly, CD4+CD25+ T-cell-depletion resulted in a significant reduction or delay in parasitemia, pathology, and mortality, as compared to controls. The apparent resistance in CD4+CD25+-T-cell-depleted mice correlated with a profound suppression of Th2 cytokines in vitro and in vivo, culminating in a net Th1 cytokine environment. Cumulatively, these findings suggest that CD4+CD25+ T-cell- depletion improves the trypanotolerance of highly susceptible BALB/c mice acutely infected with the lethal T. congolense.
authors.affiliation: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Boniface
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Namangala
authors.forename: Naoaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikehara
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujimura
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000276:immunology; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000276:immunology; D053645:Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008212:Lymphocyte Depletion; D051379:Mice; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014348:Trypanosoma congolense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D053645:Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma