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- Title
Feeding by the tick, Ixodes scapularis, causes CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells responding to cognate antigen to develop the capacity to express IL-4.
- Authors
MÜLLER-DOBLIES, U. U.; MAXWELL, S. S.; BOPPANA, V. D.; MIHALYO, M. A.; MCSORLEY, S. J.; VELLA, A. T.; ADLER, A. J.; WIKEL, S. K.
- Abstract
Effects of tick feeding on an early antigen-specific T cell response were studied by monitoring a clonotypic population of adoptively transferred T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic CD4 cells responding to a tick-associated antigen. When recipient mice were infested with pathogen-free Ixodes scapularis nymphs several days prior to T cell transfer and intradermal injection of soluble cognate antigen at the feeding site, the clonotypic CD4 cells gained the ability to express the Th2 effector cytokine IL-4. Notably, this effect was not only observed in BALB/c mice predisposed towards developing Th2 responses but also in B10.D2 mice predisposed towards Th1 responsiveness. Furthermore, tick feeding was able to superimpose IL-4 expression potential onto a strong Th1 response (indicated by robust IFN-γ expression potential) elicited by immunization with a vaccinia virus expressing the cognate antigen. The magnitude to which tick feeding was able to programme IL-4 expression potential in CD4 cells was partially reduced in mice that had been previously exposed to pathogen-free tick nymphs 6 weeks earlier, as well as when the nymphs were infected with Borrelia burgdorferi . Intradermal injection of salivary gland extract programmed IL-4 expression potential similar to that of tick infestation, suggesting that IL-4 programming activity is contained within tick saliva.
- Subjects
T cell receptors; TRANSGENIC mice; CELL receptors; CYTOKINES; ANTIGENS; VACCINIA
- Publication
Parasite Immunology, 2007, Vol 29, Issue 10, p485
- ISSN
0141-9838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00966.x