Cell-mediated immunity in malnourished guinea pigs after Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination.
AUTOR(ES)
McMurray, D N
RESUMO
Specific-pathogen-free guinea pigs were vaccinated with viable Mycobacterium bovis BCG and maintained on purified, isocaloric diets containing either 30% or 7.5% casein, or commercial chow. At intervals of 4, 5, 6, and 8 weeks postvaccination, groups of guinea pigs from each diet treatment were skin tested with purified protein derivative and killed. Protein-deficient animals exhibited progressive reductions in total serum proteins and albumin. Significantly greater numbers of viable M. bovis BCG were recovered from the vaccination site and inguinal lymph nodes of protein-deficient guinea pigs at all intervals. In contrast, the development of delayed hypersensitivity was markedly retarded in the 7.5% casein group and was also reduced somewhat in the 30% casein group as compared to chow control. Peripheral blood lymphocytes from protein-deficient animals did not respond normally in vitro to a polyclonal T cell mitogen, phytohemagglutinin. These results demonstrate that protein-calorie malnutrition in this model impairs the development of cell-mediated immunity as evidenced by skin test anergy, lymphocyte hyporesponsiveness, and failure to control levels of viable M. bovis BCG after vaccination.
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