Genetic association of defects in macrophage larvicidal activity and vaccine-induced resistance to Schistosoma mansoni in P strain mice.

AUTOR(ES)

James, S L

RESUMO

In contrast to most inbred strains, P mice fail to develop significant resistance to Schistosoma mansoni infection as a result of vaccination with irradiated cercariae. Vaccinated P mice also exhibit a defect in macrophage activation for killing of larval schistosomes upon specific-antigen challenge in vivo. To examine the genetic basis of these defects in vaccine-induced immunity, inheritance of the two traits was examined in (C57BL/6 X P)F1, F2, and reciprocal backcross generations. The defect in macrophage function which characterizes the P strain parent was found to be inherited in a fully recessive manner and to be controlled by only one or two major genetic loci. Moreover, a highly significant correlation (P less than 0.0025) was observed between the level of macrophage larvicidal activity and the level of resistance to challenge infection in segregating generations. Such an association is consistent with a cause-and-effect relationship, providing strong in vivo evidence implicating activated macrophages as immune effector cells of resistance to S. mansoni in the mouse-irradiated-vaccine model.

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