Helicobacter pylori Infection in Immunized Mice Lacking Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I and Class II Functions
AUTOR(ES)
Pappo, Jacques
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I- and class II-restricted functions in Helicobacter pylori infection and immunity upon oral immunization was examined in vivo. Experimental challenge with H. pylori SS1 resulted in significantly greater (P ≤ 0.025) colonization of MHC class I and class II mutant mice than C57BL/6 wild-type mice. Oral immunization with H. pylori whole-cell lysates and cholera toxin adjuvant significantly reduced the magnitude of H. pylori infection in C57BL/6 wild-type (P = 0.0083) and MHC class I knockout mice (P = 0.0048), but it had no effect on the H. pylori infection level in MHC class II-deficient mice. Analysis of the anti-H. pylori antibody levels in serum showed a dominant serum immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) response in immunized C57BL/6 wild-type and MHC class I mutant mice but no detectable serum IgG response in MHC class II knockout mice. Populations of T-cell-receptor (TCR) αβ+ CD4+ CD54+ cells localized to gastric tissue of immunized C57BL/6 wild-type and MHC class I knockout mice, but TCRαβ+ CD8+ cells predominated in the gastric tissue of immunized MHC class II-deficient mice. These observations show that CD4+ T cells engaged after mucosal immunization may be important for the generation of a protective anti-H. pylori immune response and that CD4+ CD8− and CD4− CD8+ T cells regulate the extent of H. pylori infection in vivo.
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