Interleukin-2 receptors in experimental Chagas' disease.
AUTOR(ES)
Pakianathan, D R
RESUMO
Mammals infected with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi develop suppressed cellular and humoral immune responses. This immunosuppression has been correlated with reduced T-cell responses involving deficient interleukin-2 (IL-2) production and is apparently mediated primarily by suppressor macrophages. Various forms of immunosuppression in other systems have been associated with increased levels of soluble IL-2 receptors (sIL-2R), and in the present study levels of sIL-2R in the sera of T. cruzi-infected mice during the course of infection were examined in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. It was found that serum levels of sIL-2R were elevated only during the third week of acute infection, a time of intense immunosuppression. In addition, IL-2R on the surface of T cells were examined by flow cytometric analyses to determine whether there is an alteration in the number of IL-2R-positive cells and whether there is a change in expression of these receptors as infection progresses. The results revealed no significant change in the percentage of cells expressing IL-2R, nor did T cells become suppressed in their ability to express IL-2R in response to concanavalin A during the course of infection.
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