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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The role of complement in innate, adaptive and eosinophil-dependent immunity to the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis |
Author: | Giacomin, P. Gordon, D. Botto, M. Daha, M. Sanderson, S. Taylor, S. Dent, L. |
Citation: | Molecular Immunology, 2008; 45(2):446-455 |
Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0161-5890 1872-9142 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Paul R. Giacomin, David L. Gordon, Marina Bottoc, Mohamed R. Daha, Sam D. Sanderson, Stephen M. Taylor and Lindsay A. Dent |
Abstract: | Complement may be important for immunity to infection with parasitic helminths, by promoting the recruitment of leukocytes to infected tissues and by modulating the function of cytotoxic effector leukocytes. However, the importance of complement in vivo during helminth infection is poorly understood. In this study, mice lacking classical (C1q-deficient), alternative (factor B-deficient) or all pathways of complement activation (C3-deficient) were used to assess the role of complement in immunity to the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Double-mutant complement-deficient/IL-5 transgenic (Tg) mice were used to determine if complement is required for the strong eosinophil-dependent resistance to this parasite. Complement activation on larvae (C3 deposition), extracellular eosinophil peroxidase activity, larval aggregation and eosinophil recruitment to the skin 30 min post-injection (p.i.) of larvae were reduced in factor B-deficient mice. Inhibition of the C5a receptor with the antagonist PMX53 impaired eosinophil and neutrophil recruitment to the skin. C3 deposition on larvae was minimal by 150 min p.i. and at this time cell adherence, larval aggregation, eosinophil recruitment and degranulation were complement-independent. Factor B and C3 deficiency were associated with higher lung larval burdens in primary infections. Complement-deficient/IL-5 Tg mice were highly resistant to N. brasiliensis, suggesting that eosinophils can limit infection in a complement-independent manner. Potent secondary immunity was similarly complement-independent. In conclusion, although the alternative pathway is important for parasite recognition and leukocyte recruitment early in N. brasiliensis infections, the parasite soon becomes resistant to complement and other factors can compensate to promote eosinophil-dependent immunity. |
Keywords: | Intestines Lung Basophils Eosinophils Skin Animals Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice Nippostrongylus Strongylida Infections Cell Adhesion Cell Movement Cell Degranulation Immunity, Cellular Neutrophil Infiltration Larva Fertility Complement System Proteins Complement C3 Female Male Immunity, Innate |
Description: | Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.05.029 |
Description (link): | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/253/description#description |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2007.05.029 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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