Alterations in Frequency of Interleukin-2 (IL-2)-, Gamma Interferon-, or IL-4-Secreting Splenocytes Induced by Candida albicans Mannan and/or Monophosphoryl Lipid A

AUTOR(ES)

Li, Shaokang P.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We have shown previously that intravenous injection of Candida albicans mannan (MAN) into naive mice induced CD8+ effector downregulatory cells and that such cells were not produced if mice were deficient in CD4+ or I-A+ cells during the early interval (≤30 h) following the introduction of MAN. Moreover, the nonspecific biological response modifier monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), given in vivo or incubated with cells in vitro, can abrogate the MAN-specific immunomodulatory activity. The mechanism by which the abrogation is mediated is unknown, but it is hypothesized to involve cytokines. Therefore, we measured the number of cytokine-secreting cells for the Th1 cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) and the Th2 cytokine IL-4, as well as for gamma interferon (IFN-γ), in splenocyte populations from MAN and/or MPL-treated mice, using an enzyme-linked immunospot assay designed to detect individual cytokine-secreting cells (spot-forming cells [SFC]). Cytokine-secreting cells were demonstrated in cell suspensions enriched for CD4+ cells, but no SFC could be demonstrated in populations enriched for CD8+ cells. Both MAN and MPL, when administered to separate groups of animals, stimulated the production of increased numbers of cytokine-producing cells for each of the three cytokines tested. The response with respect to IL-4-secreting cells, however, was the most striking. Despite the fact that MAN and MPL independently caused increases in SFC to all three cytokines, when both MAN and MPL were administered to the same animal, all increases were reversed, and the numbers of SFC detected were at or below those detected in saline control animals. These data support the hypothesis that IL-4 is involved in MAN-specific immunoregulatory activities. The data also emphasize the fact that two immunomodulators, i.e., MAN and MPL, having similar effects when given in vivo independently, may be antagonistic when administered sequentially to the same animal.

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