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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Maffei, Claudia M. L. Mirels, Laurence F. Sobel, Raymond A. Clemons, Karl V. Stevens, David A. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | The immune events that take place in the central nervous system (CNS) during cryptococcal infection are incompletely understood. We used competitive reverse transcription-PCR to delineate the time course of the local expression of mRNAs encoding a variety of cytokines and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) during progressive murine cryptococcal meningoencephalitis and assessed the CNS inflammatory response using immunohistochemistry. Interleukin 18 (IL-18), transforming growth factor β1, and IL-12p40 mRNAs were constitutively expressed in the brains of infected and uninfected mice; IL-2 mRNA was not detected at any time. Increased levels of transcripts corresponding to IL-1α, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and iNOS were detected as early as day 1 postinfection, with TNF-α rising by ∼30-fold and iNOS increasing by ∼5-fold by day 7. Each remained at these levels thereafter. IL-4, IL-6, and gamma interferon transcripts were detected on day 5, and IL-1β and IL-10 transcripts were detected beginning on day 7. Once detected, each remained at a relatively constant level through 28 days of infection. This cytokine profile does not suggest a polarized Th1 or Th2 response. Immunohistochemistry did not reveal inflammatory infiltrates before day 7, despite the presence of cryptococci. Intraparenchymal abscesses with inflammatory cells in their peripheries were found beginning on day 10. The infiltrates were comprised primarily of cells expressing CD4, CD8, or CD11b; low numbers of cells expressing CD45R/B220 were also present. The persistence of Cryptococcus observed in the CNS may result from an ineffective immune response, perhaps owing to an insufficient anticryptococcal effector function of endogenous glial cells resulting from competing pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. These data detail the immune response in the brain and could be important for the future design of specific immunomodulatory therapies for this important opportunistic infection. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.72.4.2338-2349.2004 |
| Ending Page | 2349 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| Starting Page | 2338 |
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| ISSN | 00199567 |
| e-ISSN | 10985522 |
| Journal | Infection and Immunity |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 72 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
| Publisher Date | 2004-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | American Society for Microbiology |
| Subject Keyword | Immunology Microbiology Parasitology Infectious Diseases Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Infectious Diseases Parasitology Immunology Microbiology |
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