Major Basic Protein from Eosinophils and Myeloperoxidase from Neutrophils Are Required for Protective Immunity to Strongyloides stercoralis in Mice
Open Access
- 1 July 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 79 (7), 2770-2778
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00931-10
Abstract
Eosinophils and neutrophils contribute to larval killing during the primary immune response, and neutrophils are effector cells in the secondary response toStrongyloides stercoralisin mice. The objective of this study was to determine the molecular mechanisms used by eosinophils and neutrophils to control infections withS. stercoralis. Using mice deficient in the eosinophil granule products major basic protein (MBP) and eosinophil peroxidase (EPO), it was determined that eosinophils kill the larvae through an MBP-dependent mechanism in the primary immune response if other effector cells are absent. InfectingPHILmice, which are eosinophil deficient, withS. stercoralisresulted in development of primary and secondary immune responses that were similar to those of wild-type mice, suggesting that eosinophils are not an absolute requirement for larval killing or development of secondary immunity. TreatingPHILmice with a neutrophil-depleting antibody resulted in a significant impairment in larval killing. Naïve and immunized mice with neutrophils deficient in myeloperoxidase (MPO) infected withS. stercoralishad significantly decreased larval killing. It was concluded that there is redundancy in the primary immune response, with eosinophils killing the larvae through an MBP-dependent mechanism and neutrophils killing the worms through an MPO-dependent mechanism. Eosinophils are not required for the development or function of secondary immunity, but MPO from neutrophils is required for protective secondary immunity.Keywords
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