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We investigated the induction of T-helper cell subsets during the course of lethal or nonlethal blood-stage Plasmodium yoelii 17X infection in C57BL/6 mice, which are relatively susceptible to these intraerythrocytic parasites. C57BL/6 mice infected with the nonlethal variant (PyNL) showed a moderate level of parasitemia and resolution of primary acute infection by week 4. Mice infected with the lethal variant (PyL) developed fulminating parasitemia and ultimately died. T-helper subset function was assessed during infection by determining the kinetics of in vitro production of the Thl-derived cytokine interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and the Th2-derived cytokine interleukin 10 (IL-10) by means of bioassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. Spleen cells obtained from mice infected with PyL within the 1st week of infection produced high levels of IL-10 and IFN-γ in response to malaria antigen. IL-10 also appeared in sera from PyL-infected mice at the same time at which the in vitro IL-10 response peaked. In contrast, spleen cells from mice infected with PyNL failed to produce IL-10 during the course of infection. CD4+ T-lymphocytes from mice infected with the lethal variant were a major source of IL-10, although non T-cells were also involved in the production of IL-10 during this malaria infection. In addition, the initial burst of IL-10 in response to malaria antigens was seen concomitantly with the production of IFN-γ within the 1st week of infection. These results indicate that both Thl and Th2 subsets of T-helper lymphocytes are activated during infection with the lethal variant of P. yoelii and support the contention of other investigators that a strong Th2 response early in infection is associated with the lethal outcome of malaria.
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Kobayashi, F., Morii, T., Matsui, T. et al. Production of interleukin 10 during malaria caused by lethal and nonlethal variants of Plasmodium yoelii yoelii . Parasitol Res 82, 385–391 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050133
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