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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Endogenous IL-13 plays a crucial role in liver granuloma maturation during Leishmania donovani infection, independent of IL-4Rα - responsive macrophages and neutrophils
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 204, No. 1, Year 2011
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Previous studies comparing interleukin 4 receptor α (IL-4Rα)-/- and interleukin 4 (IL-4)-/- BALB/c mice have indicated that interleukin 13 (IL-13), whose receptor shares the IL-4Rα subunit with IL-4, plays a protective role during visceral leishmaniasis. We demonstrate that IL-13-/- BALB/c mice were less able to control hepatic growth of Leishmania donovani compared with wild-type mice. This correlated with significantly retarded granuloma maturation in IL-13-/- mice, defective interferon γ (IFN-γ) production, and elevated IL-4 and interleukin 10 (IL-10) levels. L. donovani - infected IL-13-/- mice also responded poorly to sodium stibogluconate-mediated chemotherapy compared with wild-type BALB/c mice. Because murine lymphocytes do not have IL-13 receptors, we examined the ability of macrophage/neutrophil- specific IL-4Rα-/- mice to control primary infection with L. donovani and to respond to chemotherapy. Macrophage/neutrophil-specific IL-4Rα-/- mice were as resistant to leishmaniasis as wild-type mice, and chemotherapy retained its efficacy. Consequently, in L. donovani infected BALB/c mice, IL-13 promotes hepatic granuloma formation and controls parasite burdens independently of direct effects on macrophages/neutrophils. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
McFarlane, Emma
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
K. Christine Carter, K. Christine
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
McKenzie, Andrew N.J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Kaye, Paul Martin
United Kingdom, York
University of York
Brombacher, Frank
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Alexander, James B.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/jir080
ISSN:
00221899
Research Areas
Cancer