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Brinkhaus M, van der Kooi EJ, Bentlage AEH, Ooijevaar-de Heer P, Derksen NIL, Rispens T, Vidarsson G. Human IgE does not bind to human FcRn. Sci Rep 2022; 12:62. [PMID: 34996950 PMCID: PMC8741920 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03852-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) is known to mediate placental transfer of IgG from mother to unborn. IgE is widely known for triggering immune responses to environmental antigens. Recent evidence suggests FcRn-mediated transplacental passage of IgE during pregnancy. However, direct interaction of FcRn and IgE was not investigated. Here, we compared binding of human IgE and IgG variants to recombinant soluble human FcRn with β2-microglobulin (sFcRn) in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) at pH 7.4 and pH 6.0. No interaction was found between human IgE and human sFcRn. These results imply that FcRn can only transport IgE indirectly, and thereby possibly transfer allergenic sensitivity from mother to fetus.
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- Maximilian Brinkhaus
- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Lubyayi L, Mawa PA, Nabakooza G, Nakibuule M, Tushabe JV, Serubanja J, Aibo D, Akurut H, Tumusiime J, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Kaleebu P, Levin J, Dockrell HM, Smith S, Webb EL, Elliott AM, Cose S. Maternal Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Does Not Affect the Infant Immune Response Following BCG at Birth: An Observational Longitudinal Study in Uganda. Front Immunol 2020; 11:929. [PMID: 32477371 PMCID: PMC7240028 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background: BCG has low efficacy in tropical countries. We hypothesized that maternal latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection (LTBI) results in fetal tolerance to mycobacterial antigens and impaired responses to BCG immunization. Methods: We enrolled 132 LTBI-positive and 150 LTBI-negative mothers and their babies in Entebbe, Uganda. Infants were BCG-immunized at birth. Cord blood and samples at weeks 1, 4, 6, 10, 14, 24, and 52 were analyzed for cytokine/chemokine responses to M.tb antigens by Luminex 17-plex assay in 6-day whole blood cultures and antibody responses by ELISA. Of the 17 Luminex analytes, seven (IL-2, IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17A, TNF, and IFN-γ) were included in the main analysis as they were considered most likely to represent T cell responses. Immune sensitization was defined as a detectable cord blood cytokine response to PPD for any of the seven cytokines. Patterns of cytokine and antibody responses were compared between infants of mothers with and without LTBI using linear mixed models adjusting for confounders. Results: Most infants (73%) were sensitized in utero to M.tb antigens, with no overall difference seen between infants born to mothers with or without LTBI. Patterns of post-BCG cytokine and antibody responses to mycobacterial antigens were similar between the two infant groups. Conclusions: Our data do not support the hypothesis that maternal LTBI results in an impaired response to BCG immunization, in Ugandan infants. BCG vaccination at or shortly after birth is likely to be beneficial to all infants, irrespective of maternal LTBI status.
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- Lawrence Lubyayi
- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda.,Department of Immunology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda.,Department of Immunology, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda.,Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit Entebbe, Entebbe, Uganda.,Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Interferon- γ and Interleukin-10 Responses during Clinical Malaria Episodes in Infants Aged 0-2 Years Prenatally Exposed to Plasmodium falciparum: Tanzanian Birth Cohort. J Trop Med 2018; 2018:6847498. [PMID: 30154871 PMCID: PMC6091450 DOI: 10.1155/2018/6847498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Infants born to mothers with placental malaria are prenatally exposed to Plasmodium falciparum antigens. However, the effect of that exposure to subsequent immune responses has not been fully elucidated. This study aimed at determining the effect of prenatal exposure to P. falciparum on Interleukin-10 and Interferon-γ responses during clinical malaria episodes in the first 24 months of life. Methods This prospective cohort study involved 215 infants aged 0-2 years born to mothers with or without placental malaria. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine levels of IL-10 and IFN-γ in infants and detect IgM in cord blood. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Findings Geometric mean for IFN-γ in exposed infants was 557.9 pg/ml (95% CI: 511.6-604.1) and in unexposed infants it was 634.4 pg/ml (95% CI: 618.2-668.5) (P=0.02). Mean IL-10 was 22.4 pg/ml (95% CI: 19.4-28.4) and 15.1 pg/ml (95%CI: 12.4-17.6), respectively (P=0.01). Conclusions Prenatal exposure to P. falciparum antigens significantly affects IL-10 and IFN-γ responses during clinical malaria episodes in the first two years of life.
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Hitch WL, Eberhard ML, Lammie PJ. Investigation of the influence of maternal infection withWuchereria bancroftion the humoral and cellular responses of neonates to filarial antigens. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Soboslay PT, Orlikowsky T, Huang X, Gille C, Spring B, Kocherscheidt L, Agossou A, Banla M, Bonin M, Köhler C. Cellular gene expression induced by parasite antigens and allergens in neonates from parasite-infected mothers. Mol Immunol 2016; 73:98-111. [PMID: 27062712 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2016.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Prenatal exposure to parasite antigens or allergens will influence the profile and strength of postnatal immune responses, such contact may tolerize and increase susceptibility to future infections or sensitize to environmental allergens. Exposure in utero to parasite antigens will distinctly alter cellular gene expression in newborns. Gene microarrays were applied to study gene expression in umbilical cord blood cell (UCBC) from parasite-exposed (Para-POS) and non-exposed (Para-NEG) neonates. UCBC were activated with antigens of helminth (Onchocerca volvulus), amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica) or allergens of mite (Dermatophagoides farinae). When UCBC from Para-POS and Para-NEG newborns were exposed to helminth antigens or allergens consistent differences occurred in the expression of genes encoding for MHC class I and II alleles, signal transducers of activation and transcription (STATs), cytokines, chemokines, immunoglobulin heavy and light chains, and molecules associated with immune regulation (SOCS, TLR, TGF), inflammation (TNF, CCR) and apoptosis (CASP). Expression of genes associated with innate immune responses were enhanced in Para-NEG, while in Para-POS, the expression of MHC class II and STAT genes was reduced. Within functional gene networks for cellular growth, proliferation and immune responses, Para-NEG neonates presented with significantly higher expression values than Para-POS. In Para-NEG newborns, the gene cluster and pathway analyses suggested that gene expression profiles may predispose for the development of immunological, hematological and dermatological disorders upon postnatal helminth parasite infection or allergen exposure. Thus, prenatal parasite contact will sensitize without generating aberrant inflammatory immune responses, and increased pro-inflammatory but decreased regulatory gene expression profiles will be present in those neonates lacking prenatal parasite antigen encounter.
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- Peter T Soboslay
- Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen (UKT), Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, UKT, Calwerstr. 7, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen (UKT), Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, UKT, Calwerstr. 7, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, UKT, Calwerstr. 7, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen (UKT), Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Faculté Mixte de Médicine et de Pharmacie, Université de Lomé, B.P. 1515 Lomé, Togo
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- Faculté Mixte de Médicine et de Pharmacie, Université de Lomé, B.P. 1515 Lomé, Togo
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Tübingen (UKT), Calwerstr. 7, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen (UKT), Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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Chen R, Tang X, Fan B, Liu J, Jia X, Yang X. IgG Expression upon Oral Sensitization in Association with Maternal Exposure to Ovalbumin. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148251. [PMID: 26844775 PMCID: PMC4742080 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The role of maternal allergen exposure in the allergenicity of the offspring remains controversial. Some studies have shown that maternal exposure is a risk factor for allergy in the offspring, whereas other studies have shown that maternal exposure induces immune tolerance and protects offspring from allergy disease. Therefore, we utilized maternal rat allergen exposure model to evaluate the offspring immune reactions to ovalbumin protein and to determine whether the Brown Norway (BN) rat model is a suitable animal model for studying the allergenicity of food proteins. For three generations, rats received an allergens or non-allergens by gavage during the pregnancy and lactation periods. After weaning, the offspring rats were used for oral sensitization experiment. In the sensitization experiment, the control rat, which had maternal exposure to phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), exhibited full response of IgG to oral exposure to OVA. The IgG level was significantly lower in F1 rats that were sensitized by maternal exposure to ovalbumin(OVA). Moreover, the lowest IgG level was found for the F3b sensitized by maternal rats exposed to OVA allergen for three continuous generations. Compared with maternal OVA exposure prior to postnatal sensitization, the sensitization via maternal PBS led to a higher serum level of OVA-specific IgG. However, the OVA-specific IgG levels for the two generations of maternal PBS exposure prior to postnatal sensitization was not higher than that for the one generation of maternal rats exposed to PBS prior to postnatal sensitization. Our studies demonstrate that maternal OVA exposure during the pregnancy and lactation can affect the results of oral sensitization studies using ovalbumin protein. BN rats must be bred in non-allergen conditions for at least one generation to avoid problems in rat models for studying the allergenicity of food proteins.
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- Rucheng Chen
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Applied Toxicology, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430079
- College of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical School, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310053
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Applied Toxicology, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430079
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Applied Toxicology, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430079
- * E-mail: (BF); (JL)
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Applied Toxicology, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430079
- * E-mail: (BF); (JL)
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- China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China, 100021
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- National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, 100021
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Chatterjee S, Nutman TB. Helminth-induced immune regulation: implications for immune responses to tuberculosis. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1004582. [PMID: 25632943 PMCID: PMC4310592 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Soumya Chatterjee
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Zhao F, Huang X, Hou X, Deng Y, Wu M, Guan F, Liu W, Li Y, Lei J. Schistosoma japonicum: susceptibility of neonate mice born to infected and noninfected mothers following subsequent challenge. Parasite Immunol 2014; 35:157-63. [PMID: 23387533 DOI: 10.1111/pim.12027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This study was to investigate the differences between neonate mice born to Schistosoma japonicum-infected mothers and those born to noninfected mothers in subsequent challenge. The intensity of infection (evidenced by worm burden and liver egg burden) and liver immunopathology (number and size of liver granulomas) were significantly reduced in neonates from infected mothers (I.M.) compared with neonates from noninfected mothers (N.M.). Anti-soluble worm antigen of S. japonicum (SWA) IgG could be detected in sera of neonates from I.M. (N.N./I.M.) at 1 week after delivery, remained a plateau for 2 weeks and gradually decreased until 8 weeks of age. Parasite-specific IgM was not detected in sera from N.N./I.M. at any time after delivery. At 6 weeks after infection, the level of anti-SWA IgG in infected neonates from I.M. (I.N./I.M.) was significantly higher than that of infected neonates from N.M. (I.N./N.M.). In addition, production of IFN-γ, IL-12 and TGF-β by cultured splenocytes from I.N./I.M. was significantly increased, while the level of IL-4 was significantly decreased when compared to those from I.N./N.M.. These data demonstrate that congenital exposure to schistosomiasis japonica may render neonatal mice born to I.M. less susceptible to subsequent challenge and result in down-regulation of both infection intensity and immunopathology.
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- F Zhao
- Department of Parasitology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Weerasinghe CR, de Silva NR, Michael E. Maternal filarial-infection status and its consequences on pregnancy and the newborn, in Ragama, Sri Lanka. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 2013; 99:813-6. [PMID: 16297296 DOI: 10.1179/136485905x65198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- C R Weerasinghe
- Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK.
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Seydel LS, Petelski A, van Dam GJ, van der Kleij D, Kruize-Hoeksma YCM, Luty AJF, Yazdanbakhsh M, Kremsner PG. Association of in utero sensitization to Schistosoma haematobium with enhanced cord blood IgE and increased frequencies of CD5- B cells in African newborns. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012; 86:613-9. [PMID: 22492145 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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This study investigated in utero priming as a consequence of maternal parasitic infections. Cord blood plasma samples of 63 African newborns were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for their content of total and schistosome-specific or filaria-specific IgE and IgG4. The frequencies of lymphocyte phenotypes in cord blood were also determined by using flow cytometry, and were compared with those of European newborns. We found significantly increased schistosome soluble egg antigen (SEA)-specific IgE in cord plasma of those born to mothers with schistosome infections and correlations between fetal and maternal SEA-specific and filaria antigen-specific IgE. These data are evidence for in utero priming of the fetal immune system to maternal helminth infections. Furthermore, we show significantly enhanced percentages of CD5- B cells in African newborns cord blood compared with Europeans, which is consistent with earlier maturation of the African fetal immune system.
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- Larsen S Seydel
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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Dauby N, Goetghebuer T, Kollmann TR, Levy J, Marchant A. Uninfected but not unaffected: chronic maternal infections during pregnancy, fetal immunity, and susceptibility to postnatal infections. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2012; 12:330-40. [PMID: 22364680 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(11)70341-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Chronic infections during pregnancy are highly prevalent in some parts of the world. Infections with helminths, Trypanosoma cruzi, Plasmodium spp, and HIV might affect the development of fetal immunity and susceptibility to postnatal infections independently of in-utero transmission of the pathogens. Fetal adaptive immune responses are common in neonates who have been exposed to maternal infection during pregnancy but not infected themselves. Such responses could affect the development of immunity to the homologous pathogens and their control during the first few years of life. Fetal innate and regulatory responses might also affect immunity to unrelated pathogens and responses to vaccines. Strategies to improve child health should integrate the possible clinical implications of in-utero exposure to chronic maternal infections.
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- Nicolas Dauby
- Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Charleroi, Belgium
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Blackwell AD, Gurven MD, Sugiyama LS, Madimenos FC, Liebert MA, Martin MA, Kaplan HS, Snodgrass JJ. Evidence for a peak shift in a humoral response to helminths: age profiles of IgE in the Shuar of Ecuador, the Tsimane of Bolivia, and the U.S. NHANES. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011; 5:e1218. [PMID: 21738813 PMCID: PMC3125146 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The peak shift model predicts that the age-profile of a pathogen's prevalence depends upon its transmission rate, peaking earlier in populations with higher transmission and declining as partial immunity is acquired. Helminth infections are associated with increased immunoglobulin E (IgE), which may convey partial immunity and influence the peak shift. Although studies have noted peak shifts in helminths, corresponding peak shifts in total IgE have not been investigated, nor has the age-patterning been carefully examined across populations. We test for differences in the age-patterning of IgE between two South American forager-horticulturalist populations and the United States: the Tsimane of Bolivia (n=832), the Shuar of Ecuador (n=289), and the U.S. NHANES (n=8,336). We then examine the relationship between total IgE and helminth prevalences in the Tsimane. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Total IgE levels were assessed in serum and dried blood spots and age-patterns examined with non-linear regression models. Tsimane had the highest IgE (geometric mean =8,182 IU/ml), followed by Shuar (1,252 IU/ml), and NHANES (52 IU/ml). Consistent with predictions, higher population IgE was associated with steeper increases at early ages and earlier peaks: Tsimane IgE peaked at 7 years, Shuar at 10 years, and NHANES at 17 years. For Tsimane, the age-pattern was compared with fecal helminth prevalences. Overall, 57% had detectable eggs or larva, with hookworm (45.4%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (19.9%) the most prevalent. The peak in total IgE occurred around the peak in A. lumbricoides, which was associated with higher IgE in children <10, but with lower IgE in adolescents. CONCLUSIONS The age-patterning suggests a peak shift in total IgE similar to that seen in helminth infections, particularly A. lumbricoides. This age-patterning may have implications for understanding the effects of helminths on other health outcomes, such as allergy, growth, and response to childhood vaccination.
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- Aaron D Blackwell
- Integrative Anthropological Sciences, University of California-Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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Transplacental transfer of filarial antigens from Wuchereria bancrofti-infected mothers to their offspring. Parasitology 2009; 137:669-73. [PMID: 19849889 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182009991478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Maternal infection has been considered to be a risk factor for filarial infection in offspring. In order to examine the influence of maternal infection in neonates, we have determined the prevalence of circulating filarial antigen (CFA) and anti-filarial antibodies in 119 maternal and corresponding cord blood samples collected from an area endemic for bancroftian filariasis. METHOD Prevalence of antigenaemia was detected using Og4C3 circulating filarial antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The presence of microfilariae was determined by filtration of a 1 ml sample through a Nuclepore membrane. Antibody isotypes (IgG, IgM, and IgE) to filarial antigen (Setaria digitata antigenic extract) were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS Microfilariae were detected in 14 cases (11.8%), whereas the Og4C3 assay could detect filarial antigen in 44.5% of pregnant mothers. Interestingly, 24.5% of samples born from CFA-positive mothers were found positive for CFA. None of the cord samples from CFA-negative mothers were found positive for CFA. No significant difference was observed in prevalence of filarial-specific IgG, IgM and IgE antibodies in CFA-positive and negative mothers. IgG antibody was detected in 60.5% of maternal and 21.8% of cord samples. IgG antibody in the cord does not differ with the antigen status of the mother. In contrast IgM and IgE antibody prevalence was significantly higher in cord from infected mothers than non-infected mothers (11.3% vs 0 for IgM, 24.5% vs 3.03% for IgE). CONCLUSION Our study demonstrates the transplacental transfer of circulating filarial antigen from mother to cord. Filaria-specific IgM and IgE antibodies were higher in cord blood from infected mothers than from non-infected mothers. The findings of the study provide additional circumstantial evidence for pre-natal sensitization to filarial antigens developed in utero.
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Labeaud AD, Malhotra I, King MJ, King CL, King CH. Do antenatal parasite infections devalue childhood vaccination? PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2009; 3:e442. [PMID: 19478847 PMCID: PMC2682196 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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On a global basis, both potent vaccine efficacy and high vaccine coverage are necessary to control and eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases. Emerging evidence from animal and human studies suggest that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) significantly impair response to standard childhood immunizations. A review of efficacy and effectiveness studies of vaccination among individuals with chronic parasitic infections was conducted, using PUBMED database searches and analysis of data from the authors' published and unpublished studies. Both animal models and human studies suggest that chronic trematode, nematode, and protozoan infections can result in decreased vaccine efficacy. Among pregnant women, who in developing countries are often infected with multiple parasites, soluble parasite antigens have been shown to cross the placenta and prime or tolerize fetal immune responses. As a result, antenatal infections can have a significant impact on later vaccine responses. Acquired childhood parasitic infections, most commonly malaria, can also affect subsequent immune response to vaccination. Additional data suggest that antiparasite therapy can improve the effectiveness of several human vaccines. Emerging evidence demonstrates that both antenatal and childhood parasitic infections alter levels of protective immune response to routine vaccinations. Successful antiparasite treatment may prevent immunomodulation caused by parasitic antigens during pregnancy and early childhood and may improve vaccine efficacy. Future research should highlight the varied effects that different parasites (alone and in combination) can have on human vaccine-related immunity. To optimize vaccine effectiveness in developing countries, better control of chronic NTDs may prove imperative.
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- A Desiree Labeaud
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
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Protozoan and helminth infections in pregnancy. Short-term and long-term implications of transmission of infection from mother to foetus. Parasitology 2008; 134:1855-62. [PMID: 17958920 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182007000182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This review of protozoan and helminth infections in pregnancy focuses on the impact on the immune response in the newborn infant to maternal infection. Studies of protozoan and helminth infections in pregnant women and in their offspring have shown that children exposed to antigens or microorganisms during pregnancy often have a reduced immune response to these infections. The most common finding is a reduced IFN gamma response to specific antigens regardless of specific infection studied. In some studies the impaired immune response disappeared before the age of one year, while in other studies the impaired immune response was present as much as two decades after birth. Data from chronic viral infections like Rubella, cytomegalovirus and hepatitis B also show that congenital or perinatal infections may result in a life-long inability to control the infections. Studies of both helminth and protozoan infections show that children exposed to antigens during gestation have a microorganism-specific impaired immune response which is characterized by reduced IFN-gamma and stimulation of responses to specific antigens.
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Bønnelykke K, Pipper CB, Bisgaard H. Sensitization does not develop in utero. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:646-51. [PMID: 18328892 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.12.1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2007] [Revised: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intrauterine sensitization has been suggested to play a role in the development of atopic disease in children, and this has led to current guidelines recommending allergen avoidance during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relevance of allergen-specific IgE in cord blood to sensitization in early infancy and the origin of such IgE. METHODS Inhalant and food allergen-specific IgE in cord blood was analyzed and compared with specific IgE in infant blood at 6 months of age and in parental blood. Cord blood IgA was measured to detect maternal blood contamination of cord blood. RESULTS Allergen-specific IgE, primarily against inhalant allergens, was detected in 14% of cord blood samples. However, corresponding specific IgE was not found in infant blood at 6 months of age. Specific IgE in cord blood completely matched specific IgE in maternal blood with respect to allergen specificity, level of specific IgE, and ratio of total IgE/specific IgE. Finally, there was a correlation between specific IgE and IgA in cord blood. CONCLUSION Allergen-specific IgE in cord blood does not reflect intrauterine sensitization but seems to be the result of transfer of maternal IgE to the fetus.
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- Klaus Bønnelykke
- Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Department of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Piessens WF, Wadee AA, Kurniawan L. Regulation of immune responses in lymphatic filariasis. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 127:164-79. [PMID: 2954794 DOI: 10.1002/9780470513446.ch11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The nature and intensity of immune reactions to filarial antigens appear to be controlled by two broad mechanisms: immunoregulation and immune tolerance. Parasite molecules of high molecular weight activate suppressor T lymphocytes; suppressive parasite products are present in sera from microfilaraemic patients. Prenatal or perinatal exposure to soluble parasite antigens may influence a person's future ability to react to filarial antigens.
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Attallah AM, Abbas AT, Dessouky MI, El-emshaty HM, Elsheikha HM. Susceptibility of neonate mice born to Schistosoma mansoni-infected and noninfected mothers to subsequent S. mansoni infection. Parasitol Res 2006; 99:137-45. [PMID: 16521039 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0127-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2005] [Accepted: 12/26/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The present study tested the hypothesis that prenatal exposure of neonate Outbred albino mice to Schistosoma mansoni antigens (Ags) or antibodies (Abs) modulates their immunity against postnatal responses to infection. Persistence of maternal S. mansoni Abs and/or Ags in mice born to S. mansoni-infected mothers (IF-IMs) and noninfected mothers (IF-NMs) for up to 8 weeks after delivery was investigated. A higher level of anti-S. mansoni IgG Ab was detected in sera of 1-week-old mice born to IF-IM compared to controls. Then, immunoglobulin (Ig)G gradually decreased to the eight week. No anti-S. mansoni IgM Ab was detected in sera of these offspring at any week after delivery. Schistosoma Ags were detected in liver and kidney tissues of mice born to infected mothers. However, Ags decreased markedly till the sixth week in the liver but increased significantly at the sixth week in the kidney. Eight-week-old mice born to infected and noninfected mothers were infected with 200 S. mansoni ceracriae. Their sera and livers were collected for testing IgG and granuloma formation 6 weeks postinfection. Worms were collected via portal perfusion and counted. Anti-S. mansoni IgG level, size and number of liver granuloma, and worm burden were significantly reduced in the offspring of infected mothers. These data suggest that in utero exposure of Outbred albino mice to S. mansoni may attenuate the pathogenesis of S. mansoni in subsequent challenge.
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- A M Attallah
- Biotechnology Research Center, New Damietta City, Egypt
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Vance GHS, Lewis SA, Grimshaw KEC, Wood PJ, Briggs RA, Thornton CA, Warner JO. Exposure of the fetus and infant to hens' egg ovalbumin via the placenta and breast milk in relation to maternal intake of dietary egg. Clin Exp Allergy 2006; 35:1318-26. [PMID: 16238791 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Maternally derived allergens may be transferred to the developing infant during pregnancy and lactation. However, it is not known how manipulation of environmental allergen levels might impact on this early-life exposure. OBJECTIVE To measure dietary egg allergen (ovalbumin (OVA)) in gestation-associated environments, in relation to maternal dietary egg intake. METHOD OVA was measured by allergen-specific ELISA in maternal blood collected throughout pregnancy, infant blood at birth (umbilical cord) and in breast milk at 3 months post-partum. Samples derived from pregnant women undergoing diagnostic amniocentesis at 16-18 weeks gestation who were not subject to any dietary intervention, and from pregnant women, with personal or partner atopy, randomized to complete dietary egg exclusion or an unmodified healthy diet before 20 weeks gestation as a primary allergy prevention strategy. Maternal dietary egg intake was monitored closely throughout the study period by diary record and serial measurement of OVA-specific immunoglobulin G concentration. RESULTS Circulating OVA was detected throughout pregnancy in 20% of women and correlated with both presence (P<0.001) and concentration (r=0.754, P<0.001) of infant OVA at birth (umbilical cord). At 3 months post-partum OVA was detected in breast milk samples of 35% women, in higher concentrations than measured in blood. Blood and breast milk OVA were not related to maternal dietary intake or atopic pre-disposition. CONCLUSIONS Rigorous dietary egg exclusion does not eliminate trans-placental and breast milk egg allergen passage. This early-life exposure could modulate developing immune responses.
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- G H S Vance
- Child Health, Infection, Inflammation & Repair Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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Cooper PJ. The potential impact of early exposures to geohelminth infections on the development of atopy. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2005; 26:5-14. [PMID: 14755071 DOI: 10.1385/criai:26:1:5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Microbial exposures in early life may provide important signals for immune maturation and the development of an antiinflammatory network thereby preventing the development of dysregulated immune responses such as that associated with allergic disease. The human immune system has evolved in the presence of intense helminth infections and has developed regulatory mechanisms to limit the harmful inflammation that can be caused by the potent allergens secreted by these chronic pathogens. Geohelminth infections are highly prevalent childhood infections, and there is strong evidence that chronic geohelminth infections provide protection against atopy in the rural tropics. Because the early environmental exposures that may lead to the development of atopy are likely to occur in the first few years of life, geohelminth infections may exert their protective effects at this time. Early exposures to geohelminth antigens could occur transplacentally, through breast milk, or through early infant exposures, and could induce tolerance to parasite antigens resulting in suppressed allergic responses to the parasite. Tolerization to parasite antigens could suppress allergic responses to inhalant allergens through bystander effects or through tolerization of crossreactive epitopes that are shared between geohelminth parasites and inhalant allergens. Tolerization to crossreactive allergens could occur by thymic deletion or through peripheral mechanisms such as regulatory T cells. Immunologic studies of the mechanisms by which early exposures to geohelminth infections affect immune polarization to inhalant allergens are likely to provide important insights into the early regulation of the immune response and may lead to the design of novel interventions for the prevention of allergic disease.
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- Philip J Cooper
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Hospital Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
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The immunoepidemiological interactions between intestinal worm (or geohelminth) infections and allergy are of great interest to parasitologists, immunologists, and allergists because of the close similarities between the human immune response to geohelminth parasites and environmental allergens. Allergic diseases appear to be most rare in populations living in the rural tropics with high rates of infection with geohelminth parasites, and this has led to suggestions that the relationship between geohelminth infections and allergy may be causal. Allergic sensitization and disease results from a complex interaction between environmental exposures and genetic background, and the numerous epidemiological studies that have investigated the relationship between allergy and geohelminth infections have provided conflicting findings. The strongest epidemiological evidence for a causal association is provided by intervention studies that demonstrate evidence for an effect of anthelmintic treatment on atopy or asthma risk. There is evidence also for an inverse relationship between geohelminth infection and either atopy or asthma symptoms from cross-sectional studies that have been conducted in areas of high infection prevalence. Chronic geohelminth infections could affect allergy risk by modulation of the immune response to environmental allergens, and an area of great research activity at present is the investigation of the role of regulatory T cells in modulating host inflammatory responses. However, a causal association between geohelminth infections and allergy remains to be proven, and prospective and intervention studies are required that investigate the development of allergy in early life at a time when humans are first exposed to geohelminth parasites and their antigens.
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- P J Cooper
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Hospital Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
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The ability to produce allergic responses begins early in fetal life along with the development of other elements of the immune system. Among the most interesting questions related to the development of allergic disease are whether the fetus in utero commonly is exposed to sufficient allergen to induce IgE production and how much the mother's immune responses affect the developing fetal immune system. After birth, it seems that many factors, including the frequency and severity of infections and the timing and intensity of allergen and animal exposures, continue to influence immune development.
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- Christina M Abraham
- Section of Allergy-Immunology, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, BG 1009, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Kirch AK, Duerr HP, Boatin B, Alley WS, Hoffmann WH, Schulz-Key H, Soboslay PT. Impact of parental onchocerciasis and intensity of transmission on development and persistence ofOnchocerca volvulusinfection in offspring: an 18 year follow-up study. Parasitology 2003; 127:327-35. [PMID: 14636019 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182003003834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This study analysed the impact and the extent by which parentalOnchocerca volvulusinfection, intensity of transmission ofO. volvulusinfective 3rd-stage larvae (L3) and anthropometric factors may influence the acquisition, development and persistence ofO. volvulusinfection in offspring. A total of 15 290 individuals in 3939 families with 9640 children were surveyed for microfilariae ofO. volvulus, and prevalence and level ofO. volvulusinfection in children aged 0 to 20 years from infected and non-infected parents were followed longitudinally for 18 years. Children fromO. volvulus-infected mothers had not only a substantially higher risk to become infected; they also acquired infection earlier in life and developed higher infection levels. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that maternalO. volvulusinfection and children's age are the predominant predictors for patentO. volvulusinfection, while the intensity of transmission, measured by the annual transmission potential (ATP) ofO. volvulusL3, was less decisive. Longitudinal follow up of children showed that during vector control activities by the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP) and in low-level transmission areas, infection persisted at higher levels in children fromO. volvulus-positive mothers. In summary, the dominant risk factor for children to become infected is maternal onchocerciasis, and also age-associated factors will strongly impact on the development of patentO. volvulusinfection in offspring.
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- A K Kirch
- Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Malhotra I, Ouma JH, Wamachi A, Kioko J, Mungai P, Njzovu M, Kazura JW, King CL. Influence of maternal filariasis on childhood infection and immunity to Wuchereria bancrofti in Kenya. Infect Immun 2003; 71:5231-7. [PMID: 12933869 PMCID: PMC187356 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.9.5231-5237.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To determine whether maternal filariasis influences the risk of infection by and immunity to Wuchereria bancrofti in children, we performed a cross-sectional study in an area of Kenya where filariasis is endemic. Residents of 211 households were enrolled; 376 parents and 938 of their offspring between the ages of 2 and 17 years were examined for filarial infection status as determined by blood-borne microfilariae and filarial antigenemia. Children of infected mothers had a three- to fourfold increased risk of filarial infection, as ascertained by circulating filarial antigen, relative to children of uninfected mothers (P < 0.001). Paternal infection did not correlate with childhood infection status, indicating a specific maternal effect. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from children of filaria-infected mothers (n = 33) had higher levels of constitutive interleukin-5 (IL-5) and IL-10, increased microfilarial antigen-specific IL-5 production, and diminished microfilarial antigen-driven lymphocyte proliferation than cells from children of uninfected mothers (n = 46; P < 0.05). In contrast, there were no differences between the two groups in adult worm antigen-driven gamma interferon, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, and IL-10 production and lymphocyte proliferation. These data indicate that maternal filarial infection increases childhood susceptibility to W. bancrofti and skews filaria-specific immunity toward a Th2-type cytokine response. The results support the notion that in utero exposure to filarial antigens affects the natural history of filariasis during childhood.
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- Indu Malhotra
- Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4983, USA
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Hamada K, Suzaki Y, Goldman A, Ning YY, Goldsmith C, Palecanda A, Coull B, Hubeau C, Kobzik L. Allergen-independent maternal transmission of asthma susceptibility. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:1683-9. [PMID: 12574331 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.4.1683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Maternal asthma is a risk factor for development of asthma in children, but mechanisms remain unclear. Offspring of asthmatic mother mice (sensitized and repeatedly exposed to OVA Ag) showed airway hyperresponsiveness and allergic pulmonary inflammation after an intentionally suboptimal OVA sensitization and exposure protocol that had little effect on normal offspring. Similar results were obtained when offspring of OVA-allergic mothers were exposed to an unrelated allergen, casein, indicating that the maternal effect is allergen independent and not transferred by OVA-specific Abs. Premating treatment with neutralizing anti-IL-4 Ab or reduction of maternal allergen exposure abrogated the maternal effect, showing a critical mechanistic role for IL-4 and suggesting an additional benefit of allergen avoidance.
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Platts-Mills TAE, Erwin EA, Allison AB, Blumenthal K, Barr M, Sredl D, Burge H, Gold D. The relevance of maternal immune responses to inhalant allergens to maternal symptoms, passive transfer to the infant, and development of antibodies in the first 2 years of life. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 111:123-30. [PMID: 12532107 DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Asthma and other atopic diseases are strongly hereditary. Although the mother might play a special role, the mechanisms for such an effect are not clear. OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate the influence of maternal immune responses to cat and mite allergens on (1) maternal symptoms, (2) the development of immune responses in the infant, and (3) the development of allergic disease during the first 3 years of life. METHODS In sera from 465 mothers and 424 infants (cord blood), as well as in sera from 230 of the children at age 2 to 3 years, total IgE and IgE antibodies were measured by using CAP testing; IgG and IgG4 antibodies for the cat allergen Fel d 1 were measured by means of radioimmunoprecipitation. RESULTS In both mothers and children, approximately 15% of sera contained IgG antibodies to Fel d 1 without IgE antibodies to cat. The strongest predictor of the maternal IgG antibody response was exposure to greater than 8 microg of Fel d 1/g of dust. Thus approximately 70% of children living in a house with a cat had received IgG antibodies from their mothers. In many cases the infant received IgG and IgG4 antibodies to Fel d 1 from a nonallergic mother. Maternal IgE antibodies were consistently associated with asthma; by contrast, the IgG antibody was not independently related to asthma but was related to rhinitis in the mothers (odds ratio, 2.6; 95% CI, 1.1-6.2) and to eczema in children. At age 3 years, 13 of 230 sera contained IgE antibodies to mite, but only 5 had IgE antibodies to cat. CONCLUSIONS A significant proportion (approximately 15%) of mothers and children exposed to high concentrations of cat (but not mite) allergens have serum IgG antibodies without IgE antibodies. This IgG antibody is freely transferred to the infant and might influence IgG antibody production in the child. The results indicate the importance of understanding the mechanisms of tolerance to cats and raise questions about the independent role of the mother in the inheritance of allergy.
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Terhell AJ, Wahyuni S, Pryce A, Koot JWM, Abadi K, Yazdanbakhsh M. Anti-filarial and total IgG4 and IgE antibody levels are correlated in mothers and their offspring. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2002; 96:334-9. [PMID: 12174792 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90117-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In mothers who suffer from helminth infections or allergic diseases, prenatal sensitization with antigens/allergens is suspected to bias the immune system of the offspring towards a Th2-type response. To investigate this at the antibody level, we collected 113 blood samples on filter paper from a paediatric population aged 3 months to 10 years and their mothers, who resided in an area endemic for brugian filariasis in Indonesia. The results showed that antibody levels in children were strongly correlated with maternal antibody levels. However, for anti-filarial IgG4 and IgE this relationship was manifested directly after birth, whereas for total antibody levels a positive correlation could be detected only with children aged > or = 2 years. To investigate the influence of paternal antibody on progeny, specific IgG4 was determined in a different set of samples from 229 children and both of their parents. Interestingly, the influence of paternal IgG4 became apparent only after the age of 4 years. In contrast, maternal antibody levels were already correlated to levels produced by their offspring at a young age (3 months onwards). Taken together, it appears that children can become sensitized to parasite antigens in utero, allowing them to produce Th2-dependent specific IgG4 and IgE antibodies at a young age, whereas with increasing age, the influence of environmental factors, shared in households, such as filarial transmission and other helminth infections, becomes dominant.
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- A J Terhell
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9605, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Semnani RT, Sabzevari H, Iyer R, Nutman TB. Filarial antigens impair the function of human dendritic cells during differentiation. Infect Immun 2001; 69:5813-22. [PMID: 11500459 PMCID: PMC98699 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.9.5813-5822.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The antigen-specific T-cell unresponsiveness seen in lymphatic filariasis is mediated, in part, by diminished antigen-presenting cell function and is most specific for microfilariae (MF), the parasite stage found in large numbers in the peripheral circulation. We investigated the effect of MF antigen (MFAg) on dendritic cells (DC) in both their differentiation process from monocyte precursors and also after they have developed into DC. When MFAg was added to cultures of monocytes during their differentiation process to immature DC, the production of interleukin 12 (IL-12) p40, p70 protein, and IL-10 was significantly (P < 0.03) inhibited in response to Staphylococcus aureus Cowan (SAC) and SAC-gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) (60% to 80% inhibition). IL-10 was also inhibited (P = 0.04) in response to CD40 ligand-IFN-gamma. Moreover, MFAg inhibited the mRNA expression of IL-12 p40 and IL-10 as assessed by RNA protection assays. This effect was antigen specific, as another parasite antigen (soluble Toxoplasma gondii antigen) did not inhibit the production of these cytokines. This effect was also not a result of diminished cell viability nor of an alteration in surface expression of most costimulatory surface molecules, including major histocompatibility complex class I and class II. In contrast to exposure throughout the differentiation process, MFAg added to immature DC had no effect on DC cytokine expression. Although MF-differentiated DC were capable of inducing an allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reaction, they did so to a significantly lesser degree than DC without antigen exposure. These data collectively suggest that once DC are differentiated from their precursor cells, they become resistant to changes by MFAg.
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- R T Semnani
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Lymphatic filariasis (LF), already recognized as a widespread, seriously handicapping disease of adults, was generally thought to occur only sporadically in children. New, highly sensitive diagnostic tests (antigen detection, ultrasound examination) now reveal, however, that LF is first acquired in childhood, often with as many as one-third of children infected before age 5. Initial damage to the lymphatic system by the parasites generally remains subclinical for years or gives rise only to non-specific presentations of adenitis/adenopathy; however, especially after puberty the characteristic clinical features of the adult disease syndromes (lymphoedema, hydrocoele) manifest themselves. Recognizing that LF disease starts its development in childhood has immediate practical implications both for management and prevention of the disease in individual patients and for the broader public health efforts to overcome all childhood illnesses. For the new World Health Organization (WHO)-supported, public-/private-sector collaboration (Global Alliance) to eliminate LF through once-yearly drug treatment, this recognition means that children will be not only the principal beneficiaries of LF elimination but also a population particularly important to target in order for the programme to achieve its twin goals of interrupting transmission and preventing disease.
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- C Witt
- Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Nutman TB, Kumaraswami V. Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis: perspectives on acute and chronic infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in South India. Parasite Immunol 2001; 23:389-99. [PMID: 11472558 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00399.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Delineating the immune responses in lymphatic filariasis has been complicated not only by the rapidly expanding knowledge of new immunological mediators and effortors, but also by new methodologies (in particular, circulating filarial antigen detection) for defining and categorizing filarial-infected individuals. By using assays for circulating antigen in the sera collected as part of the many immunological studies performed on individuals in a Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic region of South India, we have attempted to explore the influence of patency on the antigen-driven proliferative and cytokine responses seen in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of individuals with varying clinical manifestations of lymphatic filarial infection. Moreover, we have provided perspectives on the differences between acute and chronic infection with W. bancrofti and suggested mechanisms that may underly the modulation of the immune response as patency occurs.
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- T B Nutman
- Helminth Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0425, USA
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Terhell AJ, Haarbrink M, Abadi K, Maizels RM, Yazdanbakhsh M, Sartono E. Adults acquire filarial infection more rapidly than children: a study in Indonesian transmigrants. Parasitology 2001; 122:633-40. [PMID: 11444616 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182001007855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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To dissociate the influence of host age from length of exposure on acquisition of filarial infection, we examined the development of microfilaraemia and anti-filarial IgG4 in all ages of a naive population that became suddenly exposed to Brugia malayi as a result of transmigration. Responses in 247 transmigrants, who had settled for periods of several months up to 6 years in their new homesteads, were compared with those of 133 life-long residents. As shown in earlier studies, anti-filarial IgG4 increased with age in the indigenous populations, whose age is equivalent to length of exposure. However, by examining transmigrants, it became clear that development of specific IgG4 was influenced by age, since levels of this antibody were consistently higher in transmigrant adults than in transmigrant children, despite an equal length of exposure to filarial infection. Examining microfilaraemia, it was confirmed that infection establishes more rapidly in adults than in children.
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- A J Terhell
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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Lima JO, Zhang L, Atkinson TP, Philips J, Dasanayake AP, Schroeder HW. Early expression of iepsilon, CD23 (FcepsilonRII), IL-4Ralpha, and IgE in the human fetus. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000; 106:911-7. [PMID: 11080714 DOI: 10.1067/mai.2000.110228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND A major predictor of childhood atopy is the concentration of IgE in the cord blood, but whether the source of cord blood IgE is maternal or fetal remains unclear. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the pattern of in situ IgE production during ontogeny. METHODS Ninety-seven fetal, 142 natal, and 96 childhood samples were analyzed by using reverse transcription PCR for transcription of VDJCepsilon, Iepsilon, and CD23. Thirty-eight fetal liver samples were analyzed for the IL4RA genotype. RESULTS IL-4Ralpha, CD23a, CD23b, and sterile Iepsilon transcripts were present as early as 8 weeks' gestation. VDJCepsilon transcripts were found in second-trimester fetal liver and third-trimester cord blood, although they were rare. VDJCepsilon transcripts were more common in the blood of children 9 months and older. Sequence analysis suggested that fetal VDJCepsilon was the product of selection. All fetal livers actively transcribing Iepsilon, VDJCepsilon, and IL-4Ralpha contained at least one copy of the atopy-associated IL4RA*A1902G polymorphism. CONCLUSION The human fetus contains B cells that are primed to undergo IgE class switching from the earliest stages of ontogeny and can produce endogenous IgE by 20 weeks' gestation. However, IgE-producing cells are rare until 9 months after birth.
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- J O Lima
- Division of Developmental and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Platts-Mills TA, Woodfolk JA. Cord blood proliferative responses to inhaled allergens: is there a phenomenon? J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000; 106:441-3. [PMID: 10984361 DOI: 10.1067/mai.2000.109427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia
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Pit DS, Polderman AM, Schulz-Key H, Soboslay PT. Prenatal immune priming with helminth infections: parasite-specific cellular reactivity and Th1 and Th2 cytokine responses in neonates. Allergy 2000; 55:732-9. [PMID: 10955699 DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The present investigation aimed to determine to what extent maternal helminth infection primes parasite-specific cellular responsiveness in neonates. Umbilical cord mononuclear blood cells (UCBC) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from mothers proliferated in response to mitogenic stimulation with concanavalin A, as well as to bacterial Streptococcus pyogenes-derived (streptolysin O) and helminth-specific antigens of Necator americanus and Onchocerca volvulus. Cellular responses to Echinococcus multilocularis (Em) and Oesophagostomum bifurcum (Oes), helminth parasites not endemic in the study area, were absent (for Em) or very low (for Oes due to antigenic cross-reactivity). Cellular responsiveness to mitogen and antigens was higher in mothers than in their neonates. Several Th1-type (IL-2, IL-12, and IFN-gamma) and Th2-type (IL-5 and IL-10) cytokines were produced by UCBC from neonates and PBMC from mothers. Low levels of IFN-gamma were elicited by UCBC in response to helminth and bacterial antigens, while secretion of IL-2 was pronounced and similarly high in neonates and their mothers. Amounts of IL-5 produced by UCBC in response to bacterial SL-O and mitogenic stimulation (PHA) were low, but equivalent levels of IL-5 were induced by intestinal helminth and filaria-derived antigens in neonates and mothers. A pronounced production of IL-10 and IL-12 by UCBC was observed--spontaneous IL-10 and IL-12 secretion by UCBC was higher in neonates than by PBMC from mothers. Net amounts of IL-10 elicited by helminth antigens were similar, while net IL-12 in response to mitogen, and bacterial and helminth antigens was significantly higher in mothers than their offspring. Our results indicate that human maternal helminth infection does sensitize in utero for parasite-specific cellular responsiveness in offspring, and also activates specific production of several cytokines, and such children do not present a dominant expression of immunity of either Th1 or Th2.
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- D S Pit
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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- University Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
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Garcia A, Abel L, Cot M, Richard P, Ranque S, Feingold J, Demenais F, Boussinesq M, Chippaux JP. Genetic epidemiology of host predisposition microfilaraemia in human loiasis. Trop Med Int Health 1999; 4:565-74. [PMID: 10499080 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00442.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Evidence is accumulating from experimental and human studies that genetic factors are involved both in the control of infectious diseases and in the regulation of infection levels and clinical presentation. So far few studies have investigated the role of these genetic factors in human infection by the filarial parasite Loa loa. We present a segregation analysis on 74 nuclear families who live in the tropical rainforest of southern Cameroun and are exposed to homogeneous loiasis transmission. The results indicate that there is a genetic predisposition to be microfilaraemic and that predisposed subjects might be genetically unable to mount an efficient immune response against loiasis antigens. This individual susceptibility could explain at least in part why the prevalence of infection (microfilaraemic individuals) does not usually exceed 30% of the exposed population in hyperendemic regions. Further genetic studies, based on linkage analysis using both familial information and genetic markers, will help to identify the nature of the genetic factors predisposing to microfilaraemia.
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- A Garcia
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD/ORSTOM), OCEAC, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
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Montesano MA, Colley DG, Freeman GL, Secor WE. Neonatal Exposure to Idiotype Induces Schistosoma mansoni Egg Antigen-Specific Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.2.898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Exposure of neonatal mice to appropriate, cross-reactive Id (CRI) preparations alters immune responsiveness, ameliorates pathology, and prolongs survival of animals upon subsequent Schistosoma mansoni infection. However, because schistosome infections profoundly affect host immunobiology, which responses are effected by neonatal Id exposure alone and which responses are influenced by infection is unclear. To directly examine the schistosome soluble egg Ag (SEA)-specific immune responses altered by CRI exposure, neonatal mice were injected with CRI-expressing (CRI+) SEA-specific Ab preparations, SEA-specific Abs that did not express CRI (CRI−), or normal mouse Ig. At 9 wk of age, only mice that were neonatally exposed to CRI+ anti-SEA Abs displayed significant SEA-specific IgG serum levels and spleen cell proliferative responses. SEA-stimulated spleen cells from these CRI+-exposed mice also produced IFN-γ, although not at significantly higher levels than mice receiving CRI− Id or normal mouse Ig. If CRI+-exposed mice were also injected with SEA at 8 wk of age, the 9-wk IFN-γ responses were significantly higher than those of the other neonatal injection groups. The presence of both CRI and anti-CRI in the sera of animals neonatally injected with CRI, but receiving no exposure to S. mansoni Ags or infection, suggested a functional idiotypic network led to these responses. These data demonstrate that appropriate idiotypic exposure induces B and T cell responsiveness to the Ag recognized by the Id and support the hypothesis that neonatal idiotypic exposure can be an important immunoregulatory factor in schistosomiasis.
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- M. Angela Montesano
- *Departamento de Microbiologia, Immunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil; and
- †Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30341
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- †Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30341
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- †Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30341
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- †Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30341
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Soboslay PT, Geiger SM, Drabner B, Banla M, Batchassi E, Kowu LA, Stadler A, Schulz-Key H. Prenatal immune priming in onchocerciasis-onchocerca volvulus-specific cellular responsiveness and cytokine production in newborns from infected mothers. Clin Exp Immunol 1999; 117:130-7. [PMID: 10403926 PMCID: PMC1905471 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study investigated the effect of maternal Onchocerca volvulus infection on humoral and cellular responsiveness in newborn children and their mothers. Onchocerca volvulus-specific IgG isotypes and IgE were significantly elevated in infected mothers and their infants. One year post partum, O. volvulus-specific IgG4 was strongly reduced in children of infected mothers, while IgG1 responses weakened only slightly. Umbilical cord mononuclear blood cells (UCBC) and peripheral blood cells (PBMC) from mothers proliferated in response to phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), concanavalin A (Con A), and the bacterial antigens streptolysin-O (SL-O) or purified protein derivative (PPD). UCBC from neonates born to O. volvulus-infected mothers responded lower (P < 0.01) to Con A (at 5 micrograms/ml), PPD (at 10 and 50 micrograms/ml) and O. volvulus-derived antigens (OvAg) (at 35 micrograms/ml), and in parallel, a diminished cellular reactivity (P < 0.01) by PBMC was observed to OvAg in mothers positive for O. volvulus. Several Th1-type (IL-2, IL-12, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)) and Th2-type (IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-13) cytokines were secreted by UCBC and PBMC in response to OvAg, bacterial SL-O and PHA. OvAg did not stimulate IL-2 and none of the mitogens or antigens induced production of IL-4 in neonates. In response to OvAg, substantially elevated (P < 0.01) amounts of IFN-gamma were produced by UCBC from newborns of O. volvulus-infected mothers. UCBC secreted low levels of IL-5 and IL-13, while higher amounts of IL-10 were found (P < 0. 01) in newborns from onchocerciasis-free mothers. In conclusion, maternal O. volvulus-infection will sensitize in utero parasite-specific cellular immune responsiveness in neonates and activate OvAg-specific production of several Th1- and Th2-type cytokines.
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- P T Soboslay
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany.
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Desowitz RS. Plasmodium bergheiin the white rat: severe malaria of pregnancy does not occur in the progeny of mothers infected during gestation. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Malhotra I, Mungai P, Wamachi A, Kioko J, Ouma JH, Kazura JW, King CL. Helminth- and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-Induced Immunity in Children Sensitized In Utero to Filariasis and Schistosomiasis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.11.6843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Infants and children are routinely vaccinated with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in areas of the world where worm infections are common. Because maternal helminth infection during pregnancy can sensitize the developing fetus, we studied whether this prenatal immunity persists in childhood and modifies the immune response to BCG. Children and newborns living in rural Kenya, where BCG is administered at birth and filariasis and schistosomiasis are endemic, were examined. T cells from 2- to 10-year-old children of mothers without filariasis or schistosomiasis produced 10-fold more IFN-γ in response to mycobacterial purified protein derivative than children of helminth-infected mothers (p < 0.01). This relationship was restricted to purified protein derivative because maternal infection status did not correlate with filarial Ag-driven IL-2, IFN-γ, IL-4, or IL-5 responses by children. Prospective studies initiated at birth showed that helminth-specific T cell immunity acquired in utero is maintained until at least 10–14 mo of age in the absence of infection with either Wuchereria bancrofti or Schistosoma haematobium. Purified protein derivative-driven T cell IFN-γ production evaluated 10–14 mo after BCG vaccination was 26-fold higher for infants who were not sensitized to filariae or schistosomes in utero relative to subjects who experienced prenatal sensitization (p < 0.01). These data indicate that helminth-specific immune responses acquired during gestation persist into childhood and that this prenatal sensitization biases T cell immunity induced by BCG vaccination away from type 1 IFN-γ responses associated with protection against mycobacterial infection.
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- Indu Malhotra
- *Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- †Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- ‡Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya; and
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- †Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- †Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- *Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- *Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106
- §Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Montesano MA, Colley DG, Eloi-Santos S, Freeman GL, Secor WE. Neonatal idiotypic exposure alters subsequent cytokine, pathology, and survival patterns in experimental Schistosoma mansoni infections. J Exp Med 1999; 189:637-45. [PMID: 9989978 PMCID: PMC2192931 DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.4.637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Exposure to maternal idiotypes (Ids) or antigens might predispose a child to develop an immunoregulated, asymptomatic clinical presentation of schistosomiasis. We have used an experimental murine system to address the role of Ids in this immunoregulation. Sera from mice with 8-wk Schistosoma mansoni infection, chronic (20-wk infection) moderate splenomegaly syndrome (MSS), or chronic hypersplenomegaly syndrome (HSS) were passed over an S. mansoni soluble egg antigen (SEA) immunoaffinity column to prepare Ids (8WkId, MSS Id, HSS Id). Newborn mice were injected with 8WkId, MSS Id, HSS Id, or normal mouse immunoglobulin (NoMoIgG) and infected with S. mansoni 8 wk later. Mice exposed to 8WkId or MSS Id as newborns had prolonged survival and decreased morbidity compared with mice that received HSS Id or NoMoIgG. When stimulated with SEA, 8WkId, or MSS Id, spleen cells from mice neonatally injected with 8WkId or MSS Id produced more interferon gamma than spleen cells from mice neonatally injected with HSS Id or NoMoIgG. Furthermore, neonatal exposure to 8WkId or MSS Id, but not NoMoIgG or HSS Id, led to significantly smaller granuloma size and lower hepatic fibrosis levels in infected mice. Together, these results indicate that perinatal exposure to appropriate anti-SEA Ids induces long-term effects on survival, pathology, and immune response patterns in mice subsequently infected with S. mansoni.
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- M A Montesano
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Immunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil 36036
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ALLERGIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND RISK FACTOR IDENTIFICATION. Radiol Clin North Am 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(22)00163-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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King CL, Malhotra I, Mungai P, Wamachi A, Kioko J, Ouma JH, Kazura JW. B Cell Sensitization to Helminthic Infection Develops In Utero in Humans. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.7.3578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Human neonates are generally deficient in their ability to generate humoral immunity. This deficiency is thought to reflect physiologic immaturity of T and B cell function and lack of previous exposure to exogenous Ags. To determine whether neonatal humoral immunity can be modified by maternal helminth infection during pregnancy, we assessed Ig production by cord blood lymphocytes from healthy newborns of mothers living in an area of Kenya where schistosomiasis, bancroftian filariasis, and geohelminth infections are endemic. Twelve of 40 and 17 of 39 cord blood lymphocyte preparations from healthy newborns in Coast Province, Kenya, spontaneously made polyclonal IgE (range, 0.15–21 ng/ml) and IgG (1.6–10.1 ng/ml) in vitro. In vitro IgE synthesis by cord blood lymphocytes (CBL) was, on the average, 10-fold less than that of PBMC of Kenyan mothers (1.1–98 ng/ml) and was undetectable for CBL from newborns delivered in the United States. Schistosome and filarial Ags stimulated a 3- to >100-fold increase in the production of polyclonal IgE and parasite-specific IgG Abs by lymphocytes from 10 of 40 and 6 of 39 Kenyan newborns, respectively. CBL observed to have helminth Ag-driven B cell responses were more likely to be from newborns of schistosome- or filaria-infected mothers than from uninfected mothers (p < 0.05). These data indicate that the human fetus can be sensitized in utero to produce helminth-specific B cells and that neonatal B cells are intrinsically capable of IgE and IgG production.
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- Christopher L. King
- *Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- *Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- ‡Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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- *Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Shirakawa T, Morimoto K, Sasaki S, Taniguchi K, Motonaga M, Akahori W, Akahori S, Akahori T, Ohmori H, Kuroda E, Okabe K, Yugari K, Yamana M. Effect of maternal lifestyle on cord blood IgE factor. Eur J Epidemiol 1997; 13:395-402. [PMID: 9258545 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007361013917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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During recent decades much interest has been focused on the possibility of predicting and preventing atopic diseases during pregnancy. The idea of being able to detect a predisposition early and take suitable environmental measures in order to avoid overt allergy is an attractive position. Elevated cord IgE of around 1.0 IU/ml has been proposed as a predictor in western children. However, there remains no information about the effect of maternal lifestyle during pregnancy on these levels. Total IgE levels were therefore determined using Pharmacia CAP system and PRIST, with sensitivities of 0.01 kU/l and 0.25 kU/l, respectively, from serum samples taken from 1138 Japanese pairs of cord blood and pregnant women responding to a questionnaire regarding 17 health practices, intake of 32 food allergens and 5 environmental factors. Of these, 28 (2.5%) pairs of samples were excluded from further analysis because of high contamination of IgA (> 15.4 mg/ml) in cord blood. Median cord blood IgE was 0.286 kU/l and geometric mean IgE was 66.25 kU/l in maternal sera using CAP system; there was no significant correlation between maternal log (IgE) and cord blood IgE. Similar results were obtained from PRIST, whose correlation with CAP system was significant (r = 0.884, p < 0.001 for maternal and r = 0.765, p < 0.001 for cord blood). Multiple logistic analysis demonstrated that avoidance of simultaneous exposure to hens' eggs and cow's milk (relative risk = 1.3, p < 0.05) as well as soy beans (relative risk = 2.8, p < 0.01) should be advised to mothers with positive allergic histories and/or high total IgE (> 400 IU/ml), especially in women aged more than 35 years who are pregnant with a male child. However, maintenance of healthy lifestyles, especially taking proper exercise and sleeping, and avoidance of inhalant allergens during late pregnancy may be a more important strategy for the reduction of cord blood IgE levels.
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- Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan
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Malhotra I, Ouma J, Wamachi A, Kioko J, Mungai P, Omollo A, Elson L, Koech D, Kazura JW, King CL. In utero exposure to helminth and mycobacterial antigens generates cytokine responses similar to that observed in adults. J Clin Invest 1997; 99:1759-66. [PMID: 9120021 PMCID: PMC507997 DOI: 10.1172/jci119340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Neonates exposed to parasite antigens (Ags) in utero may develop altered fetal immunity that could affect subsequent responses to infection. We hypothesized that cord blood lymphocytes (CBL) from offspring of mothers residing in an area highly endemic for schistosomiasis, filariasis, and tuberculosis in Kenya would either fail to respond or generate a predominantly Th2-associated cytokine response to helminth and mycobacterial antigens (PPD) in vitro compared to maternal PBMC. Kenyan CBL generated helminth Ag-specific IL-5 (range 29-194 pg/ml), IL-10 (121-2,115 pg/ml), and/or IFN-gamma (78 pg/ml-10.6 ng/ml) in 26, 46, and 57% of neonates, respectively (n = 40). PPD induced IFN-gamma in 30% of Kenyan CBL (range 79-1,896 pg/ml), but little or no IL-4 or IL-5. No Ag-specific IL-4, IL-5, or IFN-gamma release was detected by CBL obtained in the United States (n = 11). Ag-driven cytokine production was primarily CD4-dependent. Cytokine responses to helminth and mycobacterial Ags by maternal PBMC mirrored that observed in neonates. CBL from helminth infected and/or PPD-sensitized mothers produced more Ag-specific cytokines compared to CBL from uninfected mothers (P < 0.05). These data demonstrate that the human fetus develops similar patterns of cytokine production observed in adults and indicates that prenatal exposure may not lead to tolerance or altered fetal immunity. .
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4983, USA
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Elson LH, Days A, Calvopiña M, Paredes W, Araujo E, Guderian RH, Bradley JE, Nutman TB. In utero exposure to Onchocerca volvulus: relationship to subsequent infection intensity and cellular immune responsiveness. Infect Immun 1996; 64:5061-5. [PMID: 8945547 PMCID: PMC174489 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5061-5065.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Afro-Ecuadorian individuals from an area where Onchocerca volvulus is hyperendemic have been monitored for infection over the past 16 years. To determine whether in utero exposure to O. volvulus biases a child's subsequent immune responses, children (9 to 16 years old) for whom the mother's infection status was known were chosen for study. Children of infected mothers (n = 19) had significantly higher levels of skin microfilariae than children of uninfected mothers (n = 13; P = 0.021). While the serum levels of O. volvulus-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgG subclasses, and IgE showed no significant differences between the two groups of children, peripheral blood mononuclear cells of children of infected mothers produced higher levels of Th2-type cytokines to several parasite antigens and lower levels of Th1-type cytokines to nonparasite antigens than those of children of uninfected mothers. Thus, in utero exposure to O. volvulus has a long-term effect on the child's subsequent cellular immune response that may render the child more susceptible to O. volvulus infection postnatally.
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- L H Elson
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Meyrowitsch DW, Simonsen PE, Makunde WH. Bancroftian filariasis: analysis of infection and disease in five endemic communities of north-eastern Tanzania. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 1995; 89:653-63. [PMID: 8745940 DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1995.11812999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Clinical and parasitological surveys for bancroftia filariasis were carried out in five endemic communities in north-eastern Tanzania, covering a population of 3086 individuals. High microfilarial (mf) prevalences (17.7%-34.7%) and mf geometric mean intensities (251-1122 microfilariae/ml) were observed in the communities. The mf prevalence generally increased with age, but often levelled out in the older age groups. Larger variability was observed in individual mf intensities and no clear association between mf geometric mean intensity and age or sex was seen. Hydrocele was the most common clinical manifestation (with a prevalence of 30.2%-40.0% in male subjects aged > or = 20 years) followed by leg elephantiasis (with a prevalence of 2.0%-6.8% in all subjects aged > or = 20 years). In four of the five communities, there was no significant difference in mf prevalence in males aged > or = 20 years between those with and without hydrocele. In all the communities, the mf geomtric mean intensities in microfilaraemic males with and without hydrocele were not significantly different. The present study therefore did not indicate any association between hydrocele in males (the most common type of chronic clinical manifestation seen) and presence or absence of microfilaraemia. In contrast, only two (4.4%) of the 45 subjects with leg elephantiasis were microfilaraemic. In children aged 1-15 years, mf prevalence was significantly higher among those with microfilaraemic mothers (18.0%) than among those with amicrofilaraemic mothers (7.9%). The children of microfilaraemic mothers were therefore at 2.3-fold higher risk of becoming microfilaraemic than the children of amicrofilaraemic mothers. No relationship between the mf prevalence of the children and the mf status of their fathers was observed.
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