Integrated analysis of innate, Th1, Th2, Th17, and regulatory cytokines identifies changes in immune polarisation following treatment of human schistosomiasis.
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis elicits cross-regulatory immune responses, but it is unclear how antihelminthic treatment affects this balance. This study integrates data on 13 cytokines elicited by 3 schistosome to examine how praziquantel treatment alters immune polarization and whether post-treatment cytokine profiles influence reinfection status. METHODS: Venous blood from 72 Schistosoma haematobium-exposed participants was cultured with schistosome egg, adult worm, and cercaria antigens pre- and 6 weeks post-praziquantel treatment. Innate inflammatory (tumor necrosis factor α [TNF-α], interleukin(IL-)-6, IL-8), Th1 (interferon γ [IFN-γ], IL-2, IL-12p70), Th2 (IL-4, IL-5, IL-13), Th17 (IL-17A, IL-21, IL-23p19), and regulatory (IL-10) cytokines were quantified via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Cytokine data was integrated using nonmetric multidimensional scaling and factor analysis. RESULTS: Egg-specific cytokine phenotypes became more proinflammatory post-treatment due to increased TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8, IFN-γ, IL-12p70, and IL-23 levels. Post-treatment cercariae-specific responses were also more proinflammatory reflecting elevated IL-8. In contrast, post-treatment adult worm-specific responses were less inflammatory, reflecting lower post-treatment IL-6. A combination of egg-induced IL-6, IL-12p70, IL-21, and IL-23 and adult worm-induced IL-5 and IL-21 post-treatment was associated with reduced reinfection risk 18 months later. CONCLUSIONS: Praziquantel treatment markedly alters polarization of schistosome-specific cytokine responses, and these changes, particularly in response to egg-stage parasites, may promote resistance to reinfection.
Date Issued
2012-10-08
Date Acceptance
2012-06-06
Citation
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012, 208 (1), pp.159-169
ISSN
1537-6613
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
159
End Page
169
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume
208
Issue
1
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Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under
the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits non-commercial
reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work
is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work properly cited. For
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Identifier
PII: jis524
Subjects
Human
cytokine
helminth
immune response
praziquantel
schistosomiasis
Adolescent
Animals
Anthelmintics
Child
Child, Preschool
Cytokines
Female
Humans
Immunity, Innate
Interferon-gamma
Interleukin-10
Interleukin-12
Interleukin-13
Interleukin-17
Interleukin-2
Interleukin-23
Interleukin-4
Interleukin-5
Interleukin-6
Interleukin-8
Interleukins
Male
Praziquantel
Schistosoma haematobium
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis haematobia
Th1 Cells
Th17 Cells
Th2 Cells
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Publication Status
Published