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Immunodepression Induced By Trypanosoma Cruzi And Mouse Hepatitis Virus Type 3 Is Associated With Thymus Apoptosis.
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Clinical And Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. v. 5, n. 2, p. 186-91, 1998-Mar.
1071-412X
9521141
Autor
Verinaud, L
Da Cruz-Höfling, M A
Sakurada, J K
Rangel, H A
Vassallo, J
Wakelin, D
Sewell, H F
Camargo, I J
Institución
Resumen
Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice show disturbance in the peripheral immune system such as polyclonal lymphocyte activation, autoantibody production, and immunosuppression of T lymphocytes. Previous observations in our laboratory showed that some stocks of T. cruzi can be contaminated with mouse hepatitis virus type 3 (MHV-3). Literature has shown that MHV-3 infection induces immunologic disorders characterized by thymic involution with marked cell depletion. However, the effects of interactions between MHV-3 and the parasite on the immune system are not well understood. In the present study specific-pathogen-free CBA mice were inoculated with MHV-3, alone or associated with different stocks of T. cruzi. Concurrent murine virus infection resulted in increased pathogenicity of T. cruzi infection shown by profound thymic atrophy; loss of cortical thymocytes; depletion of Thy1.2+, CD4+, and CD8+ cells; enhancement of in situ labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation; and eventually, death of the animals. Such lines of evidence show that the mechanism underlying this thymic atrophy is associated with apoptosis. These results also suggest that MHV-3 can account for the increased immunosuppression observed during experimental infection with the parasite. 5 186-91