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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Leukotrienes (LTs) are potent lipid mediators involved in the control of host defense. LTB(4) induces leukocyte accumulation, enhances phagocytosis and bacterial clearance, and increases NO synthesis. LTB(4) is also important in early effector T cell recruitment that is mediated by LTB(4) receptor 1, the high-affinity receptor for LTB(4). The aims of this study were to evaluate whether LTs are involved in the secondary immune response to vaccination in a murine model of Histoplasma capsulatum infection. Our results demonstrate that protection of wild-type mice immunized with cell-free Ags from H. capsulatum against histoplasmosis was associated with increased LTB(4) and IFN-gamma production as well as recruitment of memory T cells into the lungs. In contrast, cell-free Ag-immunized mice lacking 5-lipoxygenase(-/-), a critical enzyme involved in LT synthesis, displayed a marked decrease on recruitment of memory T cells to the lungs associated with increased synthesis of TGF-beta as well as IL-10. Strikingly, these effects were associated with increased mortality to 5-lipoxygenase(-/-)-infected mice. These data establish an important immunomodulatory role of LTs, in both the primary and secondary immune responses to histoplasmosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
181
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8544-51
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Antigens, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Fungal Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Histoplasma, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Histoplasmosis, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Immunization, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Leukotriene B4, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Lung Diseases, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19050273-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Leukotrienes are potent adjuvant during fungal infection: effects on memory T cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't