Central nervous system (CNS) damage can occur during Trypanosoma cruzi infection, especially in immunosuppressed patients. The enhanced susceptibility of C3H/He mice to CD8-mediated acute meningoencephalitis is associated with higher up-regulation of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) on CNS vascular endothelia than in the less susceptible C57BL/6. Further, in vitro adhesion of activated peripheral blood cells to CNS blood vessels was abrogated by anti-VLA-4 antibodies that also inhibited cell migration into the CNS of T. cruzi-infected mice. Lastly, the reactivation of meningoencephalitis in immunosuppressed chronically infected mice was associated with VCAM-1 up-regulation. Therefore, we hypothesize that VLA-4/VCAM-1 pathway plays a pivotal role in the establishment of T. cruzi-elicited encephalitis.
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