Potentiation of autoimmune response in rats infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Effect of the infection route.

Jpn J Med Sci Biol

Departmento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.

Published: October 1988

The aim of this report is to describe the influence of the way of infection with 3 X 10(3) trophozoites of Toxoplasma gondii on the auto- and heteroimmune responses of rats immunized with chemically modified rat male accessory glands (MRAG) and human serum albumin (HSA) 6 and 36 days after infection. The delayed hypersensitivity (DTH) response to MRAG was potentiated in rats infected in thymus proximity (p less than 0.02) when compared with rats only immunized. The parasites introduced intraperitoneally did not modify the cellular autoimmune response. The titers of hemagglutinating antibodies to MRAG were increased in animals infected by both ways (p less than 0.05). The response to HSA did not show significant difference between the infected and uninfected rats. Thymic involution and proliferation of lymphocytes and plasma cells were observed at 6 and 52 days post-infection only in rats infected in thymus proximity (p less than 0.05). A correlation between the potentiation of cellular autoimmune response and the injection of parasites in thymus proximity was observed.

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