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Hymenolepis citelli, H. diminuta and H. microstoma: immunoglobulin-containing cells in the lamina propria of the mouse gut during primary and secondary infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Sidi T. O. Alghali
Sidi T. O. Alghali
Affiliation:
M. R. C. Experimental Parasitology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, England
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Abstract

The indirect immunofluorescent technique was used to determine the occurrence of IgA, IgM and IgG1 immunoglobulin-containing cells in local intestinal mucosal immune responses to Hymenolepis citelli, H. diminuta and H. microstoma infections in mice. In the intestinal lamina propria of H. citelli and H. diminuta infected mice there was no increase in the mean numbers of immunoglobulin-containing cells when compared with uninfected control mice, but there was in H. microstoma infected mice. The numbers of IgG1 – positive cells in both infected and uninfected mice were very small relative to IgA and IgM immunocytes. The distribution of immunocytes in the lamina propria of infected and uninfected mice was essentially similar and the localization of isotypes in duodenal sections showed no immunoglobulins in the villous epithelial cells. There was also no marked difference between primary and secondary infections indicating that immunoglobulin-containing cells play no major role in functional immunity against hymenolepid infections in the mouse. The presence of IgA and IgM was also demonstrated on the tegument of the tapeworms, although the distribution was patchy and more abundant on H. microstoma than on H. diminuta or H. citelli. The time of appearance of both isotypes was latest on H. citelli.

Keywords

Hymenolepis citelliHymenolepis diminutaHymenolepis microstomamouseimmunoglobulin-containing cellsimmune response
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 329 - 340
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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