Adaptive immune response in symptomatic and asymptomatic enteric protozoal infection: evidence for a determining role of parasite genetic heterogeneity in host immunity to human giardiasis

作者：Babaei Zahra; Malihi Najmeh; Zia Ali Naser; Sharifi Iraj; Mohammadi Mohammad A; Kagnoff Martin F; Eckmann Lars; Singer Steven M; Solaymani Mohammadi Shahram

来源：Microbes and Infection, 2016, 18(11): 687-695.

DOI：10.1016/j.micinf.2016.06.009

• Human
• Protozoa
• Giardia duodenalis
• Cytokines

The genetic basis of the ultimate clinical outcomes of human giardiasis has been the subject of numerous investigations. We previously demonstrated roles for both host and parasite factors in determining the outcome of enteric infection in a murine model of Giardia duodenalis infection. In the current study, fecal and serum specimens from healthy controls and human subjects infected with the intestinal parasite G. duodenalis were assessed. Using a semi-nested PCR method, clinical isolates were genetically characterized based on the gdh and tpi loci, and the phylogenetic trees were constructed. Using a sandwich ELISA method, the serum levels of representative T-H1 and T-H2 cytokines were measured in infected human subjects and healthy controls. Here we showed that symptomatic human giardiasis was characterized by significantly elevated serum levels of the T-H1 cytokine IFN-gamma compared to healthy controls, whereas asymptomatic human subjects and healthy controls had comparable levels of serum IFN-gamma. Further analyses showed that human subjects infected with G. duodenalis genotype AI had significantly elevated levels of serum IFN-gamma and IL-10, but not IL-5, whereas human subjects infected with AII had similar levels of those cytokines compared to healthy controls. These data demonstrate roles for both host and parasite factors in the determination of the outcome of enteric infections and may further broaden our understanding of host-parasite interaction during enteric protozoal infections.

• 出版日期2016-11