LPS and inactivated Propionibacterium acnes elicit a partially protective response in primary infections of Heligmosomoides polygyrus

Intestinal helminth infections are common and of paramount economic importance in domestic animals. Available chemotherapy is limited and anthelmintic resistance is widespread in some hosts. This scenario favors the exploration of alternative methods of control, among them immune modulators. The eff...

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Published in:Veterinary parasitology 2014-06, Vol.203 (1-2), p.231-236
Main Authors: González-Sánchez, Elena, Corral, María-Jesús, Mohamed Fawzi, Elshaima, Rodríguez-Bertos, Antonio, Alunda, José Mª, Cuquerella, Montserrat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibodies, Helminth - analysis
Antibodies, Helminth - blood
Antibody
Antibody Formation - drug effects
Antibody Formation - immunology
Escherichia coli
Feces - parasitology
Heligmosomatoidea - immunology
Heligmosomoides
Helminths
Immunologic Factors - pharmacology
Immunomodulation - immunology
Intestines - parasitology
Intestines - pathology
Larva
Lipopolysaccharides - pharmacology
LPS
Lymphoproliferation
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Nematoda
Parasite Egg Count
Parasite Load
Propionibacterium
Propionibacterium acnes
Propionibacterium acnes - immunology
Strongylida Infections - immunology
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Summary:Intestinal helminth infections are common and of paramount economic importance in domestic animals. Available chemotherapy is limited and anthelmintic resistance is widespread in some hosts. This scenario favors the exploration of alternative methods of control, among them immune modulators. The effect of Escherichia coli LPS+Propionibacterium acnes on a primary infection of Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Trichostongyloidea) in mice has been tested. Nematode infection induced a rise of specific IgG1, both serum and intestinal, and a significant reduction in the unspecific (ConA) lymphoproliferative response. Treatment with the immune modulator (days −2, 0, 7 and 14 post infection) elicited an apparent delay of larval intramucosal development. Moreover cumulative nematode egg shedding in treated mice was significantly lower (p=0.0041). Preliminary results point toward the interest of immune modulators to control intestinal helminths.
ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.02.026