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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 273: R1509-R1518, 1997;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 4 1509-R1518, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Spontaneously hypertensive rat: cholera toxin converts suppression to immunity through a Th2 cell-IL-4 pathway

D. W. Pascual, M. Coste, P. N. Boyaka, H. Kiyono and J. R. McGhee
Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717-3610, USA.

The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) exhibits a number of T cell dysfunctions that develop concurrently with elevated blood pressure. Studies have shown a mitogen-induced lymphocyte suppression mediated in part by the production of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), which stimulated NO production by macrophages. To assess whether this immune suppression is reversible, SHR were immunized with diphtheria toxoid (DT) with or without cholera toxin (CT) as adjuvant. SHR immunized with DT only displayed weak serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) anti-DT titers, tenfold less than similarly treated normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYR). SHR CD4+ T cells failed to proliferate upon in vitro stimulation with DT. In contrast, SHR coimmunized with DT and CT showed serum IgG antibody titers similar to WKYR and Brown Norway rats. Coimmunization with CT rescued SHR CD4+ T cells from suppression and supported DT- or B subunit of CT-specific proliferative responses, and these cells produced more interleukin-4 (IL-4) than IFN-gamma, and anti-IFN-gamma antibody treatment enhanced IL-4 production. Exogenous IL-4 increased the proliferation of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells, whereas IFN-gamma was inhibitory. This study shows that the adjuvant CT induces T helper 2-type responses, reversing the T cell dysfunction in the SHR.


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