Production of IFN-gamma and IL-10 to Shigella invasins by mononuclear cells from volunteers orally inoculated with a Shiga toxin-deleted Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strain

J Immunol. 2000 Feb 15;164(4):2221-32. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.2221.

Abstract

Volunteers were orally administered invasive, non-Shiga toxin-producing Shigella dysenteriae 1 to establish a challenge model to assess vaccine efficacy. In stepwise fashion, four separate groups were given 3 x 10(2), 7 x 10(3), 5 x 10(4), or 7 x 10(5) CFU. Using PBMC, proliferative responses and cytokine production were measured to S. dysenteriae whole-cell preparations and to purified recombinant invasion plasmid Ags (Ipa) C and IpaD. Anti-LPS and anti-Ipa Abs and Ab-secreting cells were also evaluated. Preinoculation PBMC produced considerable quantities of IL-10 and IFN-gamma, probably secreted by monocytes and NK cells, respectively, of the innate immune system. Following inoculation, PBMC from 95 and 87% of volunteers exhibited an increased production of IFN-gamma and IL-10, respectively, in response to Shigella Ags. These increases included responses to IpaC and IpaD among those volunteers receiving the lowest inoculum. No IL-4 or IL-5 responses were detected. Whereas there were no Ab or Ab-secreting cell responses in volunteers receiving the lowest inoculum, other dose groups had moderate to strong anti-LPS and anti-Ipa responses. These results suggest that in humans, type 1 responses play an important role in mucosal and systemic immunity to S. dysentariae 1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adhesins, Bacterial*
  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / biosynthesis
  • Antibody-Producing Cells / immunology
  • Antibody-Producing Cells / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / administration & dosage
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology*
  • Bacterial Toxins / administration & dosage
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Bacterial Toxins / immunology*
  • Bacterial Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Bacterial Vaccines / genetics
  • Bacterial Vaccines / immunology*
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / immunology
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / metabolism
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / prevention & control
  • Gene Deletion
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / biosynthesis*
  • Interleukin-10 / biosynthesis*
  • Interleukin-12 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-15 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-2 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-4 / biosynthesis
  • Interleukin-5 / biosynthesis
  • Kinetics
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / immunology*
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / metabolism
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / microbiology
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Shiga Toxins
  • Shigella dysenteriae / genetics
  • Shigella dysenteriae / immunology*
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta / biosynthesis
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology*

Substances

  • Adhesins, Bacterial
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • Interleukin-15
  • Interleukin-2
  • Interleukin-5
  • Shiga Toxins
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • invasin, Yersinia
  • Interleukin-10
  • Interleukin-12
  • Interleukin-4
  • Interferon-gamma