Altered lymphocyte homeostasis after oral prion infection in mouse

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
F Díaz-San SegundoA Brun

Abstract

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases develop as central nervous system (CNS) disorders characterized by extremely long incubation periods. Although TSEs do not go along with inflammatory infiltrates and/or antibody production against the prion protein (PrP(Sc)), the immune system plays an important role in pathogenesis as long as different lymphoid organs (Peyer's patches, lymph nodes and spleen) may facilitate the accumulation and further spread of prions after peripheral exposure. In this work we investigated the changes in lymphoid and dendritic cell (DC) populations as well as the implications of different cytokines during disease progression after experimental oral inoculation of prions in a transgenic mouse model. At different days post-inoculation (dpi), T and B lymphocytes and DC populations from lymphoid organs, blood and brain were analyzed by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. Besides time related variations in lymphoid cell numbers due to the aging of the animals significant changes related with the infection were found in mesenteric lymph nodes, peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) as well as in spleen, affecting the CD4/CD8 ratio. In contrast, little or no variation was detected i...Continue Reading

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