Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a disease of diverse etiology. Although primary PH can develop in the absence of prior disease, PH more commonly develops in conjunction with other pulmonary pathologies. We previously reported a mouse model in which PH occurs as a sequela of Pneumocystis infection in the context of transient CD4 depletion. Here, we report that instead of the expected Th2 pathways, the Th1 cytokine IFN-γ is essential for the development of PH, as wild-type mice developed PH but IFN-γ knockout mice did not. Because gene expression analysis showed few strain differences that were not immune-function related, we focused on those responses as potential pathologic mechanisms. In addition to dependence on IFN-γ, we found that when CD4 cells were continuously depleted, but infection was limited by antibiotic treatment, PH did not occur, confirming that CD4 T cells are required for PH development. Also, although CD8 T-cells are implicated in the pathology of Pneumocystis pneumonia, they did not have a role in the onset of PH. Finally, we found differences in immune cell phenotypes that correlated with PH, including elevated CD204 expression in lung CD11c(+) cells, but their role remains unclear. Overall, we demonstrate th...Continue Reading
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