PMID: 9166117May 1, 1997Paper

Testosterone-induced susceptibility to Plasmodium chabaudi malaria: persistence after withdrawal of testosterone

The Journal of Endocrinology
W Peter M BentenFrank Wunderlich

Abstract

Testosterone induces susceptibility to Plasmodium chabaudi malaria by imposing restrictions on those mechanisms which mediate resistance controlled by genes of the H-2 complex and the non-H-2 background in mice. This study investigated whether these restrictions are abolished after withdrawal of testosterone. Female mice of the inbred strain C57BL/10 were treated with 0.9 mg testosterone twice a week for 3 weeks and testosterone was then withdrawn for 12 weeks. The treatment raised plasma testosterone levels from 0.18 ng/ml to 3.79 ng/ml. After the testosterone treatment, these levels progressively dropped and reached 0.21 ng/ml by week 12 after testosterone withdrawal. Surprisingly, however, the testosterone-induced susceptibility still persisted. When mice were challenged on week 12 after testosterone withdrawal, P. chabaudi infections were still fatal in testosterone-treated mice, in contrast to self-healing infections in resistant, i.e. untreated, control mice. In addition, testosterone caused a persistent decrease in the levels of total IgG antibodies, especially IgG1 and IgG2b isotypes. In contrast, testosterone-induced changes in spleen cells, such as the reduction in number by 50%, the relative increase in CD8+ cells an...Continue Reading

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