The role of the thymus in modulating gammadelta T cell suppressor activity during experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infection

International Immunology
Fabíola CardilloJosé Mengel

Abstract

We have previously shown that splenic gammadelta T cells from young but not aged BALB/c mice possess suppressor activity in vivo and in vitro during the acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The present work was undertaken to investigate the suppressor activity of gammadelta T cells from T. cruzi-infected euthymic or athymic mice and the role of the thymus in modulating non-adherent spleen cell suppressor activity during the acute phase of infection. Splenic gammadelta T cells from aged or athymic BALB/c mice reconstituted with total spleen cells or non-reconstituted did not exhibit suppressor activity when added to full allogeneic, mixed lymphocyte cultures. In contrast, splenic gammadelta T cells from young euthymic BALB/c mice showed suppressor activity in vitro. Thymectomy reduced the splenic gammadelta T cell suppressor activity of young BALB/c mice in a time-dependent manner, following a T. cruzi challenge. The continuous provision of thymocytes to aged mice, young thymectomized mice or total spleen cell-reconstituted athymic mice could re-establish the gammadelta T cell suppressor activity. Of particular significance was the observation that the depletion of gammadelta T cells during the acute phase of T. cruzi inf...Continue Reading

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