Central Nervous System Parasitosis and Neuroinflammation Ameliorated by Systemic IL-10 Administration in Trypanosoma brucei-Infected Mice.

Jean Rodgers, Barbara Bradley, Peter GE Kennedy, Jeremy M Sternberg* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Invasion of the central nervous system (CNS) by African trypanosomes represents a critical step in the development of human African trypanosomiasis. In both clinical cases and experimental mouse infections it has been demonstrated that predisposition to CNS invasion is associated with a type 1 systemic inflammatory response. Using the Trypanosoma brucei brucei GVR35 experimental infection model, we demonstrate that systemic delivery of the counter-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 lowers plasma IFN-γ and TNF-α concentrations, CNS parasitosis and ameliorates neuro-inflammatory pathology and clinical symptoms of disease. The results provide evidence that CNS invasion may be susceptible to immunological attenuation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number0004201
JournalPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume9
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Oct 2015

Bibliographical note

Funding: The study was funded by the Wellcome Trust grants 082786 and 094691 (www.wellcome.ac.uk). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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