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Published in: BMC Immunology 1/2010

Open Access 01-12-2010 | Research article

Rapid induction of IgE responses to a worm cysteine protease during murine pre-patent schistosome infection

Authors: Lucia A de Oliveira Fraga, Erika W Lamb, Elizabeth C Moreno, Mitali Chatterjee, Jan Dvořák, Melaine Delcroix, Mohammed Sajid, Conor R Caffrey, Stephen J Davies

Published in: BMC Immunology | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Background

During the pre-patent stage of infection, juvenile Schistosoma blood flukes co-opt signals from the adaptive immune system to facilitate parasite development, but the types of responses that are induced at this early stage of infection, and the parasite antigens they target, have not been characterized.

Results

Through analysis of experimental pre-patent infections, we show that the S. mansoni cysteine protease SmCB1 is rapidly targeted by an antigen-specific IgE response. The induction of this response is independent of schistosome eggs as infection with male or female worms alone also induced SmCB1-specific IgE. We also show that the SmCB1-specific IgE response is dependent on cognate CD4+ T cell help and IL-4, suggesting that pre-patent Th2 responses provide T cell help for the SmCB1-specific IgE response. Finally, exposed human subjects also produced IgE against SmCB1.

Conclusions

Our data demonstrate that, like eggs, schistosome worms also induce functional type 2 responses and that a parasite cysteine protease is an inducer of type 2 responses during the early stages of schistosome infection.
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Metadata
Title
Rapid induction of IgE responses to a worm cysteine protease during murine pre-patent schistosome infection
Authors
Lucia A de Oliveira Fraga
Erika W Lamb
Elizabeth C Moreno
Mitali Chatterjee
Jan Dvořák
Melaine Delcroix
Mohammed Sajid
Conor R Caffrey
Stephen J Davies
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Immunology / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2172
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-11-56

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