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Disruption of CD40-CD40 ligand pathway inhibits the development of intestinal muscle hypercontractility and protective immunity in nematode infection

¹Intestinal Diseases Research Program, Department of Medicine and ²Center for Gene Therapeutics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Submitted 9 April 2004 ; accepted in final form 9 August 2004

In our previous studies, we demonstrated that during Trichinella spiralis infection, T helper (Th) 2 cells contribute to the development of intestinal muscle hypercontractility and worm expulsion from the gut via STAT6. In addition, we have linked the altered muscle contractility to the eviction of the parasite and thereby to the host defense. However, the initial events linking infection to the development of muscle hypercontractility are poorly understood. In this study, we examined the contribution of CD40-CD40 ligand (CD40L) interaction in the development of intestinal muscle hypercontractility, in monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) production, and in the Th2 response in CD40 ligand-deficient (CD40L –/–) mice infected with T. spiralis. Expulsion of intestinal worms was substantially delayed in CD40L –/– mice compared with the wild-type mice after T. spiralis infection. Consistent with delayed worm expulsion, there was a significant attenuation of intestinal muscle contractility in CD40L –/– mice. Infected CD40L –/– mice also exhibited marked impairment in the production of MCP-1, IL-4, IL-13, IgG1, IgE, and mouse mucosal MCP 1 (MMCP-1), and in goblet cell response. These results demonstrate that CD40-CD40 ligand interaction plays an important role in MCP-1 production, Th2 response, intestinal muscle hypercontractility, and worm expulsion in nematode infection. The present data suggest that the early events leading to the generation of Th2 response include CD40-CD40 ligand interaction, which subsequently influences the production of Th2 cytokines, most likely via upregulation of MCP-1.

CD40 ligand; monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; T helper 2 cells; muscle; Trichinella spiralis; host defense

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