Changes in IgE- and Antigen-dependent Histamine-release in Peripheral Blood of Schistosoma Mansoni-infected Ugandan Fishermen After Treatment with Praziquantel

Overview

Journal BMC Immunol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2004 Apr 23

PMID 15102330

Citations 9

Authors

Mohamed Z Satti

Pierre Cahen

Per S Skov

Sarah Joseph

Frances M Jones

Colin Fitzsimmons

Karl F Hoffmann

Claus Reimert

H Curtis Kariuki

Francis Kazibwe

Joseph K Mwatha

Gachuhi Kimani

Birgitte J Vennervald

John H Ouma

Narcis B Kabatereine

David W Dunne

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Abstract

Background: Parasite-specific IgE levels correlate with human resistance to reinfection with Schistosoma spp. after chemotherapy. Although the role of eosinophils in schistosomiasis has been the focus of a great deal of important research, the involvement of other Fcepsilon receptor-bearing cells, such as mast cells and basophils, has not been investigated in relation to human immunity to schistosomes. Chemotherapy with praziquantel (PZQ) kills schistosomes living in an in vivo blood environment rich in IgE, eosinophils and basophils. This releases parasite Ags that have the potential to cross-link cell-bound IgE. However, systemic hypersensitivity reactions are not induced by treatment. Here, we describe the effects of schistosomiasis, and its treatment, on human basophil function by following changes in total cellular histamine and in vitro histamine-release induced by schistosome Ags or anti-IgE, in blood samples from infected Ugandan fishermen, who are continuously exposed to S. mansoni infection, before and 1-day and 21-days after PZQ treatment.

Results: There was a significant increase in the total cellular histamine in blood samples at 1-day post-treatment, followed by a very significant further increase by 21-days post-treatment. In vitro histamine-release induced by S. mansoni egg (SEA) or worm (SWA) Ags or anti-IgE antibody, was significantly reduced 1-day post-treatment. The degree of this reduction correlated with pre-treatment infection intensity. Twenty-1-days post-treatment, SEA-induced histamine-release was still significantly lower than at pretreatment. Histamine-release was not correlated to plasma concentrations of total or parasite-specific IgE, nor to specific IgG4 plasma concentrations.

Conclusion: The biology of human blood basophils is modulated by S. mansoni infection and praziquantel treatment. Infection intensity-dependent suppression of basophil histamine-release, histamine-dependent resistance to infection, and similarities with allergen desensitisation are discussed as possible explanations of these observations.

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