Interleukin-33 exerts pleiotropic immunoregulatory effects in response to Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA) infection in mice
Objective: To determine the involvement and the modulatory effects of IL-33 during Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA) infection. Methods: PbA infection in male ICR mice was utilized as a model of malaria. Systemically circulating IL-33 levels were determined in blood plasma by enzyme-linked immunosorbent...
Published in: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2023
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4103/2221-1691.391157 https://doaj.org/article/bbcd485698064710a11c2f48daa11765 |
Summary: | Objective: To determine the involvement and the modulatory effects of IL-33 during Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA) infection. Methods: PbA infection in male ICR mice was utilized as a model of malaria. Systemically circulating IL-33 levels were determined in blood plasma by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). After 24 hours post-inoculation of PbA, recombinant IL-33 and ST2, and antibodies against IL-33 and IgG treatments were administered daily for 3 days. Tissue expression and localization of IL-33 were assessed in organs generally affected by malaria via immunohistochemistry. Moreover, histopathological examination was performed to assess the effects of the treatments. Results: The levels of systemic IL-33 were elevated at the critical phase of PbA infection. Likewise, immunohistochemical analysis revealed a significant upregulation of IL-33 expression at the critical phase in the brain, lungs, and spleen of PbA-infected mice as compared to healthy controls. Treatment with IL-33 protected against experimental cerebral malaria development and reduced pathological features in the brain and lungs of the PbA-infected mice. Conclusions: A potential critical role and involvement of IL-33 in PbA infection may hint at the resolution of immunopathological sequelae associated with malaria. |
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