IL-4 inhibits macrophage-mediated killing of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. A possible parasite-immune evasion mechanism
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IL-4 inhibits macrophage-mediated killing of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. A possible parasite-immune evasion mechanism
Abstract
Although a number of mechanisms have been put forward for immunity to malaria, their importance remains to be clarified. One of the important findings is that nonactivated monocytes and macrophages showed marked antiplasmodial activity in vitro. Recently we postulated that parasites may induce host factors that may depress the natural antiplasmodial activity of monocytes. In this investigation we identify IL-4 as a lymphokine that could function in this capacity. Human monocytes and macrophages in the absence of antiplasmodial antibody showed substantial killing of the asexual erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium falciparum as determined by a radiometric assay. Suppression of this killing was seen if the mononuclear phagocytes were pretreated with human rIL-4 at concentrations of 10 to 250 U with optimum activity between 100 and 250 U/2 x 10(5) cells. Cells from some individuals were rendered completely inactive by the IL-4 treatment. In contrast, IL-4 did not affect the neutrophil-mediated anti-P. falciparum activity. Our work identifies a potentially important parasite immune evasion mechanism involving IL-4 suppression of macrophage antiparasite activity.
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