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Apolipoprotein E-deficient mice develop an anti-Chlamydophila pneumoniae T helper 2 response and resist vascular infection.

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BACKGROUND: Hypercholesterolemia could inhibit the immune response against various pathogens. No information is available about its impact on the immune response toward Chlamydophila pneumoniae. METHODS: Apolipoprotein E (apoE)-deficient and wild-type mice fed a normal diet were infected with a single intranasal inoculation of viable C. pneumoniae. RESULTS: Whereas interferon gamma concentrations (T helper 1 response) were similar in the lungs and spleen of apoE-deficient and wild-type mice, increased concentrations of interleukin 10, interleukin 6, and interleukin 4 (T helper 2 response) were found in the lungs of apoE-deficient mice. The spleen B lymphocyte percentage and interleukin 4 levels and serum specific antibody titers were higher in apoE-deficient mice. C. pneumoniae infection was facilitated neither in the lungs nor in the aorta of these mice. On the contrary, the number of apoE-deficient mice with detectable levels of bacterial DNA in the aorta was clearly decreased. When low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient mice fed a normal diet were similarly infected, no difference in the interleukin 4 concentration and infection level was observed in the lungs and no protection was found in the aorta. CONCLUSIONS: Mild hypercholesterolemia in mice does not facilitate C. pneumoniae persistence in the vascular wall. ApoE deficiency, rather than mild hypercholesterolemia, probably favors the development of an unusual anti-C. pneumoniae T helper 2 response and protects against vascular infection.

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inserm-00613672 , version 1 (05-08-2011)

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Dani Nazzal, Nicole Therville, Houda Yacoub-Youssef, Virginie Garcia, Mogens Thomsen, et al.. Apolipoprotein E-deficient mice develop an anti-Chlamydophila pneumoniae T helper 2 response and resist vascular infection.. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010, 202 (5), pp.782-90. ⟨10.1086/655700⟩. ⟨inserm-00613672⟩
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