PMID- 11179368 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010524 LR - 20181113 IS - 0019-9567 (Print) IS - 1098-5522 (Electronic) IS - 0019-9567 (Linking) VI - 69 IP - 3 DP - 2001 Mar TI - Interference between host resistance to Listeria monocytogenes infection and ovalbumin-induced allergic responses in mice. PG - 1883-8 AB - Listeria monocytogenes promotes the induction of the T-helper 1 (Th1) cell response, while ovalbumin (OVA) induces a Th2 cell response and allergic reactions, such as airway hyperreactivity and immunoglobulin E (IgE) production. When mice were immunized with OVA on day 7 after L. monocytogenes infection, eosinophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage and the production of total IgE, OVA-specific IgE, interleukin-4 (IL-4), and IL-5 in the circulation were markedly suppressed. Cytokine responses, including IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, and gamma interferon, to OVA were decreased in the spleen cell cultures obtained from OVA-immunized mice that had been infected with L. monocytogenes. Conversely, when OVA-immunized mice were infected with L. monocytogenes, conversion from the nonlethal infection to the lethal infection occurred. Host resistance to L. monocytogenes infection in OVA-immunized mice was enhanced by the administration of anti-IL-10 monoclonal antibody. The present study indicates that striking interference is observed between Th1-inducing L. monocytogenes infection and Th2-driven OVA-induced airway hyperreactivity. FAU - Mizuki, D AU - Mizuki D AD - Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan. FAU - Miura, T AU - Miura T FAU - Sasaki, S AU - Sasaki S FAU - Mizuki, M AU - Mizuki M FAU - Madarame, H AU - Madarame H FAU - Nakane, A AU - Nakane A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Infect Immun JT - Infection and immunity JID - 0246127 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibody Specificity MH - Cytokines/analysis MH - Eosinophilia MH - Female MH - Immunity, Innate MH - Immunoglobulin E MH - Listeriosis/complications/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Ovalbumin/*immunology MH - Respiratory Hypersensitivity/complications/*immunology MH - Spleen/cytology/immunology MH - Th1 Cells/immunology MH - Th2 Cells/immunology PMC - PMC98097 EDAT- 2001/02/17 11:00 MHDA- 2001/05/26 10:01 PMCR- 2001/03/01 CRDT- 2001/02/17 11:00 PHST- 2001/02/17 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/05/26 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/02/17 11:00 [entrez] PHST- 2001/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0947 [pii] AID - 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1883-1888.2001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Infect Immun. 2001 Mar;69(3):1883-8. doi: 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1883-1888.2001.