Laksmi Wulandari, - and Muhammad Amin, - and Soedarto, - and Gatot Soegiarto, - and Kenji Ishitawa, - (2021) Sequential Co-infection of Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Determine Lung Macrophage Polarization and Histopathological Changes. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 68 (3). pp. 340-349. ISSN 00195707

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Abstract

Background Tuberculosis is a chronic infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), which needs proper macrophage activation for control. It has been debated whether the co-infection with helminth will affect the immune response to mycobacterial infection. Objective To determine the effect of sequential co-infection of Heligmosomoides polygyrus (H.pg) nematodes and M.tb on T cell responses, macrophages polarization and lung histopathological changes. Method This study used 49 mice divided into 7 treatment groups, with different sequence of infection of M.tb via inhalation and H.pg via oral ingestion for 8 and 16 weeks. T cells response in the lung, intestine, and peripheral blood were determined by flow cytometry. Cytokines (IL-4, IFN-γ, TGB-β1, and IL-10) were measured in peripheral blood using ELISA. Lung macrophage polarization were determined by the expression of iNOS (M1) or Arginase 1 (M2). Mycobacterial count were done in lung tissue. Lung histopathology were measured using Dorman’s semiquantitative score assessing peribronchiolitis, perivasculitis, alveolitis, and granuloma formation. Result M.tb infection induced Th1 response and M1 macrophage polarization, while H.pg infection induced Th2 and M2 polarization. In sequential co-infection, the final polarization of macrophage was dictated by the sequence of co-infection. However, all groups with M.tb infection showed the same degree of mycobacterial count in lung tissues and lung tissue histopathological changes. Conclusion Sequential co-infection of H.pg and M.tb induces different T cell response which leads to different macrophage polarization in lung tissue. Helminth infection induced M2 lung macrophage polarization, but did not cause different mycobacterial count nor lung histopathological changes.

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