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(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2000;68:180-186.)
© 2000 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

Influence of type 2 T cell responses on the severity of encephalitis associated with influenza virus infection

Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Correspondence: Fujio Suzuki, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0835. E-mail: fsuzuki{at}utmb.edu

The role of type 2 T cell responses on the severity of post-infectious encephalitis was investigated in a mouse model of influenza virus infection. When mice were infected intracerebrally with 3.0 LD₅₀ of A/NWS33 strain of influenza virus, they all showed clinical signs of encephalitis, and 90% of them died within 10 days of the infection. However, the post-infectious encephalitis was not demonstrated in mice exposed to 0.5 LD₅₀ of the same virus. The mortality rates of mice infected with 0.5 LD₅₀ of the virus were increased to levels observed in mice exposed to 3.0 LD₅₀ of influenza virus infection, after the administration of a mixture of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-10 (2 ng/mouse each; immediately, 1 and 2 days after the infection). In contrast, mortality rates of mice exposed to 3.0 LD₅₀ of influenza virus were substantially decreased when these mice were treated with a mixture of monoclonal antibodies directed against IL-4 and IL-10. A predominance of type 2 T cell responses was demonstrated in splenic T cells of mice infected with 3.0 LD₅₀ of influenza virus, although these responses were minimal in mice infected with 0.5 LD₅₀ of the virus. After the treatment with the mixture of type 2 cytokines, an increase in the type 2 T cell responses in mice exposed to 0.5 LD₅₀ of the virus was shown. These results indicate that type 2 T cell responses associated with the viral infection play an important role in the severity of post-infectious encephalitis induced in mice by the intracerebral infection of influenza A virus.

Key Words: interleukin-4 • interleukin-10 • influenza A virus

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