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Chemical sympathectomy increases the innate immune response and decreases the specific immune response in the spleen to infection with Listeria monocytogenes
Ist Teil von
Journal of neuroimmunology, 2001-03, Vol.114 (1), p.19-27
Ort / Verlag
Netherlands: Elsevier B.V
Erscheinungsjahr
2001
Quelle
Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Many investigators have shown that ablation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) can alter cell-mediated and humoral immune responses to antigenic challenge. Fewer studies have examined 6-OHDA-induced changes in natural immunity. In this study, we have examined the effect of chemical sympathectomy on the nonspecific and specific phases of the response to infection with
Listeria monocytogenes. Sympathectomy decreased splenic bacterial loads 3 and 5 days post-infection and increased splenic neutrophils 3 days post-infection. Sympathectomy decreased splenocyte numbers and antigen-stimulated cytokine secretion from splenocytes. These results suggest that the SNS influences specific responses by modulating innate responses.