Abstract
Rats subjected to a 7-day abbreviated enteral infection with Trichinella spiralis subsequently reject more than 90% of a challenge infection within 24 h. This process is known as rapid expulsion. In these experiments parabiotic rats were used to examine the factors that establish rapid expulsion in the intestine. Induction with low to moderate doses of worms required exposure to two separate stimuli. These initiated different responses; one was readily transferred between parabiotic rats, whereas the second response was sessile and restricted to the intestine. These two responses interacted synergistically to produce strong rapid expulsion. Stage-specific exposure of parabiotic rats to preadult or adult trichinae (or the unrelated parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus) showed that only preadult worms induced the transferable factor. Exposure to adult worms or to H. polygyrus induced a strictly local intestinal effect that was nonspecific. It is suggested that preadult worms initiated an immune response specific for preadults. This was transferable between parabionts but was unable to produce rapid expulsion unless the intestine had been non-specifically stimulated. Intestinal stimulation is accomplished by exposure to adult worms in natural infections or artificial regimes. These results suggest novel techniques for the development of enteral antihelminth vaccines.
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