Study of antagonistic effect of SWA and SEA of Schistosoma japonicum in mice with type 1 diabetes / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the antagonistic effect of Schistosoma japonicum soluble adult worm antigen (SWA)and solu-ble egg antigen (SEA)in the mice with type 1 diabetes.Methods The 24 successful modeling type 1 diabetes mice were randomly divided into three groups (A,B,C group,n=8).SWA and SEA of Schistosoma japonicum were prepared.Mice in A group were immunized by abdominal subcutaneous multi-point injection SWA.Mice in B group were immunized by abdominal subcutaneous multi-point injection SEA.And mice models of C group were immunized by PBS instead of antigen through abdominal subcutaneous injection.The mice got immunization once a week,a total of four times.4 weeks later,the mice were sacrificed,and serum speci-mens were collected for the determination of serum levels of IL-4 and IFN-γby double-antibody sandwich ELISA,while pancreas tissues were collected and the pathological changes were observed.Results The serum IL-4 level of B group [(23.87 ±4.85)pg/mL]was higher than C group [(4.39 ± 0.56 )pg/mL],with significant differences (P 0.05).The islet structure of mice in B group was not intact,however,the lymphocytic infiltration in B group was less than C group,and there was no lymphocytic infiltration in pancreatic islets in B group.Compared with C group,the pancreas of mice in A group did not have significant changes,lymphocytes infiltration was still visible in islets.The number of residual islet cells de-creased,and visible minority islet structure was destroyed.Conclusion SEA of Schistosoma japonicum has certain antagonism effect on type 1 diabetes in experimental mice.Its mechanism may be the reduction of Th1 response and the enhancement of Th2 response through increasing IL-4 level and decreasing IFN-γlevel.