KA Hoag, MF Lipscomb, AA Izzo and NE Street
Cancer Immunobiology Center and Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8576, USA.

A murine model was used to assess the role of cytokines in initiating protective T-cell-mediated immunity in the lung. A pulmonary infection was initiated by intratracheal inoculation of Cryptococcus neoformans (Cne). Previously, we had established that Cne lung clearance was mouse- strain-specific: C.B-17 mice were resistant and developed a Th1-like response, whereas C57BL/6 mice were susceptible and did not develop a Th1 response. In the present study we showed that monoclonal anti- interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and anti-interleukin-12 (IL-12) antibody administration prior to infection of resistant C.B-17 mice inhibited lung clearance of Cne. Cytokine profiles of lung and lung-associated lymph nodes (LALN) from monoclonal antibody (mAb)-treated C.B-17 mice were switched from Th1-like to Th2-like, and mAb-treated C.B-17 mice exhibited lung eosinophilia, which was absent in control C.B-17 mice. Additionally, C.B-17 mice treated with anti-IFN-gamma and anti-IL-12 mAb demonstrated a significantly lower percentage of lung macrophages expressing inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) than did control mice. These studies clearly demonstrate that both IFN-gamma and IL-12 are required for initiation of a Th1 response in resistant C.B-17 mice.

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