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Leishmania major reaches distant cutaneous sites where it persists transiently while persisting durably in the primary dermal site and its draining lymph node: a study with laboratory mice.
Infection and Immunity 2000 December
So far, studies of Leishmania persistence in mice have used injections of parasites administered either intravenously in the tail vein or subcutaneously in the footpad. These routes poorly reflect the natural conditions when the sandfly delivers metacyclic promastigotes intradermally. In this study B10D2 and BALB/c mice were inoculated within the ear dermis with 10(4) Leishmania major metacyclic promastigotes. The parasite load was monitored by quantitative PCR in different tissues from the dermal inoculation site to distant tissues. The two sites of multiplication and persistence of parasites were the site of L. major inoculation and the draining lymph node (DLN), with a different pattern in the two mouse inbred lines. These two organs were the only sites harboring parasites 12 months postinoculation, with the DLN of BALB/c mice harboring around 10(7) parasites, a stable load from months 3 to 12. In these two sites, 8 and 12 months after inoculation, interleukin 4 (IL-4), gamma interferon, and inducible nitric oxide synthase transcripts parallel the parasite load while IL-10 transcript levels remain high. In addition, at early time points until month 3, parasite DNA was also detected in distant tissues such as the contralateral noninoculated ear or the tail skin, indicating that blood was at least transiently disseminating the parasites. In contrast, L. major DNA in liver, spleen, and femoral bone marrow remained sporadic in mice of both lines. This study is discussed within the framework of Leishmania transmission from the vertebrate host to the sandfly vector, a complex process still poorly understood.
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