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The hallmark of Schistosoma mansoni infection is the formation of liver granulomas around deposited ova. The initiation of granuloma formation is T cell-dependent since granulomas are not formed in their absence. We investigated whether a few T cells arrive to initiate the inflammatory lesion and subsequently expand locally, or whether a large repertoire of systemically activated T cells home to the delayed type hypersensitivity reaction induced by the ova. The TCR repertoire of single granulomas from the same liver were analyzed by PCR using Vbeta-specific primers and CDR3 analysis. Each granuloma has a very diverse TCR repertoire indicating that most of the T cells recruited to these lesions are activated systemically. At the same time, sequence analysis of individually sized CDR3 products from single granuloma indicate that a fraction of T cells expand locally at the lesion site. Using TCR transgenic mice containing a pigeon cytochrome c-specific T cell population or lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection tracked with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-specific tetramers, we demonstrated that nonspecific T cells home to the granuloma if they are activated. However, recombinase-activating gene 2(-/-) pigeon cytochrome c-specific TCR transgenic mice fail to form granulomas in response to S. mansoni ova even after T cell activation, suggesting a requirement for egg-specific T cells in the initiation of these inflammatory lesions. Understanding the mechanism of T cell recruitment into granulomas has important implications for the rational design of immunotherapies for granulomatous diseases.

CD4+ TCR Repertoire Heterogeneity inSchistosoma mansoni-Induced Granulomas