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Anti-heart T-cell activity was evaluated by a lymph node cell proliferative assay in isogenic strains of mice immunized with several Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote and trypomastigote antigenic preparations. In addition, chronically infected animals were boosted with trypomastigote antigens and their lymph node cells were tested by in vitro proliferative responses. Our results indicated that (i) use of allogeneic sources of heart antigens may induce alloreactive responses in T. cruzi-immune T cells, (ii) specific autoimmune T-cell reactivity against self-heart constituents could not be demonstrated after immunization of the host with T. cruzi, and (iii) a proportion of chronically infected mice showed a small but detectable level of auto-anti-heart T-cell reactivity. These results argue against the notion that T. cruzi epitopes cross-reactive with self-heart tissue play a role in initiating T-cell-mediated autoimmunity. Anti-heart autoreactive T cells, generated in a proportion of the animals, may result from heart lesions associated with the infection process.

Do self-heart-reactive T cells expand in Trypanosoma cruzi-immune hosts?