Abstract
The expression of the messenger RNA of interleukin-12 (IL-12), interferon-γ, interleukin-4, interleukin-6, and interleukin-10 was examined by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in peripheral blood lymphocytes of calves that were orally inoculated with Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. In all of the calves, gene expression of interleukin-12, interleukin-6, and interferon-γ was observed at delivery and this expression was repressed within the next 24 h. In calves inoculated with C. parvum, mRNA expression of interleukin-12 and interferon-γ was noticed on day 3 post-inoculation (p.i.) and increased in the convalescent phase of the infection, whereas in non-inoculated calves no mRNA expression was detectable up to the end of the experiment. No mRNA expression of interleukin-4 or 6 was detected during the experiment. Our observations suggest that systemic Th1 type immune responses are induced in calves infected with C. parvum and may be available for evaluation of the control of the infection.
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