Abstract:
To explore the expression and significance of interleukin-4 and interferon-γ in liver fibrosis formation of rats infected by Pagumogonimus skrjabini,and to show that Th1/Th2 played the role of regulation in the process.Thirty-six rats were randomly divided into two groups: the control group with 6 rats and infected group with 30 rats.The Infected group was divided into 6 groups by the infected time: A group (1 week),B group (2 weeks),C group (4 weeks),D group (8 weeks),E group (12 weeks),F group (16 weeks).Every rat was infected by the peritoneal injection of 15 Pagumogonimus skrjabini metacercarias.The rats were sacrificed and indicators were observed.The pathomorphology changes of liver fibrosis were observed by the HE staining and VG staining.Immunohistochemical technique is applied to measure the dynamic changes of expression of interleukin-4,interferon-γ.The results of liver pathomorphology showed that with the extension of infected time,the ratio of collagen fiber area(S/T) and the grading of liver fibrosis gradually increased,meanwhile the degree of liver fibrosis gradually deepened.The results of immunohistochemistry showed that the percentage of the expression of INF-γ in the positive cells gradually increased during the 1st to 8th week after infection and reached the peak at the end of the 8th week,then gradually decreased in 12th to 16th week;The percentage of the expression IL-4 in positive cells gradually increased in 1st to 16th week after infection,the expression of IL-4 began to rise rapidly at the end of 12th week.The study suggested that the infection of Pagumogonimus skrjabini in rats could cause liver fibrosis,and the expression of IL-4 and IFN-γ increased in liver fibrosis formation,the extent of liver fibrosis was associated with the infected time and the expression of IL-4,IFN-γ.The study prompted that cytokines IFN-γ secreted by Th1 and IL-4 secreted by Th2 all played a role in spontaneous immune regulation during the liver fibrosis formation of rats infected by Pagumogonimus skrjabini.