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  • Title: Immunosuppression in malaria: effect of hemozoin produced by Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium falciparum.
    Author: Morakote N, Justus DE.
    Journal: Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol; 1988; 86(1):28-34. PubMed ID: 3286520.
    Abstract:
    To a considerable degree, malaria-induced immunosuppression has been attributed to an inhibition of macrophage accessory cell function. In this study hemozoin, a plasmodium hemoglobin degradation product which readily accumulates in phagocytic cells and tissues during infection, was examined for its influence on immune responses. Hemozoin-laden liver and splenic macrophages from Plasmodium berghei-infected mice, displayed accessory cell dysfunction which was likely due to hemozoin loading by these phagocytic cells. This indicated by the observation that hemozoin obtained from livers and spleens of infected mice as well as from Plasmodium falciparum cultures greatly inhibited splenic plaque-forming cell responses to sheep red blood cells. The results of the present study strongly suggest that the inhibition of macrophage accessory cell activity is due, at least in part, to the uptake and accumulation of hemozoin in their cytoplasms.
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