Abstract：
:We compared in vitro and in vivo induction of IL-12 (p40) and IFN-gamma by mouse cells stimulated with Toxoplasma gondii, Trypanosoma cruzi, and different species of Leishmania. Spleen cells cultured in vitro with T. cruzi or T. gondii, but not with Leishmania, produced IL-12 (p40) and IFN-gamma. Accordingly, IL-12 (p40) was produced by macrophages stimulated in vitro with live T. cruzi or T. gondii or membrane glycoconjugates obtained from trypomastigotes or tachyzoites. No IL-12 production was detected when macrophages were stimulated with live parasites or glycoconjugates from Leishmania, regardless of priming with IFN-gamma. In vivo, only T. cruzi and T. gondii induced the synthesis of IL-12 and IFN-gamma by mouse spleen cells after intraperitoneal injection of parasites. When injected subcutaneously, live Leishmania sp. induced IL-12 (p40) and IFN-gamma production by draining lymph node cells, albeit the levels were slightly lower than those induced by infection with T. gondii or T. cruzi using the same route. Together our results indicate that under different conditions, the intracellular protozoa T. gondii and T. cruzi are more potent stimulators of IL-12 and IFN-gamma synthesis by host immune cells than parasites of the genus Leishmania.
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Exp Parasitoljournal_title
Experimental parasitologyauthors
Oliveira MA,Santiago HC,Lisboa CR,Ceravollo IP,Trinchieri G,Gazzinelli RT,Vieira LQdoi
10.1006/expr.2000.4523keywords:
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2000-06-01 00:00:00pages
96-105issue
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0014-4894issn
1090-2449pii
S0014-4894(00)94523-5journal_volume
95pub_type
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