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Cytokine-mediated activation of macrophages from Mycobacterium bovis BCG-resistant and -susceptible mice: differential effects of corticosterone on antimycobacterial activity and expression of the Bcg gene (Candidate Nramp).

Abstract：

:Previous work in our laboratory has shown that corticosterone increases the susceptibility of macrophages from Bcgs mice to the growth of Mycobacterium avium. The innate antimycobacterial activity of macrophages from Bcgr mice was not affected by corticosterone. In contrast to the differential effect of corticosterone on the antimycobacterial activity of the macrophages, corticosterone suppressed the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha and nitric oxide by macrophages from both Bcgr and Bcgs mice. The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effects of corticosterone on the antimycobacterial activity of macrophages from Bcgr and Bcgs mice that have been activated in vitro with recombinant gamma interferon or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. We found that macrophages from both strains of congenic mice responded equally to the activation stimuli. The capacity of the activated macrophages from Bcgs mice to suppress the growth of M. avium was inhibited by the addition of corticosterone to the cultures. The addition of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine to the cultures did not affect the capacity of resident splenic macrophages from Bcgr mice to limit the growth of M. avium. However, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine reduced the capacity of gamma interferon-activated, but not granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-activated, macrophages to limit the growth of M. avium by macrophages from both Bcgr and Bcgs mice. The addition of corticosterone suppressed Nramp expression by macrophages from Bcgs mice. Nramp expression by macrophages from Bcgr mice was not affected by corticosterone.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Brown DH,LaFuse W,Zwilling BS

doi

10.1128/IAI.63.8.2983-2988.1995

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-08-01 00:00:00

pages

2983-8

issue

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

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Cytokine-mediated activation of macrophages from Mycobacterium bovis BCG-resistant and -susceptible mice: differential effects of corticosterone on antimycobacterial activity and expression of the Bcg gene (Candidate Nramp).