scholarly journals Early interleukin 12 production by macrophages in response to mycobacterial infection depends on interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor alpha.

1995 ◽  
Vol 181 (5) ◽  
pp. 1615-1621 ◽  
Author(s):  
I E Flesch ◽  
J H Hess ◽  
S Huang ◽  
M Aguet ◽  
J Rothe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Mycobacterial Infection ◽  
Interleukin 12 ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Ifn Gamma ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Interleukin 12 (IL-12) produced by macrophages immediately after infection is considered essential for activation of a protective immune response against intracellular pathogens. In the murine Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) model we assessed whether early IL-12 production by macrophages depends on other cytokines. In vitro, murine bone marrow-derived macrophages produced IL-12 after infection with viable M. bovis BCG or stimulation with LPS, however, priming with recombinant interferon gamma (rIFN-gamma) was necessary. In addition, IL-12 production by these macrophages was blocked by specific anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) antiserum. Macrophages from gene deletion mutant mice lacking either the IFN-gamma receptor or the TNF receptor 1 (p55) failed to produce IL-12 in vitro after stimulation with rIFN-gamma and mycobacterial infection. In vivo, IL-12 production was induced in spleens of immunocompetent mice early during M. bovis BCG infection but not in those of mutant mice lacking the receptors for IFN-gamma or TNF. Our results show that IL-12 production by macrophages in response to mycobacterial infection depends on IFN-gamma and TNF. Hence, IL-12 is not the first cytokine produced in mycobacterial infections.

scholarly journals Regulation of cytokine production by soluble CD23: costimulation of interferon gamma secretion and triggering of tumor necrosis factor alpha release.

1994 ◽  
Vol 180 (3) ◽  
pp. 1005-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Armant ◽  
H Ishihara ◽  
M Rubio ◽  
G Delespesse ◽  
M Sarfati
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Cytokine Production ◽  
Tnf Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Ifn Gamma ◽  
Alpha Production ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Soluble CD23 (sCD23) has multiple IgE-independent biological activities. In the present study, we examined the regulatory effect of sCD23 on cytokine production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). We show that sCD23 enhances by about 80-fold the interleukin 2 (IL-2)-induced interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) production and by about 10-fold the response to IL-12. This potentiating activity is time and dose dependent and is not associated with a significant effect on DNA synthesis. The sCD23 costimulatory activity for IFN-gamma synthesis is drastically reduced in monocyte-depleted PBMC, suggesting that monocytes may be the target for sCD23. This hypothesis was supported by the following observations. First, sCD23 alone is a potent inducer of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production by PBMC and this effect disappears after monocyte depletion. The triggering of TNF-alpha release is specifically inhibited by neutralizing anti-CD23 monoclonal antibody (mAb). In addition, IL-2 and IL-12 synergize with sCD23 to induce TNF-alpha production. Second, sCD23 triggers the release of other inflammatory mediators such as IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6. Finally, TNF-alpha production in response to IL-2 and sCD23 precedes IFN-gamma and IFN-gamma secretion is significantly inhibited by anti-TNF-alpha mAb, indicating that the sCD23 costimulatory signal for IFN-gamma production may be partially mediated by TNF-alpha release. It is proposed that sCD23 is a proinflammatory cytokine that, in addition, may play an important role in the control of the immune response via the enhancement of IFN-gamma production.

In Vitro Effects of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on Interferon-gamma and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Secretion by Blood Leukocytes from Young and Adult Cattle Vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG

2003 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nonnecke ◽  
Waters ◽  
Foote ◽  
Horst ◽  
Fowler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Primary Vaccination ◽  
Tnf Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Ifn Gamma ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) are critical in the development of an effective immune response. Vitamin D, essential in short-term calcium homeostasis and recently shown to modulate proliferation and function of blood mononuclear cells from adult dairy cattle, may be an effective modulator of the calf’s immune system. Effects of antigen sensitization and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] on cytokine secretion by cells from calves vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) were examined. One-week-old dairy calves (n = 6) and yearling heifers (n = 4) were vaccinated concurrently with BCG and boosted six weeks later. Ten weeks after primary vaccination, cells from vaccinated calves and adults, and nonvaccinated, age-matched calves (n = 4) were evaluated in vitro for their capacity to produce IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. Cells were stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM) or recall antigen [Mycobacterium bovis-derived purified protein derivative (PPD)] in the presence of 0, 0.1, 1.0, and 10nM of 1,25-(OH)2D3 for 20, 44, and 68 hours, respectively. IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha concentrations in culture supernatants harvested at these times were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). PPD-induced IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha responses of cells from vaccinated calves and adults were greater than responses of autologous unstimulated cells. In contrast, PPD-specific responses of calf and adult cells collected immediately before primary vaccination were substantially lower and comparable to responses in resting (i.e., unstimulated) cultures. At ten weeks, the PPD-specific response of vaccinates exceeded the response of nonvaccinated calves; however, responses of vaccinated calves were more vigorous than corresponding responses of vaccinated adults. Incubation period also influenced the magnitude of both IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha responses in PPD- and PWM-stimulated cultures. Effects of 1,25-(OH)2D3 on antigen-induced secretion of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha were marginal. Only IFN-gamma responses of vaccinated adults were affected by 1,25-(OH)2D3. Vitamin D caused a concentration-dependent decrease in IFN-gamma response and an increase in TNF-alpha response in PWM-stimulated cultures. These results indicate that animal maturity (i.e., age) and antigenic experience affect IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha secretion by bovine leukocytes and suggest that 1,25-(OH)2D3 can alter secretion of both cytokines under specific conditions of culture.

Protein myristoylation in human mononclear phagocytes: modulation by interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha

1991 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-840
Author(s):  
G. Poli ◽  
C. Sorio ◽  
G. Berton
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Tnf Alpha ◽  
Human Monocytes ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Ifn Gamma ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Protein Myristoylation ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Labelling of cells with [3H]myristic acid and analysis of labelled proteins by SDS-PAGE and fluorography, enabled the identification of a limited number of myristoylated proteins in human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages. In human monocytes, cultivated for one to three days, major myristoylated proteins observed were of 18 kDa, 44 kDa, 60–62 kDa, 90 kDa, and a doublet of 38–40 kDa. Differentiation of monocytes to macrophages by in vitro cultivation was accompanied by a selective decrease in the 60–62 kDa protein. Cultivation of the cells in the presence of the macrophage-activating cytokines interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), prevented the decrease in the expression of the 60–62 kDa myristoylated protein. The effect of cytokines was observed when monocytes were treated with IFN-gamma or TNF-alpha for 24 or 48 h and protein myristoylation analyzed at day four of culture. Maintenance of monocytes in culture for up to nine days in the presence of cytokines prevented the decrease in the expression of the 60–62 kDa myristoylated protein. IFN-gamma had additional effects on myristoylation of macrophage proteins. Treatment of monocytes with IFN-gamma for a few hours caused the induction of a 66 kDa protein. Induction of this myristoylated protein by IFN-gamma was time-dependent and peaked at six hours. Analysis of the subcellular distribution of the 66 kDa protein induced by IFN-gamma showed that, analogously to other myristoylated proteins, most of it was associated with cell membranes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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