scholarly journals Opsonization and Phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites Measured by Flow Cytometry

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmi M. Kumaratilake ◽  
Antonio Ferrante
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Fluorescein Isothiocyanate ◽  
Human Neutrophils ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Flow Cytometric ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
Macrophage Colony

ABSTRACT A flow cytometric phagocytosis assay was established to investigate the role of anti-merozoite antibody, complement, and cytokines on the phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites by human neutrophils. This assay involved allowing fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled merozoites to interact with phagocytes and analysis of the cells on a FACScan with Lysis II software. To differentiate the proportion of neutrophil surface-bound merozoites from the merozoites ingested by neutrophils, the fluorescence of bound merozoites was quenched by adding trypan blue. The data showed that sera from malaria-immune individuals in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea promoted merozoite engulfment by neutrophils. The cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha, gamma interferon, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and interleukin-1β significantly increased the amount and the rate of merozoite phagocytosis by neutrophils. Optimum merozoite phagocytosis occurred when both cytokines and anti-malarial antibody were present.

scholarly journals Inducible production of interleukin-6 by human polymorphonuclear neutrophils: role of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 2049-2052 ◽  
Author(s):  
NA Cicco ◽  
A Lindemann ◽  
J Content ◽  
P Vandenbussche ◽  
M Lubbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interleukin 6 ◽  
Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils ◽  
Tnf Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Gm Csf ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Stimulating Factor ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Abstract The recent demonstration of the ability of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) to secrete various cytokines in response to the granulocyte activator granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) but not to other cytokines, has led to the identification of PMN as biosynthetically active cells. In this study we have investigated the ability of PMN to secrete interleukin-6 (IL-6), a molecule known to be involved in inflammatory reactions. Using RNA blotting analysis and bioassays, we show that PMN could be induced to synthesize transcripts specific for IL-6, indistinguishable in size from IL-6 mRNA produced by activated human macrophages. Consequently, PMN released IL-6-like activity into their culture supernatants that could be neutralized by monospecific anti-IL-6 antibody. Interleukin-6 secretion by PMN, however, required previous stimulation with GM-CSF or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), whereas other cytokines, including interleukin-3 (IL-3), granulocyte-CSF (G-CSF), macrophage-CSF (M-CSF), interferon gamma (IFN-gamma), and lymphotoxin (LT), failed to induce IL-6 mRNA accumulation and protein secretion by PMN. Similar to GM-CSF and TNF-alpha, other compounds, including the inhibitor of protein synthesis cyclohexemide (CHX), endotoxin (Escherichia coli- derived lipopolysaccharide), and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) (but not the chemoattractant N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine [FMLP]), induced detectable levels of IL-6 transcripts in PMN.

scholarly journals Efficient presentation of soluble antigen by cultured human dendritic cells is maintained by granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor plus interleukin 4 and downregulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha.

1994 ◽  
Vol 179 (4) ◽  
pp. 1109-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Sallusto ◽  
A Lanzavecchia
Keyword(s):  
Mhc Class I ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Interleukin 4 ◽  
Tnf Alpha ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Stimulating Factor ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Using granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin 4 we have established dendritic cell (DC) lines from blood mononuclear cells that maintain the antigen capturing and processing capacity characteristic of immature dendritic cells in vivo. These cells have typical dendritic morphology, express high levels of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II molecules, CD1, Fc gamma RII, CD40, B7, CD44, and ICAM-1, and lack CD14. Cultured DCs are highly stimulatory in mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR) and are also capable of triggering cord blood naive T cells. Most strikingly, these DCs are as efficient as antigen-specific B cells in presenting tetanus toxoid (TT) to specific T cell clones. Their efficiency of antigen presentation can be further enhanced by specific antibodies via FcR-mediated antigen uptake. Incubation of these cultured DCs with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) or soluble CD40 ligand (CD40L) for 24 h results in an increased surface expression of MHC class I and class II molecules, B7, and ICAM-1 and in the appearance of the CD44 exon 9 splice variant (CD44-v9); by contrast, Fc gamma RII is markedly and sometimes completely downregulated. The functional consequences of the short contact with TNF-alpha are in increased T cell stimulatory capacity in MLR, but a 10-fold decrease in presentation of soluble TT and a 100-fold decrease in presentation of TT-immunoglobulin G complexes.

scholarly journals Monoclonal antibody against the common beta subunit (beta c) of the human interleukin-3 (IL-3), IL-5, and granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor receptors shows upregulation of beta c by IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
pp. 2215-2220
Author(s):  
Y Watanabe ◽  
T Kitamura ◽  
K Hayashida ◽  
A Miyajima
Keyword(s):  
Proliferative Response ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Gm Csf ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
The Common ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Stimulating Factor ◽  
Necrosis Factor

High-affinity receptors for human granulocyte macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin-3 (IL-3), and IL-5 are composed of two distinct subunits, alpha and beta. Each receptor has its own ligand-specific alpha subunit, and the three receptors share the common beta subunit, beta c. Using a transfectant of NIH3T3 cells expressing the high-affinity human GM-CSF receptor, monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) against beta c were generated. These MoAbs specifically bound to cells bearing beta c and immunoprecipitated the beta c protein of 120 Kd. Using these MoAbs, expression of beta c was examined. It is known that IL-1 augments the proliferative response of a human factor-dependent hematopoietic cell line TF-1 to either GM-CSF, IL-3, or IL-5, and that it upregulates the high-affinity receptors for GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-5. Antibody binding and immunoprecipitation demonstrated that IL-1 increased cell surface expression of beta c. This enhancement by IL-1 was accompanied by an increased level of beta c mRNA. In addition, we found that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- alpha) also increased the expression of beta c, although it did not augment the proliferative response of TF-1 to GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-5.

scholarly journals Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes derived from select B-cell lymphomas secrete granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in response to autologous tumor stimulation

Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 1204-1211 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Schwartzentruber ◽  
M Stetler-Stevenson ◽  
SA Rosenberg ◽  
SL Topalian
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes ◽  
Autologous Tumor ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Infiltrating Lymphocytes ◽  
Stimulating Factor ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Abstract Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) were cultured from 17 B-cell lymphoma specimens derived from patients with predominantly low-grade malignancies. Specimens included 15 lymph-node biopsies, 1 malignant pleural effusion, and PBL from 1 patient with circulating lymphoma cells. The phenotypic and proliferative characteristics of TIL cultured in interleukin-2 (IL-2) were studied, as well as cytolysis and cytokine secretion in response to autologous tumor. Flow cytometry of fresh tumor suspensions showed that 50% of cells (median) were malignant B cells and 36% were infiltrating T lymphocytes. After culture for approximately 1 month, TIL were 75% +/- 8% CD3+ (mean +/- SEM), 47% +/- 8% CD4+ and 35% +/- 7% CD8+. TIL proliferation was modest in most cases: the median maximum expansion was 32-fold in 25 days. Lysis of autologous tumor in 4-hour 51Cr release assays was mediated by 2 of 12 TIL studied, but was nonspecific. However, these same two TIL, when cocultured with various tumor stimulators, preferentially secreted tumor necrosis factor-alpha and granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor after autologous tumor stimulation; unstimulated TIL secreted undetectable or barely detectable levels of these cytokines. In one TIL culture, cytokines were secreted by purified CD4+ TIL but not by CD8+ cells, and secretion was completely abrogated by the anti- major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antibody IVA12. Thus, although specific cytokine secretion by lymphoma TIL in response to autologous tumor was observed, it occurred in fewer than 20% of patients studied.

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