Activation of macrophages by products of lymphocytes from normal and syphilitic rabbits.
AUTOR(ES)
Lukehart, S A
RESUMO
The production of soluble macrophage-activating factors by lymphocytes from syphilitic and normal rabbits was examined. Culture supernatants of splenic lymphocytes cultured with Treponema pallidum antigens or concanavalin A were incubated with rabbit peritoneal macrophages in vitro. The macrophage monolayers were then washed and infected with log-phase Listeria monocytogenes. Activation of the macrophages by lymphocyte products was measured by the ability of the macrophages to resist intracellular multiplication of Listeria and thus survive infection. Macrophages incubated with supernatants of unstimulated lymphocytes or T. pallidum-stimulated lymphocytes from normal rabbits were unable to resist intracellular multiplication of Listeria. Specifically stimulated lymphocytes from syphilitic rabbits and mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes from both normal and syphilitic rabbits demonstrated a clear ability to produce soluble factors which conferred upon macrophages the ability to limit the intracellular growth of the bacteria. Antigen or mitogen alone was unable to activate the macrophages; the presence of lymphocyte products was required.
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