Gamma interferon reverses inhibition of leukocyte bactericidal activity by a 25-kilodalton fraction from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

AUTOR(ES)

Wadee, A A

RESUMO

In this study we examined the effects of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell extracts on the phagocytic activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and cultured peripheral blood monocytes. M. tuberculosis cell extracts were fractionated on Sephacryl S-200 columns, and a 25-kilodalton glycolipoprotein was shown to inhibit the intracellular killing ability of these leukocytes but had no effect on their phagocytic potential. This same fraction inhibited fusion of phagosomes with lysosomes, as assessed by noting the transfer of acridine orange from lysosomes to phagosomes. This fraction was shown to have a maximal inhibitory effect when it was in the form of an intact carbohydrate-lipid-protein complex. Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), but not IFN-alpha, reversed the inhibitory effect of the mycobacterial component on bactericidal activity and on fusion of phagosomes and lysosomes. Thus, this 25-kilodalton fraction of M. tuberculosis cell extract may be important in protecting organisms against phagocytic degradation, an effect which can be reversed by IFN-gamma.

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