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6208278

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
Leishmania are obligate intracellular protozoa in mammalian hosts. They infect and replicate within macrophages. Antileishmanial host defense is largely cell mediated. We conducted studies in vitro to investigate the ability of lymphocytes to activate macrophages for antileishmanial effects. Draining lymph node lymphocytes from C57BL/6 mice with cutaneous Leishmania tropica major infection were co-cultured in suspension with syngeneic, starch-elicited peritoneal macrophages infected in vitro with homologous parasites. In the presence of these effector lymphocytes, parasite replication was inhibited, and in some cases intracellular parasites were destroyed. In contrast, control lymphocytes from complete Freund's adjuvant-treated or Listeria-infected mice exerted no antileishmanial effects. Antileishmanial effects were greatest when Leishmania-sensitized lymphocytes were in direct contact with parasitized macrophages. Effector lymphocytes did not cause detectable damage to infected macrophages. Lymphocytes that induced the most profound antileishmanial effects in vitro were those obtained from mice entering a phase of spontaneous clinical resolution of their infections. We conclude that macrophages can be activated for microbicidal effects by direct contact with appropriately sensitized lymphocytes. This antigen-specific, contact-mediated lymphocyte effector mechanism may be important in host defense against certain intracellular microorganisms such as Leishmania.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3358-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Cell contact-mediated macrophage activation for antileishmanial defense. I. Lymphocyte effector mechanism that is contact dependent and noncytotoxic.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't