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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Superantigens stimulate T-lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production, but the effects of superantigen exposure on cell function within a complex, highly regulated immune response remain to be determined. In this study, we demonstrate that superantigen exposure significantly alters the murine host response to bacterial antigens in an in vitro coculture system. Two days after exposure to the superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B, splenocytes cultured with Streptococcus mutans produced significantly greater amounts of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-12 than did sham-injected controls. The majority of IFN-gamma production appeared to be CD8(+) T-cell derived since depletion of this cell type dramatically reduced the levels of IFN-gamma. To study host cell damage that may occur following superantigen exposure, we analyzed cytotoxicity to "bystander" fibroblast cells cultured with splenocytes in the presence of bacterial antigens. Prior host exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin B significantly enhanced fibroblast cytotoxicity in the presence of bacteria. Neutralization of IFN-gamma decreased the amount of cytotoxicity observed. However, a greater reduction was evident when splenocyte-bacterium cocultures were separated from the bystander cell monolayer via a permeable membrane support. Increased cytotoxicity appears to be primarily dependent upon cell-cell contact. Collectively, these data indicate that overproduction of inflammatory cytokines may alter the activity of cytotoxic immune cells. Superantigen exposure exacerbates cytokine production and lytic cell activity when immune cells encounter bacteria in vitro and comparable activities could possibly occur in vivo.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5082-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Antigens, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Bacteriolysis, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Enterotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Staphylococcus aureus, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Streptococcus mutans, pubmed-meshheading:9784507-Superantigens
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B primes cytokine secretion and lytic activity in response to native bacterial antigens.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article