title: Recombinant interleukin-2 significantly increases the survival of mice with peritonitis, but not acute Staphylococcus aureus peritoneal infection.
abstract: The effect of recombinant interleukin 2 (rIL-2) on survival of mice with peritonitis and acute Staphylococcus aureus strain 5/2 infection was studied. rIL-2 was ineffective in the case of acute infection when administered simultaneously with LD95 dose of bacteria. The antibiotics (gentamycin or a combination of penicillin and streptomycin) administered in the same fashion cured 100% of animals. rIL-2 proved to be a potent healing agent in the two of three models of S aureus peritonitis. In this case animals received bacteria at days 0 and 2, 4, or 6. rIL-2 was injected at day 0 (group 1), days 0 and 2 (group 2), and days 0, 2, and 4 (group 3). Treatment with rIL-2 was ineffective in group 1; however, in groups 2 and 3 rIL-2 increased the survival up to 90% (in comparison with 30% in the untreated animals of group 2 and 64% in group 3). On the contrary, administration of antibiotics instead of rIL-2 in the group 3 decreased survival to 25%. The perspectives of rIL-2 use in the treatment of bacterial peritonitis, including purous ones, and the cases complicated by immunodepression, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Immunology, All-Union Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Shadrin
authors.forename: O Y
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Dronova
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Bykovskaya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins; D007376:Interleukin-2; D010406:Penicillins; D013307:Streptomycin