title: Differential production of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor by macrophages from mice susceptible and resistant to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis.
abstract: The present results demonstrate that macrophages from mice susceptible to infection with Leishmania mexicana amazonensis sustain a higher production of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) throughout the in vitro infection than macrophages from a resistant strain. Resident macrophages from BALB/c and C57B1/10 mice were infected with promastigotes of L. mexicana amazonensis and the amount of biologically active GM-CSF was measured in the supernatants collected at different times of infection. Measurements were made by bone marrow and GM-CSF/interleukin-3 addicted cell proliferation. Because GM-CSF is a disease-exacerbating cytokine, its differential production by infected macrophages may be one of the mechanisms defining resistance or susceptibility to a leishmanial infection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barcinski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007894:Leishmania mexicana / Q000276:immunology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL
chemical_list: D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor