title: Spleen cell cytokine secretion in Mycobacterium bovis BCG-infected mice.
abstract: Three susceptible mouse strains, i.e., BALB/c (H-2d), C57BL/6 (H-2b), and major histocompatibility complex-congenic BALB.B10 (H-2b), were infected intravenously with 4 x 10(6) CFU of live Mycobacterium bovis BCG and analyzed 4 weeks later for in vitro spleen cell cytokine secretion in response to purified protein derivative (PPD), BCG culture filtrate (CF), BCG cellular extract, total BCG, the purified extracellular 30-32-kDa antigen (the fibronectin-binding antigen 85), or the intracellular 65-kDa heat shock protein. C57BL/6 and BALB.B10 mice produced 5- to 10-fold more gamma interferon and interleukin-2 (IL-2) when stimulated with CF, PPD, and antigen 85 than BALB/c mice did. When stimulated with BCG extract and whole BCG, gamma interferon and IL-2 levels were generally lower and comparable in the three strains. IL-4 was detected in spleen cell culture supernatants from infected BALB/c mice but not from C57BL/6 or BALB.B10 mice. IL-5 could not be detected. C57BL/6 and BALB.B10 spleen cells also produced more tumor necrosis factor alpha and IL-6 after stimulation with PPD and CF than BALB/c cells did. Finally, BCG vaccination generated efficient protective immunity in C57BL/6 and BALB.B10 mice but not in BALB/c mice. These data suggest that secreted mycobacterial CF antigens selectively induce a strong TH1 response in BCG-infected C57BL/6 and BALB.B10 mice, whereas in BALB/c mice this response is partly counterbalanced by TH2 cells.
authors.affiliation: Instituut Pasteur van Brabant, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huygen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abramowicz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandenbussche
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Bruyn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kentos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drowart
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Van Vooren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000276:immunology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D016207:Cytokines; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015848:Interleukin-5; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014373:Tuberculin; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D018833:Chaperonins