title: Increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha- and interleukin-6-secreting cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from subjects infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: We detected and quantified tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) from monocytes/macrophages (M phi) in the peripheral blood of subjects from three different population groups, i.e., tuberculin-negative healthy subjects, tuberculin-positive healthy subjects, and patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. TNF-alpha or IL-6 activity in the culture supernatant of these cells was determined by the cytotoxicity of murine L-929 cells or by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. Detection and enumeration of cells secreting either TNF-alpha or IL-6 were performed by an adaptation of the enzyme-linked immunospot assay. Monocytes/M phi from tuberculin-positive healthy subjects or patients with tuberculosis showed higher TNF-alpha- and IL-6-producing activities than those from tuberculin-negative healthy subjects. The number of TNF-alpha- and IL-6-secreting cells in either lipopolysaccharide- or muramyl dipeptide-stimulated mononuclear cells from tuberculin-positive healthy subjects and patients was significantly higher than that in cells from the tuberculin-negative healthy subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Microbiology, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002452:Cell Count; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000097:blood*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha