title: Effect of outer membrane proteins (OMP) of Shigella on interleukin 2 (IL-2) production by spleen cells of mice.
abstract: The kinetics of interleukin (IL-2) release from mouse spleen cells incubated with different doses of outer membrane proteins (OMP) from Shigella was investigated. OMP induced very low activity of IL-2 after 2 and 4 h, and only a slightly higher level of the cytokine was detected after 6 h. However, IL-2 activity increased markedly after 20 and 24 h of incubation, and doses of 5 and 10 micrograms of OMP were found to be the most effective. Spleen cells cultured with OMP for 48 h contained reduced concentration of IL-2.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2