title: Synthesis of tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interferons by mononuclear cells from Theileria annulata-infected cattle.
abstract: Bovine macrophage-derived tumour necrosis factor-alpha/cachectin (TNF-alpha) was synthesized when peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and purified adherent PBMC from naive and Theileria annulata-infected cattle were incubated in vitro with concanavalin A (Con-A) or bovine recombinant interferon gamma (Bo rIFN-gamma). TNF-alpha production was also induced when adherent PBMC were cultured with T. annulata macroschizont-infected cells. In contrast, non-adherent PBMC from sublethally infected cattle produced interferon (IFN) when incubated with Hu rIL-2, Con-A, phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) or T. annulata macroschizont-infected cells growing as cell lines in vitro. Whilst PBMC from lethally infected cattle spontaneously produced IFN-gamma during advanced stages of infection, the sera of such animals contained type 1 IFN (alpha/beta). IFN was also produced by T. annulata macroschizont-infected cell lines maintained in vitro. This work suggests that cytokines serve as crucial links between proliferating Theileira-infected cells and the characteristic clinical symptoms of tropical theileriosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Preston
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Entrican
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007372:Interferons / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016796:Theileria annulata / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000276:immunology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003208:Concanavalin A; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D007372:Interferons