title: Interaction of interleukin-6, tumour necrosis factor and interleukin-1 during Listeria infection.
abstract: Injected recombinant interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and IL-1 all protect mice against experimental infection with Listeria monocytogenes. We have therefore investigated the interaction of these cytokines during infection. Treatment with recombinant (r)IL-6 enhanced TNF production by spleen cells during the first 2 days of infection. Anti-TNF antibody could totally abolish the protective effect of rIL-6, while the optimal protective function of TNF could not be achieved when IL-6 was neutralized by anti-IL-6 antibody. IL-1 induced a high level of IL-6 in the serum a short time after its administration, and neutralization of IL-6 totally abolished the protective function of rIL-1. The results thus provide further evidence for the complexity of cytokine interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000276:immunology; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha