title: Induction of IFN-gamma in macrophages by lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: In this paper we report that macrophages can be stimulated to express detectable levels of IFN-gamma-specific mRNA. Macrophages from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-responsive, C3H/OuJ mice are induced by LPS to increase steady-state levels of IFN-gamma-specific mRNA, while those from LPS-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ mice are not. This interstrain variation is apparently the result of LPS-specific signal differences since macrophages derived from both Lpsn and Lpsd mouse strains are able to produce comparable levels of IFN-gamma-specific mRNA following stimulation with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid. The identity of the cell type responsible for this IFN-gamma message appears to be the macrophage as IFN-gamma-specific mRNA was also detectable following T and natural killer cell depletion, in the LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cell line, and in a homogeneous population of mature macrophages propagated in vitro by stimulation of bone marrow progenitors with recombinant colony stimulating factor-1. Immunofluorescent staining of fixed and permeabilized LPS-stimulated macrophages confirmed the presence of immunoreactive IFN-gamma protein. The possible significance of IFN-gamma production by macrophages is discussed in the context of normal macrophage differentiation as well as the inflammatory immune response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fultz
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Dieffenbach
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007371:Interferon-gamma