title: Measurement of respiratory burst of TNF and IL-1 cytokine activated murine peritoneal macrophages challenged with Toxoplasma gondii.
abstract: In vitro activation of murine peritoneal macrophages by TNF and IL-I cytokines resulted in significant elevation of respiratory burst (toxic oxygen metabolites) in comparison to inactivated cells when challenged with Toxoplasma gondii. These oxygen metabolites have been known to have microbicidal activity and so, they may be the direct cause of intracellular killing of T. gondii tachyzoites. The level of these oxygen metabolites was measured by chemiluminescence index. A possible biotherapeutic role for TNF and IL-1, through this mechanism, was also emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hammouda
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rashwan
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hussien
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abo el-Naga
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fathy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology*; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha