title: Malaria toxins: effects on murine spleen and bone marrow cell proliferation and cytokine production in vitro.
abstract: The ability of deproteinated malaria exoantigens from Plasmodium falciparum (Pf-MT) and P. berghei ANKA (PbA-MT) to activate murine haematopoietic cells was analysed in vitro. Malaria toxins (MT) of both plasmodium species induced cell proliferation and the production of IFN-gamma in overnight and long-term (5 days) spleen and bone marrow cultures and a reduction of the number of TNF-alpha spot forming cells (SFC). When added to cells of malaria-experienced animals, MT decreased the number of IL-4 SPC and increased the number of IL-5 SPC. However, the same proliferative and IFN-gamma induction properties as in naive cells were observed. Simultaneous addition of IL-2 and PbA-MT to spleen cells inhibited the proliferation but increased the IFN-gamma production usually induced by IL-2. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that the addition of MT triggered an expansion of CD3+ and GR1+ cell populations. Our results suggest that malaria toxins of different species can induce an immediate and strong proliferation and a TH1-type cytokine release by murine cells, independently of previous in vivo priming.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bordmann
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Favre
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rudin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000032:analysis; D007378:Interleukins / Q000032:analysis; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D010962:Plasmodium berghei / Q000276:immunology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007378:Interleukins; D014118:Toxins, Biological; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma