title: [The effect of selected antibacterial antibiotics on production of interferon gamma (IFN-G) by mouse T lymphocytes stimulated by Listeria monocytogenes].
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the influence of certain antibiotics on the production of IFN-gamma by mouse lymphocytes T after four days incubation with Listeria monocytogenes. The level of mouse IFN-gamma was determined by ELISA method (Inter Test-gamma Mouse IFN-gamma Kit, Genzyme). The strongest immunosuppression effect was demonstrated using rifampicin (39 ng/ml IFN-gamma) (Control: 123 +/- 29 ng/ml IFN-gamma, p < 0.05). Lower immunosuppression effects were observed also with cephradine (54 ng/ml IFN-gamma), amikacin (56 ng/ml IFN-gamma) and ticarcillin (83 ng/ml). The obtained results show that all tested cephalosporins (cephamandole, cefotaxime, cephradine) and aminogllycosides (gentamicin, streptomycin, amicacin) inhibit production of IFN-gamma by mouse lymphocytes T. The influence of penicillin G and ampicillin, as well as, erythromycin and lincomycin on the production IFN-gamma was not observed. Our results suggest that rifampicin, ticarcillin, cephalosporins and aminoglycosides act as inhibitors of production IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Mikrobiologii Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Sacha
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Zaremba
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jakoniuk
mesh_terms: D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002515:Cephradine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D010406:Penicillins; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D000583:Amikacin; D002515:Cephradine; D013982:Ticarcillin; D012293:Rifampin