title: [The influence of antibiotics on phagocytic and bacteriocidal activity of rabbit peritoneal macrophages stimulated by filtrates of cultured t-lymphocytes].
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the influence of twelve antibacterial antibiotics (various concentrations) on the activation of rabbit peritoneal macrophages. Macrophages were stimulated by filtrates of culture of lymphocytes T obtained from OVA immunized rabbits. Phagocytic activity and intracellular killing against Listeria monocytogenes were tested by fluorescence method. Penicillin G (0.4-50 mg/l), erythromycin and lincomycin (2.5-40 mg/l) used at all concentrations, were not exerting significant effects on activation of peritoneal macrophages. Cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, and rifampicin at low concentrations (0.4-5.0 mg/l) had no influence on phagocytosis and intracellular killing, also. Cephalosporins at concentration 10 mg/l (cephradine and cefamandole) and 50 mg/l (cefotaxime) inhibited intracellular killing and phagocytic activity. The same results were observed with ampicillin and ticarcillin (50 mg/l). The highest suppression effect was demonstrated using rifampicin at concentration 10 mg/l or more. Gentamicin, streptomycin and amicacin at concentrations 40 mg/l or more significantly inhibited macrophage activation in response to filtrates lymphocytes of culture. These inhibitions were more marked with gentamicin (10 mg/l) than amicacin (20 mg/l) or streptomycin (40 mg/l). All antibiotics did not stimulated the activity of peritoneal macrophages. The suppression activity of peritoneal macrophages by some antibiotics probably acts at the level of specific immune system by interfering with cytokine production.
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: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents