title: Intracellular macrophage growth rates and cytokine profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with different transmission dynamics.
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains associated with IS6110 restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern clusters and strains demonstrating unique IS6110 RFLP patterns were investigated in interferon- gamma -activated THP-1 cells by measurement of binding, intracellular growth rate, and cytokine production. Binding was the same for all strains; however, strains from clusters grew significantly more rapidly than did unique strains. Maximal concentration of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha was detected at 2 days after infection, with unique strains eliciting significantly greater amounts than did strains from clusters. Interleukin (IL)-10 levels peaked at 1 day after infection with strains from clusters, whereas they peaked at 5 days after infection with unique strains. Rapid growth demonstrated by strains from clusters was highly correlated with rapid production of IL-10 and suppression of TNF-alpha in THP-1 cells during the early stages of infection. Characterization of this phenotype will further advance the investigation of virulence factors in M. tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
authors.forename: Sue A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Theus
authors.forename: M Donald
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cave
authors.forename: Kathleen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Eisenach
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10