title: IL-10 and IL-12 production in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis total lipid antigens in multidrug resistant tuberculosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipid antigens take part in pathogenicity of the bacterium but the response of monocytes/macrophages to these antigens in tuberculosis is not well known.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of current investigation was to study the M. tuberculosis lipid antigens in tuberculosis pathogenesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the present study M. tuberculosis lipid antigens were extracted. Monocytes and macrophages from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), TB patients, asymptomatic healthy individuals with positive tuberculin skin test positive and healthy individuals with negative tuberculin skin test were collected using magnetic cell sorting. The cells were stimulated by M. tuberculosis total lipid antigens and IL-12 and IL-10 in their supernatants were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The IL-12 production by monocytes in response to M. tuberculosis total sonicate antigens in the MDR-TB patients did not show a considerable difference with the PPD positive healthy subjects, whereas in the active TB patients, IL-12 levels significantly decreased (p<0.05). IL-10 production by monocytes in TB patients in response to total lipid antigens showed a significant increase in comparison to MDR-TB patients and healthy individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the MDR-TB patients, IL-10 and IL-12 production by monocytes in response to M. tuberculosis lipid antigens are similar to the healthy subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Shaheed Sadughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. alishams@ssu.ac.ir
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shams Shahemabadi
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zavaran Hosseini
authors.forename: Shapour
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaghasempour
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Masjedi
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rayani
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shams
authors.forename: Nasrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Esphandyari
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pouramiri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; C508609:IL10 protein, human; D008055:Lipids; D016753:Interleukin-10; D018664:Interleukin-12