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The Production of Nitric Oxide and Tumor Necrosis Factor by Murine Macrophages Infected with Mycobacterial Strains Differing by Hemolytic Activity
Author(s) -
Rudnicka Wiesława,
Brzychcy Marzena,
Klink Magdalena,
Lopez Arley Gomez,
Fonteyne Pierre Alain,
RüschGerdes Sabine,
Rózalska Barbara
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02451.x
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , biology , tumor necrosis factor alpha , virulence , nitric oxide , macrophage , secretion , virulence factor , in vitro , bacilli , immunology , virology , bacteria , biochemistry , gene , genetics , endocrinology
In this study, we compared the secretion of nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF‐α) by murine macrophages infected in vitro with hemolytic or unhemolytic mycobacteria isolates. We observed that unhemolytic mycobacteria induced more intensive NO production by macrophages and were more susceptible to bactericidal effect of mononuclear phagocytes than hemolytic mycobacterial strains. In contrast, the high‐virulence hemolytic isolates induced significantly stronger TNF‐α production by infected macrophages than the low‐virulence unhemolytic bacilli.