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Interferon-gamma- and lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha is required for nitric oxide production: tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide are independently involved in the killing of Mycobacterium microti in interferon-gamma- and lipopolysaccharide-treated J774A.1 cells.

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Title Interferon-gamma- and lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha is required for nitric oxide production: tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide are independently involved in the killing of Mycobacterium microti in interferon-gamma- and lipopolysaccharide-treated J774A.1 cells.
 
Creator Majumdar, S
Gupta, R
Dogra, N
 
Subject QR Microbiology
 
Description A comparative study was done using J774A.1 and J774A.1-derived transfected cells (J774A.1 C.1) containing antisense tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) plasmid to determine the role of endogenous TNF-alpha on nitric oxide production as well as on the growth of Mycobacterium microti in interferon gamma (IFN-gamma)- and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated cells. On stimulation with IFN-gamma and LPS a higher level of NO was observed in J774A.1 cells compared to J774A.1 C.1 which indicated that endogenous TNF-alpha is required for the production of NO. Comparing the effect of IFN-gamma and LPS on the intracellular growth of M. microti, the growth-reducing activity was higher in J774A.1 cells than in J774A.1 C.1 cells and was not completely abrogated in the presence of the nitric oxide inhibitor NG-methyl-L-arginine (L-NMA). J774A.1 C.1 cells infected with M. microti produced a significant amount of NO when exogenous TNF-alpha was added along with IFN-gamma and LPS and the concentration of intracellular bacteria decreased almost to that in IFN-gamma and LPS treated parental J774A.1 cells. Addition of exogenous TNF-alpha even in the presence of L-NMA in J774A.1 C.1 cells could also partially restore intracellular growth inhibition of M. microti caused by IFN-gamma and LPS. TNF-alpha is probably required for the production of NO in J774A.1 cells by IFN-gamma and LPS but TNF-alpha and NO are independently involved in the killing of intracellular M. microti with IFN-gamma and LPS.
 
Publisher Springer Science
 
Date 2000
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/297/1/majumdar2000.pdf
Majumdar, S and Gupta, R and Dogra, N (2000) Interferon-gamma- and lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha is required for nitric oxide production: tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide are independently involved in the killing of Mycobacterium microti in interferon-gamma- and lipopolysaccharide-treated J774A.1 cells. Folia microbiologica, 45 (5). pp. 457-63. ISSN 0015-5632
 
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