L-arginine-dependent killing of intracellular Ehrlichia risticii by macrophages treated with gamma interferon.

AUTOR(ES)

Park, J

RESUMO

Thioglycolate-induced murine peritoneal macrophages infected with Ehrlichia risticii and treated in vitro with gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) developed antiehrlichial activity that eliminated the intracellular bacteria. This antiehrlichial activity was suppressed by NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, a competitive inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis from L-arginine, but not by L-tryptophan. Increased levels of nitrite, an oxidative product of nitric oxide, were measured in cultures of infected macrophages treated with IFN-gamma. Sodium nitroprusside, which spontaneously releases nitric oxide, also showed the antiehrlichial activity. The antiehrlichial activity by reactive nitrogen intermediates was not mediated by elevation of the cellular concentration of cyclic GMP since the addition of 8-bromo-cyclic GMP itself had no influence on ehrlichial infection of macrophages. Addition of the intracellular iron chelator deferoxamine also inhibited E. risticii infection in vitro. These results suggest that intracellular E. risticii survival is iron dependent and that production of reactive nitrogen intermediates triggers iron loss from critical target enzymes of E. risticii, leading to lethal metabolic inhibition. However, addition of excess FeSO4, ferric citrate, or iron-saturated transferrin did not counteract the antiehrlichial effect induced by IFN-gamma.

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