Mycoplasma fermentans-derived high-molecular-weight material induces interleukin-6 release in cultures of murine macrophages and human monocytes.
AUTOR(ES)
Quentmeier, H
RESUMO
A Mycoplasma fermentans-derived high-molecular-weight material (MDHM) is described which causes differentiation of concanavalin A-stimulated CBA/J or C57BL/6 mouse thymocytes to cytolytic effector T cells (CTLs). The effect of MDHM was inhibited by addition of monoclonal anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) antibody. It could also be abolished after removal of adherent cells. However, adherent cell-depleted thymocytes could still form CTLs after addition of IL-6. The action of MDHM could thus be explained by the capacity of MDHM to stimulate IL-6 release from adherent cells. MDHM was active on macrophages from CBA/J and C3H/HeJ endotoxin nonresponder mice and was also capable of stimulating IL-6 release from human monocytes. On gel chromatography, MDHM had an apparent molecular size of 1.5 x 10(6) daltons. Treatment with RNase and DNase had no effect on either size or biological activity. Proteinase K did not abolish activity but reduced the apparent molecular size of MDHM. MDHM production by M. fermentans required either coculture with eucaryotic cell lines in RPMI 1640 medium with fetal calf serum or addition of eucaryotic cell sonic extracts to this medium. The biological activity of MDHM is not identical to that of a mitogen for murine spleen cells derived from M. arthritidis; MDHM caused only slight proliferation in this system compared with the mitogen from M. arthritidis, and the latter did not elicit IL-6 release from macrophages. The results are discussed in relation to mycoplasmas as putative etiological agents for rheumatoid arthritis, since high IL-6 titers were reported for synovial fluid from patients with this disease.
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