Stimulation of Nitric Oxide Production in Macrophages by Babesia bovis
AUTOR(ES)
Stich, Roger W.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Gamma interferon (IFN-γ)-activated macrophages are believed to play a key role in resistance to Babesia bovis through parasite suppression by macrophage secretory products. However, relatively little is known about interactions between this intraerythrocytic parasite and the macrophages of its bovine host. In this study, we examined the in vitro effect of intact and fractionated B. bovis merozoites on bovine macrophage nitric oxide (NO) production. In the presence of IFN-γ, B. bovis merozoites stimulated NO production, as indicated by the presence of increased l-arginine-dependent nitrite (NO2−) levels in culture supernatants of macrophages isolated from several cattle. The merozoite crude membrane (CM) fraction stimulated greater production of NO, in a dose-dependent manner, than did the merozoite homogenate or the soluble, cytosolic high-speed supernatant fraction. Stimulation of NO production by CM was enhanced by as little as 1 U of IFN-γ per ml of culture medium. Upregulation of inducible NO synthase mRNA in bovine macrophages by either B. bovis-parasitized erythrocytes and IFN-γ or CM was also observed. B. bovis-specific T-helper lymphocyte culture supernatants, all of which contained IFN-γ, were also found to induce l-arginine-dependent NO2− production. Supernatants that induced the highest levels of NO also contained biologically active TNF. These results show that B. bovis merozoites and antigen-stimulated B. bovis-immune T cells can induce the production of NO, a molecule implicated in both protection and pathologic changes associated with hemoprotozoan parasite infections.
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