Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
Abstract
In vivo neutralization of interleukin-10 (IL-10) with an anti-IL-10 monoclonal antibody resulted in up to 10-fold fewer bacteria in the spleens of BALB/c mice infected with the virulent Brucella abortus strain 2308. In vitro neutralization of endogenous IL-10 in brucella antigen-stimulated cultures of splenocytes from infected mice resulted in increased gamma interferon production in these cultures, whereas exogenous recombinant IL-10 inhibited the ability of peptone-elicited peritoneal macrophages to control intracellular brucellae. These data suggest that IL-10 may be downregulating the immune response to B. abortus by affecting both macrophage effector function and the production of the protective Th1 cytokine gamma interferon.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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