Affiliation:
1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) is the major inducer of classical activation of macrophages. Classically activated mouse macrophages acquire antimicrobial activity that is largely dependent on the production of reactive nitrogen intermediates. However, protection against important intracellular pathogens can take place in the absence of IFN-γ and nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2). Using
Toxoplasma gondii
as a model, we investigated if CD40 signaling generates mouse macrophages with effector function against an intracellular pathogen despite the absence of priming with IFN-γ and lack of production of reactive nitrogen intermediates. CD40-stimulated macrophages acquired anti-
T. gondii
activity that was not inhibited by a neutralizing anti-IFN-γ monoclonal antibody but was ablated by the neutralization of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). Moreover, while the induction of anti-
T. gondii
activity in response to CD40 stimulation was unimpaired in macrophages from IFN-γ
−/−
mice, macrophages from TNF receptor 1/2
−/−
mice failed to respond to CD40 engagement. In contrast to IFN-γ-lipopolysaccharide, CD40 stimulation did not induce NOS2 expression and did not trigger production of reactive nitrogen intermediates. Neither
N
G
-monomethyl-
l
-arginine nor diphenyleneiodonium chloride affected the induction of anti-
T. gondii
activity in response to CD40. Finally, macrophages from NOS2
−/−
mice acquired anti-
T. gondii
activity in response to CD40 stimulation that was similar to that of macrophages from wild-type mice. These results demonstrate that CD40 induces the antimicrobial activity of macrophages against an intracellular pathogen despite the lack of two central features of classically activated macrophages: priming with IFN-γ and production of reactive nitrogen intermediates.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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