Independent Protective Effects for Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin Alpha in the Host Response to
Listeria monocytogenes
Infection
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Published:2005-08
Issue:8
Volume:73
Page:4787-4792
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ISSN:0019-9567
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Container-title:Infection and Immunity
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Infect Immun
Author:
Roach D. R.1, Briscoe H.2, Saunders B. M.12, Britton W. J.12
Affiliation:
1. Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Locked Bag No. 6, Newtown, NSW, 2042 Australia 2. Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006 Australia
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Although the essential role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in resistance to
Listeria monocytogenes
infection is well established, the roles of the related cytokines lymphotoxin alpha (LTα) and lymphotoxin beta (LTβ) are unknown. Using C57BL/6 mice in which the genes for these cytokines were disrupted, we examined the contributions of TNF, LTα, and LTβ in the host response to
Listeria
. To overcome the lack of peripheral lymph nodes in LTα
−/−
and LTβ
−/−
mice, bone marrow chimeras were constructed. TNF
−/−
and LTα
−/−
chimeras that lacked both secreted LTα
3
and membrane-bound LTα
1
β
2
and LTα
2
β
1
were highly susceptible and succumbed 4.5 and 6 days, respectively, after a low-dose infection (200 CFU). LTβ
−/−
chimeras, which lacked only membrane-bound LT, controlled the infection in a manner comparable to wild-type (WT) chimeras. The
Listeria
-specific proliferative and gamma interferon T-cell responses were equivalent in all five groups of infected mice (LTα
−/−
and LTβ
−/−
chimeras, WT chimeras, and TNF
−/−
and WT mice). TNF
−/−
mice and LTα
−/−
chimeras, however, failed to generate the discrete foci of lymphocytes and macrophages that are essential for bacterial elimination. Rather, aberrant necrotic lesions comprised predominantly of neutrophils with relatively few lymphocytes and macrophages were observed in the livers and spleens of TNF
−/−
and LTα
−/−
chimeras. Therefore, in addition to TNF, soluble LTα
3
plays a separate essential role in control of listerial infection through control of leukocyte accumulation and organization in infected organs.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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