Immunological behavior after mycobacterial infection in selected lines of mice with high or low antibody responses.
AUTOR(ES)
Lagrange, P H
RESUMO
Resistance and susceptibility to mycobacterial infection in the Biozzi high and low lines of mice which were genetically selected for their responses to heterologous erythrocytes have been found to be related to the innate ability of nonimmune macrophages to kill or inhibit the growth of the organisms during the first two weeks after infection and to their ability to mount specific and nonspecific immune responses. High antibody-producer mice were more capable of expressing cell-mediated immune parameters than low antibody-producer mice. A direct relationship was observed between the ability of bacteria (BCG vaccine) to multiply inside the reticuloendothelial system and the development of cell-mediated immunity, as measured by the delayed local reaction at the injection site, the lymphoproliferative response in the draining nodes, the tuberculin delayed-type hypersensitivity, the acquired resistance, and the adjuvant effect after BCG inoculation. In high line mice, apart from the inability of their macrophages to inhibit the early growth of bacteria, their lymphocytes in spleen and thymus were more capable of being stimulated in vitro by varying concentrations of living BCG. The data presented in this report are compatible with the hypothesis that a group of genes segregated in each line during the selective breeding controls the innate microbicidal activity.
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