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Infection and Immunity, December 1999, p. 6257-6263, Vol. 67, No. 12
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Induction and Regulation of Th1-Inducing Cytokines by Bacterial DNA, Lipopolysaccharide, and Heat-Inactivated Bacteria

L.-Y. Huang,1 A. M. Krieg,2 N. Eller,1 and D. E. Scott1,*

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892,1 and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 522422

Received 30 March 1999/Returned for modification 17 July 1999/Accepted 7 September 1999

Th1 immune responses, characterized by production of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma ), are associated with protective immunity to viruses and intracellular bacteria. Heat-killed Brucella abortus promotes secretion of Th1-inducing cytokines such as interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IFN-gamma and has been used as a carrier to induce Th1 responses to vaccines. To explore which bacterial constituents could mediate this response and how it is regulated, murine spleen cells were cultured with B. abortus derived DNA, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), or whole killed organisms. Each constituent induced similar, substantial amounts of IL-10. However, only B. abortus and B. abortus DNA induced high levels of IFN-gamma and IL-12. B. abortus and B. abortus DNA-stimulated IL-12 production was maximal by 6 to 18 h, while IL-10 production steadily accumulated over this time period. These kinetics suggested that IL-10 may eventually downmodulate the Th1-like cytokine response to B. abortus and B. abortus DNA, which was confirmed by using neutralizing antibody. In the absence of IL-10, B. abortus LPS induced strong IFN-gamma responses, but IL-12 p70 levels were still undetectable from BALB/c spleen cells. LPS induced IL-12 if the spleen cells were primed with IFN-gamma and IL-10 was neutralized, indicating that LPS can stimulate IL-12 production under the most favorable conditions. Responses to Escherichia coli LPS and DNA mirrored the responses to B. abortus components, suggesting that immune effects observed with these constituents may be generalizable to many microbial species. In vivo experiments demonstrated the same hierarchy of responses for IL-12 production. These findings support the likelihood that microbial components, if used as carriers or adjuvants, can differ substantially in their ability to effect a Th1 response.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Bldg. 29, Rm. 232, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. Phone: (301) 827-3016. Fax: (301) 402-2780. E-mail: scottd{at}cber.fda.gov.

Infection and Immunity, December 1999, p. 6257-6263, Vol. 67, No. 12
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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