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Infection and Immunity, October 2005, p. 7051-7055, Vol. 73, No. 10
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.10.7051-7055.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Streptomycin-Dependent Exhibition of Cytokine-Inducing Activity in Streptomycin-Dependent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain 18b

Yutaka Fukasawa,1,3 Ikuo Kawamura,1 Ryosuke Uchiyama,1 Kazuhiro Yamamoto,1 Taijin Kaku,1 Takanari Tominaga,1 Takamasa Nomura,1 Satoshi Ichiyama,2 Takayuki Ezaki,3 and Masao Mitsuyama1*

Department of Microbiology,1 Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto,2 Department of Microbiology, Regeneration and Advanced Medical Science, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan3

Received 24 February 2005/ Returned for modification 12 April 2005/ Accepted 13 June 2005

Peritoneal exudate cells of mice were stimulated with a streptomycin-dependent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain, 18b. Gamma interferon production by natural killer cells depending on interleukin-12 and interleukin-18 was induced only in the presence of a high dose of streptomycin. This study suggested the requirement of active bacterial metabolism for this host response.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Phone: 81-75-753-4448. Fax: 81-75-753-4446. E-mail: mituyama{at}mb.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp.

Editor: J. L. Flynn


Infection and Immunity, October 2005, p. 7051-7055, Vol. 73, No. 10
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.10.7051-7055.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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