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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 183, 期 2, 页码 1301-1312出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803567
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- Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung and Technologie (Germany) [NIES05T22, 01KI0784, NGFN-2 FKZ 01GS0402]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [La 1262/3-1]
- National Institutes of Health [A1062921]
Elevated IL-10 has been implicated in reactivation tuberculosis (TB). Since macrophages rather than T cells were reported to be the major source of IL-10 in TB, we analyzed the consequences of a macrophage-specific overexpression of IL-10 in transgenic mice (macIL-10-transgenic) after aerosol infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). MacIL-10 transgenic mice were more susceptible to chronic Mtb infection than nontransgenic littermates, exhibiting higher bacterial loads in the lung after 12 wk of infection and dying significantly earlier than controls. The differentiation, recruitment, and activation of Th1 cells as well as the induction of IFN-gamma-dependent effector genes against Mtb were not affected by macrophage-derived IL-10. However, microarray analysis of pulmonary gene expression revealed patterns characteristic of alternative macrophage activation that were overrepresented in Mtb-infected macIL-10 transgenic mice. Importantly, arginase-1 gene expression and activity were strikingly enhanced in transgenic mice accompanied by a reduced production of reactive nitrogen intermediates. Moreover, IL-10-dependent arginase-1 induction diminished antimycobacterial effector mechanisms in macrophages. Taken together, macrophage-derived IL-10 triggers aspects of alternative macrophage activation and promotes Mtb recrudescence independent of overt effects on anti-TB T cell immunity. The Journal of Immunology, 2009, 183: 1301-1312.
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