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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 129, 期 3, 页码 420-428出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01898.x
关键词
cereulide; NK cell; IL-15; IL-18
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The lipophilic toxin, cereulide, emitted by emetic food poisoning causing strains of Bacillus cereus , is a powerful mitochondria toxin. It is highly lipophilic and rapidly absorbed from the gut into the bloodstream. We tested how this toxin influences natural killer (NK) cells, which are important effectors in defence against infections and malignancy. Cereulide inhibited cytotoxicity and cytokine production of natural killer cells, caused swelling of natural killer cell mitochondria, and eventually induced natural killer cell apoptosis. The suppressive effect on cytotoxicity was fast and toxic concentration low, 20-30 mug/l. As the emesis causing concentration of cereulide is around 10 mug/kg of total body mass, our results suggest that emesis causing or even lower doses of cereulide may also have a systemic natural killer cell suppressive effect.
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