期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
卷 193, 期 3, 页码 271-280出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.3.271
关键词
alpha beta; CD8; CD4; interferon gamma; nitric oxide synthase
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL64565] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI37844] Funding Source: Medline
Wild-type (WT) and targeted-mutant mice incapable of making alpha beta T cells, gamma delta T cells, class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC), class II MHC, interferon (IFN)-gamma, or inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2), were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) by aerosol, and monitored over time for their ability to (a) control infection, (b) develop histopathology at sites of infection, and (c) survive. WT mice acquired the ability to control and to hold infection at a stationary level from day 20 on. This was associated with the development of a macrophage-dominated alveolitis at sites of infection, with increased synthesis of IFN-gamma and NOS2 mRNA. and with an median survival time (MST) of 258.5 d. In the absence of alpha beta T cells, Mtb grew progressively and rapidly to induce a necrotic, neutrophil-dominated lung pathology that killed mice with an MST of 48 d. In the absence of CD4-mediated immunity (class II-/- mice), progressive bacterial growth continued in the lungs and in other organs beyond day 20, resulting in an MST of 77 d. By contrast, in the absence of CD8 T cell-mediated immunity, lung infection was controlled at a 1 log higher stationary level that induced a similar histopathologic response to that of WT mice, and resulted in an MST of 232 d.
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