Effects of crude antigenic fractions of Leishmania major on natural killer cell cytotoxicity, interferon-gamma and interleukin-4 secretion from peripheric blood lymphocytes of unexposed individuals

Turhan A., Mirshahidi S., Piskin A., Citak B., Imir T.

IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS, vol.55, no.2, pp.115-118, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0165-2478(96)02691-0
  • Journal Name: IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.115-118
  • Keywords: Leishmania major, natural killer cells, cytotoxicity, interferon-gamma, interleukin-4, ACTIVATION, DONOVANI, INVIVO, RESISTANCE, INVITRO, PROTEIN, MICE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The crude antigenic fraction (CAF) isolated from Leishmania major was fractionated into three subfractions by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel (SDS-PAGE). The effects of CAF and its subfractions on NK cell cytotoxicity is investigated by chromium release assay. These subfractions designated as fractions 1, 2 and 3 correspond to 97.4-66 kD, 66-45 kD and 29 kD and below respectively. Although both CAF and its subfractions have inhibited the cytotoxicity of natural killer (NK) cells, the effects of fractions 2 and 3 were more pronounced. The effect of the fractions on the Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and Interleukin-4 (IL-4) secretion by peripheric blood lymphocytes was also analyzed. It was found that CAF and fraction 1 induce IFN-gamma secretion while on the other hand IL-4 secretion was mostly suppressed by fraction 2. Therefore, further research is being executed which focuses on the effects of CAF, fractions 1 and 2 on macrophage effector functions. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.