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Differential expression of gamma interferon mRNA induced by attenuated and virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis in guinea pig cells after Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination.


ABSTRACT: To determine whether Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination would alter gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) mRNA expression in guinea pig cells exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we cloned a cDNA encoding guinea pig IFN-gamma from a spleen cell cDNA library. The cDNA is composed of 1,110 bp, with an open reading frame encoding a 166-amino-acid protein which shows 56 and 41% amino acid sequence homology to human and mouse IFN-gamma, respectively. Spleen or lymph node cells from naïve and BCG-vaccinated guinea pigs were stimulated with purified protein derivative (PPD) or M. tuberculosis H37Ra or H37Rv, and the total RNA was subjected to Northern blot analysis with a (32)P-labeled probe derived from the cDNA clone. Compared to the IFN-gamma mRNA expression in cells of naïve animals, that in spleen and lymph node cells exposed to various stimuli was enhanced after BCG vaccination. However, there was a significant reduction in IFN-gamma mRNA levels when cells were stimulated with a multiplicity of infection of greater than 1 virulent M. tuberculosis bacterium per 10 cells. The enhanced IFN-gamma mRNA response in BCG-vaccinated animals was associated with an increase in the proportions of CD4(+) T cells in the spleens, as determined by fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis. Furthermore, the nonadherent population in the spleens enriched either by panning with anti-guinea pig immunoglobulin G-coated plates or by purification on nylon wool columns produced more IFN-gamma mRNA than whole spleen cells following stimulation with concanavalin A or PPD. This indicates that T cells are principally responsible for the upregulation of IFN-gamma mRNA expression following BCG vaccination. The mechanism by which virulent mycobacteria suppress IFN-gamma mRNA accumulation is currently under investigation.

SUBMITTER: Jeevan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC143318 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential expression of gamma interferon mRNA induced by attenuated and virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis in guinea pig cells after Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination.

Jeevan Amminikutty A   Yoshimura Teizo T   Lee Kyeong Eun KE   McMurray David N DN  

Infection and immunity 20030101 1


To determine whether Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination would alter gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) mRNA expression in guinea pig cells exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we cloned a cDNA encoding guinea pig IFN-gamma from a spleen cell cDNA library. The cDNA is composed of 1,110 bp, with an open reading frame encoding a 166-amino-acid protein which shows 56 and 41% amino acid sequence homology to human and mouse IFN-gamma, respectively. Spleen or lymph node cells from naïve and BCG-vaccinated  ...[more]

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