Effect of serum from mice immunized with group A streptococcus antigens on the efficiency of in vitro cloning of stromal precursor cells

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2008 Dec;146(6):756-8. doi: 10.1007/s10517-009-0380-y.
[Article in English, Russian]

Abstract

The efficiency of cloning of stromal precursor cell in mouse bone marrow culture increases significantly (2-3-fold) in the presence of serum from mice immunized with type 5 group A streptococcus antigens (5-20 microl serum/ml culture medium) in comparison with intact animal serum. The levels of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma are significantly reduced (2.7 times and more than 6-fold, respectively) in the sera of immunized mice in comparison with normal serum. Serum levels of IL-2, -4, -5, -10, and -12 were about the same in both groups; no granulocyte-macrophage CSF was detected. These data attest to appreciable effect of immunization with streptococcal antigens on the bone marrow stromal tissue; this effect is presumably mediated through serum cytokines.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Bone Marrow Cells / cytology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Clone Cells
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / metabolism
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Interferon-gamma / metabolism
  • Interleukin-10 / metabolism
  • Interleukin-12 / metabolism
  • Interleukin-2 / metabolism
  • Interleukin-4 / metabolism
  • Interleukin-5 / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred CBA
  • Serum / immunology*
  • Serum / metabolism*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / immunology*
  • Stromal Cells / cytology*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Interleukin-2
  • Interleukin-5
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Interleukin-10
  • Interleukin-12
  • Interleukin-4
  • Interferon-gamma
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor