The effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the susceptibility of human cells to the stimulatory and toxic effects of tumour necrosis factor.
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- Vol. 77 (4) , 505-9
Abstract
It has previously been shown that the inherently tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-sensitive L929 murine fibroblast cell line becomes much more sensitive to the cytotoxic effect of this cytokine after exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture. In this study it is now shown that normal human cells of types likely to be involved in tuberculous lesions are affected in a similar way. Growth of normal human fibroblasts is usually stimulated by TNF-alpha in vitro, but after exposure to M. tuberculosis or to extracts of this organism, these cells are killed rather than stimulated by subsequent exposure to TNF-alpha. Similarly, human endothelial cells become susceptible to doses to TNF-alpha which do not normally affect viability. Moreover this enhancement of sensitivity to TNF-alpha is not confined to its toxicity. Endothelial cells and HeLa cells exposed to M. tuberculosis express increased levels of ICAM-1 after subsequent exposure to TNF-alpha, implying synergy between the two stimuli. It is suggested that these effects contribute to the ability of M. tuberculosis to distort the normal protective role of TNF-alpha so that the cytokine becomes detrimental to the host.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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