The Journal of Immunology, Vol 138, Issue 10 3167-3173, Copyright © 1987 by American Association of Immunologists

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Induction of macrophage Ia expression by lipopolysaccharide and Listeria monocytogenes in congenitally athymic nude mice

PA Wentworth and HK Ziegler

Experiments were performed to analyze the mechanism by which lipopolysaccharide (LPS) modulates the expression of Ia by murine peritoneal macrophages in vivo. We investigated the effect of LPS on Ia expression in T cell deficient mice by using the congenitally athymic nude mouse model. Injection (i.p) of LPS into athymic (nu/nu) mice resulted in a dramatic increase in the expression and biosynthesis of Ia by peritoneal macrophages 7 days after injection. The magnitude and kinetics of this induction were equivalent to increases observed after LPS injection of euthymic (nu/+) mice. Viable Listeria monocytogenes also increased Ia expression in athymic mice, but in contrast to the induction observed in euthymic mice at 3 and 7 days after injection, increased Ia expression was not seen until 7 days. Ia induction by either LPS or L. monocytogenes in athymic mice was not due to the presence or development of mature T cell function as defined by assays for T cell mitogenesis and interleukin 2 production. We conclude that increased macrophage Ia expression by LPS and L. monocytogenes in vivo can occur in the absence of mature functioning T cells.

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