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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 1 286-288, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Recombinant tumor necrosis factor enhances macrophage destruction of Trypanosoma cruzi in the presence of bacterial endotoxin

JJ Wirth and F Kierszenbaum
Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.

We examined in this work whether rTNF inhibits the capacity of Trypanosoma cruzi to multiply within murine macrophages or enhances the ability of the phagocytic host cells to destroy internalized parasites. We found that rTNF would not alter the fate of the trypanosomes within macrophages over a 48-h incubation period unless the latter cells were also treated with 1 ng/ml bacterial endotoxin (LPS). Treatment of macrophages with rTNF plus LPS, but not separate treatment with either rTNF or LPS, resulted in a significant decrease in the number of organisms per 100 macrophages with respect to values obtained with mock- treated macrophages. In addition, there was a significant reduction in the proportion of infected macrophages over the 48-h incubation period, indicating parasite clearance by the host cells. The combined effects of rTNF and LPS were seen when macrophages from CBA/J were used but not with LPS-insensitive macrophages from C3H/HeJ mice. Increased trypanosome killing by CBA/J macrophages treated with rTNF plus LPS was not seen when catalase was present in the culture medium, indicating a role for hydrogen peroxide in the cytotoxic effect. These results show that rTNF can affect the fate of T. cruzi within macrophages if LPS is present and point to destruction of internalized organisms rather than inhibition of parasite multiplication as the most likely explanation.


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