Effector mechanisms responsible for gamma interferon-mediated host resistance to Legionella pneumophila lung infection: the role of endogenous nitric oxide differs in susceptible and resistant murine hosts.

Infection and Immunity
L HeathJ Brieland

Abstract

To facilitate identification of the effector mechanism(s) responsible for gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-mediated host resistance to Legionella pneumophila, a murine model of legionellosis in BALB/c mice with a targeted disruption in the IFN-gamma gene (gamma knockout [GKO] mice) was developed. Immunocompetent BALB/c mice and GKO mice were inoculated intratracheally with virulent L. pneumophila (10(6) bacteria per mouse), and bacterial clearance and the pulmonary inflammatory response were assessed. L. pneumophila did not replicate in, and was rapidly cleared from, the lungs of immunocompetent BALB/c mice, demonstrating that immunocompetent BALB/c mice are resistant to replicative L. pneumophila pulmonary infections. In contrast, similarly infected GKO mice developed persistent, replicative intrapulmonary L. pneumophila infections with extrapulmonary dissemination of the bacteria to the spleen. Histopathologic and flow cytometric analysis of L. pneumophila-infected lung tissue demonstrated that while immunocompetent BALB/c mice develop multifocal pneumonitis which resolves, similarly infected GKO mice develop diffuse pneumonitis with persistent neutrophil recruitment into the lung. Intratracheal administration of exogenous IFN-ga...Continue Reading

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