Production of cytotoxic factor by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in patients with dengue haemorrhagic fever

Clinical and Experimental Immunology
R AgarwalA Mathur

Abstract

A unique cytokine, human cytotoxic factor (hCF), has been shown to occur in the sera of patients with dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF). The present study was undertaken to investigate the ability of fresh PBMC of such patients to produce hCF. The PBMC were cultured for 24 h and the culture supernatants (CS) were analysed for the presence of hCF by cytotoxicity assay, competitive ELISA and dot blot tests. In 90% of 246 cases CS were positive for hCF by the three tests. CS were positive for hCF in PBMC collected from days 1-20 of illness but not at later periods. Higher cytotoxic activity was observed in CS of days 1-4 of illness and was highest in cases of DHF grade IV and lowest in cases of DF. Dot blot hybridization of RNA extracted from the PBMC of the patients showed the presence of mRNA for hCF in 94% of cases. A similar number of patients showed the presence of hCF in situ in the PBMC smears by fluorescent antibody technique. hCF was found only in CD4+ T cells. The findings thus present direct evidence of the production of hCF by CD4 T cells of cases of DF/DHF.

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