TY - JOUR
T1 - Turnover of Tritiated-Thymidine-labeled Mononuclear Cells in Tuberculous Lesions of Rabbits
T2 - A Comparison of Primary Dermal BCG Lesions and Those of Reinfection
AU - Ando, Masayuki
AU - Dannenberg, Arthur M.
AU - Courtade, Elpiniki
AU - Shima, Kiyoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by Grant No. AI 08876 from the United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States Public Health Service, and by Grant No. HE 14153 from the National Heart and Lung Institute, United States Public Health Service, for the Johns Hopkins Specialized Center on Lung. 2
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Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1976/3
Y1 - 1976/3
N2 - Rabbits were infected or rein-fected intradermally in multiple sites with BCG. One day before the BCG infection they were injected iv with a single pulse of tritiated thymidine (3HT). At various times thereafter, the BCG lesions were biopsied and evaluated for 3HT-labeled mononuclear cells (MN), which are mostly macrophages but include some lymphocytes. Periodically Old Tuberculin (OT) was injected intradermally, creating MN traps, which were biopsied and evaluated 1 day after their onset. These traps monitor the population of 3HT-labeled MN in the blood stream that readily enters sites of inflammation. During the first 5 days after the 3HT pulse, a higher percentage of labeled MN accumulated in tuberculin traps on rabbits reinfected with BCG than in traps on rabbits with primary infection. The high percentage of labeled MN in the former was probably due to the more intense inflammation caused by preexisting tuberculin hypersensi-tivity. By 8 days after the 3HT pulse, a lower percentage of labeled MN had accumulated in BCG lesions of reinfection than in primary BCG lesions. Evidently the presence of delayed hypersensitivity increased the turnover of MN in tuberculous lesions. By 15 days after the 3HT pulse, the percentage of 3HT-labeled MN was much higher in BCG lesions than in 1-day traps, suggesting that such MN had accumulated in the lesions over a period of several days.
AB - Rabbits were infected or rein-fected intradermally in multiple sites with BCG. One day before the BCG infection they were injected iv with a single pulse of tritiated thymidine (3HT). At various times thereafter, the BCG lesions were biopsied and evaluated for 3HT-labeled mononuclear cells (MN), which are mostly macrophages but include some lymphocytes. Periodically Old Tuberculin (OT) was injected intradermally, creating MN traps, which were biopsied and evaluated 1 day after their onset. These traps monitor the population of 3HT-labeled MN in the blood stream that readily enters sites of inflammation. During the first 5 days after the 3HT pulse, a higher percentage of labeled MN accumulated in tuberculin traps on rabbits reinfected with BCG than in traps on rabbits with primary infection. The high percentage of labeled MN in the former was probably due to the more intense inflammation caused by preexisting tuberculin hypersensi-tivity. By 8 days after the 3HT pulse, a lower percentage of labeled MN had accumulated in BCG lesions of reinfection than in primary BCG lesions. Evidently the presence of delayed hypersensitivity increased the turnover of MN in tuberculous lesions. By 15 days after the 3HT pulse, the percentage of 3HT-labeled MN was much higher in BCG lesions than in 1-day traps, suggesting that such MN had accumulated in the lesions over a period of several days.
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U2 - 10.3181/00379727-151-39242
DO - 10.3181/00379727-151-39242
M3 - Article
C2 - 768991
AN - SCOPUS:0017283194
SN - 0037-9727
VL - 151
SP - 491
EP - 494
JO - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N. Y.)
JF - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N. Y.)
IS - 3
ER -