β-chemokines are produced in lungs of mice with mycoplasma respiratory disease

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Abstract

The recruitment of mononuclear cells in lungs is a key event in the pathogenesis of mycoplasma respiratory disease, but the cascade of events responsible is unknown. Studies were conducted to determine whether β- chemokines, which are chemotactic for lymphocytes and macrophages, are produced in murine mycoplasma respiratory disease. Our results show that mRNA expression of the macrophage chemoattractant factor (MCP-1) and macrophage inflammatory peptides (MIP-1α and MIP-1β), but not RANTES, increases in Mycoplasma pulmonis-infected mice. Also, MCP-1 concentrations were much higher in lung extracts from mycoplasma-infected mice than in uninfected mice. As β-chemokines are chemotactic for lymphocytes and macrophages, these results suggest that MCP-1, MIP-1α, and/or MIP-1β, but not RANTES, contribute to mononuclear cell infiltration associated with murine mycoplasma respiratory disease. Thus, the activation of cells to produce β-chemokines is associated with mycoplasma infection, and the β-chemokines, along with other factors and cytokines, are most likely involved in the cascade of events leading to mycoplasma inflammatory disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)163-167
Number of pages5
JournalCurrent Microbiology
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Aug 1999

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