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. 1997 Jul;91(3):444–449. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00272.x

Changes in swine macrophage phenotype after infection with African swine fever virus: cytokine production and responsiveness to interferon-gamma and lipopolysaccharide.

J T Whittall 1, R M Parkhouse 1
PMCID: PMC1364015  PMID: 9301535

Abstract

Cytokines produced by cells of the immune system, including macrophages, can influence inflammatory responses to viral infection. This has been exploited by viruses, which have developed strategies to direct the immune response towards ineffective responses. African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a double-stranded DNA virus that infects macrophages of domestic swine. In this study, primary cells of monocyte macrophage lineage were obtained from the lungs, peritoneum or blood of domestic swine and, after infection with ASFV, supernatants were tested for cytokines using biological assays. The cytokine transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) was detected after infection of macrophage preparations, but tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) were not detected. ASFV-infected and uninfected macrophage populations were also tested to assess their ability to respond to cytokines by enhancing production of superoxide in the respiratory burst mechanism. Responses to interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were suppressed in macrophage populations infected with virus, even at low multiplicities of infection. Addition of TGF-beta to uninfected macrophages resulted in a similar suppression of response, but antibody to TGF-beta did not prevent suppression induced by virus. These results are discussed in relation to the pathology of African swine fever.

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