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. 1994 Dec;83(4):611–616.

Differential effects of chlorination of bacteria on their capacity to generate NO, TNF-alpha and IL-6 in macrophages.

J Marcinkiewicz 1, B Czajkowska 1, A Grabowska 1, A Kasprowicz 1, B Kociszewska 1
PMCID: PMC1415071  PMID: 7875741

Abstract

Activated rodent macrophages produce high amounts of nitric oxide (NO). NO as a tumoricidal and defence molecule against intracellular parasites is commonly accepted. However, its role as an obligatory killing factor for extracellular bacteria is controversial. In the present study we stimulated murine peritoneal macrophages by heat-killed bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis and Escherichia coli). In some groups bacteria were pretreated with HOCl, to replace the chlorinating system in activated neutrophils that operates as a bactericidal system in vivo. High levels of NO, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were detected after stimulation by all non-chlorinated bacteria strains tested. However, after chlorination Gram-positive bacteria lost their ability to induce NO and TNF-alpha, whereas phagocytosis and IL-6 production were not affected by chlorination.

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