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. 1995 Feb;69(2):1288–1291. doi: 10.1128/jvi.69.2.1288-1291.1995

Induction of cytokines in mice with parainfluenza pneumonia.

X Y Mo 1, S R Sarawar 1, P C Doherty 1
PMCID: PMC188706  PMID: 7815508

Abstract

The possible involvement of cytokines in the acute viral pneumonia induced by the murine parainfluenza type 1 virus, Sendai virus, was studied. Cytokine profiles for both the respiratory tract and the draining mediastinal lymph node (MLN) of virus-infected C57BL/6J mice were quantified by using the single-cell cytokine (ELISPOT) assay with freshly isolated cell populations and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for lung lavage fluids and culture supernatants. Maximal levels of interleukin 2 (IL-2), gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor, IL-6, and IL-10 were detected at the inflammatory site 7 to 10 days after infection, about the time that virus is cleared from the lung. The frequencies of cells producing IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor were much higher for the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell population than for the MLN cell population. Cytokine production after in vitro restimulation of MLN cells was dominated by IL-2 and IFN-gamma, with low levels of IL-10 and IL-6 also being present. Most of the cytokine was produced by the CD4+ cells, although the CD8+ subset was also involved. No IL-4 was found in the BAL fluid or in culture supernatants from restimulated BAL or MLN cells, although a high frequency of IL-4-producing cells was demonstrated in the BAL population by ELISPOT analysis.

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