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. 1988 Dec;56(12):3145–3151. doi: 10.1128/iai.56.12.3145-3151.1988

Response of the murine hematopoietic system to chronic infection with Mycobacterium lepraemurium.

M Resnick 1, E Fibach 1, M Lebastard 1, L Levy 1, H Bercovier 1
PMCID: PMC259715  PMID: 3053453

Abstract

Mycobacterium lepraemurium infection of mice produces a chronic lethal disease that is characterized by massive accumulation of macrophages throughout the mononuclear-phagocyte system. We studied the influence of M. lepraemurium infection on the composition and function of the hematopoietic system. Medullary erythropoiesis was virtually abolished, as reflected by a small number of erythroid elements and a decrease in the number and frequency of erythroid progenitors in the bone marrow, together with reduced uptake of 59Fe into bone marrow hemin. On the other hand, erythropoiesis was observed in the spleen, as demonstrated by a large number of erythroid cells, a sixfold increase of 59Fe uptake, and a pronounced increase in the number of erythroid progenitors. A considerable increase of monocyte progenitors was observed in the spleen, and a more modest increase was observed in the bone marrow. This increase may be accounted for, at least in part, by greatly increased levels of macrophage-colony-stimulating factor in the serum of infected mice. Thus, M. lepraemurium infection produces important changes in the hematopoietic system, during the course of which the spleen becomes the major hematopoietic organ.

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