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. 1984 Aug;45(2):372–377. doi: 10.1128/iai.45.2.372-377.1984

Flow microfluorometry analysis of alterations in T-lymphocyte subsets during murine listeriosis.

S R Watson, T J Redington, T B Miller, W E Bullock
PMCID: PMC263232  PMID: 6611310

Abstract

C57BL/6 mice were infected intravenously with 6 X 10(3) Listeria monocytogenes organisms. As early as day 3 of infection, there was a marked reduction in the number of lymphocytes recovered from the peripheral blood, bone marrow, and thymuses of infected animals. Concomitantly, there was an increase in the number of splenic lymphocytes. By day 14, both the total and differential cell counts were similar in both infected and normal animals. Flow microfluorometric studies comparing the Thy-1.2, Lyt-1, Lyt-2, and surface immunoglobulin (SIg) phenotypes of lymphocytes from normal and infected mice were performed. Between days 3 and 5, there was a decrease in the percentage of Thy-1.2+ cells in the spleens of L. monocytogenes-infected animals. Conversely, the percentages of Lyt-1+, Lyt-2+, and SIg+ cells remained constant. At day 7 of infection, the percentage of Thy-1.2+ splenocytes was within normal limits, and at day 10, the percentage of Thy-1.2+ cells was elevated slightly. The absolute numbers of Thy-1.2+ cells were comparable in both infected and normal animals at early stages (days 3 to 5) of L. monocytogenes infection, but there was a marked elevation of Thy-1.2+ splenocytes at days 7 to 14 of infection. Lyt-1+, Lyt-2+, and SIg+ splenocytes increased in absolute numbers as early as day 3 of infection and were still elevated at day 14. Adrenalectomy before infection had no effect on the results obtained, suggesting that these changes were not mediated by endogenous steroids.

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