TABLE 2.
Quantitation of chemokine, cytokine, and mycobacterial RNA expression in granulomatous lesions of cynomolgus macaques experimentally infected with M. tuberculosis
Lesions | Disease severity | Animal | No. of granulomas | Granuloma size (μm2)a | No. of myco- bacterial rRNA collectionsb | No. of IFN-γ mRNA+ cellsc | No. of TNF-α mRNA+ cellsc | CXCL9/ Mig ISH signal (%)d | CXCL10/ IP-10 ISH signal (%)d | CXCL11/ I-TAC ISH signal (%)d |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solid | Minimal or moderate | M15000 | 12 | 184,882 | 0.9 | 38.2 | 31.2 | 23.54 | 35.89 | 8.47 |
M15100 | 6 | 157,386 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 9.54 | 6.83 | 1.56 | ||
Avg | 175,717 | 0.8 | 27.0 | 21.1 | 18.29 | 17.58 | 6.17 | |||
Advanced | M7200 | 4 | 189,597 | 2.0 | 46.0 | NAe | 26.96 | 19.37 | 31.07 | |
M11201 | 12 | 135,894 | NA | 2.8 | 3.1 | 55.68 | 43.10 | 6.82 | ||
M11301 | 9 | 131,056 | 1.4 | 39.4 | 11.2 | 49.53 | 42.59 | 27.11 | ||
M15300 | 56 | 337,018 | 3.9 | 20.6 | 14.1 | 57.15 | 28.37 | 15.87 | ||
Avg | 277,057 | 3.5 | 23.1 | 11.6 | 55.02 | 32.08 | 17.15 | |||
Allf | 258,631 | 2.8 | 24.1 | 14.0 | 48.03 | 29.15 | 14.48 | |||
(0-156) | (0-130) | (1.33-84.22) | (0.16-90.53) | (0.08-75.44) | ||||||
Caseous | Minimal or moderate | M7100 | 2 | 1,122,068 | NA | 114.0 | 42.0 | 40.23 | 23.48 | 10.01 |
M15000 | 1 | 996,507 | 0.0 | 47.0 | NA | 30.60 | 22.60 | 0.26 | ||
M15100 | 1 | 1,020,000 | NA | 20.0 | 10.0 | 16.86 | 8.17 | 1.99 | ||
Avg | 1,065,161 | 0.0 | 60.3 | 26.0 | 29.23 | 18.09 | 5.57 | |||
Advanced | M7200 | 3 | 875,262 | 4.3 | 92.3 | NA | 32.61 | 27.14 | 22.95 | |
M11201 | 12 | 591,442 | NA | 39.6 | 13.0 | 60.11 | 41.27 | 12.88 | ||
M11301 | 6 | 634,611 | 246.0 | 112.8 | 28.8 | 51.93 | 44.15 | 22.16 | ||
M15300 | 177 | 678,735 | 4.1 | 49.1 | 28.0 | 51.32 | 32.75 | 11.52 | ||
Avg | 675,010 | 45.17 | 51.8 | 26.9 | 51.58 | 33.53 | 12.00 | |||
Allf | 682,892 | 45.0 | 51.9 | 26.9 | 51.19 | 33.25 | 11.83 | |||
(1-238) | (2-135) | (14.14-99.38) | (0.35-74.44) | (0.26-40.16) |
Average surface area of granulomas per 14-μm section.
Average number of mycobacterial 16S rRNA focal collections per 14-μm section of granuloma.
Average number of mRNA+ cells per 14-μm section of granuloma.
Average percentage of cellular surface area comprised of autoradiographic silver grains.
NA, not available.
Average (range) for all lesions in each group.