INDUCTION OF TRYPTOPHAN CATABOLISM IS THE MECHANISM FOR GAMMA-INTERFERON-MEDIATED INHIBITION OF INTRACELLULAR CHLAMYDIA-PSITTACI REPLICATION IN T24 CELLS
INDUCTION OF TRYPTOPHAN CATABOLISM IS THE MECHANISM FOR GAMMA-INTERFERON-MEDIATED INHIBITION OF INTRACELLULAR CHLAMYDIA-PSITTACI REPLICATION IN T24 CELLS
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.53.2.347-351.1986
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发表时间:
1986-08-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
LANDRY, GJ
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作者:
BYRNE, GI;LEHMANN, LK;LANDRY, GJ
Human uroepithelial (T24) cells were incubated for 24 h in the presence of various concentrations of human recombinant gamma interferon (Hu-rIFN-.gamma.) and then infected with the 6BC strain of Chlamydia psittaci. This resulted in a reduction of intracellular chlamydial inclusion development in proportion into the concentration of Hu-rIFN-.gamma. present when Giemsa-stained cells were examined by light microscopy 24 h after infection. When tryptophan was added to Hu-rIFN-.gamma.-treated cells just after infection, reversal of the Hu-rIFN-.gamma.-mediated inhibition occurred in proportion to the concentration of tryptophan added. Addition of either isoleucine or lysine did not result in reversal of the antichlamydial state. Transport of L-[3H]tryptophan into acid-soluble intracellular pools was found to be greatly enhanced in Hu-rIFN-.gamma.-treated T24 cells compared with the rate measured for untreated cells. Transport of [3H]leucine was not increased in treated cells. Cells treated with Hu-rIFN-.gamma. also degraded L-[3H]tryptophan to catabolites that cochromatographed with N-formylkynurenine and kynurenine as measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. We conclude that Hu-rIFN-.gamma.-mediated inhibition of intracellular C. psittaci replication in T24 cells occurs by depletion of the essential amino acid tryptophan, most likely via the induction of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase, the initial enzyme of tryptophan catabolism.