Differential expression of nerve growth factor in Leishmania major murine cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-91

  Ahmed, Ahmed Abdelaziz ^a   Nordlind, Klas ^a   Söderström, Stine ^b   Lidén, Sture ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ELISA; Leishmania major; Mice; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INBRED STRAIN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031955246     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598433377     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Heinzel FP, Sadick MD, Holaday BJ, Coffman RL, Locksley RM. Reciprocal expression of interferon gamma or interleukin 4 during the resolution or progression of murine leishmaniasis. Evidence for expansion of distinct helper T-cell subsets. J Exp Med 1989; 169: 59-72.
2. Howard JG, Hale C, Liew FY. Immunological regulation of experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis. III. Nature and significance of specific suppression of cell-mediated immunity in mice highly susceptible to Leishmania tropica. J Exp Med 1980; 152: 594-607.
3. Reiner SL, Locksley RM. The regulation of immunity to Leishmania major. Ann Rev Immunol 1995; 13: 151-177.
4. Kubba R, Elhassan AM, Al-Gindan Y, Omer AHS, Bushra M, Kutty MK. Peripheral nerve involvement in cutaneous leishmaniasis (Old World). Int J Dermatol 1987; 26: 527-531.
5. Satti MB, Elhassan AM, Al-Gindan Y, Osman MA, Al-Sohaibani MO. Peripheral nerve involvement in cutaneous leishmaniasis. A pathological study of human and experimental animal lesions. Int J Dermatol 1989; 28: 243-247.
6. Kannan Y, Stead RH, Goldsmith CH, Bienenstock J. Lymphoid tissues induce NGF-dependent and NGF-independent neurite outgrowth from rat superior cervical ganglia explants in culture. J Neurosci Res 1994; 37: 374-383.
7. Kannan Y, Bienenstock J, Ohta M, Stanisz AM, Stead RH. Nerve growth factor and cytokines mediate lymphoid tissue-induced neurite outgrowth from mouse superior cervical ganglia in vitro. J Immunol 1996; 156: 313-320.
8. Levi-Montalcini R. The nerve growth factor 35 years later. Science 1987; 237: 1154-1162.
9. Mallat M, Houlgatte R, Brachet P, Prochiantz A. Lipopolysaccharide-stimulated rat brain macrophages release NGF in vitro. Devel Biol 1989; 133: 309-311.
10. Kannan Y, Ushio H, Koyama H, Okada M, Oikawa M, Yoshihara T, et al. 2.5S nerve growth factor enhances survival, phagocytosis and superoxide production of murine neutrophils. Blood 1991; 77: 1320-1325.
11. Bischoff SC, Dahinden CA. Effect of nerve growth factor on release of inflammatory mediators by mature human basophils. Blood 1992; 79: 2662-2669.
12. Screpanti I, Meco D, Scapa S, Morrone S, Frati L, Gulino A, et al. Neuromodulatory loop mediated by nerve growth factor and interleukin-6 in thymic stromal cell cultures. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1992; 89: 3209-3212.
13. Louis JA, Moedder E, Behin R, Engers HD. Recognition of protozoan parasite antigens by murine T lymphocytes, 1. Induction of specific T lymphocyte dependent proliferative response to Leishmania tropica. Eur J Immunol 1979; 9: 841-847.
14. Söderström S, Hallböök F, Ibáñez CF, Persson H, Ebendal T. Recombinant human beta;-nerve growth factor (NGF): biological activity and properties in an enzyme immunoassay. J Neurosci Res 1990; 27: 665-677.
15. Ehahard PB, Erb P, Graumann U, Otten U. Expression of nerve growth factor and nerve growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase Trk in activated CD4-positive T-cell clones. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1993; 90: 10984-10988.
16. Leon A, Buriani A, Toso RD, Farris M, Romanello S, Aloe L. Mast cells synthesize, store and release nerve growth factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994; 91: 3739-3743.
17. Tron VA, Coughlin MD, Jang DE, Stanisz J, Sauder DN. Expression and modulation of nerve growth factor in murine keratinocytes (PAM 212). J Clin Invest 1990; 85: 1085-1089.
18. Fantini F, Johansson O. Expression of growth-associated protein 43 and nerve growth factor receptor in human skin: a comparative immunohistochemical investigation. J Invest Dermatol 1992; 99: 734-742.
19. Lewin GR, Ritter AM, Mendell LM. On the role of nerve growth factor in the development of myelinated nociceptors. J Neurosci 1992; 12: 1896-1905.
20. Lakshmanan J. Nerve growth factor levels in mouse serum: variations due to stress. Neurochem Res 1987; 12: 393-397.
21. Foo YL, Leishmaniasis. In: Roitt IM, Delves PJ, eds. Encyclopedia of immunology. Vol 2. London: Academic Press; 1992. p. 959-963.
22. Perry VH, Brown MC, Andersson P-B. Macrophage responses to central and peripheral nerve injury. Adv Neurol 1993; 59: 309-314.
23. Hattori A, Tanaka E, Murase K, Ishida N, Chatani Y, Tsujimoto M, et al. Tumor necrosis factor stimulates the synthesis and secretion of biologically active nerve growth factor in nonneuronal cells. J Biol Chem 1993; 268: 2577-2582.
24. Ahmed AA, Nordlind K, Schultzberg M, Lidén S. Interleukin-1 α-and β-, interleukin-6-and tumour necrosis factor-α-like immunoreactivities in chronic granulomatous skin conditions. Acta Derm Venereol (Stockh) 1994; 74: 435-440.
25. Galli SJ, Gordon JR, Wershil BK. Cytokine production by mast cells and basophils. Curr Opin Immunol 1991; 3: 865-873.
26. Wershil BK, Theodos CM, Galli SJ, Titus RG. Mast cells augment lesion size and persistence during experimental Leishmania major infection in the mouse. J Immunol 1994; 152: 4563-1571.
27. Katakura K, Saito S, Hamada A, Matsuda H, Watanabe N. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in mast cell-deficient W/W mice. Infect Immun 1993; 61: 2242-2244.
28. Matsuda H, Kannan Y, Ushio H, Kiso Y, Kanemoto T, Suzuki H, et al. Nerve growth factor induces development of connective tissue-type mast cells in vitro from murine bone marrow cells. J Exp Med 1991; 174: 7-14.
29. Pincelli C, Sevignani C, Manfredini R, Grande A, Fantini F. Expression and function of nerve growth factor and nerve growth factor receptor on cultured keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 1994; 103: 13-18.
30. Snider WD, Johnson EM. Neurotrophic factors. Ann Neurol 1989; 26: 489-506.