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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 142, 1471-1482, Copyright © 1993 by American Society for Investigative Pathology
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HM Feng, J Wen and DH Walker
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0609.
A mouse model of spotted fever group rickettsiosis, in which disease results from disseminated rickettsial infection of endothelial cells and vascular damage, was developed by intravenous inoculation of 6- to 8-week-old, male, Balb/c mice with Rickettsia australis. Animals developed progressively severe vasculitis, interstitial pneumonia, and multifocal hepatic necrosis. These lesions correlated with early disseminated infection of endothelial cells followed by growth and invasion of rickettsiae into perivascular cells. The dose of 2 x 10(6) organisms was uniformly lethal. Serum interleukin- (IL) 1, IL-6, and interferon (IFN) increased by day 3 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) on day 5. TNF, IL-6, and IFN declined on day 7. Spleen cells responded to Rickettsia australis antigen by producing IFN, TNF, IL-1, and IL-6 on day 5, followed by lower quantities of these cytokines on day 7. Despite the production of antibodies, IFN, TNF, IL-1, and IL-6, a lethal outcome occurred frequently. A decreased ability to secrete IL-2 suggests an element of infection-associated immunosuppression.
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