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  • Title: Genetic control of the innate resistance of mice to Salmonella typhimurium: Ity gene is expressed in vivo by 24 hours after infection.
    Author: Swanson RN, O'Brien AD.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1983 Dec; 131(6):3014-20. PubMed ID: 6315821.
    Abstract:
    The early response of inbred mice to infection with S. typhimurium is controlled by the mouse Chromosome 1 locus, Ity. To better understand the expression of this gene, the initial interactions between the reticuloendothelial system (RES) and i.v. injected salmonellae were compared in resistant (Ityr) and susceptible (Itys) mice. In both mouse strains 99% of the bacteria was cleared from the blood within 2 hr, and uptake of S. typhimurium by splenic and hepatic macrophages was similar regardless of Ity genotype. In vivo phagocytosis of bacteria was followed by a 30 to 60% decline in viable bacteria, which was attributed to the bactericidal activity of RES macrophages. Experiments with radiolabeled S. typhimurium strains TML and TML/TS27 (a temperature-sensitive mutant) confirmed that the efficiency of this early phase killing was not under Ity control. Despite the equivalent uptake and initial bactericidal activity by resident macrophages, bacterial numbers in the RES organs of Itys mice were significantly greater than in Ityr mice by approximately 24 hr after infection. These data suggest that Ity regulates the level of surviving intracellular bacteria that accumulate within resident macrophages of the liver and spleen.
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