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The changes of oxidative metabolism were studied in the course of a primary infection of mice with attenuated strain ofFrancisella tularensis. Metabolic stimulation of peritoneal cells is associated with a significant increase in spontaneous tetrazolium derivative reduction, the production of superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide on day 5 after the immunization. The enhancement of superoxide dismutase precedes the increase in superoxide anion secretion. The splenic cells of immunized mice obtained on day 3 andin vitro pulsed by tularemic antigen secreted lymphokins(s) that could induce a metabolic stimulation. The treatment of resting splenic cells with hydrogen peroxide induces the secretion of interferon activity. The changes of oxidative metabolism that appear early after the infection seem to be related to a sequential activation of cells and probably have a regulatory role in the induction of immune defence againstF. tularensis.
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Kovářová, H., Macela, A. & Stulík, J. The production of oxygen metabolites and their possible regulatory role in the course of tularemia infection. Folia Microbiol 35, 413–422 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02821410
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