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SUMMARY

The interaction of human monocytes or monocyte-derived macrophages and yeast-form was studied . Yeast cells were readily ingested by adherent monocytes or macrophages. Multiplication of . , measured by growth as colony forming units (cfu) on a supplemented medium with good plating efficiency, was greater in monocyte co-cultures compared to the number of cfu obtained from complete tissue-culture medium (CTCM). Multiplication increased with time in macrophage co-cultures, e.g., from two-six-fold in 24 h to nine-fold in 72 h. Microscopic observations indicated that ingested yeast cells multiplied inside macrophages. When monocytes were treated with supernate cytokines (CK) from concanavalin-A-stimulated mononuclear cells, then co-cultured with . , multiplication was significantly inhibited compared with control monocyte co-cultures. Treatment of macrophages—derived from monocytes by culture for 3 days—for a further 3 days with CK resulted in maximal inhibition of multiplication over the subsequent 72 h. Similarly, when monocyte-derived macrophages (after culture for 7 days) were treated for 3 days with recombinant human y-interferon (IFN; 300 U/ml) or CK they restricted multiplication of . by 65% and 95%, respectively, compared with control macrophages. Antibody to IFN abrogated the effect of IFN or CK treatment. These findings show that ingested . can multiply in human monocytes or macrophages and that this multiplication can be restricted by activated monocytes or macrophages.

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