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Legionella pneumophila-induced production of both membrane-associated and secreted interleukin 1 (mIL-1 and sIL-1, respectively) was examined utilizing peritoneal macrophages from BALB/c mice. The Legionella preparations for these studies included viable bacteria and formalin-killed whole cell preparations. Both of the preparations induced mIL-1 and sIL-1 in a dose-dependent fashion. However, the viable bacteria required about 1 log lower concentrations than the formalin-killed bacteria to induce the same level of IL-1 activity measured in the thymocyte proliferation assay. Kinetic studies showed that mIL-1 and sIL-1 were detectable within 4 hr after addition of either of the L. pneumophila preparations to the peritoneal macrophage cultures, with peak levels achieved within 24 hr. These results indicate that L. pneumophila is a potent inducer of both mIL-1 and sIL-1 in normal mouse peritoneal macrophage cultures.
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