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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 8, Pages 4537-4543Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.8.4537
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Recent reports support the concept that the major defect in polymicrobial sepsis is an impaired immunologic response to infection, Oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG sequence motifs (CpG-ODN) were previously shown to induce immune protection in models of chronic infection with intracellular bacteria, parasites, and viruses due to their ability to augment IFN-gamma-dependent Th1 responses. Here, we demonstrate that challenging mice with CpG-ODN substantially increases the resistance against acute polymicrobial sepsis, Systemic levels of IL-12, IL-18, and IL-10 were not altered in CpG-ODN-treated mice as compared with controls. In contrast, administration of CpG-ODN resulted in a strongly enhanced accumulation of neutrophils at the primary site of infection; Neutrophils of CpG-ODN-treated mice exhibited an up-regulation of phagocytic receptors, an increased phagocytic activity, and an elevated production of reactive oxygen metabolites. These results suggest that the protective effects of CpG-ODNs in acute polymicrobial sepsis are related to an enhanced effector cell response of innate immunity. CpG-ODN may therefore represent potent agents for the treatment of sepsis-associated immunoparalysis.
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