Journal
CYTOKINE
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 55-61Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2008.01.014
Keywords
TLR; TNF; mouse; hepatitis
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Conserved molecular patterns of microbial pathogens, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) DNA motifs are important signals for receptor-mediated activation of innate immune cells. It has been shown that the liver-specific transcription-blocking D-galactosamine (D-GalN) severely sensitizes to the lethal effects of LPS and CpG DNA. Lethality of LPS or CpC DNA in GalN-treated mice is entirely due to TNF-alpha, which leads to liver cell apoptosis and acute liver failure. We report that also polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid [poly(I:C)], a TLR-3 agonist, induces systemic TNF in mice. The increases of hepatic enzymes and induction of death induced by LPS, CpG DNA, and poly(I:C) in D-GalN sensitized mice are completely blocked by neutralizing anti-TNF-alpha antibodies and absent in TNF receptor p55-knockout mice. Our results provide direct evidence that poly(I:C) induces TNF-alpha in D-GalN sensitized mice, which leads to severe, acute, and TNF-dependent lethal hepatitis. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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