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JOURNAL OF EQUINE VETERINARY SCIENCE
卷 33, 期 10, 页码 802-808出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2013.01.001
关键词
Cytokine; Horse; Inflammation; Laminitis; Oligofructose; PCR
资金
- University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine Center of Excellence
- Charles and Julie Wharton Fellowship
- Wells Graduate Student Fellowship
Systemic inflammation is a risk factor for laminitis in horses and precedes the onset of lameness in experimental models. We therefore hypothesized that whole-blood inflammatory cytokine expression would increase during the development of laminitis in a carbohydrate overload model. Blood samples were obtained from 14 horses undergoing laminitis induction with 10 g/kg oligofructose as part of another study. Samples were collected at 0, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 hours, and lameness evaluations were performed every 4 hours. Expression levels of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were measured in whole blood by using real-time PCR. IL-1 beta, IL-8, and IL-10 expression increased above baseline from 8 to 24 hours (P < .001), and IL-6 expression increased at 16 and 20 hours (P = .005). Expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha did not change over time. All horses developed clinical laminitis between 12 and 24 hours. Increased mean IL-1 beta, IL-8, and IL-10 expression detected at 8 hours therefore preceded the onset of lameness. We conclude that peripheral leukocyte cytokine expression increases as systemic inflammation develops in an alimentary carbohydrate overload model of laminitis, and this precedes detection of lameness. Results support current recommendations to control the systemic inflammatory response in order to lower the risk of laminitis in horses. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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