title: Bacterial lipopolysaccharide induces release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha from bovine peripheral blood monocytes and alveolar macrophages in vitro.
abstract: In this study, we demonstrate that freshly adherent bovine monocytes release tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in response to stimulation with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). TNF-alpha was detected using actinomycin D-treated WEHI-164 murine fibrosarcoma cells as targets in an 18 hr cytotoxicity assay. Doses of LPS from 20 ng/ml to 20 micrograms/ml were capable of inducing bovine TNF-alpha. The kinetics of TNF-alpha release from bovine monocytes demonstrated peak levels of cytotoxic activity at 1-3 hr post-LPS treatment, with a subsequent decline to background levels by 18 hr post-LPS treatment. A monoclonal antibody that neutralizes recombinant human TNF-alpha (rHuTNF-alpha) significantly reduced the cytotoxicity of LPS-stimulated bovine monocyte culture supernatants. Size exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of LPS-stimulated monocyte and alveolar macrophage culture supernatants resulted in a molecular weight elution profile similar to that of recombinant human TNF-alpha. These elution profiles are consistent with the presence of multimers of TNF-alpha. This is believed to be the first report of the in vitro production of bovine TNF-alpha.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Czuprynski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha