title: Interleukin 10 protects mice from lethal endotoxemia.
abstract: Interleukin 10 (IL-10) decreases production of IL-1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in vitro, and neutralization of IL-10 in mice leads to elevation of the same monokines. We test here whether this monokine-suppressing property of IL-10 confers on it the capacity to protect mice from lipopolysaccharide-induced shock, a monokine-mediated inflammatory reaction. A single injection of 0.5-1 microgram of recombinant murine IL-10 reproducibly protected BALB/c mice from a lethal intraperitoneal injection of endotoxin. This result was obtained whether the IL-10 was administered concurrently with, or 30 min after the injection of endotoxin. The protective effect of IL-10 was reversed by prior injection of neutralizing anti-IL-10 antibodies, and correlated with a substantial decrease in endotoxin-induced TNF-alpha release. These data implicate IL-10 as a candidate for treatment of bacterial sepsis, and more generally as an effective antiinflammatory reagent.
authors.affiliation: DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, California 94304.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muchamuel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10