title: Contribution of neutrophils to lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor production and mortality in a carrageenan-pretreated mouse model.
abstract: Carrageenan (CAR) pretreatment primes mice for lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production in sera and increases their mortality rate. To study the contribution of neutrophils in this model, blood neutrophil count was regulated with cyclophosphamide. After LPS challenge, both serum TNF-alpha activity and mortality risk ratio were significantly higher in neutrophilic mice, but significantly lower in neutropenic mice. In vitro, CAR treatment primed for TNF-alpha production of blood neutrophils, but conversely, that of monocytes was suppressed. We suggest that neutrophils are the major cells to produce TNF-alpha and to determine mouse mortality after LPS challenge in the mouse CAR model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Fukuoka, Japan. matstaro@vit.or.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002351:Carrageenan / Q000494:pharmacology; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009503:Neutropenia; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008934:Mitogens; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002351:Carrageenan