title: A sublethal dose of LPS to pregnant rats induces TNF-alpha tolerance in their 0-day-old offspring.
abstract: The newborn has high mortality in septic shock. Induction of endotoxin tolerance may prevent endotoxic shock in the newborn. The present study showed that a small dose of Salmonella enteritidis lipopolysaccharide (S. ent. LPS), Rc mutant Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (J5 LPS), or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) given to pregnant rats on the 19th day of gestation induced endotoxin tolerance in their 0-day-old offspring. S. ent. LPS or J5 LPS injected into pregnant rats increased plasma endotoxin-like activity in dams, although not in their fetuses, and increased plasma TNF-alpha concentration in both dams and their fetuses. The endotoxin-tolerant newborn rats were also resistant to TNF-alpha. In those newborn rats, an LPS injection increased plasma TNF-alpha concentration and liver TNF-alpha mRNA abundance. These experiments showed that the endotoxin tolerance could be due to TNF-alpha tolerance. In conclusion, prenatal treatment of dams with a small dose of S. ent. LPS, J5 LPS, or TNF-alpha was beneficial in preventing endotoxic shock in the newborn.
authors.affiliation: Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital at Loyola, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Battelino
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Zeller
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha