Neutrophils regulate the expression of cytokines, chemokines and nitric oxide synthase/nitric oxide in mice injected with Bothrops atrox venom.
Bothrops atrox crude venom injected intraperitoneal (i.p.) into BALB/c mice induced local afflux of inflammatory cells, one neutrophil-rich peak after 6h and another macrophage-rich peak after 48 h. A similar pattern of local cell afflux plus edema, Delta lesions of some skeletal muscle cells, and hemorrhage were observed in mice intramuscular (i.m.) injected with the venom. Measurement of serum cytokines in neutrophil-depleted (by anti-mouse rat monoclonal antibody (mAb) RB6-8C5) and non-depleted BALB/c mice was performed by ELISA. With the exception of IL-1beta (78 pg/ml), higher levels of IL-6 (1348 pg/ml), MIP-1beta (437 pg/ml) and MIP-2 (904 pg/ml) were observed in neutrophil-depleted mice, in comparison to the values found in non-neutrophil depleted mice: IL-1beta (437 pg/ml), IL-6 (750 pg/ml), MIP-1beta (165 pg/ml) and MIP-2 (90 pg/ml). TNF-alpha was not detected. NO was detected (18 microM) 24h after venom injection in neutrophil-depleted mice. RT-PCR using representative primers detected expression of mRNA in cells from BALB/c mice injected with B. atrox venom: (a) for IL-1beta, IL-6, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), CXCR2, MIP-2 and RANTES in cells from mice that were neutrophil-depleted or not; (b) for CCR1, CCR5 and MIP-1beta in cells from neutrophil-depleted mice; (c) for MIP-1alpha in cells from non-neutrophil-depleted mice; (d) TNF-alpha and TGF-beta were not detected in either of the mice. These results indicate that neutrophils play a role in regulating the production of some cytokines and chemokines as well as locally expressed or liberated iNOS/NO in tissues injected with B. atrox crude venom.
Escocard
Rita de Cássia Mothé
Rde C
Laboratório de Biologia do Reconhecer, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense-Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kanashiro
Milton Masahiko
MM
Petretski
Jorge Hudson
JH
Azevedo-Silva
Juliana
J
Queiroz de Carvalho
Eulógio Carlos
EC
Dias da Silva
Wilmar
W
Kipnis
Thereza Liberman
TL
D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017837:Bothrops; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology; D018925:Chemokines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D003435:Crotalid Venoms / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000633:toxicity; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018925:Chemokines; D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase