title: CpG oligodeoxynucleotides protect mice from lethal challenge with Candida albicans via a pathway involving tumor necrosis factor-alpha-dependent interleukin-12 induction.
abstract: In this study, we have attempted to determine whether the systemic administration of CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG-ODN) 1826 would protect mice against systemic lethal Candida albicans infection. CpG-ODNs were found completely to protect mice from death and also reduced the growth of C. albicans in the kidneys. The administration of CpG-ODNs resulted in early interleukin (IL)-12 mRNA expression in the kidneys and an increase in serum IL-12 levels. The protective activity of CpG-ODN was abolished in IL-12-deficient (IL-12-/-) mice, thereby indicating the IL-12-dependency inherent to the effects of CpG-ODN. The protective effect of CpG-ODN was not associated with the activity of NF-kappaB. Interestingly, in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha-deficient (TNF-/-) mice CpG-ODN neither exerted protective effects nor induced IL-12 expression. These data indicate that CpG-ODN protects animals against lethal C. albicans challenge via a pathway that involves the TNF-alpha-dependent induction of IL-12.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hyun-Mi
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Sung Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyoung-Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: So-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Suhn-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Im
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000502:physiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000502:physiology; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C408982:CPG-oligonucleotide; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018664:Interleukin-12; D007371:Interferon-gamma