Soluble TNFR II/IgG1 Fc fusion protein treatment in the LPS-mediated septic shock of rats.
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is thought to play a major role in systemic inflammation associated with sepsis. A potent TNF antagonist, a recombinant fusion protein that consists of the soluble TNF receptor (p75) linked to the Fc portion of human IgG1 (sTNFR II/IgG1 Fc fusion protein, sTNFR:Fc), has been shown to provide rapid and sustained improvement in local inflammation diseases by binding TNF-alpha and preventing its proinflammatory activities. To explore the potential therapeutic efficacy for septic shock of sTNFR:Fc, we investigate the effect of this molecule on the survival rate, blood pressure, serum TNF-alpha bioactivity as well as the expression of TNF-alpha at mRNA level in the liver in a LPS-induced rat septic shock model. Blood pressure of the rats was monitored by multi-channel creature signal analysis system. Serum TNF-alpha level and bioactivity was assessed using an enzyme-linked immunoassay and a L929 cytotoxicity assay, respectively. The expression of TNF-alpha mRNA in liver was examined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. sTNFR:Fc administered to rats 24h before LPS challenge ablated the rise in serum TNF-alpha bioactivity that occurs in response to LPS and protected against hypotension and death. These results indicate that TNF-alpha is a mediator of fatal septic shock, and suggest that sTNFR:Fc offer a potential therapy of systemic infection.
Experimental Center, No. 3 People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 280, Baoshan District, Shanghai 201900, China. zyguoo@126.com
Zhuying
Z
Guo
Shiting
S
Wang
Qiang
Q
Jiao
Manghua
M
Xu
Zhimei
Z
Xu
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D000068800:Etanercept; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D015996:Survival Rate; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000068800:Etanercept