title: Autophagy induction in T cell-independent acute hepatitis induced by concanavalin A in SCID/NOD mice.
abstract: Concanavalin A (Con A) is known to induce acute hepatitis that is mediated by activation of NKT and T-cell and cytokine production in immunocompetent mice. The observation of Con A-induced autophagic cell death of hepatoma cells via a Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa-interacting protein 3 mediated autophagic pathway made us re-evaluate the effect of Con A-induced hepatitis in mice. Con A was administrated intravenously to BABL/c, SCID, or SCID/NOD mice at doses of 20, 30 or 40 mg/kg, respectively, to induce acute hepatitis. The levels of hepatitis and autophagy induction were both analyzed. We found that Con A can induce acute hepatitis in SCID or SCID/NOD mice with kinetics similar to that of BALB/c, but requiring a higher dose of Con A. No lymphocyte infiltrations were found in SCID or SCID/NOD mice, and the cytokine productions were different. An autophagy with microtubule-associated protein light chain 3-II conversion was demonstrated in the liver post-Con A injection in SCID/NOD mice. Due to the mannose/glucose-specific binding on cell membrane, Con A can induce a T-cell-independent acute hepatitis with autophagy in SCID/NOD mice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C-P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H-Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D016513:Mice, SCID
chemical_list: D003208:Concanavalin A