Chida, Y;
Sudo, N;
Motomura, Y;
Kubo, C;
(2004)
Electric foot-shock stress drives TNF-alpha production in the liver of IL-6-deficient mice.
NEUROIMMUNOMODULAT
, 11
(6)
419 - 424.
10.1159/000080153.
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Abstract
Objectives: Accumulating evidence has shown that interleukin-6 (IL-6) has pleiotropic effects on a variety of biological functions, including its antiapoptotic potential during liver injury. Our previous work demonstrated that restraint stress-induced elevation of plasma IL-6 negatively regulates plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Herein, we further clarified the mechanism underlying the above finding and investigated the effect of IL-6 on liver apoptosis triggered by stress. Methods: Male C57BL/6J and IL-6-deficient C57BL/SV129 mice were exposed to 1 h of electric foot-shock stress. Thereafter, the serum, liver and spleen TNF-alpha levels were measured at several time points. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), liver caspase-3 and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling ( TUNEL) activities were analyzed to evaluate the severity of liver injury and apoptosis. Results: The liver, but not the spleen, of the IL-6-deficient mice exhibited a significant increase in TNF-alpha level after stress in parallel with serum TNF-alpha elevation, whereas no such TNF-alpha responses were found in the wild animals. No significant differences in stress-induced elevation of serum ALT levels, liver caspase-3 activities and the number of TUNEL-positive hepatocytes were found between the wild and IL-6-deficient mice. Conclusions: Taken together, these results indicate that IL-6 may play a critical role in suppressing TNF-alpha production in the liver, thereby decreasing the blood TNF-alpha level. In contrast, IL-6 secretion was shown to have no protective effect on stress-triggered liver injury. Copyright (C) 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Electric foot-shock stress drives TNF-alpha production in the liver of IL-6-deficient mice |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000080153 |
| Keywords: | anti-inflammatory effect, apoptosis, electric foot-shock, IL-6, liver injury, psychoneuroimmunology, psychophysical stress, TNF-alpha, PLASMA INTERLEUKIN-6, IMMOBILIZATION STRESS, IL-6, CELLS, RATS, EXPRESSION, INDUCTION, INJECTION, ENDOTOXIN, PATHWAYS |
| UCL classification: | UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2921 |
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