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Schuchmann, M. et al.

Schuchmann, Hermann, Herkel, van der Zee, Galle, Lohse,

HSP60 and CpG-DNA-oligonucleotides differentially regulate LPS-tolerance of hepatic Kupffer cells.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatic Kupffer cells (KC) are major regulators of the immune response to gut-derived bacterial products; uncontrolled activation of KC by bacterial components is of pathogenic relevance in alcoholic hepatitis and septic shock. METHODS: We examined the role of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), bacterial and autologous HSP60 and bacterial DNA, which are recognized by innate Toll-like receptors, during activation of murine KC. RESULTS: In cultivated KC, autologous HSP60 induced a state of LPS-hyporesponsiveness; bacterial DNA did not mitigate the response to subsequent LPS-challenge in vitro; in contrast, pre-treatment of mice with bacterial DNA even significantly increased serum TNF levels, liver function tests and mortality in a model of LPS-induced hemorrhagic liver failure. CONCLUSION: HSP60 and CpG-DNA differentially modulated the threshold of KC activation by LPS and might therefore contribute to the regulation of inflammatory immunity to gut-derived bacterial compounds.[1]

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HSP60 and CpG-DNA-oligonucleotides differentially regulate LPS-tolerance of hepatic Kupffer cells. Schuchmann, M., Hermann, F., Herkel, J., van der Zee, R., Galle, P.R., Lohse, A.W. Immunol. Lett. (2004) [Pubmed]

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