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ArticleMediators of inflammation2014

LPS- and LTA-induced expression of IL-6 and TNF-α in neonatal and adult blood: role of MAPKs and NF-κB.

Lutz Koch, David Frommhold, Kirsten Buschmann, Navina Kuss, Johannes Poeschl, Peter Ruef

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lutz KochDepartment of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Medical School, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ; Department of Neonatology, Catholic Children's Hospital Wilhelmstift, 22149 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3683-2274
David FrommholdDepartment of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Medical School, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7289-1346
Kirsten BuschmannDepartment of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Medical School, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Navina KussDepartment of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Medical School, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Johannes PoeschlDepartment of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Medical School, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Peter RuefDepartment of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Medical School, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ; Clinic of Pediatrics, SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn, 74078 Heilbronn, Germany.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) seem to be critical mediators in the inflammatory response, we studied the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and lipoteichoic acid (LTA) on (a) the activation of NF-κB and MAPKs and (b) the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) with or without the specific inhibitors of these intracellular signal transduction pathways in neonatal cord and adult blood. TNF-α and IL-6 concentrations showed a sharp increase in the supernatants of cord and adult whole blood after stimulation. TNF-α concentrations were significantly higher, whereas IL-6 concentrations were tendentially lower in adult blood after stimulation. Stimulation with LPS or LTA resulted in a significantly decreased activation of p38 MAPK in neonatal compared with adult blood. Although LTA failed to induce additional ERK1/2 phosphorylation, LPS stimulation mediated the moderately increased levels of activated ERK1/2 in neonatal monocytes. The addition of the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB202190 significantly decreased IL-6 and TNF-α production upon LPS or LTA stimulation. Furthermore, the inhibition of ERK1/2 was able to reduce LPS-stimulated TNF-α production in neonatal blood. We conclude that p38 MAPK as well as ERK1/2 phosphorylation is crucially involved in LPS activation and could explain the differences in early cytokine response between neonatal and adult blood.

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Gene Expression RegulationAdultFemaleFetal BloodFlow CytometryHumansImidazolesInfant, NewbornInterleukin-6JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesLipopolysaccharidesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMonocytesNF-kappa Bp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylation4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)imidazoleIL6 protein, humanImidazolesInterleukin-6JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesLipopolysaccharideslipoteichoic acidNF-kappa Bp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPyridinesTeichoic AcidsTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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