| First Author | Merlin T | Year | 2001 |
| Journal | J Immunol | Volume | 166 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | 566-73 |
| PubMed ID | 11123338 | Mgi Jnum | J:66394 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:1928415 | Doi | 10.4049/jimmunol.166.1.566 |
| Citation | Merlin T, et al. (2001) Inherited IL-12 unresponsiveness contributes to the high LPS resistance of the lps(d) C57BL/10ScCr mouse. J Immunol 166(1):566-73 |
| abstractText | LPS:(d) mouse strains are characterized by the presence of a defective LPS:/tlr4 gene that make them refractory to the biological activity of LPS. One of the mouse strains commonly used to study LPS defects is the C57BL/10ScCr (Cr) strain. However, unlike other LPS:(d) strains, the Cr strain also has a heavily impaired IFN-gamma response to micro-organisms. As a consequence, unlike other LPS:(d) mouse strains, they do not acquire a partial LPS susceptibility when treated with sensitizing bacteria. Because IL-12 is important for the microbial induction of IFN-gamma, we investigated whether the production or function of IL-12 might be defective in Cr mice. IL-12 mRNA (p35 and p40) was present in the spleen of untreated Cr mice, IL-12p40 mRNA was inducible in mice injected with live or killed Salmonella typhimurium, and IL-12 (p70) was inducible in macrophages by bacteria. Thus, Cr mice exhibit normal IL-12 responses. In functional tests, splenocytes of untreated or of S. typhimurium-infected mice failed to produce IFN-gamma when stimulated with murine rIL-12 or with a combination of IL-12 and murine rIL-18 or Con A. Furthermore, Cr mice were identical with IL-12p35/p40 and IL-12 receptor ss(1) knockout mice in their impaired in vivo and in vitro IFN-gamma responses to bacteria. Thus, Cr mice carry a second genetic defect unrelated to the Lps/tlr4 mutation that underlies the IL-12 unresponsiveness and contributes to the LPS resistance and impaired innate immune response in this strain. |
