| First Author | Howard M | Year | 1993 |
| Journal | J Exp Med | Volume | 177 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 1205-8 |
| PubMed ID | 8459215 | Mgi Jnum | J:4236 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:52732 | Doi | 10.1084/jem.177.4.1205 |
| Citation | Howard M, et al. (1993) Interleukin 10 protects mice from lethal endotoxemia. J Exp Med 177(4):1205-8 |
| abstractText | Interleukin 10 (IL-10) decreases production of IL-1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in vitro, and neutralization of IL-10 in mice leads to elevation of the same monokines. We test here whether this monokine-suppressing property of IL-10 confers on it the capacity to protect mice from lipopolysaccharide-induced shock, a monokine-mediated inflammatory reaction. A single injection of 0.5-1 microgram of recombinant murine IL-10 reproducibly protected BALB/c mice from a lethal intraperitoneal injection of endotoxin. This result was obtained whether the IL-10 was administered concurrently with, or 30 min after the injection of endotoxin. The protective effect of IL-10 was reversed by prior injection of neutralizing anti-IL-10 antibodies, and correlated with a substantial decrease in endotoxin-induced TNF-alpha release. These data implicate IL-10 as a candidate for treatment of bacterial sepsis, and more generally as an effective antiinflammatory reagent. |
