In vitro macrophage endotoxin tolerance: Defective in vitro macrophage MAPkinase signal transduction after LPS pretreatment is not present in macrophages from C3H/HeJ endotoxin resistant mice
J. Kraatz et al., In vitro macrophage endotoxin tolerance: Defective in vitro macrophage MAPkinase signal transduction after LPS pretreatment is not present in macrophages from C3H/HeJ endotoxin resistant mice, SHOCK, 11(1), 1999, pp. 58-63
Altered endotoxin (LPS) signal transduction in macrophages (M phi) may medi
ate development of organ dysfunction in sepsis. C3H/HeJ M phi have a specif
ic genetic defect that renders them "tolerant" to in vitro LPS activation.
LPS tolerance can be induced in normal C3H/HeN M phi following in vitro LPS
pretreatment. In these experiments, in vitro LPS-stimulated activation of
M phi mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases were compared in C3H/HeJ and
C3H/HeN mice. C3H/HeJ and C3H/HeN M phi were cultured +/- 10 ng/mL LPS pret
reatment for 24 h, then stimulated with 0-1,000 ng/mL LPS for 6 h. Western
blots were performed on lysates with monoclonal antibody to active ERK1,2 (
p42/44), stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK, p54/46), and p38 kinase. Su
pernatant TNF or IL-l was determined by bioassay. High dose LPS stimulation
activated ERK, SAPK, and p38 kinases in both C3H/HeN and C3H/HeJ M phi, ER
K activation, p46 SAPK, and p38 activation were inhibited in C3H/HeN M phi
after LPS pretreatment, whereas they were unchanged or increased in HeJ M p
hi. TNF secretion was significantly decreased in C3H/HeN M phi following LP
S pretreatment, but absent in C3H/HeJ M phi at all times. M phi from normal
C3H/HeN mice rendered endotoxin tolerant by in vitro, low dose LPS pretrea
tment have specific signal transduction defects that are not present in gen
etically LPS hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ mice.